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IT'S HEALY STRANGE FOR LINFIELD TO BE FACING SHELS AGAIN SO SOON
Irish Daily Mirror
|August 21, 2025
DAVID HEALY and Chris Shields have questioned why Linfield and Shelbourne should be allowed to clash again in Europe, just five weeks after their initial meeting.
But Healy is convinced that Shels will be rubbing their hands at the prospect of a rematch, having already dumped his Blues out of the Champions League.
Shels edged that first round qualifier 2-1 on aggregate but Linfield were in the early stages of preseason and now have seven competitive games under their belt. Healy is adamant his team will be stronger for the experience, having knocked Lithuanian and Faroe Islands opposition out of the Conference League in the meantime.
But on renewing acquaintances with Joey O'Brien's Reds, when Linfield will have 306 fans travelling to Tolka Park, Healy said: "It's for people on another day and people above my pay grade.
This story is from the August 21, 2025 edition of Irish Daily Mirror.
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