'A lot of us have a point to prove' - how Damien Duff crafted Shels' 'Hollywood' story

The Tolka Park outfit completed an unlikely Premier Division win in Derry on Friday night. 

HOMECOMING: Shelbourne captain Mark Coyle and manager Damien Duff at Tolka Park on Saturday. Pic: INPHO/Tom Maher

It was 3.23am on Saturday morning by the time Mark Coyle slowly descended the steps of Tolka Park with Shelbourne’s first league trophy since 2006.

Celebrations had begun closer to his Donegal home for the captain, at nearby Derry over the border, but the jigs on the Brandywell pitch and along the three-hour journey south were secondary to the Tolka tour.