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Corduff presented with Tommy Murdiff Cup

After a season in which the club made significant progress, Corduff FC was recently presented with the Tommy Murdiff memorial trophy. The trophy is in recognition of the underdog or the club outside of any top division in the country who gets the furthest in any one year in the FAI junior national cup. Corduff FC is presented with the Tommy Murdiff cup

There have been four such winners since the inauguration of this FAI sponsored trophy. Bellurgan FC (Louth), Dublin Bus (Dublin LSL), Wembley Rovers (Limerick Premier) and now Corduff FC (AUL Premier A). Corduff were the first of the four to reach the semi final stage or round 9 with the previous three reaching the Quarter-Final stage.

Tommy Murdiff was a journalist for Independent newspapers and particularly the Evening Herald where he wrote a section for junior soccer called “Murdiff on Monday”. He was one of the best known junior soccer journalists of his time and was known for the Murdiff Jinx, whereby it seemed that placing his bet on one club would instantly lead to that club being knocked out in the following round.

Tommy Murdiff died prematurely in 2004. The trophy was presented by Tommy’s widow Ruth and son Dave, while also in attendance were some members of the Corduff committee, team and support. Also there to present the cup was Denis Cruise, the FAI junior secretary who will travel to Austria this week as Ireland’s Euro 2008 match observer.

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