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“Still the critics keep on raving. Glenavon, nothing but Glenavon….<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
“The Duns will never last the pace. A wee team out of the Alliance, for Goodness sake it wasn’t a race.”<\/i><\/p>\n
It is known as one of the biggest shocks in the history of Irish League football.<\/p>\n
For some, it’s perhaps the greatest of them all.<\/p>\n
The Irish Cup final of 1955 pitted an all-conquering, star-studded Glenavon side against third tier side Dundela.<\/p>\n
That season alone, Glenavon had already won three trophies and were leading the Irish League with trio Jimmy Jones, Johnny Denver and Stewart Campbell scoring a staggering 101 goals for the Lurgan Blues.<\/p>\n
They also had the legendary Wilbur Cush, who was a Northern Ireland international, in their ranks and Maurice McVeigh, who was nicknamed ‘Twinkle Toes’ for his ability on the ball.<\/p>\n
It should have been a formality, but few could have predicted what was to come.<\/p>\n
Windsor Park was stunned when Bobby Ervine lobbed the underdogs from the amateur Alliance League into the lead. <\/p>\n
Dundela were not finished there, either. Ervine netted a second with five minutes to play, and shock turned to disbelief as Jackie Greenwood secured the win with a third.<\/p>\n
Glenavon’s challenge on all fronts came to an abrupt halt and, still to this day, it remains the most famous day in the Duns’ 130-year history.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n