Larne’s Tiernan Lynch: Our reward for capturing the title will hopefully be a winnable tie in Europe over a glamour match

Larne boss Tiernan Lynch after collecting his second successive League winner's medal

Steven Beacom

When Larne sealed the Sports Direct Premiership, manager Tiernan Lynch joined some esteemed company.

Prior to the season starting, only Roy Coyle, Ronnie McFall, Trevor Anderson, David Jeffrey, Tommy Breslin, Stephen Baxter and David Healy had guided their clubs to back-to-back Irish League titles over the last 50 years. Now Lynch is on that illustrious list.