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Scintillating Linfield Swifts blow away Immaculata to book another Steel & Sons Christmas final date

Steel & Sons Cup semi-final: Linfield Swifts 4 Immaculata 0 such a gifted young team.

“We were absolutely top drawer,” purred the Swifts chief. “Everything we worked on on Saturday, we did tonight. We had a plan to press them high up the pitch and to try and win the ball back as quick as we could and then we knew we had pace in the right areas to go and hurt them.

“We knew that if we played our football, and stuck to what we do, that they would struggle with us because we have clever players in the right places.

“It was always going to be a physical team against a quick team, so it was whichever team imposed themselves on the game would go on and win it and I think we did that ok – I’m so pleased.” DAVY Dorrian was beaming with pride after Linfield Swifts produced a football masterclass to dismantle Immaculata in their Steel Cup semi-final at Seaview last night.

Goals from Ross Clarke, Eamonn Scannell, Ryan Strain and Stevie Fallon swept the Amateur League men aside as the Wee Blues kept alive their hopes of back-to-back triumphs in the revered 120-year-old competition, with the defence of their crown against Newington YC in the Christmas Day showpiece.

And for Dorrian(circled), brought into the club over the summer to replace club legend Alan Dornan, it was his privilege to be in charge of

CLARKE OF COURSE Linfield Swifts’ Ross Clarke is mobbed by his team-mates after putting his side 1-0 up at Seaview in last night’s Steel & Sons semi tie