Jon Daly has revealed his gesture to console each of the Bohemians players after his St Patrick's Athletic side won the FAI Cup was inspired by Ally McCoist.
St Pat's came from a goal down to lift the silverware in the showpiece event at Ireland's Aviva Stadium yesterday.
Forgotten former Celtic striker Jonathan Afolabi had Bohemians in the lead from the penalty spot inside ten minutes. However, St Pat's came back into the game and comfortably sealed a 3-1 victory in the end.
It secured their second trophy in three years but was a first for rookie manager Jon Daly - a familiar name to those involved with Scottish football.
The former Dundee United, Rangers and Raith Rovers striker initially joined St Pat's in 2021 as assistant to Tim Clancy. He was named as interim boss in May this year, though.
Soon after he was named permanent manager, and it's a move that has paid off for the club's board with Daly delivering major silverware already.
After the game, he was spotted shaking the hands of each of the Bohemians players.
And the 40-year-old has revealed that it was a similar gesture made by McCoist in 2010 that had stuck with him.
Daly said: “When we won the cup in 2010, we beat Rangers, in the quarter-final, the year we stopped them from doing the treble. Ally McCoist waited and shook all the hands coming in.
"That stuck in my head and was one of the main reasons I wanted to go and play for him.”
McCoist was working as Walter Smith's No.2 at the time at Ibrox before eventually becoming manager himself.
He signed Daly in 2014, with the towering forward playing a huge role as the Gers won the League One title in 2014, netting 25 times in all competitions.
He would leave at the end of his two-year contract in 2015, as he was included in a lengthy list of players to be released following Rangers' initial failed attempt to get out of the Championship.
