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Coleraine determined to make new League Cup memories to look back on

Oran Kearney has challenged his Coleraine side to exorcise the memories of last season's BetMcLean League Cup final defeat by making new ones this time around.

The Bannsiders welcome Dungannon Swifts to The Showgrounds tonight in the quarter-finals of the competition still smarting from their dramatic defeat to Cliftonville in last year's final.

Coleraine looked to be on their way to back-to-back wins after Matthew Shevlin and Stephen Lowry put them 2-0 up midway through the second half.

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But Joe Gormley levelled the game deep in stoppage time before fellow substitute Paul O'Neill put them in control in extra-time before Curtis Allen's late consolation.

It was a first League Cup defeat for Kearney's since 2019 and he is hoping they can go one better this time around.

"We've had joy out of the League Cup and we've had extreme disappointment out of it but it's something we want to put ourselves up for again," said the Bannsiders boss.

"It'll be tough against Dungannon, Dean (Shiels) has signed well over the summer.

"We've got to make sure we're 100 per cent on it."

Kearney made a number of personnel changes for the victory over Portadown on Saturday and he said he will do the same for this evening's cup clash.

"I said that to the players after the game to be prepared for changes in personnel or whatever that might be," he said.

"We'll pick a team to win a match on Tuesday and we'll do the same for next Saturday."

Elsewhere last season's winners, Cliftonville, host Newry City in the last eight at Solitude.

Linfield, who picked up a much-needed win over Darren Mullen's side on Saturday, will be hoping to follow that up with a victory over Annagh United at Windsor Park.

All ties kick-off at 7.45pm.

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