Cork Athletic Football Club was a former

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club based in

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. They played in the

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between 1948 and 1957. They were the successor club of Cork United. When United quit the league in October 1948, Cork Athletic was immediately formed to take their place. Athletic won the league in 1950 and only lost the cup final against

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after two replays. The following year they won a league and FAI Cup double after beating Shelbourne in a replay to win the cup. In 1953 they won the first all-

FAI Cup final, beating

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2–1. Athletic also began the Cork tradition of fielding veteran English League players by recruiting Sunderland legend

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. The club eventually folded in 1957, due to financial problems. They were replaced in the League by

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Honours

: 2 ** 1949–50, 1950–51 * FAI Cup: 2 **1950–51, 1952–53 * Munster Senior Cup: 3 **1950–51, 1952–53, 1954–55

Season placings

Notable former players

Ireland (FAI) internationals

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* Ned Courtney * Owen Madden * Jack O'Reilly

Ireland (IFA) internationals

* Owen Madden

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internationals

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Other sports

– played cricket for

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* Ned Courtney – played Gaelic football for

Notable former managers

* Owen Madden *

References

{{Sport in Cork City Association football clubs established in 1948 Association football clubs disestablished in 1957 Association football clubs in County Cork Defunct League of Ireland clubs 1948 establishments in Ireland 1957 disestablishments in Ireland Association football clubs in Cork (city)