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Good afternoon, it is not just any old afternoon, it's the grand

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occasion of local football show case, the after noon of the 2017

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Tennants Irish Cup final. The sun's come out. The fans have come out.

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Windsor Park or the new National Stadium, if you prefer, is all

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buffed and polished and has rarely, if ever, looked better. We are ready

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to rumble. Good afternoon everyone. Great to have you for company over

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the next few hours. Equally great to be in the company of three legends.

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We will hear from the boys shortly. All you know much about the coveted

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piece of silverware that is here. Ten Cup Finals between them as

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managers. Marty Quinn looking sprightly, the the last man to

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manage Coleraine to the cup. Seven cup wins in total. And Gary

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Hamilton, less stress now, as player manager with Glenavon.

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Gary delighted that you're here, David and Marty also. Last year's

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winning manager. How difficult is it? Very difficult. I'm gutted I'm

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not there again. It's a big occasion for players. This is the pinnacle

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for a player. And the pinnacle for a manager. You're the last man to land

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Linfield a treble. They're going for it today. Added pressure or pressure

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off on David Healy and the squad? Depends on your perspective. For

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some people it will be can they do a double or treble, like Linfield

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teams of the past? Or will there be those who are maybe a bit more sense

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and say well, they've got the big one, the league trophy, anything

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else Linfield achieve will be the icing on the cake. It depends what

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pressure the Linfield players are feeling. But I think today will be a

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fantastic day. You'll not need reminding, when he landed the

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treble, you were on the receiving end in that Cup Final, a game which

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probably you did dominate but lost. It can go that way in a Cup Final.

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If you don't take your chances you don't win cups. That was the case on

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the day. We had several opportunities to increase the 1-0

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lead. As David said, he was delighted to go in 1-0 down and they

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come out in the second half refreshed, motivated and they got a

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quick equaliser. Another one shortly after it and went on to win the cup.

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That's the way it goes. Today, Coleraine will have - they have a

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young side. They'll have no fear. They've been here before, done it,

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they've won it. I have a feeling if they can match Linfield in the first

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20 minutes, not to concede anything, they can get something out of the

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game. But it's about taking your chance when's you're dominating.

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That day is very vivid in my memory. Remember talking to Brian McLaughlin

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through the first half and we were so thankful to go in just 1-0 down.

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Poise poll Pete, scores two goals and we won the cup. The teams

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arrived a short time ago, all suitably suited and booted and 21st

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century Cup Final fashion dictates. David Healy, we've hinted the the

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big day for the big manager. Roy Carroll there. Going for his own

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unique piece of history today. They are replete with household names,

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not least Adam Mullan, the skipper -- Jamie Mulgrew, the skipper with

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the game face on. There they come the man from the north coast. Oran

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Kearney young, bright manager at helm. How big a day for Eoin

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Bradley. Cup Final day last year with Glenavon. Michael O'Neill, the

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international manager, not sure if there'll be a call up, but great to

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see him here. Let's hear from the respective camps, David Healy landed

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the league title last weekend and reminded the doubters that he had

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delivered. Can they double up for the cup and what would it mean for

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them to do so. COMMENTATOR: For the 52nd time

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Linfield are the champions. The players are enjoying every single

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moment. I said from the start I firmly believed we were the better

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team this year. Probably understand more now what this club means and to

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see 2,000 people turn up on Saturday just to walk around the pitch for 45

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minutes, showed how much bringing the cup back, bringing the league

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title back here meant to them. Some people doubted whether I had the

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mentality to carry this job through. I want to be better.

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COMMENTATOR: A nice moment between Tommy Bresnan and David Healy. I

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want to be a better coach. I want to be a better manager. I want to be a

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better all-around person. Losing The Cup Final last year hurt. Probably

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took me two or three months to get that out of my system. I know beaten

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Dungannon in the semifinal, the players knew there was a gritty

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determination. It was a tough game. COMMENTATOR: And that could be the

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winner. But we knew once we got through that day this was the chance

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of redeeming themselves from last year. So I seen it in their eyes, in

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their reaction after the game. There was no celebrating in the dressing

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room. That wasn't out of disrespect for gun Gannon. That was out of

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sheer acknowledgement that the players now had a chance to go and

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win another Cup Final. COMMENTATOR: The deflection tested

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Carroll. What a world class bit of goal keeping. I've known Roy since

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he was 18, 19. I knew what type of character he was. When I see

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somebody at 39 with the enthusiasm that I see with Roy Carroll Carol,

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it's remarkable that he wants to do. It doesn't surprise me he still has

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the quality to do it. Some of his saves and performance that's year

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are outstanding. Once he got in contact with me, I was going to sign

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no matter what. I knew it was a big club over here. I like playing under

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pressure. Every time you go on the pitch to play for Linfield, the

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pressure is always there to win games. Still sometimes unreal

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calling him the gaffer, you know what I mean. I'm a few years older

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than him. He's done wonders here. At a club the size of Linfield, the

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demands that come with that. I knew how demanding it would be. We're

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league title winners. We're champions. If that doesn't release

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the shackles off the players to go and play on Saturday, I'm not sure

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what will. We will talk David Healy in a moment. But David first, Roy

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Carroll, he's chasing this unique Irish Cup and FA Cup double. How

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significant a signing was it? There's Ronaldo with him back in the

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day at United. This is a lovely story because Sir Alex Ferguson said

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to Roy prior to that game, if they went three up, he would come on.

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There's Roy celebrating. His contribution this year has been

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absolutely enormous. He's a big character. Obviously, he's

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experienced and his know how is there. His performances have been

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superb. The little piece that we ran in there, we saw the save in the

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semifinal. If dun beganan had scored they probably would have won the

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game. You see the save from young Paul Heatly, most significant. I

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know when we were here this season with Ballymena, he turned a draw

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into a win just by his performance. Chris Jones at the other end, he was

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once his hero. More from Coleraine shortly. David Healy explicit about

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the pressures of club management. Earlier this season, Oran Kearney

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was also a manager under the spotlight. He has grown this current

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crop organically and how he and they have turned things around.

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# We've come a long, long way together

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# Through the hard times and the good... It means the world. A long

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time coming I think. Our form in the league has been good over the last

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couple of years. The Irish Cup, to be honest, has been good to me as a

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player, but as a manager, up until this season, it's one that we've

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struggled to get past fifth or sixth round. It's really gripped the town,

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you know the flags are flying already, the length of bally castle

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road. The fans have got behind it. It's a massive day and one that the

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whole area is looking forward to. COMMENTATOR: There's Oran Kearney. I

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think Irish Cup week in general, from my experience as a player, it's

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a fantastic week and probably the best in your playing career. I think

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it would take greater pleasure doing it as a manager. As a player you go

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there quite selfish on the day and look after yourself and you tune

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into your job and get the job done. Going there as a manager, you're

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looking after so many different people and so many aspects of the

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day, that I think as a manager, it will be far more pleasing.

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COMMENTATOR: Oran Kearney the orchestrator. In all my time as a

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player and a manager in the league and knowing of Coleraine, it's the

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most local club ever, that speaks volumes for the crowd, for the

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atmosphere we have about the time. They're local players playing for

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their local club, which gives it a real sense of identity and

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community. COMMENTATOR: McCauley is there! They

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have won it for Coleraine. I think when it's one all with ten or 15

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minutes to go, they're more likely to gig in and fight harder because

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they have that sense of belonging and real identity with the club. It

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is their home stadium. They've always played there. I believe The

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Cup Final of this magnitude should be played at the National Stadium. I

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wouldn't want it played anywhere else, to be honest with you.

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COMMENTATOR: The man on the right-hand side. It's in the net.

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I'd be more worried going there if it was a season ago, when maybe we

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hadn't beaten Linfield in a couple of years. The big step this year,

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for the young players in particular, are the manner of our performances

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against Linfield and the crusaders this year. We have gone up a notch.

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I don't need to tell the players that they're ready. I don't need to

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tell them that we can go and do this because they know already, with what

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we've produced this season, that there is that big performance there.

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It's only a matter of getting it out on Cup Final day.

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Marty, he is a bright, young manager. Under pressure, but Oran

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Kearney, you have to give the club and the chairman credit, they backed

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him. How big is today for them? It's a massive day. The Coleraine

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chairman and his fellow directors need to take a lot of credit

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actually, because the naves were out for Oran. It was common knowledge in

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the league. The talk was Oran Kearney is next for the chop. That's

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the way it was looking. He got himself together. He showed great

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patience with the players who he'd been bringing along. They went on a

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fantastic rub. They're -- run. They're in The Cup Final now. This

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is part of the squad he's assembled here. These guys, tremendous for

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him. A lot of managers buy time by saying they're going down the road

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of youth. Coleraine have structured it over five or six years, due to

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Oran Kearney, in connection with the school of excellence there. They

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have the academy. They have the Harry Craig foundation. They are

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pulling together. These are young, local lads, from around Derry

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county, Antrim area. They're reaping the rewards. He has shown that

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patience as have the board and the fans. Today I'm delighted for them

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to be there and hopefully they can enjoy the day. There's a key thing

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that he said, that was about identity. Young people from the

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area, from the community who have a belief and a know how and want to

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represent Coleraine. That's coming through in abundance. I have to echo

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the team, they have stuck with Oran, and with stability and longevity you

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get days like today. Let's have that right now in the studio, we're going

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pitchside. He's with the man who found the net for Marty Quinn over a

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decade ago. We're going to speak to Jodie in a

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second. It's the 72nd time the Irish Cup final has been held here at

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Windsor, the first since it was redeveloped and re-opened last

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October. It's looking good today. You mention that we're going to be

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talking to the man who scored the goal 2003 final for Coleraine, five

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Cup Finals you played, in an occasion like this, it never really

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loses that feeling of being a very special day. No, it's the biggest

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day in local football. You want to be at Windsor Park in the first week

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of May, because then you're in The Cup Final. We mention 2003, someone

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nearly stole your thunder that day. Gareth McCauley, having a fantastic

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career in the Premier League. I think the ball fell and he slotted

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it home. He should have put us 1-0 up. Still the glory fell to you.

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What do you remember of the goal? It was strufy, a corner. Gorman put in

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a good ball. A header was cleared off the line. It come out to me, I

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just volleyed it back in. Hit the post and the rest is history. We've

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been talking to Marty Quinn up in the studio about the job that Oran

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Kearney has done with this team. It's incredible the turn around that

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he's managed to produce here. It is. He's generated a young side, enthuse

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yafrtic you know, a lot of -- enthusiastic, you know, a lot of

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legs in the side. After their legs and fitness will show, they can come

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out winners tonight. Put it on the line, who is going to win? I'm going

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to go for 2-1 Coleraine. I have to go with the local side. I think they

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can do it. STUDIO: Good to see Jody Toland

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looking well. The boys were salivating over that. This is

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something else to whet the appetite. One from 40 years ago, 1977,

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Coleraine taking on a hotly fancied Linfield. And certainly Beckett with

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a haystack of hair was about to write a significant footnote in the

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Bannsiders' history. Incredible memories. It is a day you

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never forget. The players involved were -- will not forget it. It is a

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day to look forward to and you cherish those memories. It is a

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special occasion. It is a bonus, particularly stuck at the back as a

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defender and you come up for a corner kick. People say the

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goalkeeper fumbled it, but I do not believe that. I had a bit of chalk

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side on it as we say in the game. With all due respect.

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We won 4- won convincingly. Among those who did not give you a chance,

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Roy Coyle, he said there would be five goals in the game. I remember

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it well. Before most games we went into the local cafe and get a big

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Friday. -- big fry. I could see the newspaper headline, it will be five.

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He got it right. There were five but it was 4-1 to Coleraine. I think it

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was Jennings, our great midfield player, reminding him about the

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five. And I remember him saying you were right about the five, but you

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got it the wrong way round. They work the medals and heroes of

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yesteryear. Who will be the heroes of 2017? Harry, you have chosen to

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highlight Eoin Bradley. He is a top guy, somebody who if you put your

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faith and trust in him he is a big-game player. Used to playing in

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front of big crowds. He relishes it and produces nine times out of ten

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and last year, that ball was especially a tremendous ball,

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putting us up 1-0 and in good stead to win. He has been a tremendous

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player for us and he has scored important goals for them since

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Christmas. If he had played from 18, 19, the attributes and strength he

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had, and maybe more coaching, he definitely had all the attributes.

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The power and strength and pace. Those players are always worth their

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weight in gold. Marty, you could have chosen Moore of half a dozen

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bit you choose Jamie Moore crew. Did I hear you say that Eoin Bradley was

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hard to manage? Gary Hamilton saying that! I have the pleasure of working

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with him in the past. Jamie Mulgrew has been outstanding for Linfield

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but this year, he seems to have come to the fore with the experience and

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confidence and leadership ability. Any time I look at Linfield now, he

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is so important, getting on the ball, passing it well and using

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every trick in the book will stop he thoroughly deserves the Player of

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the Year award, the supporters have given. He is an outstanding player

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for Linfield. He is 31, 32, he has a few seasons in him. The point you

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make is good, he has come of age. He is the last of the group part of the

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six doubles in seven years and Jamie for a long time was in the shadows

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of people such as William Murphy, Oran Kearney. This year he has

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grabbed it by the scruff of the neck. And with Stephen has been

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under the radar. Jimmy has stepped up to the mark. A man who used to

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grab it by the scruff of the neck is pitch side.

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Also pitch side is the trophy. A man used to getting his hands on the

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trophy is Peter Thompson. What about this for a record? Six finals, six

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goals, six wins. You obviously enjoyed cup finals. Cup finals are

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what it is all about. Winning the league, but come on cup final day

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there is a special buzz. Last time you got both of the goals. What do

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you remember? The first half was a struggle. 1-0 down and not playing

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well. We were coming for a first double in a row, under pressure.

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Coleraine were the better side. Got a bit of a run at half-time, coming

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out and scoring two goals. Two from 25 yards for myself. It was great. I

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was lucky enough to get the headlines that day but it was about

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a team effort coming back from 1-0 down.

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Thanks for joining us. Back to you. Still looking like he could play. A

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big day for the players and a massive day for the fans and match

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official today. Keith Kenedy, a late replacement for Raymond

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Hetherington. He is under scrutiny today. It is a big day for him. It

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is unfair to put the referee in this situation when he has been a season

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ticket holder. If he makes a mistake against Coleraine, that will be

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brought up and he will be lambasted for that. You think the IFA have

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made a mistake, putting him in? He is no longer a Linfield season

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ticket holder, it was when he was a young man. But he has been referee

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in the league, why not the Cup? It is a different day in my opinion. It

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is leaving him to be hung dry if he makes a mistake against Coleraine.

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If there were someone else playing in it, fair enough, but when it

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becomes a day like this... I. You there. We will pick up at half-time.

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In the meantime, alongside Chris Morgan, Mr Thomas Kane.

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COMMENTATOR: It is the showpiece occasion every player and manager

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wants to be involved in. A capacity crowd, over 12,000 packed inside

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Windsor Park, and that is what they are playing for. It is a big day for

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the families with many players walking outside onto the pitch with

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members of their family. The fans are enjoying themselves. Chris, cup

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final day is special and day everybody wants to be part of. It is

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special. When you start in January playing the first round the ultimate

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goal is to get here and when you are here, it is only about winning. I

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have unfortunately lost two finals, and they are horrendous occasions

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when you lose. Whilst you have had the enjoyment of the build-up and

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experience of the occasion, when you lose, it is as bad feeling you will

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get football. Oran Kearney will be walking alongside his twins,

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six-year-old Eva and Luca. And a big day for David Healy, having secured

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the shield and a league title last week against Cliftonville in

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dramatic fashion. Everyone is waiting for the go-ahead. We are set

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for the Irish Cup final of 2017. Listen to the roar of the fans.

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These few seconds in the tunnel will feel like an eternity.

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And with his young daughter and niece. The flames are up on the

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pitch. This scene is set. Linfield against Coleraine in the Irish Cup

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final. Chris, a red-hot atmosphere inside the ground. I can feel the

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flames from here. The atmosphere is building. There is a good feeling

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about the game. I think it will be an open match. The fact both teams

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have come in with successful seasons for differing reasons, I think some

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of the pressure will be lifted. A real sense of occasion. So much so,

:26:19.:26:25.

earlier in the week, they asked Coleraine to come down and

:26:26.:26:29.

experience the pre-match festivities for themselves. They walked onto the

:26:30.:26:35.

pitch and experience that, getting the big match feel and there is

:26:36.:26:40.

someone who knows about the big occasions, Jamie Moore groove. He

:26:41.:26:44.

has played in seven finals and the one he lost last year, as he said,

:26:45.:26:51.

was the most difficult to take. Orrin Kearney's twins, as I

:26:52.:26:57.

mentioned earlier. His wife is up in the stands along with her father

:26:58.:27:04.

Kenny Shiels and his mother and father as well, Liam and Bridget.

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David Martin from the IFA. Meeting both sets of players. David Ogilby

:27:10.:27:18.

is the skipper today. His son is in his arms. A pressure rise day for

:27:19.:27:23.

the officials. There are bound to be nervous as well Out them. He knows

:27:24.:27:35.

the man he is about to shake hands with, David Healy, very well. Roy

:27:36.:27:46.

Carroll, playing in his first Irish Cup final in his first year in local

:27:47.:27:53.

football. What a season he has had and what a season David Healy has

:27:54.:27:58.

had. He had his doubters when he took the job last October but he has

:27:59.:28:08.

proved them wrong. . As we pause for the national anthem.

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It is showtime. This scene is set. The players are ready. And a final

:28:53.:29:20.

handshake between the managers. The nerves will not go until a couple of

:29:21.:29:26.

minutes in the game. It is not like a normal game. You do not go through

:29:27.:29:35.

this routine on a given Saturday. Six of the line-up, 21 or younger.

:29:36.:29:42.

Eoin Bradley was part of the Glenavon side who defeated Linfield

:29:43.:29:47.

last year. Only one of the starters to have played in an Irish Cup final

:29:48.:29:49.

before. David Healy going for a tried

:29:50.:30:07.

starting XI. Roy Carroll, plus Stafford and Niall Quinn, both of

:30:08.:30:11.

whom were on the bench last year. And these are the officials. Keith

:30:12.:30:17.

Kenedy and his assistants. The fourth official is Tim Marshall.

:30:18.:30:27.

Windsor Park is rocking. Eoin Bradley, a big game player,

:30:28.:30:32.

according to Gary Hamilton. How crucial a role will he play today?

:30:33.:30:36.

He is the one player who could have an impact in this game, Eoin

:30:37.:30:42.

Bradley. Gary talked in the studio, he has the big-game mentality and

:30:43.:30:46.

relishes these occasions. He is used to the big crowd and he is the one

:30:47.:30:50.

big chance Coleraine have. I think Linfield are the favourites but if

:30:51.:30:56.

Bradley is on his game, he could possibly win the game on his own.

:30:57.:31:01.

Which one of tease two men will get their hands on Irish Cup this

:31:02.:31:10.

afternoon? The coin toss taking place. David Ogilby the longest

:31:11.:31:14.

serving member of the Coleraine squad. Mulgrew has won everything in

:31:15.:31:25.

the game, but arguably this is his best season. Roy Carroll played in

:31:26.:31:29.

the 2004 FA Cup Final with Manchester United, also won the

:31:30.:31:36.

Greek Cup with Olympaikos. How crucial will he be today? Oran

:31:37.:31:45.

Kearney, like David Healy, had his doubters. Can he win Coleraine's

:31:46.:31:52.

first trophy since Marty Quinn in 2003? Huge amount of buses coming

:31:53.:32:02.

down from the north coast. Keith Kennedy prepares to get this game

:32:03.:32:04.

under way. Coleraine against Linfield led by

:32:05.:32:24.

David Healy. Great atmosphere in the stadium. Fantastic to see such a big

:32:25.:32:31.

crowd in for a domestic Cup Final. Well over 12,000 fans in Windsor

:32:32.:32:33.

Park. We're under way. Lyndon Kane's family has had a busy

:32:34.:33:03.

day. 18 months ago his aunt booked their wedding day. His mum and dad

:33:04.:33:08.

went to the service earlier. Then raced down the road, they're going

:33:09.:33:13.

back to the reception tonight for his aunt Gillian getting married to

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John. Will there be silverware to celebrate at the reception?

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A very attacking line-up picked by Oran Kearney today.

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12,500 people confirmed in the stadium. Talk about nerves. The

:33:55.:34:03.

flicked header was supposed to glance into the hands of Chris

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Johns. Didn't work out. It's an early opportunity for Lynn feed to

:34:08.:34:10.

put pressure on the back line. Yeah, it is. # easily defendable situation

:34:11.:34:18.

there. Communication issue between goalkeeper and centre half. Possibly

:34:19.:34:19.

the noise. A little tug on Adam Mullan who was

:34:20.:34:42.

mar shalling the -- Jamie Mulgrew who was mar shalling the situation

:34:43.:34:43.

well. Jamie Mulgrew senses the danger. If

:34:44.:34:57.

Bradley had played it wide left, it would have been more advantageous.

:34:58.:35:05.

It shows on the counter they can cause problems.

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That's going to be another corner kick. Good start from Linfield.

:35:27.:35:31.

Yeah. I think as well set pieces could be crucial for Linfield.

:35:32.:35:33.

You're right it was lax from Coleraine. They allowed him to come

:35:34.:35:38.

off and get the ball and turn. He's created a corner really from a

:35:39.:35:43.

situation of a throw-in. Linfield we know the threats from set pieces.

:35:44.:35:47.

The three defenders they have are grouped together. They're the three

:35:48.:35:50.

that are a real danger from set pieces. Burns is in there as a

:35:51.:35:56.

fourth. The referee will ask for the corner

:35:57.:36:00.

to be taken again. He's having a word with a couple of players in the

:36:01.:36:09.

box. I mentioned Callacher, Stafford, and Haughey at right back,

:36:10.:36:12.

between them they have scored 23 goals this season.

:36:13.:36:24.

Palmed away by Johns. That's a good chance. It's a decent header back

:36:25.:36:32.

across from Mark Haughey. Wonder if it should have been put in the area

:36:33.:36:37.

for somebody else. Routine save for Chris Johns. We

:36:38.:36:42.

spoke about the importance of the first 20 minutes from a Coleraine

:36:43.:36:45.

perspective. Chris Johns is going to try and take

:36:46.:37:09.

his time over this. He will be glad to get his hands on the ball and

:37:10.:37:14.

Coleraine can step out a little bit. The prescreeding corner there, Chris

:37:15.:37:17.

Johns was interested in seeing him come through bodies to deal with it.

:37:18.:37:21.

His defenders will be happy with him trying to help them out.

:37:22.:37:25.

Appeals for offside. Straightforward enough decision. It has been a

:37:26.:37:33.

fairly open first five minutes so far. Don't think we expected too

:37:34.:37:38.

many opportunities early on, but certainly from those set pieces

:37:39.:37:43.

Linfield have caused the Coleraine goalkeeper problems.

:37:44.:37:50.

Roy Carroll seems to be loving his football here. Made the decision to

:37:51.:37:54.

come back. He's been a very important cog in the Linfield

:37:55.:37:57.

machine this season. Very athoritative.

:37:58.:38:07.

Chris Johns had Roy Carroll up on his bedroom wall, one of his heroes

:38:08.:38:14.

growing up. Now they're head to head in a Cup Final.

:38:15.:38:19.

Nudge in the back from Callacher. The decision to could Rhine. --

:38:20.:38:30.

Coleraine. Looks a bit soft. Don't know whether Jimmy Callacher does an

:38:31.:38:35.

awful lot. I'm sure Michael Bradley is strong enough to handle that.

:38:36.:38:39.

You'd argue that's good centre forward play. Brought a free kick. I

:38:40.:38:43.

think so. It gives Coleraine a moment of respite. They can play in

:38:44.:38:46.

Linfield's half for a bit. Maybe throw a ball into the box here. It's

:38:47.:38:50.

not a great angle for a cross. Too far probably for a shot. Brad Lyons

:38:51.:39:00.

standing over it. Concern about him for this game, he had a knee injury,

:39:01.:39:06.

but passed fit this morning. Harkin joined Coleraine in January.

:39:07.:39:15.

Had a go from zand, very ambitious. It was going to take something. From

:39:16.:39:21.

the second you left his boot you knew it wasn't going to cause Roy

:39:22.:39:24.

Carroll too many problems. It is a difficult one there. He probably

:39:25.:39:28.

felt I'll have a crack at this and see if we can work the goalkeeper.

:39:29.:39:32.

Probably 35 yards out. The angle wasn't overly good to cross the

:39:33.:39:33.

ball. Understandable. I think David Healy will be fairly

:39:34.:40:01.

happy with this start. He will be. They've had a lot of ball in the

:40:02.:40:05.

Coleraine half. They're not completely fluid in their play just

:40:06.:40:11.

yet. But territorially they're playing well. You mentioned earlier

:40:12.:40:15.

that 20-minute mark. They'll be keen to get there and still level in the

:40:16.:40:18.

game. It hasn't been the best start from them. The longer this period

:40:19.:40:22.

goes and they can start to feel a little bit more assured sured in the

:40:23.:40:25.

-- assured in the match. Haughey, he's not happy with the

:40:26.:40:50.

decision. No hesitation with the referee. I think he's probably right

:40:51.:40:55.

there, the referee. They want McCauley on the ball. He seems to

:40:56.:41:01.

play nearly inside. Doesn't start right out on the line like a

:41:02.:41:05.

traditional winger. He plays inside ten, 15 yards. But he's a real

:41:06.:41:11.

threat when he gets the ball and starts dribbling at people.

:41:12.:41:53.

Linfield certainly on top in terms of possession.

:41:54.:42:14.

So almost at the ten-minute mark for Oran Kearney. Two time Irish Cup

:42:15.:42:25.

winner with Linfield. A real model pro in the Irish League. Very well

:42:26.:42:30.

thought of and he certainly carried that into management. Very popular

:42:31.:42:35.

figure around the local game. That's well played from Lyndon Kane. Ball

:42:36.:42:40.

that he heads back, get it wrong and you put one of the other players in,

:42:41.:42:49.

but takes the pressure out of the situation and cushioned it back. Six

:42:50.:42:54.

of the Coleraine starting line-up 21 or younger. It is remarkable what

:42:55.:43:02.

they've managed to achieve. It was a vision from both the chairman and

:43:03.:43:05.

also Oran Kearney that they wanted young players from the area to line

:43:06.:43:08.

out for them. Bradley took the wrong option. Two

:43:09.:43:24.

or three runners from midfield. It's a good counterattack. It is the

:43:25.:43:28.

wrong option. It sits up nicely for him. From that angle, that distance,

:43:29.:43:33.

it will take unbelievable strength. You see McCauley running inside him

:43:34.:43:37.

there. He berates him because he needs to slide it in between. A good

:43:38.:43:39.

counterattack. Bit surprised thattor ran went for

:43:40.:44:04.

the tree of Bradley, McLaughlin and McGonigle? A little bit yes.

:44:05.:44:10.

McLaughlin could be a threat off the bench. Lyndon Kane is maybe hurt

:44:11.:44:19.

ever so slightly there. Surprised that he didn't hold him back. He

:44:20.:44:22.

scored the winning goal in the semifinal. McGonigle up front, and

:44:23.:44:29.

that was a good pairing. He maybe just thought James McLaughlin could

:44:30.:44:33.

be the man. He seems to be one that turns up on a good day.

:44:34.:44:53.

Quinn's just filled in now. He will be comfortable enough playing as a

:44:54.:44:58.

fullback until they get the shape again. That's the benefit of it. It

:44:59.:45:04.

does work. It is interchangeable. Also the decision of David Healy to

:45:05.:45:11.

play Mark Haughey at left back. He wanted to accommodate Stafford, as

:45:12.:45:16.

well. Haughey is a centre half. But he's been pushed out to right back

:45:17.:45:23.

because Linfield maybe have a little bit of a problem here with points

:45:24.:45:24.

early on. He is comfortable on the ball. The

:45:25.:45:40.

best defensive record of the league. Keep doing it, keep doing what works

:45:41.:45:45.

for you. That was a powerful header forward by David Ogilby. Challenge,

:45:46.:45:49.

Bradley. Very good with the ball at his feet,

:45:50.:46:04.

Carroll. Clarke kicks it out for another

:46:05.:46:32.

throwing. Paul Smyth has been quiet. He has not had a ball. It is

:46:33.:46:37.

difficult for him to get into the game unless people give him the

:46:38.:46:43.

ball. How they get him into the game and high up the pitch and in a

:46:44.:46:47.

threatening position. That was an opportunity right now. There is a

:46:48.:46:55.

real excitement about Paul Smyth when he gets on the ball. The energy

:46:56.:47:04.

about him. David Healy likes him through the middle but also on the

:47:05.:47:09.

wing because of his pace and he is one of the most exciting prospects

:47:10.:47:13.

in the Irish league. And that was Paul Smyth taking on Mullan.

:47:14.:47:28.

McConaghie dilly-dally. He always looks to make something happen. He

:47:29.:47:32.

will not take an easy pass if it is on, he will try to commit people. He

:47:33.:47:37.

is difficult for defenders to deal with.

:47:38.:47:46.

Aaron Burns, challenged by David Ogilby. A soft decision? He does not

:47:47.:48:02.

do a lot wrong. If that challenge had been on Aaron Burns, would he

:48:03.:48:09.

have given a penalty? I think it was a soft free kick. The view from the

:48:10.:48:16.

sideline. Harkin left his foot in. That is a

:48:17.:48:41.

talking to for Ciaron Harkin. He has been very highly rated since making

:48:42.:48:47.

the switch. He is still very young, Harkin, at 21.

:48:48.:49:01.

Stafford this time flicking it towards the goal and another easy

:49:02.:49:18.

take for Johns. He would do well to beat the keeper from that angle.

:49:19.:49:30.

Chris Johns almost playing as sweeper keeper, he is that far off

:49:31.:49:54.

his line. He is alert and aware of what is going on.

:49:55.:50:03.

Bradley and Callacher, that is a tussle we will be adjudicating on

:50:04.:50:14.

this afternoon. Paul Smyth made a decent run. Larry might have wanted

:50:15.:50:22.

to have fed it down their for Paul Smyth, but I am not sure that was

:50:23.:50:30.

on. It had to be pretty much inch perfect from Stephen Lowry and he

:50:31.:50:35.

obviously overhit it. Not too many goal scoring chances so far. The

:50:36.:50:42.

first five minutes were strong but it has got scrappy now.

:50:43.:50:52.

Coleraine are coming into it a little bit more than certainly the

:50:53.:50:55.

start of the game will -- game. -- Paul Smyth took on his man and

:50:56.:51:22.

tried to pass it across the face of goal. He should have said it back to

:51:23.:51:27.

Lowry and he has a thump at goal. Adam Mullan clean things up. That

:51:28.:51:52.

was super play by Bradley. McCauley, but again, the touch is a little bit

:51:53.:51:58.

too far ahead of the Coleraine player. That is the strength of

:51:59.:52:02.

Bradley, the physical strength. Arguably that is a defenders ball.

:52:03.:52:14.

But nobody is getting around him. What will Oran Kearney be thinking?

:52:15.:52:21.

He will be relatively happy. Well played again. Kane. 100 games

:52:22.:52:31.

already for Coleraine and he has not been overawed by the occasion.

:52:32.:52:39.

Displaying that level of coolness. Paul Smyth, can he kick-start

:52:40.:52:40.

something? Linfield pushing up a little bit in

:52:41.:52:49.

the past couple of minutes. Patient and deliberate from

:52:50.:53:06.

Linfield. That is where Burns is good.

:53:07.:53:17.

A low cross from Clarke. That is probably one of Linfield's better

:53:18.:53:22.

spells. Good strength from Clarke. Super

:53:23.:53:35.

play from Clarke. Great defending. The referee says no corner kick.

:53:36.:53:42.

From this distance it looks like it took a deflection. Aaron Burns

:53:43.:53:46.

thought it did. I do not Inc there is any doubt. It certainly did. He

:53:47.:53:53.

didn't hit it as cleanly as he would have liked. Definitely a corner.

:53:54.:54:11.

Corner kick to Linfield. They are starting to look threatening again.

:54:12.:54:21.

They are starting to settle and suddenly Linfield have turned it up.

:54:22.:54:27.

They do not want Waterworth in the one-on-one situations because he is

:54:28.:54:33.

quicker than Ogilby. A similar position he picked it up last week

:54:34.:54:40.

against Cliftonville. Proving so crucial in the race for the league

:54:41.:54:43.

title. Plenty of movement in the middle. Mark Stafford flicked it

:54:44.:54:54.

wide. A great chance. Interesting to see it again to see how he attacked

:54:55.:54:59.

the ball. Chris Johns was almost caught in a crowd of players. Aaron

:55:00.:55:05.

Burns got his head to it and it fell to Stafford. How did he not score?

:55:06.:55:10.

He should have hit the target. Chris Johns got caught underneath. Seem to

:55:11.:55:17.

hold up in the breeze and he got caught underneath the ball and does

:55:18.:55:21.

not deal with it. Linfield should have been ahead with that chance for

:55:22.:55:26.

Stafford. Linfield starting to turn the screw. Still looking for the

:55:27.:55:33.

first goal in this Irish Cup decider.

:55:34.:55:43.

That was a difficult pass to thread through. It should have been fed

:55:44.:55:53.

inside. Brad Lyons, whether he is talking to him, but it was a five

:55:54.:55:58.

yard ball and it could have been recycled. But you can see the

:55:59.:56:04.

strength of Bradley. It is difficult as player because you have to play

:56:05.:56:06.

with the back to goal. Niall Quinn got a head to it and

:56:07.:56:21.

flicked it towards goal but it was always looking like it would go over

:56:22.:56:26.

the top from Quinn. It is difficult when there is no pace on the ball. I

:56:27.:56:32.

presume he is trying to put it back. I don't think he would score from

:56:33.:56:40.

there, trying to keep it alive. You have to be confident in that area.

:56:41.:56:54.

The first time the combination of McLauchlan and Bradley have linked

:56:55.:57:09.

up. -- McLaughlin. Maybe Harkin has not had the influence in the game

:57:10.:57:13.

people thought he might. Aaron Burns, not the best first touch.

:57:14.:57:20.

Trying to squeeze through two players. Wrong option. I think

:57:21.:57:28.

Bradley got a toe to it. Linfield being forced to build from

:57:29.:57:45.

the back once more. The midfield has been bypassed in

:57:46.:57:56.

many ways, so far. Again, Linfield not afraid to commit

:57:57.:58:45.

men forward. Waterworth. What a pass to Lyndon Kane but the right back

:58:46.:58:47.

did just enough. Mulgrew always seems to be in the

:58:48.:59:05.

right place at the right time. He has been outstanding for Linfield,

:59:06.:59:08.

this year. Given the skipper's armband, as well. An altercation

:59:09.:59:17.

between himself and McCauley. Mulgrew was running in an area where

:59:18.:59:20.

he was under pressure and McCauley could not help himself. It is

:59:21.:59:32.

understandable. There are nerves and tension out there. Both players want

:59:33.:59:34.

it. That is desired, as well. I was talking to James Nesbitt and

:59:35.:59:49.

his father James senior was on the Coleraine team bus. Goes to every

:59:50.:59:55.

game. There he is alongside Jimmy Nesbitt. We hope to speak to him at

:59:56.:00:01.

half-time. He is with his sisters at the game and his brother-in-law, as

:00:02.:00:06.

well. Will he be celebrating in a couple of hours?

:00:07.:00:16.

Clarke and Quinn whirl linking up -- were linking up again. Johns has not

:00:17.:00:30.

had a great deal to do so far. Stafford's chance was the best

:00:31.:00:35.

opportunity, as Harkin checks back and finds Mullan.

:00:36.:00:49.

A tactic employed by Linfield, putting players under pressure.

:00:50.:00:55.

Breathing down their necks. Yeah, and that is a reasonable

:00:56.:01:00.

opportunity. Mullin sometimes struggles. Waterworth! Andrew

:01:01.:01:13.

Waterworth, who else. He's been in fantastic form. Five goals in his

:01:14.:01:17.

last two games and he's given Linfield the lead. It was all about

:01:18.:01:26.

the combination of Smyth and Waterworth. He's scored two in the

:01:27.:01:30.

cup runs so far. Make that number three. It's certainly the most

:01:31.:01:41.

important. Coleraine go to sleep on that throw-in. Waterworth is never

:01:42.:01:47.

going to miss from there. Paul Smyth got his head up and picked out

:01:48.:01:52.

Waterworth. On the half-hour mark, it's advantage Linfield. David

:01:53.:01:58.

Healy's men go ahead. That comes from a situation where Coleraine had

:01:59.:02:05.

put a couple of passes together. It went out to Mullin, but he struggles

:02:06.:02:09.

sometimes because he's right footed. He wants to come onto his right

:02:10.:02:13.

foot. They give the ball away in a position, just inside their half.

:02:14.:02:19.

They don't react. A quick turnover and Linfield get the ball back in

:02:20.:02:25.

play. Suddenly behind Smyth. Gets fortune with the deflection.

:02:26.:02:29.

Waterworth's unmarked. He's not going to miss. Linfield are looking

:02:30.:02:37.

the better side. You've got to take your chances when they come along

:02:38.:02:41.

and Linfield have done that. Can Coleraine respond? Or will it be

:02:42.:02:46.

that man Jamie Mulgrew lifting the Irish cup later today?

:02:47.:02:53.

Certainly the volume has been turned up a few notches amongst the

:02:54.:03:00.

Linfield supporters. They're going for the treble. The fans are

:03:01.:03:05.

starting to believe. That dream a few weeks ago could well become

:03:06.:03:12.

reality. Lovely control by Lovren. -- McLaughlin. Sfvment

:03:13.:03:18.

Coleraine haven't had much joy down the right side so far.

:03:19.:03:31.

Harkin goes down on the challenge with McCauley. That duo clashing

:03:32.:03:38.

once again. We could see the first booking in this Cup Final. It's

:03:39.:03:42.

yellow for Darren McCauley. Don't know if that was for the dissent

:03:43.:03:48.

afterwards. It's not really a bookable offence. Keith Kennedy

:03:49.:03:53.

seems to point out that it was the second one. Because of the two

:03:54.:03:58.

challenges, he felt yellow was merited. It's a clear foul. Mulgrew

:03:59.:04:03.

does that better than anybody in the league. He picks up the ball in

:04:04.:04:07.

dangerous areas and drives his team forward. All the moment right now is

:04:08.:04:11.

with Linfield. Can they press home that advantage?

:04:12.:04:46.

They haven't been able to retain possession in the final third. Roy

:04:47.:04:57.

Carroll hasn't been called into action at all today.

:04:58.:05:07.

Callacher goes down. This time the free kick goes Lynn fold's way.

:05:08.:05:20.

Andrew Waterworth ghosting to the near post. We've witnessed that many

:05:21.:05:24.

times through the years. Waterworth could double the lead.

:05:25.:05:34.

Two for Waterworth! Two for Linfield.

:05:35.:05:42.

The Linfield fans are certainly in full voice. It was a good stop

:05:43.:05:47.

initially from Burns. Following up was Waterworth. He gapbled. --

:05:48.:05:54.

gapbled. -- gambled. After scoring a hat-trick last week, Waterworth

:05:55.:05:56.

could be on course for another treble today. When you're hot,

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you're hot. This ball breaks to him. Once it breaks to Waterworth, eight

:06:05.:06:09.

yards out, just has to put his foot through it. Keeps his head. Never

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going to miss. The confidence of the first goal makes that an absolute

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gimme that chance. Arguably game, possibly, over. Coleraine a big task

:06:22.:06:25.

to get back into this. They've struggled so far. They now have a

:06:26.:06:32.

two-goal lead. They will play with more confidence now. That momentum,

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as I mentioned before, very much with Linfield. Very much with Andrew

:06:38.:06:40.

Waterworth. What a conclusion to the season he's had.

:06:41.:06:50.

Linfield looking very much like the Irish Cup is going to stay here at

:06:51.:07:01.

Windsor Park. That's probably five goals for Andrew Waterworth over the

:07:02.:07:05.

last 80 minutes of football. A hat-trick last week. Two in the

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first 32 minutes here. I think he scored two in the second half

:07:10.:07:14.

against Coleraine as well in the 5-1 victory the week before. He's

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certainly a player in form. You can see that. He's alive today.

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Sometimes you come into games and with that level of form he's in, he

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probably knew he was going to score today. First one, no problem. Close

:07:29.:07:32.

enough, dispatches it. Second one the same. He's put Linfield in a

:07:33.:07:38.

really strong position. They're not the most difficult finishes, but he

:07:39.:07:42.

took they very well and coolie. He was playing like a man who's full of

:07:43.:07:44.

confidence and enjoying his football more than ever. They're in the net

:07:45.:07:49.

before he's probably thought about it. He's playing off instinct. When

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you're confident, you don't look at things, don't think about it. His

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first one, OK, three yards out. You've still got to put it away.

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Sometimes they're as difficult as any other chance. Second one again,

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doesn't think about it. In the back of the net before anybody's even

:08:04.:08:09.

reacted. Linfield are playing with more confidence and I wouldn't be

:08:10.:08:14.

surprised to see them get a few more goals. Coleraine, they're trying to

:08:15.:08:18.

live with Linfield now who are a team obviously playing with huge

:08:19.:08:21.

confidence. It's 14 years since another Linfield player probably

:08:22.:08:25.

wearing the number seven scored a double in a Cup Final. They're the

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moments you savour, Chris, you scored two against Coleraine wearing

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number seven as well. When you look back in your career, are those the

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moments that stand out? Of course. There's nothing like it. It is the

:08:38.:08:41.

biggest game of the season. It's the games where you want to turn up and

:08:42.:08:49.

show what you can do. I think Peter Thomson might argue with you. He

:08:50.:08:53.

scored in a number of Cup Finals and scored twos. But we know these are

:08:54.:08:59.

the big occasions. You look for a big occasion player, Waterworth

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proved it last week. He's turned up again today and it's his goals that

:09:05.:09:08.

are the difference at the minute. Can Coleraine find a way back into

:09:09.:09:12.

this game? They need to score soon. If they don't, I could see Linfield

:09:13.:09:16.

just getting totally on top of the match. Yellow card for Aaron Burns

:09:17.:09:20.

following the challenge on Lyndon Kane. He seems to be clutching his

:09:21.:09:28.

jaw. Both players attacking the ball. What do you think? His arm's

:09:29.:09:33.

raised. It's a foul. It's a free kick. Probably a yellow card. I

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don't think there was anything overly sinister from Aaron Burns. He

:09:38.:09:41.

wasn't looking over his shoulder. He didn't see the player. Wasn't

:09:42.:09:44.

intending to catch him. I think Keith Kennedy has got it right. Thus

:09:45.:09:49.

far he's had a good game. Lyndon Kane down, getting a little bit of

:09:50.:09:58.

attention. What will Oran Kearney say at halftime? His side have been

:09:59.:10:03.

shell shocked in this first 37 minutes. A double in quick success

:10:04.:10:09.

from Andrew Waterworth. Those fans have certainly been ice lensed. # --

:10:10.:10:17.

silenced. They don't give up though. This Coleraine side have battled

:10:18.:10:19.

back many times this season. Well hit by McGonigle. Comfortably

:10:20.:10:50.

saved by Carroll. Can't work out whether he's offside or not. Hard to

:10:51.:10:55.

tell from that angle. A little bit more positive from a Coleraine

:10:56.:11:00.

perspective. They haven't panicked since the second goal went in. Just

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more than anything for these players to just settle a bit. Yeah, because

:11:06.:11:08.

the game can suddenly run away from you. They have a lot of young

:11:09.:11:14.

players. They've come into this game today with probably two or three

:11:15.:11:19.

nearly off and the season, they qualified for Europe, they achieved

:11:20.:11:23.

that goal early on. They started to play out fixtures. Linfield have had

:11:24.:11:27.

to play 100% every minute for the last six months probably or more.

:11:28.:11:32.

They've chased crusaders down and overturned that. Coleraine had a

:11:33.:11:35.

fantastic season. It's difficult to turn it back on. They had a pasting

:11:36.:11:41.

from Linfield, OK, a shadow team. That was two weeks ago. They have to

:11:42.:11:45.

get themselves rallied again. Suddenly Ogilby will drive forward

:11:46.:12:14.

and once a defensive situation, suddenly Linfield are in the final

:12:15.:12:17.

third and looking to create a chance.

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Throw-in. I don't think he was going to score from that distance.

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They're struggling get out. You saw that counterattack, if Burns had

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been able to get his head up quickly and switch the play, Smyth was in

:14:05.:14:06.

acres of space. Stopped by Roy Carroll. Callacher

:14:07.:14:25.

did his job. Don't know why he elected to take the shot on.

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Especially with Bradley inside him. Badly could have tried... Didn't

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really sit much for him on the left-hand side.

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He probably could have let it come across his body a bit more and fed

:14:44.:14:48.

it across or got a cleaner strike on it.

:14:49.:14:57.

It's been all Linfield in the opening period. Andrew Waterworth

:14:58.:15:02.

with two so far. Can Coleraine kick back before the break.

:15:03.:15:13.

He almost tried to play the same ball as last year in the Cup final.

:15:14.:15:22.

There was not a lot on for him. His run was checked a little bit. Still

:15:23.:15:31.

a little bit of hope for Coleraine with Bradley, if they get him

:15:32.:15:35.

involved in the match. I think Mrs Coleraine's first corner kick of the

:15:36.:15:45.

game. -- I think this is Coleraine's. They took it short.

:15:46.:15:50.

Linfield are well set up to deal with set pieces. They have threats

:15:51.:15:55.

at the other end, big men with strength who will attack balls. It

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was a looping ball in and no real chance for that man Brad Lyons.

:16:06.:16:15.

He has been huge for them. His influence around the place. Saying

:16:16.:16:27.

how impressed he has been, for the player who has played at that level.

:16:28.:16:34.

Roy Carroll. He is not just here for a season to see what happens. He is

:16:35.:16:42.

not afraid to give people around him a rollicking. He is one of the key

:16:43.:16:54.

reasons they have a good defensive record this season.

:16:55.:17:00.

Decision-making again. Making bad decisions because they are in this

:17:01.:17:08.

situation they are in in the game. We saw him score, top corner, a few

:17:09.:17:19.

weeks ago, that nobody expected. Maybe looking at building an attack

:17:20.:17:24.

and feeding out wide to McGonigle when they get that option. In terms

:17:25.:17:33.

of options on the bench for Oran Kearney, from the attacking

:17:34.:17:38.

perspective, people like Parkhill, Allen. Two minutes of additional

:17:39.:17:49.

time being played. Will there be a sting in the tail in first half

:17:50.:17:52.

injury time? Is their time for one last chance

:17:53.:18:19.

is? Roy Carroll happy enough for a few more seconds. What will be said

:18:20.:18:25.

in the dressing room? Linfield, keep doing what we are doing. They are

:18:26.:18:32.

halfway there. They are in such an ascendancy you cannot see it being

:18:33.:18:35.

any different. McGonigle hammering it clear as far

:18:36.:18:54.

as Bradley. Bradley can't squeeze it through that space. Always going

:18:55.:19:05.

wide. It is difficult from that distance. At this stage of the half,

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he is probably happy enough. Oran Kearney has a big job now at

:19:19.:19:34.

half-time. Whether he needs to make a substitution. Can you see them

:19:35.:19:39.

getting back into the game? Scoring the next goal, that is important. It

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is huge in this game. They have to believe they can do it. If they

:19:45.:19:50.

score next, possibly. Andy Waterworth has made the difference

:19:51.:19:54.

so far, as David Healy walks into the dressing room, very content with

:19:55.:20:01.

the first 45 minutes. It has been Linfield's day so far. Number seven,

:20:02.:20:08.

the most important statistic, 2-0 ahead. We can go pitch side now.

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We are joined by the assistant manager William Murphy. You took

:20:18.:20:22.

people by surprise with the team selection, three attacking players.

:20:23.:20:26.

What was the thinking? You only get one chance in a cup final and we

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thought it was the right decision but it has proved to be the wrong

:20:32.:20:38.

decision. Second best all over the pitch. Hopefully at half-time we

:20:39.:20:43.

regroup the boys. If you score the next goal, you are back in the game.

:20:44.:20:49.

We have not started one bit. What will you say at half-time? I am on

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TV, I probably would not like to say! But may be a few hairdryers

:20:57.:21:06.

across the changing room. It is a big half-time team talk for Oran

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Kearney. Back to the studio. Thanks for your

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discretion, William Murphy. Can they turn it around? It will be

:21:19.:21:24.

difficult. Waterworth is torturing the back, especially the two centre

:21:25.:21:29.

halves. They do not know whether to get tight with him or stand-off and

:21:30.:21:34.

they are caught in no man's land. Standing off him, he has run them

:21:35.:21:41.

and ended up with two goals. If Coleraine are to come back they will

:21:42.:21:46.

have to sort that out. We will take a scalpel to it in a moment but are

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you in agreement, they have to make changes? There are options. I am not

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sure. I think there will be a change of mindset. Linfield came out

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positive and confident and looked like champions. Whether there was

:22:05.:22:11.

nervousness around Coleraine. We thought they were not getting tight

:22:12.:22:15.

enough quickly enough and were not winning first and second balls.

:22:16.:22:19.

There was authority about Linfield. And as Gary alluded to, the front

:22:20.:22:27.

four, great fluidity. On a personal note I am delighted for Andrew

:22:28.:22:31.

Waterworth. Brian McLaughlin and I brought him to the club. We will get

:22:32.:22:37.

to Andrew Waterworth in a moment but he was saying it has all been

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Linfield. No doubt, Linfield have dominated. Coleraine have not

:22:46.:22:49.

offered any resistance and the back four are all over the place, not

:22:50.:22:55.

marking tightly enough will stop if I was Oran Kearney I would have a

:22:56.:22:58.

pop at the players, looking to go a bit tighter. A great save from

:22:59.:23:07.

Johns. It was a confidence booster for the boy. Linfield were lucky the

:23:08.:23:13.

first in my opinion. Got it into the box and it took a deflection off

:23:14.:23:19.

McConnachie. Right into the path of Waterworth who is deadly inside the

:23:20.:23:25.

box. They are cantering along now and if Coleraine do not improve it

:23:26.:23:31.

could be 4-0. Burns had a chance, blocked by McConnachie. Talk us

:23:32.:23:38.

through these two stop a great ball into the box and he headed it back.

:23:39.:23:45.

This is Aaron Burns, is it? I thought it was a corner kick.

:23:46.:23:56.

Disappointed they did not score from there. And a chance. Surely he will

:23:57.:24:04.

be disappointed. Maybe he swings with the left foot and if he was

:24:05.:24:11.

facing goal it was in the back of the net. Waterworth comes into his

:24:12.:24:18.

own on the 23rd minute. Brian McLaughlin takes a lot of praise for

:24:19.:24:23.

signing Andrea Burk this demonstrates Linfield's fluidity.

:24:24.:24:29.

Giving him so much time and space and room. There was an unfortunate

:24:30.:24:35.

deflection into Andrew's path, but I am asking, where is the marking? Who

:24:36.:24:45.

is following up, Andrew Waterworth. A great touch by Aaron Burns. Again,

:24:46.:24:52.

the centre-backs not tight enough and the forwards actors. Chris

:24:53.:24:55.

Johns, it looked like the keeper did nothing wrong. -- and the forwards.

:24:56.:25:09.

Chris Johns has done nothing wrong. Waterworth was alive to the

:25:10.:25:16.

situation. You thought it might have been Bradley that was offside. I

:25:17.:25:20.

thought it was. McGonigle is just on. A good save, but it does not

:25:21.:25:31.

count, it was given as offside. Again, their chances were few and

:25:32.:25:32.

far between. This one, David, a half chance? But

:25:33.:25:44.

when we were discussing this during the game, we remarked it was the

:25:45.:25:48.

first real attempt on goal, notwithstanding the previous one

:25:49.:25:55.

offside. Oran Kearney is pondering, what do we have to do? Linfield are

:25:56.:26:02.

controlled, their movement is good. Coleraine seem to go back to front

:26:03.:26:06.

quickly and the ball is not held up top and they are not getting

:26:07.:26:13.

possession. It smacks of nerves. And maybe getting in at half-time, they

:26:14.:26:18.

will say, we have nothing to lose, let's go out and have a pop. If they

:26:19.:26:23.

are gung ho, they will be open to the counterattack. The international

:26:24.:26:32.

manager is now pitch side. Michael O'Neill joins us. You would

:26:33.:26:38.

be a millionaire with this place but it must be nice to be here without

:26:39.:26:42.

the pressure of having to win the game yourself? It is always nice. It

:26:43.:26:47.

is fitting the Cup final is played in a stadium of this calibre. There

:26:48.:26:52.

is a good crowd here and Linfield have responded. What memories do you

:26:53.:26:59.

have, the 2003 final? We were beaten back day by Coleraine. We were going

:27:00.:27:04.

for a clean sweep of trophies but on the day they deserved to win. It is

:27:05.:27:10.

mixed. The following year I was injured and Glentoran won the Cup.

:27:11.:27:20.

But the minute, the Cup looks like it is going to Linfield. I think

:27:21.:27:24.

Coleraine have not really got started. Waterworth has been very

:27:25.:27:31.

good. Smyth and Burns have been good. All the best players have been

:27:32.:27:36.

in Linfield shirts and Coleraine need to get a reaction, get a goal

:27:37.:27:41.

back early in the second half, otherwise Linfield will win the game

:27:42.:27:47.

easily. Were you surprised by the decision to start with the three-man

:27:48.:27:53.

strikeforce by Oran Kearney? It is a bold move. He might have to consider

:27:54.:27:57.

it because they are being overrun in the middle, particularly the wide

:27:58.:28:05.

players. They are at the point of a game where they have to go for it.

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They need to get a goal back as early as they can. Azerbaijan in a

:28:12.:28:16.

month, are you feeling confident? It will be a tough game, it is

:28:17.:28:20.

difficult because of the distance we have to travel, and the time of the

:28:21.:28:25.

year makes it difficult. We are in good form and good shape and we know

:28:26.:28:29.

the significance of three points and I hope between now and the end of

:28:30.:28:35.

the season, everybody comes through injury free. Three pipes would be

:28:36.:28:40.

nice -- three points would be nice to head into the holidays. The next

:28:41.:28:45.

game away is San Marino and then we have big games coming up in

:28:46.:28:49.

September, October, but the key thing is to keep momentum, and keep

:28:50.:28:56.

clean sheets, as well. Michael O'Neill, thanks for joining us.

:28:57.:28:57.

Back to the studio. I seem to recall as a 16,

:28:58.:29:07.

17-year-old, he started out life at Coleraine. Will Northern Ireland

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qualified for World Cup? No. Yes. Yes. Thanks for your brutal honesty!

:29:20.:29:28.

Three wise men here. Put your managerial hat on. Marty, if you are

:29:29.:29:33.

David Healy, do you say you are happy with 2-0? If you are Oran

:29:34.:29:39.

Kearney, do you say if we go three down, the wheels will come off but

:29:40.:29:44.

conversely we might as well lose four, five than two? Keep it going,

:29:45.:29:52.

same again, and we ran out easy winners because Coleraine have

:29:53.:29:57.

offered no resistance. Oran Kearney might need to make a couple of

:29:58.:30:01.

changes with a couple of players not living up to expectations.

:30:02.:30:08.

McLaughlin and McGonigle do not look as fit as they could be. I am told

:30:09.:30:14.

young McGonigle had a bit of an injury so maybe make a couple of

:30:15.:30:18.

changes. They need to get something out of the game and early otherwise

:30:19.:30:23.

it will collapse around them and it will be an easy counter for Linfield

:30:24.:30:29.

and they could look at more goals. I am concerned about the defensive

:30:30.:30:33.

duties of the Coleraine defenders. There is too much room to be got in.

:30:34.:30:38.

They need to close that down. They need to be more competitive in the

:30:39.:30:44.

middle. Somebody will have to get a feud tackles. Coleraine have not won

:30:45.:30:51.

any thing in the first 45 minutes. I have not seen anybody challenging

:30:52.:30:55.

for balls, I have not seen anybody win a header. They have only given

:30:56.:31:02.

about 50%. I can distil that into David Healy can stick, does Oran

:31:03.:31:11.

Kearney have to go forward? the luxury of sticking. You know, we're

:31:12.:31:16.

all good players if we get space and time. If you go and press it, maybe

:31:17.:31:20.

you'll force a mistake and win the ball higher up the pitch and get

:31:21.:31:25.

Bradley behind with pace, McGonigle or even number seven, McCauley in

:31:26.:31:30.

behind as well. They're three dangerous players. They need to

:31:31.:31:34.

start winning the ball higher up the pitch, they're giving them too much

:31:35.:31:37.

time in their own half so they are able to release players. McCauley on

:31:38.:31:41.

an yellow card. The last thing they need is to go down to ten. Linfield

:31:42.:31:45.

are controlling this. Coleraine have got to come at them. The question is

:31:46.:31:55.

Stephen Douglas, McCafferty, they've got to be changed surely. As a

:31:56.:32:00.

player, Irish Cup final day, you don't want a poor day. You feel

:32:01.:32:05.

terrible. You feel awful. In the first instance, Oran has two

:32:06.:32:09.

choices: Is he zies of at this point. What would you do? I would

:32:10.:32:13.

get hold of the players and saying fellows we haven't been here for X

:32:14.:32:17.

amount of years, we've done fantastically well to get here, I

:32:18.:32:21.

would refer to the game against us where they were so imperious. I

:32:22.:32:27.

would remind the players you've come here to Windsor Park and beaten

:32:28.:32:31.

Linfield 1-0. We haven't turned up. Let's get in their faces, go at

:32:32.:32:36.

them. Let's see if you can redeem yourselves so you give that group

:32:37.:32:39.

their ten, maybe 15 minutes, can they get something going. If it

:32:40.:32:42.

doesn't, then after 15 minutes, then you make your changes. You bring

:32:43.:32:46.

Parkhill on, McGonigle through the centre, where he can use his pace a

:32:47.:32:51.

bit more. It's Brad Lyons who has a heavy knee strapping, maybe there's

:32:52.:32:55.

a change there. In the first instance, you're appealing to their

:32:56.:32:58.

emotions. The Coleraine players haven't come here to play not to

:32:59.:33:01.

perform. They will feel down. Challenge them. William Murphy said

:33:02.:33:06.

a poignant thing, 2-0 is a funny score line, I haven't a clue why it

:33:07.:33:11.

is, but we all say that. The next goal is most important. If Coleraine

:33:12.:33:17.

get it, will Linfield get the jitters. If Linfield get it, it

:33:18.:33:20.

could be four, five on the day. Any danger that Linfield will say,

:33:21.:33:24.

that's it. The treble's in the bag now and they might just let up and

:33:25.:33:28.

take the eye off the ball, because Coleraine for the last ten minutes

:33:29.:33:31.

of that first half did play themselves back into it. No, I can't

:33:32.:33:34.

see that happening. I think they've enough experience in the team to

:33:35.:33:39.

drive on. Roy Carroll at the back isn't going to let people get on top

:33:40.:33:43.

of him. You're going to be looking at Jamie Mulgrew with the vast

:33:44.:33:46.

experience he has to motivate and drive them on. Andrew Waterworth up

:33:47.:33:59.

front, they're not going to accept a below-par performance. It's looking

:34:00.:34:03.

like one, two, three, Linfield, Linfield, Linfield. Anybody brave

:34:04.:34:07.

enough to tip Coleraine? Not at the minute. No, I don't think. So

:34:08.:34:12.

Linfield are in total control and totally dominant. It's going to be

:34:13.:34:15.

difficult, you can see Jamie Mulgrew out there. Linfield are back out

:34:16.:34:18.

there. Oran Kearney also back out there. There is Andrew Waterworth,

:34:19.:34:23.

hat-trick last week. Secured the Gibson cup and he is potentially on

:34:24.:34:27.

yet another hat-trick. I think we can almost pick the man of the match

:34:28.:34:32.

at halftime. Let's see if Coleraine have anything in the tank. Can they

:34:33.:34:36.

bring anything to the table. Let's go back to our match commentary

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team. COMMENTATOR: Thank you very much,

:34:43.:34:46.

Mark. Yes, you mention Andrew Waterworth also scored two in the

:34:47.:34:53.

2013 Cup Final for Glentoran against Linfield. We haven't had a hit trick

:34:54.:34:57.

in a Cup Final since 1969. He might be chasing a bit of history there.

:34:58.:35:03.

Coleraine out very, very early. No changes at halftime. Still waiting

:35:04.:35:10.

for Jimmy Callacher. He's made his way onto the field. Surprised no

:35:11.:35:22.

changes? A little bit yeah. David was talking there, maybe give 15

:35:23.:35:26.

minutes and if they don't respond maybe make some changes. They need

:35:27.:35:29.

to get back in the game. He's looking at vpg the attacking threats

:35:30.:35:34.

of McLaughlin, McGonigle and Bradley high up the pitch. It is now or

:35:35.:35:39.

never for Coleraine. 45 minutes, they have to try and find a way back

:35:40.:35:41.

into this game. A good start to this second half

:35:42.:35:59.

crucial for Oran Kearney's side. You mentioned the run that Linfield were

:36:00.:36:05.

on. Coleraine hadn't an astonishing period between the new year and when

:36:06.:36:08.

they secured that third place in European football. OK they took

:36:09.:36:13.

their foot off the gas the last couple of games, beaten by

:36:14.:36:19.

crusaders. But until that point, they were outstanding as Bradley

:36:20.:36:23.

clashes with Lowry. Windsor Park looking fantastic, it

:36:24.:36:36.

has to be said today. Flicked on by Burns. Big match feel. Big match

:36:37.:36:43.

occasion. Town against country. The supporters have come out to follow

:36:44.:36:50.

their respective teams. A third goal for Linfield really

:36:51.:36:55.

would kill the game. They've got a corner kick any way. Linfield have

:36:56.:37:01.

just picked up this half as they finished the first half. I do think

:37:02.:37:11.

set pieces from this side they look more dangerous because Quinn's

:37:12.:37:13.

delivery superb. Good goal keeping from Johns after

:37:14.:37:32.

the first half, where he was on a couple of occasions crowded out by

:37:33.:37:33.

Linfield players. Momentarily it looked as if that was

:37:34.:37:50.

going to run all the way through to McLaughlin. But it was Roy Carroll

:37:51.:37:55.

off his line quickly, took control of the situation. It's again a poor

:37:56.:38:06.

decision from McGonigle. He's neither shot nor crossed there.

:38:07.:38:11.

It's all a bit predictable at times for Coleraine.

:38:12.:38:24.

Especially those long balls into Bradley and McLaughlin they're the

:38:25.:38:31.

sort of balls that Stafford and Callacher will love to defend.

:38:32.:38:34.

That's where their strengths are. Start playing balls down the side of

:38:35.:38:38.

them and they have to turn to their own goal. Defenders don't like that.

:38:39.:38:40.

Opportunity now for McCauley. I'm surprised Waterworth made the

:38:41.:39:08.

run into the channel there. I'm surprised he didn't just leave

:39:09.:39:09.

himself in the box. That shot stung the palms of Johns.

:39:10.:39:23.

Good strike. Quick thinking on the set piece. Clarke just stepped in

:39:24.:39:32.

there. No coal rab defender -- Coleraine defender sensed the

:39:33.:39:33.

danger. They're not alive to the throw-in.

:39:34.:39:45.

They've gone to sleep. That's basic stuff that you should always be,

:39:46.:39:50.

defenders need to be constantly aware of potential danger. They're

:39:51.:39:51.

not seeing that. I'm sure Oran Kearney at halftime

:39:52.:40:04.

would have wanted some kind of a response from his players, some kind

:40:05.:40:09.

of spark just to kickstart a comeback. It hasn't really happened

:40:10.:40:15.

so far. Still has a very tentative look about them when they pick up

:40:16.:40:18.

possession. McCauley picked it up and you expect him to go at a

:40:19.:40:22.

player, to be direct. He turned and laid it back to Mullin. Somebody's

:40:23.:40:25.

got to be brave and try to make something happen.

:40:26.:40:33.

He's won a corner kick. That's better. He committed the defender,

:40:34.:40:42.

dropped the shoulder. That's his strength, taking plards on. And

:40:43.:40:48.

crucially the supporters behind the goal, suddenly a roar. They are

:40:49.:40:52.

trying to lift their side as well. Yeah, they'll respond to what's

:40:53.:40:53.

happening. Super challenge by Lyons to

:40:54.:40:59.

momentarily stop the counterattack. Paul Smyth tried to get goal side of

:41:00.:41:20.

Mullin, hauled down. That's going to be another booking. Actually what

:41:21.:41:27.

Smyth, did he pull first of all? There's no doubt that Mullin pulled

:41:28.:41:32.

his shirt afterwards. He goes into the book. An, hauled down. That's

:41:33.:41:38.

going to be another booking. Actually what Smyth, did he pull

:41:39.:41:41.

first of all? There's no doubt that Mullan pulled his shirt afterwards.

:41:42.:41:43.

He goes into the book. Worse from a Coleraine perspective, is that there

:41:44.:41:46.

are few better players in the Irish League for this kind of situation

:41:47.:41:49.

than Niall Quinn. It's going to go in with decent pace.

:41:50.:41:57.

Callacher and Haughey, jotling for position.

:41:58.:42:04.

-- jostling. Jostling Good ball in. Callacher got his head

:42:05.:42:19.

to it. Couldn't hit the target. Good delivery again. They know what's

:42:20.:42:23.

going to happen, still very, very difficult to stop it. Goalkeeper

:42:24.:42:28.

just gets caught. He's coming for a ball and it's caught underneath it

:42:29.:42:30.

again. Just hasn't been Coleraine's day

:42:31.:42:54.

from an attacking perspective. That's a perfect example. Suddenly

:42:55.:43:00.

that roar from the supporters. They've waited a long, long time for

:43:01.:43:06.

an effort on goal. They sense that this could be when Coleraine get the

:43:07.:43:11.

breakthrough. Well taken though by Roy Carroll.

:43:12.:43:18.

Here's another look at it. Bradley's effort was deflected.

:43:19.:43:21.

McGonigle couldn't strike it goalwards. Just as it looked like it

:43:22.:43:26.

was going to fall for McCauley, it was hammered clear.

:43:27.:43:32.

Windsor Park is rocking. I mentioned the Coleraine supporters a moment

:43:33.:43:37.

ago. Linfield fans have been in full voice as well. Linfield have won a

:43:38.:43:44.

free kick. Just led with the elbow Ogilby.

:43:45.:43:52.

Coleraine fans are working hard for their team. Attacking that goal will

:43:53.:44:00.

give them a bit of belief. We said that the next goal is so important

:44:01.:44:10.

in this game. Linfield started quite strongly.

:44:11.:44:11.

Coleraine have come back into it. It almost worked out for Paul Smyth.

:44:12.:44:24.

I think Mark Stafford has been working on his flicks given what

:44:25.:44:26.

he's been doing. In the a tall player, but he

:44:27.:44:41.

certainly enjoys flying in with a few challenges. He nearly overturned

:44:42.:44:53.

a situation. Ogilby gets away from him, but Smith doesn't give him a

:44:54.:44:56.

moment. He's working hard and snapping his heelles. Starting to

:44:57.:45:02.

talk about the amount of times he went to games as a kid, David Healy.

:45:03.:45:09.

He remembers the 1995 game between Linfield and Carrick. Linfield won

:45:10.:45:15.

3-1. He remembers going to the oval at that stage. Remembers being in

:45:16.:45:18.

England and watching The Cup Final on TV. Recalls your two goals as

:45:19.:45:22.

well. Back in 2000 his cousin was playing

:45:23.:45:31.

for Glentoran. When he arrived at Linfield manager, people said he

:45:32.:45:34.

never played in the Irish League, but he certainly enjoyed watching it

:45:35.:45:38.

from afar. He talked about going to games on Boxing Day between Linfield

:45:39.:45:42.

and Glentoran. He's justified it with what he's achieved this year.

:45:43.:45:48.

He had a clear interest. A notable Linfield van. -- fan. He has played

:45:49.:46:02.

at a high level. He knows football. That was the criticism levelled at

:46:03.:46:07.

him when he went on the bad run and lost games. It hurt him. You could

:46:08.:46:13.

see the significance of comments when they won the league. He was

:46:14.:46:17.

almost saying to everybody who criticised him, I have done it, I

:46:18.:46:22.

have won this lead with these players. There is no doubt he was

:46:23.:46:28.

always respected. There is always pressure on any Linfield manager to

:46:29.:46:33.

deliver and win games and win trophies and he has achieved that.

:46:34.:46:38.

It will make things easier for him but there will still be pressure

:46:39.:46:43.

next season. Yes, they demand success at Windsor Park and nobody

:46:44.:46:48.

knows that better than David Jeffrey, in the studio, who was

:46:49.:46:53.

untouchable during his time here. They found it difficult

:46:54.:46:58.

understandably to replace him. And speaking of replacements, Coleraine

:46:59.:47:02.

are making the change. Parkhill is coming on. You would expect this

:47:03.:47:09.

will mean McGonigle will go through the middle and Parkhill taking up

:47:10.:47:15.

the spot on the right. He has to get into a defensive situation now,

:47:16.:47:20.

making the long run. You are taking off a striker but I think McGonigle

:47:21.:47:24.

will go down the middle, giving Linfield a different problem. It

:47:25.:47:34.

will be interesting to see if they can get McGonigle into the game now.

:47:35.:47:39.

Parkhill is a tireless worker and an unsung hero of the Coleraine side.

:47:40.:47:45.

Unlucky to miss out this time but Oran Kearney went for a different

:47:46.:47:52.

formation, attacking. A slight change with Parkhill coming on. Will

:47:53.:48:00.

it work out as Quinn attacked at the other end. A super ball in.

:48:01.:48:05.

Smyth tried a little trick. But away by McConaghie.

:48:06.:48:17.

A crucial period of the game. For Coleraine. They need something to

:48:18.:48:25.

happen to get back into this cup final.

:48:26.:48:36.

Haughey found Aaron Burns. That was a super challenge from Harkin. Just

:48:37.:48:42.

did enough. Coleraine on the break. He paused and gave time for Linfield

:48:43.:49:00.

to get numbers back. McGonigle, over the top. It was a half chance. It

:49:01.:49:10.

comes as in quickly and he is unfortunately not able to direct it.

:49:11.:49:15.

The first cross comes in and is flicked on. It was instinctive. His

:49:16.:49:20.

reaction says it all. He knows how good an opportunity it was. A

:49:21.:49:28.

brilliant challenge from Harkin. The cross. From Quinn. But it is opened

:49:29.:49:37.

again. McCauley trying to set Bradley on his way. He has to look

:49:38.:49:48.

at the situation better, McCauley. Bradley had run into the near

:49:49.:49:52.

channel and he tried to sweep it to the far side. I am sure Oran Kearney

:49:53.:49:56.

at half-time would have said, this is your time to shine, do not let

:49:57.:50:02.

this cup final pass you by. In this second half, Coleraine have turned

:50:03.:50:05.

the screw and maybe gambled more than in the first half.

:50:06.:50:10.

They are starting to play. You do not want to come to a cup final and

:50:11.:50:16.

have regrets after. They will have a view about the first half but they

:50:17.:50:19.

have the chance in the second half to rectify it.

:50:20.:50:31.

In the end he conceded the throwing. He has already made one swap.

:50:32.:50:41.

Oran Kearney might be considering another. His side need goals.

:50:42.:50:56.

McGonigle going past one, passed two, but could not get past the

:50:57.:51:03.

third. Should have played it to McCauley.

:51:04.:51:13.

We have not witnessed too much in an attacking sense from Stephen Lowry.

:51:14.:51:19.

Smyth, it worked out for him initially but Harkin was back. Smyth

:51:20.:51:27.

winning another free kick. Again it is the never say die attitude. He

:51:28.:51:32.

lost the ball and battles to win it back. So quick. It looked like

:51:33.:51:39.

Harkin was in front and suddenly Smyth started back around him. He

:51:40.:51:44.

does not give defenders a minute. He has so many qualities, he is

:51:45.:51:59.

direct. He will take on defenders. He has supposedly a nasty side,

:52:00.:52:03.

maybe that is too strong a word but you made the point he does not shirk

:52:04.:52:07.

away from the physical side, as well. And he gave his side an

:52:08.:52:12.

opportunity to attack the Coleraine goal once again. Going down fairly

:52:13.:52:15.

easily. This is it again. I do not see an

:52:16.:52:25.

awful lot. I think McGonigle was the closest to him. Mark Stafford has

:52:26.:52:36.

been a rock at the back for Linfield. Always takes control of

:52:37.:52:46.

the situation. This time, he is adjudged to have been climbing over

:52:47.:52:47.

McCauley. Brad Lyons has been hampered,

:52:48.:53:11.

perhaps, by that injury. Bradley tried to threaded through to

:53:12.:53:15.

McGonigle. McConnachie's go from distance is blocked by Stafford

:53:16.:53:16.

again. Sadly, Linfield are pinned back in

:53:17.:53:33.

their own half. Bradley goes down under the challenge of Callacher. He

:53:34.:53:37.

is brilliant at that, Bradley. He gets his body into position and

:53:38.:53:42.

waits for the contact. Knowing Eoin Bradley, he wore fancy this. He is

:53:43.:53:47.

going to have a go. It is a long way out. But he feels like he deserves

:53:48.:53:56.

this now. It suits a left footed player in terms of the angle but

:53:57.:54:01.

again, it is probably close to 30 yards out. I certainly would not be

:54:02.:54:16.

overly confident. Knowing Bradley, he would fancy this. He is that type

:54:17.:54:21.

of player, he thrives on the big stage. The wall did its job. He

:54:22.:54:27.

appeals for handball. Waved away by the officials, though. This is

:54:28.:54:31.

better from Coleraine. The flag was up on the far side, it

:54:32.:54:44.

was up late and Oran Kearney is not happy. My first instinct, McGonigle

:54:45.:54:54.

just got on the shoulder of Haughey. A decent pass, but the assistant has

:54:55.:54:59.

a better view then we have but at first instinct, I thought it was

:55:00.:55:05.

onside. I do not think the wall could have done anything. It was the

:55:06.:55:12.

reaction of the Coleraine players. They just need something to go their

:55:13.:55:20.

way, Coleraine, now. They have looked better having made the switch

:55:21.:55:22.

with Parkhill coming on for MacLachlan.

:55:23.:55:37.

Well won by the defender. Flicked on by Waterworth will stop it will be a

:55:38.:56:06.

yellow card for Gareth McConaghie. Waterworth loves getting into that

:56:07.:56:11.

position, when he picks the ball up deep and can really hurt players. It

:56:12.:56:22.

is a ball... He reacts quicker. There is no need for McConaghie to

:56:23.:56:25.

make that challenge. Waterworth will always get there first. He is

:56:26.:56:33.

flicking it on to nobody and the result is they get a free kick in a

:56:34.:56:39.

dangerous position. Maybe a little too far out for Niall Quinn. He is

:56:40.:56:45.

obviously thinking about it. He is probably 30 yards out. Niall Quinn,

:56:46.:56:53.

though, very good from these situations. Now it is the Linfield

:56:54.:57:04.

fans in full voice. Oran Kearney having a chat. Trying to figure out

:57:05.:57:09.

how they can influence this game and find a way back into this cup final.

:57:10.:57:20.

Niall Quinn, the 23-year-old. He started on the bench last year. He

:57:21.:57:29.

will really fancy this. He is a free kick specialist.

:57:30.:57:43.

Sometimes you look at it and think it is too far and he will have to

:57:44.:57:49.

work too hard and he certainly looks like he is trying to force it with

:57:50.:57:54.

that effort. Bradley used his strength again. Options left and

:57:55.:57:59.

right. McGonigle almost went past his man. That was a super challenge

:58:00.:58:05.

from Stafford, who took control of the situation as it looked like

:58:06.:58:10.

McGonigle was getting away from him. The best move from a Coleraine

:58:11.:58:18.

perspective of the game so far. It was an important chance. He cannot

:58:19.:58:28.

get it wrong. If you does, penalty. Joined up play from Harkin and

:58:29.:58:34.

Bradley. McGonigle, his first thought was to take the man on. He

:58:35.:58:40.

is causing problems because he is picking up different areas. Bradley

:58:41.:58:51.

with acres of room. That was a defender who got in the way.

:58:52.:58:56.

Directing it back into the hands of Roy Carroll. I think initially

:58:57.:59:01.

Haughey was down off the ball. It enabled Bradley to find space. He

:59:02.:59:11.

does well. He turned. Just before that Aaron Burns tried to flick won

:59:12.:59:16.

and lost possession. He is telling him, give us something to hold onto.

:59:17.:59:24.

Coleraine are getting a little bit of momentum. If they could sneak a

:59:25.:59:31.

goal, suddenly it becomes a different match. This is not over

:59:32.:59:38.

yet. Andrew Waterworth, a huge part he has played in this game. He did

:59:39.:59:40.

not give up on that one. One thing we noticed from the

:59:41.:59:56.

semifinal, Chris Johns, when he got on the ball, straightaway he was

:59:57.:00:01.

looking to pick out a player 50, 60 yards away. He has been more

:00:02.:00:06.

contained today, may reserved. Is it a case of Coleraine going for broke

:00:07.:00:11.

and committing men forward, let's try to take an opportunity to get a

:00:12.:00:18.

goal? They have two. At 69 minutes they need two. To take it to extra

:00:19.:00:22.

time. You could hope you could get one playing the same way and the

:00:23.:00:26.

game suddenly changed, but the longer the time goes on... And if

:00:27.:00:32.

you lose by two you might well lose by three. If they lose 2-0 and had a

:00:33.:00:37.

really good go, and were just unfortunate. That is OK, but if you

:00:38.:00:43.

do nothing different and keep hoping for the best, at some point, they

:00:44.:00:48.

will have to make a change. Throw more caution to the wind. You're

:00:49.:00:53.

right, it might be three, four then lose 2-0 and not have a real go. The

:00:54.:01:01.

only player they have of a attacking perspective from the bench is Jordan

:01:02.:01:08.

Allan. He is an out and out striker. You might well find that Coleraine

:01:09.:01:13.

have to go with Jordan Allan Bradley up top and see what happens.

:01:14.:01:19.

They could bring him on. He would dominate the midfield area.

:01:20.:01:24.

Certainly Jordan Allan will be thinking, give me a chance, put me

:01:25.:01:30.

on. We need a goal. That is the obvious change. If you just put

:01:31.:01:35.

three men up there, they will defend it easier. Sometimes you need

:01:36.:01:36.

different options. Going down under the challenge of

:01:37.:01:48.

Lowry. Lowry was fuming at Aaron Burns.

:01:49.:01:55.

Appeals for a handball following the challenge. Waved away by the

:01:56.:02:01.

referee. Interesting to look at that one. Decent first touch from

:02:02.:02:11.

Bradley. It did strike a hand but wasn't intentional. It hit his body

:02:12.:02:18.

first. Something is going on between Stafford and Bradley. Referee want

:02:19.:02:21.

to have a word with both of them. Just a talking to. Yeah, sensible

:02:22.:02:33.

refereeing. If it had hit his hand first, there would be a call for

:02:34.:02:39.

handball. You can argue that the arm is in April unnatural position, but

:02:40.:02:45.

once it plays his body first and ricochets, there's not much you can

:02:46.:02:46.

do. They could swap Paul Smyth, put him

:02:47.:02:55.

in the middle. The pace of Smyth. Another free

:02:56.:03:16.

kick. Lowry going into the book. He got away with one two minutes ago.

:03:17.:03:20.

The referee has decided this is the right time to book him. I think it's

:03:21.:03:29.

probably right. We're looking at the about Burns burn getting hold of it.

:03:30.:03:46.

Goes down under the challenge of Stafford. His arms were out. He

:03:47.:03:52.

feels it just hasn't been his day. Yeah, I'm not sure again. Sometimes

:03:53.:03:57.

it's just a physical challenge and one player goes down. Referees are

:03:58.:04:03.

very keen to give free kicks. I think they both went in and went to

:04:04.:04:05.

challenge for it. Almost every Coleraine player is

:04:06.:04:24.

huddled in and around the penalty area.

:04:25.:04:35.

In that situation, you've got to make the defenders work. Yeah utter

:04:36.:04:45.

frustration. It's understandable because you get opportunities for a

:04:46.:04:48.

free kick and into the box. You're right you've got to put it in and

:04:49.:04:55.

ask the question. To give it straight back to Linfield, that's

:04:56.:04:57.

what they want, pressure taken off again. Confirmation of that yellow

:04:58.:05:03.

card we spoke about a couple of moments ago. Stephen Lowry has been

:05:04.:05:08.

a superb player this year. Made the switch from Coleraine. Took a bit of

:05:09.:05:13.

time to settle here at Windsor Park. He's grown into the role. Yeah he

:05:14.:05:17.

has. And the combination of him and Mulgrew has been superb this season.

:05:18.:05:25.

They find the right balance in combination.

:05:26.:06:05.

It's not the worst ball. Into a decent area. But nobody just able to

:06:06.:06:12.

get on at the far post. Quarter of an hour left. So far it's been

:06:13.:06:18.

Linfield's day. So far Jamie Mulgrew's day. He powers past Lyons.

:06:19.:06:29.

Another player goes into the book. Probably the right decision from the

:06:30.:06:30.

referee. He was tempted to go into the

:06:31.:06:45.

challenge. Those are the occasions when you have to stay on your feet.

:06:46.:06:50.

He's been struggling with injury. He maybe hasn't given all-action

:06:51.:06:52.

performance that we're used to seeing from him. He's missed a lot

:06:53.:06:55.

of football. It's difficult coming back in. Especially when you've

:06:56.:06:59.

missed games and the intensity of this match. It's a big pitch at

:07:00.:07:05.

Windsor as well. He certainly hasn't played badly. Maybe just hasn't hit

:07:06.:07:09.

the heights he was hitting a couple of months ago. Certainly one of the

:07:10.:07:14.

most exciting players in the Irish League. Brad Lyons, a young man with

:07:15.:07:20.

a big future ahead of him. Still only 19. There's Jorell Johnson

:07:21.:07:27.

doing exactly what -- Chris Johns doing exactly what we talked about,

:07:28.:07:35.

the quick restarts. Nvment He does that so often, wins free kicks and

:07:36.:07:41.

turns to attack spaces. Low centre of gravity. Draws so many fouls.

:07:42.:07:45.

Perfect for Linfield 13 minutes to go now and just killing any momentum

:07:46.:07:49.

that Coleraine have been able to build up. The game becomes a bit

:07:50.:07:57.

stop-start. It's hard to pick up. Jamie has been reknew Nated in many

:07:58.:08:03.

ways under David Healy. He had his testimonial season last year at

:08:04.:08:07.

Windsor Park. As he shows in this example, he never gives up. He

:08:08.:08:12.

always gives an option. He's part of the starting 11. There was a feeling

:08:13.:08:21.

he had fallen out of favour. Now he's wearing the arm band is in the

:08:22.:08:23.

season of his career. A little bit hesitant. In the end

:08:24.:08:40.

that hesitation meant Linfield can get back in numbers. He was

:08:41.:08:46.

reluctant to come across his body and shoot with his right foot. Good

:08:47.:09:01.

play by McGonigle. We're about to enter the last ten minutes.

:09:02.:09:14.

The goalkeeper got in the way. Matthew Clarke in acres of space on

:09:15.:09:20.

the far side. Instead Coleraine on the attack.

:09:21.:09:34.

No real movement on the side line. Linfield are making a change. I

:09:35.:09:41.

think he is any way. I think they handed a paper over the fourth

:09:42.:09:47.

official. I think it could be Cameron Stewart getting the call.

:09:48.:09:55.

Would you expect Aaron Burns to be brought off or Paul Smyth. Could be

:09:56.:10:01.

Paul Smyth as well. He's missed football as well. Maybe just look to

:10:02.:10:09.

sure things up a little bit. Cameron Stewart offers a different type of

:10:10.:10:10.

threat. No card for the official. It looks

:10:11.:10:28.

as if Linfield won't be in a mad hurry. We do enter the last ten

:10:29.:10:38.

minutes of the game. 2-0 ahead. Two goals from Andrew Waterworth. After

:10:39.:10:44.

a remarkable season, David Healy's men could well be treble winners. It

:10:45.:10:55.

certainly looks that one unless there are late heroics from

:10:56.:10:59.

Coleraine. I think Jordan Allan is going to

:11:00.:11:04.

come on for Coleraine. Last throw of the dice.

:11:05.:11:26.

Smyth goes down under the challenge of Ogilby. A case of little and

:11:27.:11:37.

large. Ogilby and Smyth. That change coming up is going to be Aaron Burns

:11:38.:11:42.

sacrificed in place of Cameron Stewart.

:11:43.:11:50.

He makes his way off the field. Jordan Allan is set to come on for

:11:51.:12:01.

Coleraine. Ease going to replace McGonigle. A bit surprising that

:12:02.:12:04.

they're talking off a front player at this poipt. -- point. You'd think

:12:05.:12:12.

with just coming up to eight minutes of normal time left, we could have

:12:13.:12:14.

went three and hoped for the best. Eight minutes for Coleraine to find

:12:15.:12:25.

something. I think they'll be pleased with their performance in

:12:26.:12:29.

the second half. They've given it a bit a go. Yeah, they haven't been

:12:30.:12:35.

able to create too many chances but they've been at a higher intensity

:12:36.:12:40.

than the first half. If they look back on it, regrets will be in the

:12:41.:12:43.

first half. The thing that can't be forgotten is

:12:44.:12:56.

that it has been a fantastic campaign. Finishing third in the

:12:57.:13:01.

Premiership with so many young players, getting back into Europe,

:13:02.:13:04.

Oran Kearney and his players have a lot to be proud of this season.

:13:05.:13:08.

They've certainly achieved. It's been a successful season. They'll

:13:09.:13:13.

come away from this Cup Final, look like Linford are going to deservedly

:13:14.:13:19.

win the game today. The disappointment of losing this final,

:13:20.:13:27.

they can certainly look at a successful season as well. It has

:13:28.:13:32.

been a good year. With so many young players in theacle rain squad as

:13:33.:13:35.

well, it only bodes well for the future. I mention six starters under

:13:36.:13:47.

21. Don't think it's going to be Jimmy Nesbitt's day, having been

:13:48.:13:51.

such an integral part of the success in 2003. He'll be very, very proud

:13:52.:13:57.

of what his club have achieved this season.

:13:58.:14:03.

Hoping for more success in the future. Not only yet though. There's

:14:04.:14:06.

still time. Of -- still time. Linfield have pushed up in the last

:14:07.:14:25.

couple of minutes. Making it very difficult for Coleraine to put the

:14:26.:14:33.

defence under pressure. Not too many options. They go short to Allan. His

:14:34.:14:38.

flick doesn't work out. It is picked up by Waterworth. It's been

:14:39.:14:46.

quietened off in the second half after that electric 45 minutes.

:14:47.:14:55.

He works hard, Waterworth. Picked up the ball there and really just

:14:56.:15:02.

inside his own half. Coming up to the last five minutes

:15:03.:15:15.

and picking up a free kick. The day becomes stop and start and that

:15:16.:15:22.

suits them. In the danger area. Smyth! It was Niall Quinn who went

:15:23.:15:29.

close to making it three. It was a great delivery from Smyth. Again,

:15:30.:15:36.

Johns gets caught beneath it. Heading it down but to perfectly

:15:37.:15:43.

down because it goes over the bar. A yellow card for Eoin Bradley. That

:15:44.:15:50.

is following another tussle with Mark Stafford. It has been a

:15:51.:15:55.

frustrating day for Coleraine, overall. It just has not happened

:15:56.:16:03.

for them but as Chris says, certainly the second half

:16:04.:16:06.

performance is much improved. The damage was done in the first half.

:16:07.:16:11.

But the fans have enjoyed themselves regardless and fantastic to see so

:16:12.:16:15.

many young supporters here. Coleraine were given a guard of

:16:16.:16:19.

honour. The supporters turned up this morning to wish them well.

:16:20.:16:29.

Waterworth's go was blocked. There is a growing momentum around

:16:30.:16:34.

Coleraine. Bigger crowds, and they are enjoying the football being

:16:35.:16:38.

played and enjoying the fact it is young Coleraine players lining up

:16:39.:16:44.

for the local club. They will learn from this experience. They will come

:16:45.:16:55.

away with the obvious disappointment, but they will have

:16:56.:16:58.

enjoyed the experience and they will want more of these types of

:16:59.:17:04.

experiences. Certainly you can learn from defeat and how you respond and

:17:05.:17:09.

they are a young side. Speaking to the Linfield players and coaching

:17:10.:17:13.

staff, over the past week, it hurts them losing last year against

:17:14.:17:21.

Glenavon. Paul Smyth on the attack. Waterworth! He secures a hat-trick.

:17:22.:17:35.

He will leave with the match ball. Linfield will leave with the Irish

:17:36.:17:40.

Cup. It is the first hat-trick in an Irish Cup decider since Billy

:17:41.:17:49.

McIlroy in 1969. Andy Waterworth has rewritten the history books. From

:17:50.:17:57.

one goal-scorer to another, David Healy can now enjoy the moment.

:17:58.:18:04.

Super play by Paul Smyth. He kept his head up and picked out the run

:18:05.:18:11.

of Waterworth in the middle. That was the cherry on top. Andy's eyes

:18:12.:18:17.

would have lit up as the move developed because Coleraine had been

:18:18.:18:20.

caught. The ball in behind for Smyth. Waterworth's pace would

:18:21.:18:30.

always win him front post position. He is not going to miss that. Great

:18:31.:18:38.

play by Smyth. Waterworth banking a hat-trick and putting himself in the

:18:39.:18:44.

history books. Paul Smyth being replaced by Chris Casement. I think

:18:45.:18:49.

that is well done to Paul Smyth by the manager David Healy. He deserves

:18:50.:18:54.

the ovation he got coming off the pitch. That is something he has

:18:55.:19:01.

improved, Paul Smyth, the end product, getting his head up. You

:19:02.:19:05.

see players in that position many times, and you talk about players in

:19:06.:19:11.

the English Premiership, they get into positions and make bad

:19:12.:19:15.

decisions, play simple passes and get them wrong. Smyth has twice got

:19:16.:19:20.

into areas. The first one, a deflection, but he lifted his head

:19:21.:19:27.

and put it is a good area. That looks easy from here, but in a

:19:28.:19:30.

pressure situation it becomes difficult. 30 goals this season for

:19:31.:19:40.

Andy Waterworth. What a way to conclude the campaign. I do not

:19:41.:19:48.

think there will be too much argument over the Man of the Match.

:19:49.:19:54.

That is the graphic picked by our panel. Andy Waterworth, Man of the

:19:55.:20:02.

Match. A hat-trick for him. A day to remember for Waterworth. He is 31

:20:03.:20:08.

and he has won the Irish Cup before, but this time might the extra sweet.

:20:09.:20:18.

Harkin winning the free kick. Andy Waterworth's name has just been

:20:19.:20:34.

mentioned over the tannoy. As the fourth official indicates there will

:20:35.:20:41.

be three additional minutes. They will seem like three hours for the

:20:42.:20:46.

Coleraine players, but it will be three minutes to savour for

:20:47.:20:53.

Linfield. It has been their day, it has been their season. They can now

:20:54.:21:00.

play champion football. Every single pass is being cheered. It is a day

:21:01.:21:12.

the fans love being a part of, so to the players. From the suits, to the

:21:13.:21:18.

breakfasts, to the celebrations. It is a showpiece occasion. Chris

:21:19.:21:27.

Casement found space, but that touch let him down. A brilliant period of

:21:28.:21:31.

play from Linfield. They seem determined to get a fourth.

:21:32.:21:38.

Coleraine's legs have probably gone and their heads have rather bleak,

:21:39.:21:44.

as well. Linfield are playing with lots of confidence. Coleraine

:21:45.:21:49.

probably just want the whistle to go. They will be glad to get the

:21:50.:22:00.

game over with at this point. From a Linfield perspective, they lost here

:22:01.:22:08.

on the 3rd of January two Coleraine. At that stage, most people thought

:22:09.:22:12.

the race for the title was over at that early stage. They have won 18,

:22:13.:22:19.

19 games in the league and have gone on this cup run. They won the

:22:20.:22:25.

shields. What can you say about this Linfield squad from the turn of the

:22:26.:22:29.

year till now? It has been practically perfect. One blot was

:22:30.:22:38.

the game at Portadown. It has been an incredible run and they deserve

:22:39.:22:43.

the credit. To win a treble in any season... There are four trophies to

:22:44.:22:47.

go for and to win three is a fantastic season. The domestic

:22:48.:22:53.

double is an unbelievable achievement. To come from the

:22:54.:22:59.

position they were in. They kept going and going. Great belief and

:23:00.:23:10.

confidence has come. That belief has to come from within and David Healy

:23:11.:23:14.

has to take a lot of credit. Of course he does, as do the players.

:23:15.:23:19.

They are the ones who have to go out and win the games and keep going and

:23:20.:23:25.

going. It has been an incredible five months from January until now.

:23:26.:23:33.

They have been relentless. They are deserved champions and they deserve

:23:34.:23:39.

to win the day. 3-0 and a deserved 3-0. I think the referee has his

:23:40.:23:49.

whistle, he is ready to call it a day. And Linfield and Andy

:23:50.:23:53.

Waterworth can start the celebrations. A shake off the hands

:23:54.:24:01.

between both sets of management teams, but Linfield are top of the

:24:02.:24:06.

tree once again. They have dominated the season in local football. He

:24:07.:24:10.

will dominate the headlines tomorrow. A trio of finishes from

:24:11.:24:18.

Andy Waterworth. The hurt from last year will be replaced by the joy and

:24:19.:24:28.

elation of 2017. Heartbreak for Coleraine. It was not to be their

:24:29.:24:36.

day. But what a season for Oran Kearney's side. European football

:24:37.:24:40.

will beckon next year. His young squad still have plenty to offer.

:24:41.:24:50.

But Andy Waterworth, the hero for Linfield. Their number seven, 30

:24:51.:24:56.

goals this season. He goes straight towards the Linfield fans. They have

:24:57.:25:03.

deserved it, Chris. They produced on the big day. No doubt they were the

:25:04.:25:11.

better team. 2-0 up at half-time, the job was pretty much done. But a

:25:12.:25:16.

contained second-half performance and your reference to the cherry on

:25:17.:25:22.

the cake, Waterworth's third goal. To score a hat-trick in a cup final,

:25:23.:25:30.

and last week. What an incredible season for him. Scoring those goals

:25:31.:25:36.

but they have won three medals. Certainly he and all these players

:25:37.:25:40.

will look back on this season with great memories and happiness.

:25:41.:25:46.

Waterworth has certainly delivered on the big day but spare a thought

:25:47.:25:53.

for the Coleraine players and fans. They have gone towards their home

:25:54.:25:59.

fans but the final score, 3-0, Linfield.

:26:00.:26:07.

We have the Man of the Match here. Congratulations, how does it feel? I

:26:08.:26:15.

am on top of the world. After last week's celebrations, I thought I

:26:16.:26:19.

overcooked it a little bit because I felt bad in that game today. But to

:26:20.:26:26.

win a trouble this year, is great. I love the Irish Cup, it has been good

:26:27.:26:30.

to me. What do you remember about the goals? I got across the front,

:26:31.:26:40.

the last two times I didn't. Well done by young Paul Smyth, who

:26:41.:26:44.

assisted me twice today. I got across the front. The third one,

:26:45.:26:50.

Paul Smyth did all the work and I got there in the end. It is a great

:26:51.:26:56.

feeling and I am delighted for the fans. I am delighted for the manager

:26:57.:27:01.

and players. You have won the Cup before, but what does it mean to win

:27:02.:27:07.

it with Linfield after a barren spell? It has been hard going. The

:27:08.:27:15.

boys have felt it. In Linfield, you live in the shadow of former past

:27:16.:27:20.

glories and it is nice to put it right and hopefully we can push on

:27:21.:27:27.

now. You can step out of the shadows any day but eight in three games,

:27:28.:27:31.

you must be wishing the summer was postponed. I feel like Benjamin

:27:32.:27:42.

Button. I hope it continues. Commiserations to Coleraine. I know

:27:43.:27:46.

how it is to lose in an Irish Cup final but I am sure they will be

:27:47.:27:51.

back stop I am sure it will be the best thing for them. Last year we

:27:52.:27:55.

were beaten and it was the best thing for us. Can your team kick on

:27:56.:28:01.

and rule the roost? I think that is what we are feeling. Winning this

:28:02.:28:09.

year. That is what was needed, the experience and maturity. I think we

:28:10.:28:14.

have that and we want to kick on now, we do not want to rest on our

:28:15.:28:19.

laurels. I am proud to be in this club and I want to win trophies and

:28:20.:28:24.

hopefully that continues. We have kept you away from celebrations long

:28:25.:28:29.

enough. Congratulations, you are Man of the Match.

:28:30.:28:33.

Back to the studio. They are singing, and well they might be.

:28:34.:28:41.

One, two, three for Andy Waterworth. And one, two, three for the Blues,

:28:42.:28:47.

landing the treble and David Healy following the of David Jeffrey. They

:28:48.:28:54.

deserved it. I am delighted for David Healy and for the players.

:28:55.:29:00.

Those people may be doubting David at one part of the season, words of

:29:01.:29:04.

encouragement were always there for him but he has done tremendously

:29:05.:29:10.

well. Very much the siege mentality, which is what you have to do. The

:29:11.:29:16.

reality is that if you do not love and support Linfield, you do not

:29:17.:29:22.

particularly like them. Roy Carroll. He has done a fabulous job. He is a

:29:23.:29:27.

history maker but what he brought today was phenomenal. He did not

:29:28.:29:31.

really have anything to do but he had such an influence on the game

:29:32.:29:36.

and when Coleraine came into it. There is big Gary. The kit man. I am

:29:37.:29:46.

delighted for him. Roy Carroll joins Billy Scott, the Linfield keeper in

:29:47.:29:52.

1902, Jackie Milburn and Delaney. I think we can hear from Jamie Mulgrew

:29:53.:29:56.

the skipper. You are right, the winning captain

:29:57.:30:00.

Jamie Mulgrew. What does it feel like to get your hands on the Cup

:30:01.:30:06.

again? Very special. We knew what we had to do today. Against a very good

:30:07.:30:11.

Coleraine side. If we did not perform the way we have, in the past

:30:12.:30:17.

19 games, we would have had egg on our face. I thought in the first

:30:18.:30:22.

half we hit the ground running and took advantage of our dominance. How

:30:23.:30:27.

much has that momentum helps you the last couple of games? Winning the

:30:28.:30:33.

league in dramatic circumstances, it must give you huge confidence?

:30:34.:30:39.

Absolutely. The run has been incredible and confidence is a

:30:40.:30:43.

massive thing in sport. We have that in abundance at the minute. From the

:30:44.:30:49.

results and the run we have been on. We have grown together as a team

:30:50.:30:53.

after disappointment last year. We have learned from disappointments. A

:30:54.:31:00.

word for the manager who got stick early in the season but he has had a

:31:01.:31:04.

good season, the treble to finish with. What influence has he been?

:31:05.:31:11.

The evidence is there. We have won three trophies and it shows the

:31:12.:31:18.

influence on us as a squad. He and the staff work incredibly hard and

:31:19.:31:22.

they expect us to work incredibly hard and we have done that. He set

:31:23.:31:27.

the work ethic and we have bounced off that and bought into it. Just

:31:28.:31:34.

before you go, how does this compare to the cups you have won before?

:31:35.:31:41.

They are all very special. I could not pick out any to be my number

:31:42.:31:48.

one. All I can say is I am fortunate enough to have won trophies here,

:31:49.:31:53.

with many great players and been managed by very good managers. I am

:31:54.:31:58.

thankful for that. I will let you prepare your victory speech. David

:31:59.:31:59.

Healy. David, congratulations. That must be

:32:00.:32:11.

pretty sweet. It is. Considering the way we performed in last year's

:32:12.:32:16.

final, we knew underachieved. It was all about redemption this week.

:32:17.:32:19.

Sometimes in football you don't ever get the opportunity to redeem

:32:20.:32:22.

yourselves in Cup Finals. Fortunately for us, because these

:32:23.:32:27.

players are good enough, we gave ourselves an opportunity after 12

:32:28.:32:31.

months, nearly to the day, to give a performance like that. By far and

:32:32.:32:35.

away I thought we were the better side today. From minute one, second

:32:36.:32:42.

half it became a wee bit scrappy. In all in all we were deserved winners

:32:43.:32:46.

today. Jamie spoke about the confidence and momentum, 19 games

:32:47.:32:49.

unbeaten, coming into The Cup Final. Was that crucial? It makes it easier

:32:50.:32:53.

but these players have had so much to prove. Because everybody had

:32:54.:32:58.

written them off. We ended up the season with three trophies, as

:32:59.:33:02.

manager of this club I'm so privileged, honoured to be the

:33:03.:33:07.

manager of such a group of players and the calibre of players out here.

:33:08.:33:11.

The football was as good as I've seen in a long time. The hat-trick

:33:12.:33:16.

from Andrew Waterworth. He does that. He did it last week. He talked

:33:17.:33:24.

about Andy says he had one of his poorer season, 24 goals. I said you

:33:25.:33:27.

only need two hat tricks to get to 30. So that's why, you know Andy has

:33:28.:33:32.

done that for years and years in this league. He's renowned for

:33:33.:33:36.

doing. It he's got the ability to do it and what a day for him. It's been

:33:37.:33:40.

a dramatic week for you and the club. Did you have any concerns

:33:41.:33:44.

about that short run around from winning the league to having to

:33:45.:33:47.

prepare for The Cup Final? Sometimes a short turn around makes it easier.

:33:48.:33:53.

Instead of waiting three, four weeks, the momentum slides a bit. We

:33:54.:33:56.

had the momentum coming in from last week. Fair play to the players

:33:57.:34:01.

today. We'd like to thank Oran and Coleraine and all the Coleraine

:34:02.:34:07.

people. The season they've had and Oran's been here, Stephen Douglas,

:34:08.:34:14.

I'm sure they'll bounce back. They're youthful. With a bit of

:34:15.:34:17.

experience, they're a good club. They'll be challenging again next

:34:18.:34:20.

year. Congratulations on a fantastic season, David. It's up to Thomas.

:34:21.:34:27.

The Linfield players are making their way towards the cup. Coleraine

:34:28.:34:38.

have already received their medals. Roy Carroll is going to enjoy this

:34:39.:34:42.

moment. Had a ball last week lifting the league. A little touch of the

:34:43.:34:48.

cup. Last week he tried to grab the cup, but a shake of the hands from

:34:49.:34:52.

Michael O'Neill. He's achieved just about everything in the game, Roy

:34:53.:34:55.

Carroll. But it shows just how important it is to win this one.

:34:56.:35:01.

Andrew Waterworth, the man we've all been singing the praises of

:35:02.:35:04.

throughout the afternoon. A big smile on his face. # he gets ready

:35:05.:35:14.

to enjoy the celebrations. There is the famous trophy. Michael O'Neill

:35:15.:35:20.

saluting the goal scorer. Andy's probably looking at an international

:35:21.:35:25.

call-up after that. Niall Quinn, played a strong role today. So too

:35:26.:35:30.

Mark Haughey in defence. Here comes David Healy, the second last man up.

:35:31.:35:36.

He attended many Irish cups as a child, supporting Linfield. Now he's

:35:37.:35:47.

led them to a treble. Listen to this roar, as Jamie Mulgrew lifts the

:35:48.:35:56.

Irish Cup in 2017! The streamers are flowing around Windsor Park. The

:35:57.:36:02.

fans are singing. This has been Linfield's day. This has been

:36:03.:36:11.

Linfield's season. This famous silverware is heading back to

:36:12.:36:18.

Windsor Park one again. They've waited five years to bring the

:36:19.:36:23.

trophy home. But Linfield are Irish Cup winners once again. A treble for

:36:24.:36:34.

Linfield. A 3-0 win for them. Smiles on the faces of the Linfield

:36:35.:36:40.

players. Roy Carroll makes his way down the steps. Let's go back to the

:36:41.:36:51.

studio. Thank you also to Tim Murtagh,

:36:52.:36:56.

congratulations to all concerned with Linfield. Roy Carroll has made

:36:57.:37:04.

history. He has won cups in Ireland and England David Healy said he

:37:05.:37:15.

hadn't seen them play that well in a first half of football this season.

:37:16.:37:19.

They peaked at the right time. Coleraine didn't have it for them

:37:20.:37:22.

today. They were deserved winners today from start to finish. I

:37:23.:37:26.

thought Coleraine played for about 20 minutes in the second half. Too

:37:27.:37:30.

little too late. Linfield dominated. Delighted for David in his first

:37:31.:37:34.

proper full season at Linfield football club doing the double, in

:37:35.:37:37.

terms of the big trophies and then the treble. It's a great

:37:38.:37:40.

achievement. Delighted for Andrew Waterworth. He's a great guy, if

:37:41.:37:44.

anybody knows him off the pitch. You couldn't have a nicer guy getting a

:37:45.:37:50.

hat-trick. I guess honourable mentions for Mark Stafford and

:37:51.:37:54.

Stephen Lowry, you three unanimous that Waterworth was the standout

:37:55.:38:00.

manned, back-to-back hat tricks. I don't think there was a failure on

:38:01.:38:04.

the Linfield team, but he rose to the top. It was interesting

:38:05.:38:07.

listening to the interview, today's performance was a reaction to last

:38:08.:38:11.

year, simple as that. They played for the first 20 minutes. Two great

:38:12.:38:16.

saves, after that Glenavon went on and dominated. They were bitter

:38:17.:38:19.

disappointed. Today they responded and how did they respond? First

:38:20.:38:23.

half, they were magnificent. Totally dominant. Second half they were very

:38:24.:38:27.

professional. They managed the game well. They didn't have to chase

:38:28.:38:31.

things. Coleraine performed better in the second half. They didn't

:38:32.:38:37.

create anything or give away Carroll under pressure. There they have it

:38:38.:38:42.

in the end. Great piece of play. Andrew Waterworth attacks the box,

:38:43.:38:48.

scores a third goal. For every winner there has to be a loser. A

:38:49.:39:00.

Goole btant loser. A gallant loser. You've been here as a losing cup

:39:01.:39:05.

manager, it's a difficult day. I was saying to the lads here beside me,

:39:06.:39:10.

there's nothing worse than football and picking up the losers' medal.

:39:11.:39:14.

You build up in the morning, you come up and full of joy and delight

:39:15.:39:17.

to be in the final. Then it's all over and you have the losers' medal

:39:18.:39:22.

in your hand. We can hear from Oran Kearney now.

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The Coleraine manager, Oran Kearney. Tough day for your side.

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Commiserations. It is, yes. Obviously the elation of joy in

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getting to a final, you want to go and try and win it, today it wasn't

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to be, congratulations to Linfield, on the day, especially in the first

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half, there was a 20 minute spell where we couldn't cope. The damage

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was done then. That's just it, those two goals were hammer blows to you.

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They were because I felt we had started the game quite well maybe.

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You look at the compartments of the game and the first 20 was the one

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that concerned me the most. We dealt with that well. It was just that ten

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minute spell where we couldn't string a pass or two together and we

:40:04.:40:07.

were camped in our own half. That's done the damage. You maybe surprised

:40:08.:40:14.

our pundits with the ambitious team with three forwards. You can't have

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regrets about. It what was your thinking about it? Cup Finals are

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about winning. To beat a side like Linfield in a Cup Final, you have to

:40:23.:40:27.

score a goal. We needed as much fire power on the pitch as possible.

:40:28.:40:31.

Jimmy's played on the right for a big part of the season, James and

:40:32.:40:39.

Skinner up front. You have to give yourself half a chance of winning

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it. For big parts of the second half, Linfield didn't know whether

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to stick or twist. We were well in, not well in the game, but it was

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unof those, if we got a goal, possibly something could have

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changed. Thank you for joining us so quickly after the game. Back to the

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studio. Thanks to Oran Kearney for fronting

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up. I think it was 48 years ago a certain Billy McAvoy the last to get

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a hat-trick. He took it so well. Yeah, once again, young Smyth who I

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rate highly got down the lane. Looked up, a simple task of tapping

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it in the net. The experience of being in the right place. He done

:41:23.:41:26.

the same last week and picked up a hat-trick. His confidence is at the

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top level now. It's about timing the run and the final pass. They

:41:31.:41:34.

thoroughly deserved everything they got today. Linfield, I thought Healy

:41:35.:41:39.

hole would have taken longer to settle in. He's hit the ground

:41:40.:41:43.

running. I'm going to give you ten seconds apiece. Think, you'd have

:41:44.:41:47.

been proud of that, Linfield's day and season. Yeah, strikers have to

:41:48.:41:52.

be in the box to score goals. I harp on to our players all the time. They

:41:53.:41:56.

don't seem to listen all the time. Andy in the box three times. The

:41:57.:41:59.

ball is delivered and three goals for him. You score the goals and

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earn your money zblrchlt can you see David Healy reign as long as you did

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here? Pleased and delighted for David today. I've known him for many

:42:08.:42:11.

years. Know him as a king. I'm delighted for the king today. Thank

:42:12.:42:17.

you very much. Monday evening for you more local footy on the radio,

:42:18.:42:23.

BBC Radio Ulster, and online, that's from 7. 30pm. The summer slumber now

:42:24.:42:28.

for local football. The giant that is the Ulster champions is about to

:42:29.:42:32.

stir. Watch all the action on the BBC: That's just about it.

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Congratulations to Linfield. Tennants Irish Cup winners 2017.

:42:44.:42:47.

From everyone at BBC Sport NI team, Marty, David, Gary and me, bye-bye.

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Andrew Waterworth, what exactly is he worth? He is worth his weight in

:42:53.:42:57.

gold by one, two and three. From everyone on the team, have a good

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summer, bye-bye. Cheers, lads.

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