Ardmore FC goalscorer Jack Coyle gives his verdict on the club's historic fonaCAB Craig Stanfield Irish Junior Cup win over Enniskillen Town United at Windsor Park on Friday.
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00:00Jack, sum up the feelings after that final?
00:03Ah, different level. I can't really believe it, to be honest.
00:08It's probably the best day I've ever had in football.
00:11Especially the ones that are perk, it's just unbelievable.
00:13We're coming in as matches underdogs, you concede inside 15 seconds,
00:17you found yourself two down in the second half.
00:20Was there any doubts creeping in at that point?
00:22No, not really.
00:23Because all year we've sort of went behind the times and we've always came back.
00:27There was a lot of talk before the match.
00:30I don't know if it's true or not, but Anisky always saying,
00:33they don't get us 3-0, they're going to be disappointed.
00:35So once the first goal went on, then I was like, right,
00:38as long as we don't get but 4-5 here.
00:40You must have been delighted with that goal,
00:41because that goal seemed to spur the confidence.
00:43Ah, at first it was unbelievable.
00:45Such a feeling.
00:47I didn't really see it go on, I just sort of knocked off my head.
00:49My eyes are closed and then I've seen it hit the back and head,
00:51but it was just a different level.
00:53When you got yourselves into the lead finally, 3-2 an extra time,
00:57you were hit with a sucker punch.
00:59It takes a bit of character to come back from that.
01:01Exactly, yeah.
01:03I don't really know how to describe it.
01:05You're so high and feeling good,
01:07and then all of a sudden it's just wiped away in seconds.
01:10But if we don't know, they hang on then.
01:13And you had the nerve to step up and take a penalty too, Jack?
01:16I mean, there's a lot of character on that side.
01:18Well, I was down with cramp.
01:19We had about five minutes to go next to time.
01:20And I looked up and they hit the post or the bar or something.
01:23And I was at gone.
01:24I was like, I don't know if I'm going to be able to hit a penalty.
01:27So I rolled it down the side.
01:28I went, I'm not going for power here in case my leg goes, like.
01:30But I was getting the wrong way here.
01:32It was some feeling like that.
01:33I mean, the scenes at the end sort of spoke for themselves,
01:35but what does it mean to you as a group of players and as a club?
01:39Well, it's always, it's the holy grail for our more, like.
01:42When I came out, Dave and Connor Coyle used to say to me,
01:46you're going to win as this cup, like.
01:47And I've played a wee bit of a part in doing it, like.
01:50So I'm just puzzling now.
01:51I think everyone in our more is going to be a part in, I like it.
01:53I have a funny feeling you'll be talking about this night in McCourts Bar for a few years to come.
01:58Yeah, there'll be a statue with a few boys here outside, like.
02:00It's going to be, yeah.
02:01I just kind of want to go back now and have a bit of crack with all the lads and have a good drink now.