Cork City and Cork Airport

Cork City Football Club has announced that Cork Airport will continue its partnership with the club for the 2013 season.

In 2012, Cork Airport were the title sponsor of the Cork Airport Friendly Series of cross channel fixtures in the summer and speaking to CorkCityFC.net, Kevin Cullinane, Marketing Manager at Cork Airport said: “We enjoyed a very successful partnership with the club in 2012 and we are very pleased to be on board with the club once again for the 2013 season.”

The partnership for the 2013 season will see Cork Airport sponsor their cross-channel friendly matches, which will be announced at a later date, while they will also maintain their signage at Turner’s Cross stadium.

The 2012 Cork Airport Friendly Series saw the Leesider’s take on Watford, a Manchester United XI and Blackburn at Turners Cross. With their title sponsor back on board, the club will be hoping to once again attract a number of prestigious opponents for these summer friendly fixtures, which act as an opportunity for the club to raise badly needed funds.

Cork City Chief Executive Tim Murphy welcomed the announcement and spoke of the boost that such news gives the club. “I am very pleased that Cork Airport has chosen to renew their partnership with the club for the coming season. In addition to other recent announcements, I believe that the calibre of partner the club is attracting is evidence of the progress we are making. I would like to thank Kevin Cullinane and his colleagues at Cork Airport for their support and assistance last year and I look forward to building on our relationship in 2013.”