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Belfast Telegraph
29-06-2025
- Sport
- Belfast Telegraph
I felt like a failure and debated retirement after cross-water stint… but Irish Cup joy buried past pain, says Dungannon ace
Vindication, salvation, redemption – that is what winning the Irish Cup meant to Dungannon Swifts midfielder Kealan Dillon. The 31-year-old thought he had made it when he signed for Derby County as a teenager; the world was his oyster.
BBC News
28-01-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Dillon goal wins Mid-Ulster Cup for Swifts
Dungannon Swifts won the Mid-Ulster Cup with a 2-1 victory over Loughgall at Stangmore McAree's side led 2-0 at half-time after strikes from Brandon Bermingham and Kealan Dillon before Jordan Gibson pulled one back deep into added time. Bermingham's goal came as early as the 11th minute but the attacker's joy was short-lived after he hobbled off soon after having picked up a knock in the act of Swifts' lead was maintained only after Danny Wallace cleared Jay Boyd's goal-bound effort off the line and that intervention loomed all the larger when Dillon doubled the advantage in first-half injury time. In the second half, substitute Tomas Galvin thought he had made it 3-0 only to see his effort flagged for strike reduced the arrears in the final minute of the game but, after defeats in the past two finals, Dungannon held on to win the trophy for a first time since 2016.
