Coleraine boss Oran Kearney has praised the Northern Ireland Football League for ‘thinking outside the box’ with this season’s BetMcLean League Cup final.
A record crowd of more than 10,000 spectators is expected for Sunday’s showpiece between the Bannsiders and high-flying Cliftonville at Windsor Park.
That’s more than double the attendance that saw Coleraine beat Crusaders 2-1 in the 2020 final, the last time the competition was played before Covid.