Cork City FC - The Rise of the Rebel Army

From liquidation to Europe in 5 years - this is the incredible story of how the supporters of Cork City helped save the club and bought them back from the brink of extinction. Subscribe to Copa90: bit.ly/Copa90Subscribe
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[@paulb3807]

This is great a HUGE channel like Copa90 are giving the Irish league a chance

[@paulb3807]

It is brilliant isn't It mate I support Bohs and I was delighted that they did a derby days on the rovers game

[@JMac_96]

Copa 90 should take over the FAI. They have done more promoting the league in 2 videos than the the fai have ever done

[@TheDavidMcNeill]

This isn't the irish league. The irish league is in Northern Ireland that I would love copa 90 to cover. This is the league of Ireland, which is the southern league.

[@khalpower2250]

David McNeill it is the republic of ireland were not prozzez

[@matthoran4701]

Khal Power Exactly;)

[@harryoc4127]

Just watched this video this morning and just read that John Kennedy (who was interviews in this video) had passed away. Rest in Peace John ❤️❤️🇮🇪

[@rubbishbeerreviews6670]

Just moved to Cork from Kazakhstan and was at the game last night against Hacken. Incredible atmosphere. So so impressed with Cork City FC on and off the pitch. Fantastic club!

[@BB-nd1rp]

Rubbish Beer Reviews thanks keep coming bro

[@elimengem3891]

Saw it when we did Dublin Derby Days, Irish club football fans are incredible. Up against so much, and with so little to work with their dedication to their clubs is inspiring. Keep it up Cork City.

[@dinopresinger4929]

Eli Mengem Which Sydney Derby will you be covering? Will you also make a video on the Wanderers?

[@abcjdjdnmsmz]

Eli Mengem 👏👏

[@andreosullivan6137]

Copa90 Thank you!

[@epicgamerdude22]

Cork bai

[@bobblyrob1]

Well Joe brolly what ya think about that

[@tipperary1082]

Yurt

[@aaronheffernan8638]

Cromane is a better city than cork

[@aaronheffernan8638]

You're not even from cork lawd

[@elitefifagamer7581]

Rest in peace to John Kennedy gave his life to the club and an absolute gentleman whenever I got to meet him. Sad to see him in this video

[@orangallen1087]

More of Ireland plz!!!

[@hughjarce9915]

As a league of Ireland fan, I love seeing this Irish videos

[@yup4954]

Hugh Arse same

[@peterthe3rdbanks287]

Went to Cork City 2005 to watch Hibs play them in a friendly match and had a great time all the fans drinking together before and after the game.. Great club and fans.

[@613and802]

These are the types of stories that make European football so special. I wish there was more of this in American sports.

[@VladimirPutin-on9xq]

2020 club almost broke again and relegated.

[@cadeathe4639]

no offence but without relegations and promotions the fans and clubs will never get this level of realism as the teams are never playing for something

[@vaughnshinkus4178]

Not playing for something? Everyone in North American pro leagues is playing for something in our leagues, because a few big clubs don’t control the entire top level and everyone has a shot at winning a title in their lifetimes.

[@samuelpinder1215]

@@vaughnshinkus4178 americans have no clue what promotion feels like and a promotion party is insane same with surviving relegation on the last game.of the season

[@valiciprian2061]

Much respect for Cork city FC and their fans from Romania .

[@sammurphy7476]

I'm from cork and I was at the Europa league game last week I'm delighted they made a whole video about my local club!

[@kylereddy6672]

Waterford fan here massive respect for Cork City and what theyve done for Irish Football you could say we have had a bad couple of years going bankrupt in 2016 and in 2017 winning the first division and in 2018 finishing 4th and qualifying for the Europa League Qualification Rounds hopefully next year we can just sustain that level for maybe one or two years and go on to hopefully win the league

[@jay1932]

Great to see more coverage for the league! It would be sad to see any team in the country go under as we saw with Monaghan! Well done Cork supporters you lads are top notch, look forward to facing you home and away for years to come

[@predgoalzz4994]

Its kinda sad to think copa 90 who are from England are promoting our league more then the FAI or shown on tv but i love your work please do more league of Ireland teams :)

[@user-zy9yg2eu5t]

England to the Rescue again

[@user-zy9yg2eu5t]

@Gggg haha come to our rescue! Your country supported the Nazis. You even concreted big arrows In your landscape to guide nazi Bombers. If it wasnt for england you would be speaking German right now

[@ben-iz6or]

@@user-zy9yg2eu5t Ireland gave more support to britain than the nazis. Read up on history.

[@midnmusic2217]

@@user-zy9yg2eu5t If it wasn't for the English, they'd still be speaking Irish lol

[@irishmessi9791]

@@user-zy9yg2eu5t no we didn’t we stayed neutral for a reason

[@Ciaran.Johnson]

RIP John Kennedy. A legend of the club.

[@MrSuldvart]

I use to bet on Cork, but i never seen anything about the club! Thank you Copa90!!

[@lorcanmcguirk1537]

Football is massive in Ireland. Because in every place you go, apart from the big places dublin, It feels like a small town thing. Everywhere you go you connect to some person. It's there because it connects even the Protestants and the Catholics, and it makes you feel like everything will be alright. Every family is united in Ireland and with football it connects us like a spiderweb. It is glorious

[@stoney7145]

GAA still stronger though

[@lharley4654]

I am an Irish Celtic fan living in glasgow and I am so hapy copa90 cover small leagues like this because money has ruined all the other leagues and taken away the real reason we love football spirit, community and soul

[@TheXitone]

+N Tracey yer scottish my man!

[@kevinobrien6643]

As a Cork City fan to see the transformation of the club from almost dying to competing for league titles in such a short period of time was absolutely incredible. I was at the game vs KR and the atmosphere was just amazing. You could just sense the togetherness and bond between all of the fans. Its a fantastic club and it can never be taken away from us. #CCFC84 #CCFCINEUROPE

[@David-fv7vt]

5 years later and your not even the second biggest club in munster 🔵🔵

[@Sam-cn5yd]

@@David-fv7vt you’re*

[@dylankelleher974]

@@David-fv7vt can’t hear you, yer too far down the table

[@barryconnole8382]

It's great that Copa90 is giving the smaller leagues some notice .

[@_ari_6481]

Do AFC Bournemouth. 6 years ago they were deducted 17points and bottom of league 2. Then Eddie Howe came in and they stayed up on the last day As a result of a late winner. The next season they promoted to league 1. Eddie Hope went to Burnley and then returned a year later when the club was 21st. They promoted to the championship and are now in the prem.

[@jamescooper6549]

A Russian billionaire helped them along the way

[@MONAHAN97]

There record signing was 3 million pounds, he hardly bankrolled the club and they didn't buy there way there.

[@_ari_6481]

James Cooper He isn't a blillionare and their record fee was 3million.....

[@tinandgonic3927]

_Ari_ there's already a pretty good NBC documentary about it. you can find it on youtube too.

[@cormacfinn6430]

Mad respect for Cork. I'm a Dundalk fan and Cork are our main competitors so i want to see them lose, but at the same time i would love to see them win after what they have done as a club.

[@Mark-kh1sw]

COME ON THE TOWN!

[@elitefifagamer7581]

Fair play but still hahah fuck the dubs 😂

[@darkxgaming4793]

Thanks I am from cork

[@piercetravers7677]

I'm from knockbridge

[@johnbarrett2664]

Thanks

[@mrwhatsmyname3x4]

Thanks copa90 for promoting more League of Ireland

[@paddyhayes92]

Im irish and I love football but it will always be the 3rd or 4th sport in Ireland behind the two GAA sports and possibly rugby.

[@corkcityfcchants9441]

From almost losing the club to league champions and fai cup winners

[@MeDeChampp]

I heard about Cork City back in 2007 by channel surfing. I watched a game of them but now I know there story! Thanks Copa90

[@MrK7tv]

Wow just wow ... Just watching the other side of football has left me speechless

[@GarethWareth]

My team Hereford United went through a very similar time to Cork. Sadly we didn't make it but a new club has been born, Hereford FC. Fan owned. Thanks also to Copa90 for spreading the word about the Irish game. Hopefully more Irish fans will make it to their local team!

[@michaelbless1112]

I heard about what happened with hereford, and it makes me super angry. I hope the best for your new club though!

[@GarethWareth]

Michael Bless Cheers man. It's pretty infuriating. The FA offer no help to small clubs

[@darkxgaming4793]

+Sean Stokes up cork I am from cork

[@stoney7145]

Irish fans you mean cork fans,A sligo rovers fan is not going to change his allegiance to cork ,basically because its 200 miles away.My local club sligo rovers has fans from all over the west of ireland,but my local club is based in the west so the fans are fairly local.The football season in ireland is played the same time as the GAA season and GAA has an average of 16000 compared to 3000 league of ireland thats something you don't have in england.Although the main cmpetition is the premier league

[@nathanwoodrow9397]

Hereford! Ayyyyyy agree with me that Worcester are shit?

[@cmodl3017]

COME ON CORK CITY ⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀

[@paulharding1656]

I'm living in cork and have a season ticket in the shed

[@jasonlandon1498]

I'm from Cork. Nice to see my city represented on here and another Irish team.

[@iancoheekelsey]

The People's Republic of Cork boy! Miss home like mad.

[@gahlwynfjorn3961]

Dude, I play with Cork all the time in FIFA :D I'm surprisingly pretty good with them.

[@tommyhayes6402]

Live half an hour from turners cross and went to 6 games this season. And the majority of home games last year and i still have all the tickets hanging up on my wall #rebelarmy

[@LiLiBurkeTron]

Thank you Copa90 for yet another League of Ireland documentary. We really appreciate the hard work and effort as well as your taste for the hidden/forgotten side of football.

[@adamcunneen8]

This is my Club CORK CITY FC! Best team ever

[@LyricVideosIreland]

Do Limerick FC, we're having a terrible season and it would be great to see the fans still supporting.

[@aidanmurphy9694]

ItsConzie rip limerick

[@kylewilkie3962]

All rivalries aside. No one deserves to lose their football team.

[@TVJohnMurphy]

I'm from cork love this

[@cillianwhelton5963]

Thank you copa 90 for making this video and following up on my suggestion for ye to make this video. Ye truly have done more promotion for the league of ireland than the fai have done since like forever

[@skillykidgaming2131]

Great to see this especially being a Cork man!

[@nurthrisa70]

Fan of Cork City Fc from Malaysia

[@doooooooom]

Being born in Cork it's great to hear their story and know about their team/fan base!

[@BillyDrakePianoMan]

Definitely subscribing. This is easily the most interesting channel about football.

[@corkcityfctv5515]

Brilliant video.

[@eirerebel2018]

LOVE CORK!

[@diegodemorais3679]

Such a passion for the local club. Terrific job done by the community! And what a great job done by Copa90! Keep posting those videos showing everybody that football is much more than just the Champions League clubs!

[@cormacfinn6430]

Thanks Copa90 great vid! Small but brilliant league.

[@bushdodgerful]

I never thought I could have so much in common with a guy who wears a shirt where the collar and cuffs are a different colour to the rest of it.

[@ciansweeney3024]

Thank you Copa90 I am from Cork and this is a great video Cork are the best team in Ireland and always will be

[@jackmadden2559]

Cork city all the way I go ther most of the time

[@darraghmangan2572]

Seeing this documentary made me so proud of my city my county and my club

[@benevansplays8106]

Swansea City football club was sold for £1 in 2003 when we narrowly avoided relegation to the conference, we were bought by ordinary people who risked their financial safety for the club. We had no money to sign players or pay wages. Ten years on we were in Europe, winning major trophies and finishing in the top 10 in the country, still owned by the same people.

[@paulnobel6241]

john van zweden from the hague was one ordinary people ?

[@seamuskelly100]

A pound??😱

[@seamuskelly100]

A pound??😱I assume u meant a 1 million 🤪😉

[@shaunday8930]

brenkelly100 no 1 pound. Chelsea were also bought for £1 in 1982.

[@seamuskelly100]

Shaun Day that’s jaw dropping 😂

[@metAtem]

Really enjoyed this! Hope to see more videos about Irish football.

[@666deadman666]

And we won the FAI Cup this year. Come on the rebels!!

[@ryanmartin9580]

And we won the league the last 3 years in a row, Mon Da Town

[@johnbarrett2664]

2 in a row and a double come on the rebels 🇮🇹

[@_Oblivion369]

unbeaten in the league now best team in ireland

[@JohnnyPendleton]

Respect from Hungary Best team in Ireland!

[@Luke-rc1hk]

No Dundalk is the best team in Ireland

[@Mark-kh1sw]

Dundalk are going for three in a row, much better...

[@grant5329]

Amazing story, football at it's finest. Great job by Copa90!

[@ryanmitch153]

It's an amazing story well-done cork city from scotland

[@jennifer1594]

I'm from cork and know they have won 12 in a row

[@BaashiriElmoryaan]

Well done Copa90 and thank you for bring out these amazing stories. Football is about passion. Well done Cork City and best of luck. btw Copa90 team the CC or the subtitle is misleading if i am not mistake check it out

[@martinpye798]

What a great story. Never had an Irish team, but I do now. Stoke fan living in Oz. That was just a great story.

[@ronanoriordan5135]

I'm from cork I go to most of the matches home and away I love this club so much and finally somebody noticing the Irish league

[@michaelcaulfield6638]

can you guys please do a vid on another league of ireland club called Galway United? Like cork my local club has been through tough times in 2012 we were liquidated and for two years us the fans fought hard to get our club a league of ireland licence and as recent as this season we are back in the premier division as a solid mid table team (from the first division). As a league of ireland fan im delighted with the effort you guys are doing with videos on the league to get irish fans to get behind their local teams.. hope you guys can make this happen as you would have a VERY CHUFFED SUBSCRIBER :D

[@cozzaman74]

Dundalk have a very similar story to Cork. You should make a video on them too!

[@Huumf]

Fuck Dundalk

[@pskjgoidhg]

Alex Mc Guinness Athlone Town

[@lukeprendy9389]

The rovers shamrock rovers

[@jsafc1327]

We all know Bohemians are superior, lets just admit it now. Boh' is love, Boh' is life.

[@noahboyle4972]

I think nearly every country in Ireland went through the same thing 😂😂

[@MrPatsurfer]

One of the greatest things about this video is the amount of youngsters on the terraces. They are the future and you need that commitment or you fade away. Up the rebel army !!!

[@eoinkelly4790]

I'm a bohs fan great to see league of Ireland vids

[@tim260273]

Ccfc go to every game at the club.#City for life

[@icj8663]

The cork boys can fight👊👊

[@threestepssideways1202]

Well done CCFC, I love seeing communities come good.

[@AirRaid1196]

CORK! I've loved this team since I did a career mode on FIFA 13 and they were the first team to sign me on loan and we won the title so I've followed them IRL ever since lol sucks they couldn't win the title last year but looking good so far

[@yup4954]

AirRaid1196 lol

[@sf5416]

Ccfc for life

[@giddygiddy85]

Cork a place where you can say "fuck the Dubs" and it actually means something like...

[@KeithMcormack895]

As a Kerryman I am offended

[@swannykiid]

💚💚💚We are THE Rebel Army💚💚💚

[@kylemcmullan2929]

I'm from Farranree,Cork :)

[@mahony0]

Great story guys. I'm in this and all :D

[@elitefifagamer7581]

Can't wait for the game on Sunday love coming back to watch this vid :) Sean Maguire promised me his boots aswell

[@Northstander]

A really good quote from this clip - "we as a board are only stewards for the time we are there" - If all football clubs were run with that statement above the door to the boardroom the World would be a better place.

[@robinoor9267]

amazing to see my own team on that banner at about 6 min. good luck to cork and their fans.

[@alandoyle2234]

Another excellent video by these lads, who's the bell end in the Liverpool Jersey in the Shed ? Get yourself a Home jersey or something...Knob

[@vickysababe]

This is about football... everyone else should cool off and help the cause at hand. Cheers, Victoria

[@MrJackmc12]

Thanks for covering our league. It really needs all the promotions it can get.

[@Kelly14UK]

Why can't ALL football fans be like these guys?

[@yazidbougheda4257]

This why I think a 3rd European Cup would be interesting

[@adamfinnegan735]

That's why I love the conference league as an Irish football fan, it gives our clubs a chance to compete in the group stages of a European competition instead of just playing 2 or so games and being immediately knocked out, I'm a shamrock rovers fan and with our huge win last night we should hopefully get conference league group stages and I can't wait

[@Josh-pj7tq]

Champion of Ireland should be in champions league. Eufa giving a pity competition means nothing

[@greigie99]

Do something on non old firm scottish clubs lile Aberdeen, Dundee united, Hearts, Hibs etc because they have huge fan bases but dont get any tv time because all sky sports care about is the old firm

[@aidanclarke2163]

Absolutely cracking video, so interesting!

[@mahonykid13]

Thank you so much for filming a video about cork city as they my local club plus I was at that Europa league match

[@EBKGameZ]

Do Dundalk Fc we were going too be extinct and nearly relegated but then Stephen Kenny came in and then next season we won the league

[@Coolvideos99876]

Coming from a Cork fan! Be a great idea! Ye really were a success story even of yere pitch and stadium is sh!t

[@Primarytuba]

I don't think extinct is the word that I'd use there

[@acobhrambler2432]

***** crap town

[@christopherball7194]

EBK GameZ extinct hahaha

[@superkevcal]

Come on the town

[@Lkenneally]

Mup the Rebel Army 🔴🔴

[@paulbyron1359]

I watched this video to find out more about the team I took to FIFA glory. Lovely to see that the spirit of the reality matches my virtual triumphs. Keep going lads! 👍🏻👍🏻

[@iHrizN]

1:55 the guy with the Liverpool shirt on?????

[@SaxonBarks]

What about him?

[@GarethWareth]

iHrizN Loads of people in Ireland support Liverpool. It is not unusual for fans of small clubs to support a bigger team too. Especially when that team is in another country.

[@rebelkiller93]

iHrizN Not uncommon. Liverpool are probably the most supported club in Ireland along with Man United. I myself support both Liverpool and Cork City

[@benowusu3613]

Gareth Wareth Exactly like how I live in Australia and I support Liverpool and Sydney FC

[@tansley3]

I support Liverpool and Cork City

[@dylanhennebry4750]

We’re back 💚❤️

[@Owen1516]

They just got relegated tonight, from champions 3 years ago to this the downfall is completed sadly

[@mazemurphy845]

cork city fc are still standing rebel army

[@adamhumphreysdeady4636]

Thank You!!! +Copa90

[@ramseyarsenal16]

The best club in Ireland

[@JakeSkillington]

YES!

[@maccersgaming4333]

We're gonna win the league

[@titusbramble4371]

Whatever you think mate

[@MultiTae97]

ramseyarsenal16 yes dead right

[@Decotelli2k13hd]

Shamrock rovers💚

[@Owen1516]

The downfall of the club now is incredible , could get relegated and go out of business again the mismanagement has been incredible

[@Mark_Underwood]

Unbelievable story from Copa90, slowly getting back to the channels best

[@Prolix8]

Nice documentary, congratulations.