Jim Magilton the inspiration for the Holy Grail as Cliftonville dig deep to exorcise Cup demons

Irish Cup Final

Cliftonville chairman Kieran Harding flanked by manager Jim Magilton and his assistant, Gerard Lyttle

Graham Luney

Cliftonville lived their Irish Cup dream the hard way and that made it all the more sweeter.

If you’re going to smash an Irish Cup hoodoo you might as well throw in plenty of nerves, tension, anxiety, injuries and fall a goal behind to a top side.