BY TOMMY NETHERY

In just four years Enniskillen Town manager Gerry Love (below) has won every conceivable honour in the junior game. Four consecutive Mercer League titles, one Mulhern Cup and success in the prestigious Irish Junior Cup in 2007 makes the former player one of the most decorated managers in the history of Fermanagh and Western football.

Saturday's dramatic comeback against Strathroy Harps though topped the lot when the Town had to exhaust all their resources to come from 2-0 down before centre-back James McKenna netted a sensational winner four minutes from the end of extra-time.

McKenna's winner had completed the mother of all comebacks and Love admitted that it was the sweetest moment of his relatively short but highly successful managerial career.

"Absolutely to come from 2-0 down against a very good team and win like that there showed a lot of character. That's what this team has in abundance, a lot of character as well as footballing ability," said Love.

"I'm sure a lot of people had written us off, the heads were down but we responded in magnificent fashion today and that's what true champions are made of.

"I'm proud of absolutely every one of them. When we were caught cold for a second I suppose the doubts began to creep in even though we had started the second half really well.

"There second goal came from absolutely nothing but the response was absolutely fantastic. We were looking for a big second half performance from Kane Connor, who posed a real threat in the first half but when he went off with a groin injury that was a blow.

"The response was magnificent and there was no doubt about the penalty that brought us the lifeline. It was a brilliant bit of skill by Mark Connolly that gained us that lifeline.

"Once it went to 2-1 I knew we would get another chance and I knew that I had the players on the pitch to pull it around.

"No one can deny us our win today, we created plenty of chances. We hit the post twice with the goalkeeper stranded. Absolutely superb."

Love singled out his experienced players for special mention.

"They helped the young boys rise to the challenge. We never dropped the heads," he said. "We have a mixture of youth and experience. The more experienced players guided the rest through.

"We kept the heads, kept passing the ball and looked for the openings, and the openings came. We made the most of the opportunities. People can argue that we were awarded two penalties but we created plenty of chances. The two penalties were cast iron.

On match-winner McKenna the no nonsense boss added: "James was unbelievable. He took two defenders out and went through on his own. I made the change to put McKenna into midfield once Gareth McCrory went off.

" I wanted to get him involved with those trademark surging runs and the cub can score from anywhere. He's different class and he done the business again."