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
Cliftonville 0-1 Linfield
Joel Cooper's pass finds Kyle McClean strangely unmarked on the corner of the Cliftonville penalty area but his curling shot is straight at David Odumosu.
Reds duo Odhran Casey and Conor Pepper are having something of an inquest into how the Linfield midfielder was allowed that much time and space.
Cliftonville 0-1 Linfield
Paul Leeman
Former Glentoran captain on BBC Two NI
Ethan McGee has been a great signing for Linfield. He's shown his versatility.
What a moment for a young player on a day like this, on an occasion like today.
It was a fantastic finish from him.
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Kirk Millar delivers another free kick, this time from the opposite side of the pitch, and Daniel Finlayson gets above Odhran Casey but can't keep his header on target.
Cliftonville will want to get through the next few minutes without suffering any further damage to the scoreline.
Cliftonville 0-1 Linfield
Paul Leeman
Former Glentoran captain on BBC Two NI
It's a brilliant delivery from Kirk Millar, put in with pace. Ethan McGee gets a little yard on his marker and it's a bullet header.
The run is superb and what a finish. What a start for Linfield, they've started the game really well and have found themselves in front.
Cliftonville 0-1 Linfield
Lauren McCann
BBC Sport NI at Windsor Park
It has been coming. Cliftonville haven't started yet and have given away far too many cheap free-kicks, with Ethan McGee heading home unmarked.
Ethan McGee (14 mins)
Linfield are in front inside a quarter of an hour as Kirk Millar's free kick is met with a powerful header by Ethan McGee.
Pinpoint delivery from Millar and McGee gets in ahead of Shea Kearney to bullet a header past David Odumosu.
Linfield will feel it's fully deserved after a dominant opening 15 minutes.
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A delightful through ball by Ronan Doherty puts Sean Stewart in behind the Linfield defence.
The Northern Ireland under-21 international cuts the ball back but Ben Hall is able to clear the danger.
Cliftonville 0-0 Linfield
Paul Leeman
Former Glentoran captain on BBC Two NI
Jamie Mulgrew is already having a real influence on this game, getting on the ball, breaking away from midfield and drawing fouls in dangerous positions.
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Linfield have a free kick in a threatening area.
The ball is touched to Joel Cooper whose shot takes a slight nick off the Cliftonville wall, taking off some of the pace and allowing David Odumosu to make an easy save.
Cliftonville 0-0 Linfield
There's a slight delay as David Odumosu is unhappy with the pressure of not one, but two footballs.
At the third attempt, the Cliftonville keeper restarts the game.
Cliftonville 0-0 Linfield
Paul Leeman
Former Glentoran captain on BBC Two NI
A few little nervous moments for Cliftonville and a bright start by Linfield.
Two crosses into the box have caused Cliftonville problems and that's something that Linfield will be looking to do in this game.
Cliftonville 0-0 Linfield
From the resulting corner, the ball is worked to Chris McKee who, with minimal backlift, fires a shot towards goal which David Odumosu has to get down sharply to his right to push away.
Cliftonville 0-0 Linfield
Kirk Millar's dangerous free kick for Linfield is cleared for a corner by Ronan Doherty.
Cliftonville 0-0 Linfield
Paul Leeman
Former Glentoran captain on BBC Two NI
These are special moments. The big crowd, the colour, the occasion, the atmosphere is absolutely electric in here. The formalities are now over. It's all about winning now.
Who can cope with the occasion better?
Cliftonville 0-0 Linfield
Referee Jamie Robinson blows his whistle and Linfield's Chris McKee gets the 2024 Irish Cup final underway.
Cliftonville v Linfield (14:30 BST)
All the pre-match preparation is over and we're ready for the showpiece event in Irish League football.
Cliftonville v Linfield (14:30 BST)
Stephen Craigan
Former Northern Ireland defender on BBC Two NI
The stats of this season, goals for, goals against, games won, assists, all means nothing at all.
This is a stand alone game where you are trying to get the best out of yourself first and foremost and as a group of players you want to be difficult to play against and you're then looking for that spark and bit of inspiration to do something different.
But everything that's gone on before is completely irrelevant. This is a single, standout game.
Cliftonville v Linfield (14:30 BST)
The teams take to the pitch amid a cacophony of noise - it's a tremendous atmosphere at the national stadium.
Cliftonville v Linfield (14:30 BST)
David Jeffrey
Former Larne, Linfield & Ballymena manager on BBC Two NI
With the greatest respect, I think that there is a greater pressure is on Linfield and in particular David Healy. Jim Magilton has come in and done an absolutely fabulous job, so regardless of how today goes they've already qualified for Europe, they've got into an Irish Cup final, they've done phenomenally well but that's not to ay that their desire will be any less.
Because of Linfield's success and demands and expectations the pressure then will fall on David. There's a song that goes 'if we don't win the league, the Irish Cup will do', so that is the pressure that it on them today.
Cliftonville v Linfield (14:30 BST)
The skies are grey on a misty, murky afternoon in south Belfast.
In contrast, though, Windsor Park is awash with colour with all sides of the ground resplendent in red and blue.
Both sides received a rapturous ovation from their respective fans as they made their way off following the warm-up.
We’re almost good to go!
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.