Watch: Irish Cup final - Cliftonville v Linfield

This is a stand alone game where you are trying to get the best out of yourself first and foremost and as a group of players you want to be difficult to play against and you're then looking for that spark and bit of inspiration to do something different.The teams take to the pitch amid a cacophony of noise - it's a tremendous atmosphere at the national stadium.With the greatest respect, I think that there is a greater pressure is on Linfield and in particular David Healy.

I'm hoping it's going to be the second one because I think both teams aesthetically are good to watch, they've got good attacking players, they've got pace in the team, experience, creativity, goals, everything you want in a football team, both sides have it. That's why it's hard to call a winner because both sides will fancy their chances.

Approaching the latter stages of their careers, the two are desperate to end their own wait for Irish Cup winners' medals and the club's wait for a first success in the competition since 1979."Joe is probably saying the same thing, it is what everyone wants, and the supporters have waited an unbelievable amount of time to have us bring it back again.

"At this stage of the season the Irish Cup is everything after the disappointment of the league, it is another trophy for us to win and finish the season on the high," he said.If every person who has ever told Marty Quinn they were there when he lifted the Irish Cup with Cliftonville in 1979 had actually been in attendance, the game would have had to be staged at Wembley Stadium rather than Windsor Park.

Standing in his way in the blue corner, is former Northern Ireland team-mate David Healy, who is looking to win a third Irish Cup as Linfield boss. Windsor Park is the sold-out venue for the decider on Saturday - and it's going to be some spectacle as red meets blue.The first meeting of the Blues and the Reds for 90 years in the showpiece occasion will be broadcast live on BBC Two NI from 14:00 BST, with presenter Stephen Watson being joined by regular analysts Stephen Craigan and David Jeffrey.

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