Damien Duff: 'I walked into Lansdowne 10ft tall today and I’ll walk out 10ft tall'

The Shels boss saw his side well beaten in the showpiece game but insisted they'd come back stronger.

TOUGH LESSON: Shelbourne manager Damien Duff after the FAI Cup Final. Picture: Eóin Noonan/Sportsfile

Damien Duff lamented Sunday’s ‘horrendous’ 4-0 FAI Cup final thumping by Derry City, adamant it could form the making of his Shelbourne.

At the end of a season that delivered so much more than the relegation battle many predicted, the Ireland legend felt proud of his charges.