Stephen McClelland and family pictured at the Sandymount Hotel the night before the FAI Cup Final.placeholder image
Stephen McClelland and family pictured at the Sandymount Hotel the night before the FAI Cup Final.

In Pictures: 17 snaps as Derry City fans hit the pubs of Dublin ahead of 2024 Sports Direct FAI Cup Final

DERRY City fans gathered in the hotels and pubs of Dublin on Saturday in anticipation of the Brandywell club’s second FAI Cup Final in three years.

It’s a case of last one out turn out the lights in the maiden city today as over 25,000 Candy Striped fans make their way south to watch Ruaidhri Higgins’ troops take on Drogheda United at the Aviva Stadium.

Our photographer Kevin Moore got ahead of the curve and captured these snaps of Derry City fans who made the trip early ahead of the big match and got into the spirit of things at the Sandymount Hotel in Dublin.

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