Only one team can claim the title of team of the decade when it comes to the Bet McLean League Cup. With four successive wins, Cliftonville pretty much owned the trophy between 2013 and 2017.
But that all goes out the window this evening as Paddy McLaughlin’s Reds attempt to put the disappointment of last week’s losing Co Antrim Shield semi-final behind them.
Standing between Cliftonville and a fifth final in the last ten years (the competition wasn’t played last year), is a rejuvenated Ballymena United, who have accounted for both Linfield and Larne in recent weeks.