1992/1993 Round Up
With thanks to Billy Lyons and his Club Story blog.
Mick McNulty is the new manager of the Ballincollig intermediate side, his appointment announced at the club’s recent annual general meeting. McNulty, a former goalkeeper with the club and between the sticks for Healy’s Bar in this season’s MFA Inter-Pub competition, was in charge of the junior side that reached this year’s Cork area final of the FAI Junior Cup.
Former youth international keeper Finbarr Hogan is stepping down a grade and will be the player-manager of the first junior side. The second junior team will again be managed by Martin O’Neill. Youths manager Denis Campion was also reappointed.
The meeting decided to look into the possibility of fielding a third junior side as there is a big demand for football in the growing town. Miah Murphy was entrusted with this task and he will be the manager of any side formed.
“We did not win any trophies,” said chairman Paddy Byrne at the agm “but it was a successful season, even by our own high standards”. And who would disagree. Ballincollig’s intermediate team, the two junior team, and the youths side, all contested finals at Turner’s Cross.
But the Cross was not a happy hunting ground in 92/93. Three times the intermediates lost there, in the Linnane semi-final, the Shield final, and the League play-off, Temple Utd their conquerors on each occasion.
Ballincollig juniors were pipped by Buttevant in the FAI area final. Ballincollig Athletic lost the Michael’s decider on spotters to Rockmount while the youths went down to Mallow Celtic in the final of the Second Division Cup. But Ballincollig have had some good times at Turner’s and they’ll come round again.
Byrne was also pleased that all teams, including schoolboys, finished well up in their leagues and went on to congratulate the managers and assistants – “people who put themselves out, timewise and financially, to help throughout the season”. He also had a big thank you for the sponsors and supporters.
The club was also pleased with Byrne, secretary Mick McNulty, and treasurer Pat Kavanagh, and all were unanimously re-elected en bloc. Also elected were Martin O’Neill (vice-chairman), Jim O’Shea (assistant secretary), and Christy White (assistant treasurer).
Ballincollig also held their awards function recently and the Person of the Year Award went to Denis Campion, the general manager of the club’s schoolboy section. Campion is also the manager of the youths side. Player of the Year trophies went to Lennie Walker (Intermediate), Martina Horgan (Ladies), Anthony McNulty (first juniors), Terry Kelly (Ballincollig Athletic), and Noel O’Mahony (Youths).
