PETER DOHERTY says Cockhill Celtic have nothing to fear as they head south for a Sunday morning clash with College Corinthians in the Intermediate Cup.
The game at Castletreasure (kick-off 11.30am) sees the table toppers from the Munster Senior League hosts the Ulster Senior League’s pace setters and defending champions.
Doherty was this week named as the Watson Menswear Ulster Senior League Player of the Month for October 2016 and says Cockhill must make an impression at national level having swept the boards of late locally.
“Big time, we have to do something in the Intermediate,” Doherty says.
“That’s the big aim now, to string a few games together. Letterkenny got momentum last year and saw it to the final.
“We want a good run and make a push in this competition.”
Cockhill are two points clear of Fanad United and have a game in hand in the USL while Corinthians are four points clear of Cobh Wanderers in the MSL.
Doherty says: “We have nothing to fear. We’re talking about them, but I think they’ll be looking at our run too. We’re full of confidence. The bookies have them as favourites, but with the players we have and the squad we have, we’re confident.”
“We’ll prepare well. We know they’ll be good opponents, but we’ll go and play our own game; try and make them worry about us.
“In terms of mileage it’s the worst draw we could have got, but if we play the way we can the rest will take care of itself.”
Cockhill hammered Swilly Rovers 7-0 in the last round after Derek Doherty’s goal at Leckview Park in round 1 saw Gavin Cullen’s Cockhill defeat Letterkenny Rovers, last season’s Intermediate Cup finalists.
Peter Doherty says: “It was a pity that we had to meet Rovers because we could both have done well. If we happen to get a run, we won’t get many tougher games than that one against Rovers – it was a real battle.”
The Cockhill defender has been one of the mainstays of late for Cullen’s side as they have won four-in-a-row League titles.
Even with the likes of Cullen, Malachy McDermott, Johnny Havlin and Garbhan Friel sidelined, Cockhill haven’t relented this season.
Doherty said: “There has been a lot of success, but we have drive to do more. We don’t want to lose our unbeaten run in the League and just want to keep the good form going.”
Listen to the full interview below …
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