Bohemians face St Patrick's Athletic in Sunday's FAI Cup final at Aviva Stadiu where a record attendance is expected
FAI Cup finals are a path well travelled by Declan Devine who declared: “They’re the best and most painful days of your life”.
And the 2006 final has gone down as one of the greatest of all time, with Devine a first-team coach on the Derry side that edged out St Pat’s 4-3 after a tumultuous week. “Felix Healy rings you on the Friday ‘you are playing on Sunday.’ Then you find out why you are playing. And that was something I’ll never forget as long as I live.
They joined the Scottish club two weeks before the final, on the proviso they would return to Ireland and lead the Candtstripes out one last time, against the Saints.“There was a lot of turmoil leading in because Stephen had left 10 days before the final and it was unusual, to say the least. Devine went on: “It was weird that we were travelling from Derry on the Saturday and the manager wasn’t on the bus because he was managing in Scotland.
“We had a lot of quality in our team - McCourt’s pass for Mark Farren’s goal - but it literally came down to set-pieces and then an own goal won it.”
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