Cork Athletic F.C.

Cork Athletic Football Club was an Irish football club based in Cork.

History
The club played in the League of Ireland between 1948 and 1957. It were the successor club of Cork United; when United quit the league in October 1948, Cork Athletic was immediately formed to take its place.

Athletic won the league in 1950 and only lost the cup final against Transport after two replays. The following year it won a league and FAI Cup double after beating Shelbourne in a replay to win the cup. In 1953 Athletic won the first all-Cork FAI Cup final, beating Evergreen United 2–1. Athletic also began the Cork tradition of fielding veteran English League players by recruiting Sunderland legend Raich Carter.

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

Colours
The club wore green shirts, inherited from the predecessor club, with white shorts and green socks.

Honours

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

Ireland (FAI) internationals

 * 🇮🇪 Florrie Burke
 * 🇮🇪 Noel Cantwell
 * 🇮🇪 Ned Courtney
 * 🇮🇪 🇮🇪 Owen Madden
 * 🇮🇪 Jack O'Reilly

Ireland (IFA) internationals

 * 🇮🇪 🇮🇪 Owen Madden

England internationals

 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Raich Carter

Scotland internationals

 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Jimmy Delaney

Other sports

 * 🇮🇪 Noel Cantwell – played cricket for Ireland
 * 🇮🇪 Ned Courtney – played Gaelic football for Cork

Notable former managers

 * 🇮🇪 🇮🇪 Owen Madden
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Raich Carter
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Jimmy Delaney