O'Connor extends stay at Cork City FC

The player will stay on Leeside for the remainder of the season.

Cork City FC has confirmed Kevin O’Connor has extended his loan spell with the club until the end of the season.

O’Connor returned to the club on loan from Preston North End in February, and he told CorkCityFC.ie of his hopes for the second half of the season, saying: “It was a decision I came to, having thought long and hard about it over the break. I am happy here, playing games and, since John Cotter has come in, I think our performances have upped; it is just a matter of getting more confidence back and more wins.”

“I think lads have had a good break and some time for themselves, and they are coming back in now with new belief and we are ready to work hard going into a busy spell of games that we have ahead of us. Hopefully, we can get off to a good start on Friday and that will kick start the season. I think we are in a false position and hopefully we can rectify that in the second half of the season.”

“Europe is always an attraction, getting to play in big games. I think we have got a good draw and, hopefully, we can turn it into an even better draw. Everyone has seen who awaits us in the second round if everything goes according to plan, but we can’t look past the first round.”

Interim first team manager John Cotter welcomed the news that O’Connor would be staying at the club, commenting: “Kevin has been a brilliant player for us, before he went to Preston and since he has come back. I would like to thank Preston for their assistance in getting this deal done, and we look forward to welcoming them to Turner’s Cross for our upcoming Cork Airport friendly on July 8^th.”

“In the last six or seven weeks, Kevin has been doing very well; his fitness levels and performance levels have improved even more. You know what you get with Kev; he’s a great lad to have around the place and we were delighted to get the deal done.”