UPDATE: Cork City progressed tonight following a 1-1 draw, meaning the 1-0 win in Windsor Park carried them through.
Leading 1-0 from the first leg, the home fans would appear to be in ebullient mood. They are currently engaged in some expert ribbing of their northern visitors.
Cork journalist Denis Hurley reports from the Turners Cross press-box (from where he has also spied a rift in Fianna Fáil with Micheal Martin and Michael McGrath seated at opposite ends of the VIP area).
City fans serenade Linfield support with "You're Irish and you know you are"
— Denis Hurley (@Denis_Hurley) July 7, 2016
Qucikly followed by, "You're only here for the passports"
— Denis Hurley (@Denis_Hurley) July 7, 2016
While the more militant of the Linfield faithful would hotly dispute the former assertion, there is every chance they do indeed have an ulterior motive for heading down to Cork.
Much has altered since the events of 23 June 2016. For one thing, we now live in a world where Ian Paisley Jnr. is happily advising people to apply for Irish passports.
If Linfield fans were to nip into the passport office before their journey north tomorrow, then they can be comfortable in the knowledge that they would be doing so with the blessing of the DUP.
On the former point, the Cork supporters could justly point out they are merely invoking the spirit of the updated Article 2 of the Irish constitution.
