Irish Abroad: Leicester City news Cork tie knot with Leicester - January 25, 2001 Cork City formally tied the knot with Leicester City and local schoolboy club Mayfield United last night. The five-year deal will see the English Premier club pump more than £250,000 into youth development programmes at the two Irish clubs and Cork City's School of Excellence. full story » Delaney could get Cup chance - January 5, 2001 Damien Delaney is on the verge of first-team football with Leicester City - and his chance could come this Saturday as the Premiership club take on York city in the FA Cup. full story » Leicester could save Kelly - November 22, 2000 Alan Kelly needs to get away from Blackburn Rovers and his chance could come over the next couple of days with the news that Leicester goalkeeper Tim Flowers has damaged a shoulder which could force him out for a lengthy period. full story » Delaney straight into action for Foxes - October 25, 2000 Damien Delaney completed his £50,000 move from Cork City to English Premiership outfit Leicester City yesterday and went straight into the club's reserve team against Tottenham. full story » Reid believes Quinn is being unfairly treated - October 5, 2000 Sunderland boss Peter Reid has called on the FA disciplinary committee to use some common sense when investigating the bust-up between Ireland's Niall Quinn and Northern Ireland's Gerry Taggart. full story » Foran fever gathers momentum The hottest property in Eircom League football will come under the spotlight tonight when Shelbourne take on St. Pat's at Richmond Park. full story » Yankee rumours link Kelly with Leicester - September 12, 2000 Republic of Ireland international goalkeeper Alan Kelly is being linked with a move to Premiership Leicester, making room for Brad Friedel to move to Blackburn, according to reports in the American media. full story » Leicester target O'Brien - September 4, 2000 Bradford City and Irish u21 defender Andy O'Brien is being targeted by Premiership rivals Leicester City - but Bradford boss Chris Hutching has no intention of selling the player. full story » Cork could lose their manager - July 4, 2000 It is looking likely that Cork City could lose their manager even before he leads them in their first league game. Colin Murphy took over from the legendary Dave Barry at the end of last season but it looks as if he is set to leave the club already - moving to Leicester as assistant manager to his friend Peter Taylor. full story » O'Neill signs three-year contract with Celtic - June 2, 2000 Celtic announced the appointment of Martin O'Neill as their manager yesterday. The former Leicester manager signed a three-year contract with the Bhoys and he now hopes to return the club to their former glory. full story »