Sir, - After the excellent displays by St Pat's and Shelbourne in European competitions, may I plead with all armchair soccer experts in the general Cork area who have little or no regard for National League soccer to abandon their satellites on August 13th? Come to Turner's Cross to experience fresh air and witness Dave Barry's charges humble the massed ranks of the Russian Federation's Armed Forces.
As a Finn Harps supporter living and working in Cork, I'll be there to support my comrades from the National League. This is an opportunity for the Fantasy Football set to put away their imported replica jerseys of teams floated on the Stock Exchange to experience top-class European soccer involving a club floated "only" on the banks of the Lee.
National League soccer can be great, but only if each of us gets out and supports it. - Yours, etc., Seamus Campbell,
Adelaide Place, St Luke's, Cork.