2024 SuperCupNI: Fermanagh Junior manager Ciaran Black

County Fermanagh Junior manager Ciaran Black speaks after his side beat Rangers 2-1 in the SuperCupNI tournament.

Transcript

00:00Ciarán, many thanks for joining us. 2-1-1 against the Rangers, can I get your thoughts

00:05on that one?

00:06We're absolutely over the moon. The players, the whole committee, the staff, all of the

00:10coaches, we're over the moon for them and for the boys because we were coming up for

00:15the week to say can you get something from it, can you take a big experience from it

00:18and keep it and they've done it on day one. So everything now is a bonus.

00:22I thought you defended well in both halves and your keeper, Jake, he made a couple of

00:27great saves in the first half and a great double save late on.

00:31The boys were all chuffed for him. It's been hard at this stage with two keepers fighting

00:35for a spot. Unfortunately we had the injury just before the tournament so Jake knew he

00:39had to step up and what a way today. A man of a match for us and every single player

00:44on the pitch is so happy for him because he deserves it. He works hard and a great stage

00:48to show it. He's kept us in the game and he gave us confidence to go forward because we

00:55can rely on him.

00:56What are you and the players looking to get out of the week now?

01:00As much enjoyment as we can. We're going to have to re-evaluate now because today was

01:05such a good day and we're going to have to push on because we know we can do it. We knew

01:09we had a result in us. We didn't think it was going to be so quick. Just before the

01:14tournament a couple of pre-season friendlies and stuff. We don't start well and we keep

01:19pushing about starting well in 27 seconds. We could not start it better and they pushed

01:24on from that so we'll take a load of confidence now moving into tomorrow.

01:28Obviously a great crowd here as well and that just adds to the players' experience they

01:31can get.

01:32We know that the Fermanagh crowd is one of the best that comes up here. To travel such

01:37a distance and to go the whole way around the corner. They weren't even in one zone.

01:40They were the whole way around the fence and the players just couldn't wait until the end

01:44just to run over.

01:45Many thanks for your time.

01:46Thank you.

01:47Cheers. Take care.