It's just over three years ago that Cliftonville captain Chris Curran wondered whether the good times would ever return to Solitude.
Doubts danced to the monotonous drone of a diesel engine as the Reds returned home from a six-goal hammering at the Brandwell.
Curran had been part of Tommy Breslin’s golden reign in North Belfast, lifting the Gibson Cup in 2014 after joining the club in the summer of 2013.