Following last Thursday's Mulhern Cup semi-final between Enniskillen Rangers and Tummery Athletic, the feelings and thoughts of either manager could not have been further apart.

Player/manager Ryan Hanna stood outside Tummery's changing room in Ferney Park with the laughter and chat from his side echoed just on the other side of the door as he gave his thoughts on the game.

Mickey Kerr was loading Rangers kit into his van in the dark car park after almost two hours of nerve-wracking football that was decided on penalties.

"Hard to put it into words to be honest," said Hanna, still in his gear.

"Reflecting on the performance Rangers were brilliant for 55-60 minutes. We couldn’t get a hand on them and Spud (Niall McCrory) kept us in it, to be honest.

"We made a few changes and that seemed to change the game. It was like a light switch, we started to get the ball, a bit more of a rhythm started creating chances and we actually looked more likely to score, even in extra time."

They did score through Paul McHugh only for a last-minute Eoin McManus penalty forcing the shootout. 

But Hanna was full of praise for his players who stood up for the penalty shootout: "Penalties is a great way to win and a terrible way to lose and for the boys that stepped up massive 'cahones' under those circumstances."

There was plenty of noise around this fixture due to the fallout from the Junior Cup semi-final, but Hanna stressed that it was all background noise. 

All his team wanted to do was "play football".

"I'm a manager of a first-team football club and that’s all I want to do. Out there tonight all we wanted to do was win the game.

"We had motivation from the loss in the semi and we had a lot of wrongs to right. And after 60 minutes we didn’t right any of them. But in the remaining 30 and 20 in extra time credit to lads, it was a full squad performance."

Kerr echoed Hanna's thoughts on the performance of Tummery keeper McCrory.

"I said last week goals win games three massive chances in the first half.

"I thought their keeper was their best player tonight. I thought we absolutely dominated them in the first half. We started the second half quite well then they grew into the game."

Kerr questioned the decision not to send Ciaran Beacom off when he tripped up William Burleigh as he bore down on goal and felt the penalty his side won deserved.

And while McManus' spot kick forced a shootout, Rangers missed twice.

But Kerr was full of praise for his players stepping up to take the penalty.

"Credit to get the equaliser in the last minute of extra time. It shows the attitude, never say die, and real team spirit there.

"I feel sorry for poor Kyle (Deery) but he showed the balls to step up and hit the penalty for 17/18 years of age. He said he wanted to hit one.

"I'm disappointed for the boys as a whole not getting to a Mulhern Cup final but we will have to learn from it and lick our wounds."

Tummery will face either Dergview Reserves or Augher Stars in the final with the pair playing on Wednesday at Ferney Park.