JIM Magilton will have plenty to celebrate in the coming days. Not only did the 55-year-old become the Reds first manager since Jackie Hutton in 1979 to deliver Irish Cup success to Solitude, but his beloved Ipswich Town gained promotion back to the Premier League under the guidance of Fermanagh native Kieran McKenna. 

One of the most historic photographs from Cliftonville’s breakthrough in the Irish Cup at the weekend will be legendary duo Chris Curran and Joe Gormley raising the Cup aloft in front of their jubilant supporters in the Kop Stand at Windsor Park. 

A league title in your first season at the club or bowing out of the game having landed the Irish Cup and laid the ghosts of 45 years to rest. There was no hesitation from Swanlinbar native Chris Curran, when asked which moment was the highlight of his glittering 11-year stint at Solitude. 

DAVID Healy used his first major set-back as manager of Linfield for motivation and plans to use Saturday’s defeat to Cliftonville in the Irish Cup final as the fuel in the fire for next season. 

AFTER just over three-months at Cliftonville, Paddy Burns has achieved more than others that have gone before him in the past 45 years.