FT: Cliftonville 3-1 Linfield (AET)
Ethan McGee heads in opener on 14 minutes
Sam Ashford equalises for the Reds after 52 minutes
Ronan Hale puts Cliftonville in front early in extra-time
Hale completes double in final seconds
Cliftonville win trophy for first time since 1979
HT: Cliftonville 0-1 Linfield
Stephen Craigan
Former Northern Ireland defender on BBC Two NI
As a spectacle it was everything we wanted that first half.
We wanted it to be feisty and lively. We wanted to see quality and energy and I think they have shown that.
There's no doubt, Linfield settled better. It was as if that Linfield team were desperate for this game to come around.
But it's poised brilliantly for us.
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Odhran Casey is stretchered off the pitch during the interval with his right leg in a protective cover.
Happily, the Cliftonville defender is able to acknowledge the warm ovation he is receiving from both sets of fans.
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The first half ends on an unfortunate note as Cliftonville's Odhran Casey falls awkwardly under a fair challenge from Linfield's Chris McKee.
The Reds defender immediately signals to the bench for a change and among the first people to attend to the stricken defender is Linfield manager David Healy.
Referee Jamie Robinson blows the half-time whistle to allow Casey to get treatment.
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Linfield's Kirk Millar and Cliftonville's Sean Stewart go head-to-head after a flare-up on the touchline.
Referee Jamie Robinson defuses the situation by issuing yellow cards to both players.
It's all got a bit frantic in first half stoppage time!
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Fourth official Christopher Morrison indicates a minimum of four minutes of additional time at the end of this first half.
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Ronan Hale clatters into Chris Shields and picks up the first booking of the afternoon.
Cliftonville 0-1 Linfield
Paul Leeman
Former Glentoran captain on BBC Two NI
Joel Cooper is working tremendously hard.
He's having to do his defensive work up and down the line and he's also been very creative for Linfield too.
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Kirk Millar's clever short corner almost catches Cliftonville napping but Joel Cooper's shot is blocked.
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Image source, Press EyeAn injured David Odumosu is replaced by Nathan Gartside in the Cliftonville goal
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A clever turn in the middle of the pitch from Ronan Hale provides the platform for Shea Kearney to burst forward but the 20-year-old can't keep his shot on target.
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Lauren McCann
BBC Sport NI at Windsor Park
That is a huge blow for Cliftonville to lose David Odumosu, who has pulled off some huge stops for the Reds since joining from St Pats.
He goes off in tears and that just adds to the Reds' woes this half, they have failed to really get going.
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David Odumosu has been unable to shake off that earlier injury and he is replaced in goal by Nathan Gartside.
Not the first change in personnel you expect to report in a cup final and an unfortunate end to the afternoon for Odumosu, who has been excellent in his first season at Solitude.
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Paul Leeman
Former Glentoran captain on BBC Two NI
I mentioned how much of an influence Jamie Mulgrew was in the first 20 minutes.
It's Rory Hale now, the other skipper, he's become more of an influence. He's that person that can create for Cliftonville in the middle of the park.
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Ethan McGee powers a header home from a free-kick to give Linfield the lead in the decider.
Watch: Ethan McGee scores for Linfield to make it 1-0
Cliftonville 0-1 Linfield
Paul Leeman
Former Glentoran captain on BBC Two NI
I think Cliftonville will be pleased with their last five minutes of contribution.
Before that they just weren't really in the game. They were giving away a lot of free kicks and giving the ball away under no pressure. It was so unlike them.
But they have grown back into it and had some opportunities of their own.
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Image source, Press EyeLinfield's Ethan McGee rises to head into the Cliftonville net
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Odumosu gets the all-clear and we're back underway,
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Brave goalkeeping from David Odumosu as he slides out to make a 50/50 challenge with Joel Cooper.
The Cliftonville keeper is receiving some fairly lengthy treatment here and the Reds' substitute keeper Nathan Gartside is warming up on the sideline.
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Another chance for Cliftonville as Rory Hale lays the ball across the face of goal 14 yards out but Ronan Doherty - untypically - can't keep his left-footed shot on target.
Again, more encouragement for the Reds,
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Rory Hale swings in a delicious, teasing cross which Sam Ashford is inches away from getting on the end of at the back post.
That has lifted the spirits of the Cliftonville fans, though.
Ronan Hale struck twice in extra-time to help Cliftonville to beat Linfield
A double from Ronan Hale in extra-time helped Cliftonville come from behind to beat Linfield 3-1 and win their first Irish Cup in 45 years.
Ethan McGee gave Linfield an early lead with a header from a corner before Sam Ashford equalised for the Reds in the second half of a pulsating game.
Hale struck in the first minute of extra-time and the last minute of extra-time to seal the comeback victory for the Reds in front of a sell-out crowd at Windsor Park.
The official attendance of 14,898 was the largest attendance at an Irish Cup final since Cliftonville's last victory in 1979.
Ronan Hale double seals Irish Cup victory for Cliftonville
Linfield captain Jamie Mulgrew said in the build-up to the game that he hoped that winning the Irish Cup would soften the blow of losing out on the Irish Premiership title to Larne, and the Blues certainly started like a side out to prove a point.
Chris McKee and Joe Cooper forced David Odumosu into two early stops at a sold-out Windsor Park, which was a cacophony of noise.
They then deservedly made the breakthrough on 14 minutes as McGee darted in front of Shea Kearney and rose highest to head home from Kirk Millar's inviting free-kick from the right-hand side.
That was the first goal Cliftonville had conceded in this year's competition, and they seemed shell-shocked by it as they struggled to impose themselves on the game.
It continued to be one way traffic for Jim Magilton's side with Kyle McClean then testing Odumosu.
The Reds fashioned their first chance of the game on 25 minutes with their first real passage of play.
Sean Stewart fed Rory Hale, whose deep cross was inches away from finding Ashford at the back post.
Ronan Doherty then curled an effort well wide after another promising move.
Cliftonville's afternoon went from bad to worse however, when first-choice goalkeeper David Odumosu and centre back Odhran Casey both forced off with injuries before half-time.
Watch: Ronan Hale & Jim Magilton react as Cliftonville lift the Irish Cup
The Reds came out with renewed intent in the second half, helped by the increased influence on the game from captain Rory Hale and they drew level seven minutes after the restart.
Ashford, who was preferred to Cliftonville's top scorer this season Ben Wilson and all-time record goal scorer Joe Gormley, glanced a header past Chris Johns from close range from Rory Hale's cross.
It was an end-to-end encounter after the equaliser, with both sides squandering good chances.
Rory Hale almost set up a second Cliftonville goal just after the hour mark as he found Jonny Addis with a deep free-kick, but the defender's header landed the wrong side of the far post.
He also had a volley from the edge of the box saved by Johns.
At the other end, Joel Cooper cut inside and saw his low drive whistle past the post with Gartside beaten.
Both teams tired as the game edged towards full-time, with neither wanting to make a costly error as they settled for extra-time.
Watch: Chris Curran reflects on his time at Cliftonville
The Reds then struck early in extra-time as substitute Wilson found Ronan Hale, who drove into the box and fired an unstoppable strike into the far corner.
With momentum in their favour, Ronan Hale went close to adding another for Cliftonville, but his low strike was deflected into the side netting by Ben Hall.
Linfield continued to search for an equaliser with Nathan Gartside thwarting Irish Premiership Player of the Year Kyle McClean and Jordan Stewart blazing over the crossbar.
As Linfield pilled forward in search of an equaliser from a corner, Cliftonville broke and Wilson found Hale, who walked home a third to seal the win, which provoked an outpouring of emotion from both players and supporters alike.
The celebrations 45 years in the making can now begin in north Belfast as the side of 2024 have written their name into Cliftonville folklore by ending the long Irish Cup drought.