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Gareth Fullerton

Omid Djalili sends congratulations to Glentoran on Irish Cup success

The congratulations continue to pour in for Glentoran following their Irish Cup success on Friday night.

The Glens beat Ballymena United in extra-time with Robbie McDaid's late winner sealing a 2-1 victory at Windsor Park.

It is the East Belfast club's 23rd Irish Cup success, and their first since 2015.

It is also a first major trophy for new head coach Mick McDermott and many of his players, and also for club owner Ali Pour.

And one of Pour's celebrity friends added his congratulations to the squad following their success.

Actor and comedian Omid Djalili tweeted about the win, extending his praise to McDermott and Pour.

He even tagged goal hero McDaid and Navid Nasseri, who signed for bitter derby rivals Linfield less than 24 hours after the cup success.

Djalili said: "Big congratulations owner Ali Pour & head coach Mick McDermott winning N. Irish cup last night for @Glentoran live streamed on @BBCPlayer with a wonderful last gasp extra time goal by @RobbieMcDaid - @NavidNasseri7 looks a handful too. Gwan The ‘Toran."

Djalili has previously tweeted his support to the Glens, who capped off an impressive season with Friday night's cup win and qualification for Europe.

McDermott said in an interview last year: "I've never met Omid but know him through contacts. He was the contact for a player we had on trial recently that didn't work out.

"He also put out a post and it's nice to see people like that are paying attention. We want Glentoran to be noticed for doing good work and we are determined to keep moving forward."

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