Cup-winning boss Stephen Bradley: ‘We met history head on’

After waiting for 32 years, Shamrock Rovers had to wait an extra half hour and a penalty shoot-out before finally reclaiming the FAI Cup.

Cup-winning boss Stephen Bradley: ‘We met history head on’

After waiting for 32 years, Shamrock Rovers had to wait an extra half hour and a penalty shoot-out before finally reclaiming the FAI Cup.

And, underlining that they did it the hard way, they effectively had to win it twice in one game, after Aaron McEneff’s late penalty had been cancelled out by Michael Duffy’s late, late equaliser for Dundalk.

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