Nash story with Mick a real tale of the tape

RE-WATCHING games at the crack of dawn with Mick McCarthy, when most people still have hours to go in their Sunday morning lie-in, has helped toughen Gerard Nash up for his new role as Cork City manager.

- BY MARK MCCADDEN

He has pledged to put in the hours on the training pitch and in the office to help steer the club to safety.

It's his first time to be a senior head coach, after spells at Ipswich, Aston Villa and with Swedish side GAIS.

“It's been a whirlwind,” he said of his appointment in mid-May.

“Coming into a job mid-season in the situation that I did, it's probably not always the norm. That's for sure.