An afternoon to remember for Matthew Shevlin as he came off the bench to score a perfect hat-trick, helping his side Coleraine progress into the quarter-finals of the Irish Cup.
A bench role can often define a different sort of test for an attacker — requiring an instant impact rather than the rhythm of a starting performance. Shevy’s response was emphatic, and his match-changing contribution from the substitutes’ bench was the perfect demonstration of his quality and composure.
Coleraine now look ahead to a quarter-final tie with eyes firmly on a deep run in this season’s competition.