SuperCupNI: Brilliant St Pat's earn Junior section title in dominant victory against Plymouth Argyle

The Irish side hit the front early doors and never looked back as they deservedly got their hands on the trophy.

St Pat’s took the lead on eight minutes when Ahmed Ali Mussa’s pass released Jack Moore inside the box and he made no mistake with a clinical finish.

Soon after, Moore was in the heart of the action yet again as he tapped the ball into the net to double his side’s lead after Eidanas Orlovas was initially denied.

Plymouth rarely troubled St Pat’s goal in the first half but they did hit the upright when Freddie Lewis’ well-driven free-kick came back off the crossbar.

Ali Mussa was undoubtedly the star of the show and he got a goal his display deserved. The attacker got on the end of Danny Davis’ cross to make it 3-0 and job done for St Pat’s.

Speaking after lifting the trophy, St Pat’s boss Mark Connolly said how the success was 14 months in the making.

He beamed: “Yeah, we're delighted for the boys. As I said to you on Thursday, this was 14 months in terms of where we were and where we asked them to go to.

"Everything that we asked for in terms of the performance was fantastic. There were a couple of scary moments when you're 2-0 up, a terrible score to be going in at half-time with.

"I think throughout the whole tournament they've been the best team here by an absolute country mile.

"Individually, obviously, with the awards that Ahmed’s got...if he wasn't here, I still think we probably would have won the tournament with other players that were on the pitch as well.”

Connolly hailed the ruthlessness of his striker Moore, who he believes has more to offer his game rather than just scoring goals.

“Jack brilliant...I think that was his fifth goal,” he added.

"He's a different kind of number nine. You look at their number nine, he's an old-fashioned style.

"Jack is more the modern number nine as he drops into the pocket and picks the ball up .He has more assists probably than he does goals and he's a fantastic kid as well.”

So, what’s next Connolly’s boys?

He replied: “This is half of what we planned as they'll go back now for the semi-final of the National League and then hopefully the final of that.

"That's all they could have won this year, and then after this, they all have a little personal thing where they all want to try and get into the full Ireland squad as well.

"There are a couple of boys that are up with the Northern Ireland squad in the next couple of weeks as well.

"They've ambitions to play at the highest level or get something out of football. At the minimum, they should be all aiming for academy football, I think.

"We got texts off everybody down in the club there saying it's huge for the club to win this tournament.”