Bohs to meet St Pat's in Setanta final

Linfield 0 Bohemians 1 (Bohemians win 3-1 on aggregate): Bohemians booked their place in the Setanta Cup final after tonight…

Linfield 0 Bohemians 1 (Bohemians win 3-1 on aggregate):Bohemians booked their place in the Setanta Cup final after tonight's win over Linfield and they will now take on St Patrick's Athletic in Tallaght.

Boh’s took a 2-1 first leg lead into tonight’s game at Windsor Park where Paddy Madden struck early.

He struck within five minutes of kick-off when Paul Keegan’s weighted ball sprung the offside trap, and with Alan Blayney sticking on his line, the young striker took a touch, held off Steven Douglas and picked his spot.

The visitors were forced to soak plenty of pressure from Linfield but also looked dangerous on the counter attack.

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Bohs manager Pat Fenlon had made changes to the backline after shipping three goals against Galway United in the league. Mark Rossiter and Jason McGuinness replaced Conor Powell and captain Owen Heary.

The manager introduced Anto Murphy, Mark Quigley and Powell and their fresh legs helped see Bohemians through.

Linfield: Blayney; BJ Burns (Bailie 85), Gault, Murphy, Douglas; A Burns (Allen 69); Carvill (Lowry 63), Garrett, Curran; Thompson, Munster.

Bohemians: B Murphy; Shelley, McGuinness, Oman (A Murphy 63), Rossiter (Powell 77); Cretaro (A Murphy 63), Keegan, Cronin, Brennan; Madden, Byrne (Quigley 71).

Referee: D Malcolm (Bangor)