CUP WIN A KELL OF AN INCENTIVE!

CORK CITY defender Fiacre Kelleher reckons European football would be the perfect way to break up the slog of a season in the First Division.

- BY MARK McCADDEN

And while an FAI Cup final win on Sunday against Shamrock Rovers would not make up for the heartache of relegation, it would at least give fans and players something to look forward to next year.

A place in the Europa League is on offer alongside the famous FAI Cup trophy for the Leesiders, while a win for Rovers would bump Derry City up to Europe's second competition and hand a Europa Conference League place to fourth placed Bohemians.