Then there’s man-of-the-match Gael Bigirimana, who scored his penalty within the shootout win after clearing an Eric McWoods probability off the road in additional time.
The midfielder performed within the Premier League with Newcastle earlier than ultimately coming to the Irish Premiership.
After an sad spell at Glentoran, he has discovered a house at Dungannon and has been a standout participant this season.
“For me it’s so particular, we performed Cliftonville and some months in the past and I mentioned to the boys ‘I really feel like we’re going to do one thing particular’ and Cliftonville beat us 4-1 so I believed perhaps not!” he joked.
“The boys have been magnificent, I am speechless however I am over the moon.”
Lastly, there’s Andrew Mitchell, who underneath McAree, has returned to the Swifts with renewed vigour and has fashioned an excellent partnership with McGovern up entrance after nearly stepping away from the sport earlier than going again to Stangmore Park.
“I used to be very emotional after the sport, 18 months in the past I wasn’t going to play once more, I used to be retiring, and I am simply glad I’ve had the possibility to come back again once more and it is fantastic for everybody on the membership,” he defined.
“I am so glad we’ve got been in a position to ship for the folks of Dungannon and particularly Rodney and Dixie [Robinson], good individuals who have trusted me to come back again.”
Mitchell reserved particular reward for McAree, who has knitted the squad of skilled execs and younger, hungry gamers collectively to such good impact.
In doing so, he talked about one other in Danny Wallace who has been remodeled since swapping Glenavon for the Swifts.
“Rodney is one of the best supervisor within the league no query, he instils perception in each single considered one of us going out each recreation that we’re one of the best gamers in our positions.
“He has signed so properly, Danny Wallace has achieved so properly, somebody who was handled actually poorly and I like to see folks turning round their careers and proving different folks flawed.”
One thing which so many on this Dungannon Swifts squad have achieved they usually now have an Irish Cup to point out for it.
