Ardmore FC's Jack Coyle gives his verdict on the club's historic Irish Junior Cup win

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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.

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