Paddy McLaughlin refused to take any credit for the stunning start his side made to their first home league game of the season.
Four passes and eight seconds was all it took for Cliftonville to carve Carrick Rangers open at Solitude on Saturday, as Ronan Hale latched on to Ronan Doherty’s clipped ball to hook a brilliantly improvised finish past keeper Ross Glendinning.
“The boys stay behind in training and they work on their own things,” said McLaughlin of the intricate kick-off move that ended with summer signing Hale scoring his second goal for the club.
