Cliftonville ..... (0)2 ..... Coleraine ..... (1)1
Joe Gormley emerged from the bench in the 55th minute, his side training 0-1, and took only 60 seconds to make an impact.
But his back-post conversion from McDonagh’s fiercely whipped-in cross, justifiably left Coleraine aggrieved, Gormley’s hand doing the damage as he punched the ball into the net.
It was a difficult one to detect, only later confirmed by TV pictures, with precious few complaints at the time from Coleraine players.
The goal turned the tie, for although soon after James McLaughlin felt he had a legitimate penalty claim when Kris Lowe blocked his goal-bound header, it wasn’t given and, moments later, that man McDonagh proved Cliftonville’s match winner yet again.