Kane (back left in suit) missed the 2018 Irish Cup final win through injury
Images of him hobbling down the touchline, suit on and crutches aloft to join the pile on in the Coleraine end after Eoin Bradley's late goal sealed a 3-1 win over Cliftonville in the 2018 Irish Cup final are permanently ingrained in Lyndon Kane's mind.
Cruelly, Kane was ruled out of the showpiece decider in the Windsor Park sunshine after injuring his metatarsal two weeks before the big day.
He had scored in the 3-1 semi-final win over Larne but missed out on a medal on one of the club's greatest days as he was not in the matchday squad.
Now, six years on, Kane, as Bannsiders captain and one of the two remaining from the 2018 squad left in the current crop, will look to lead his hometown club to more Irish Cup glory when they face Dungannon Swifts in Saturday's final.
