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Hero Haughey's 'surreal moment' after Arsenal shock

Hero Haughey's 'surreal moment' after Arsenal shock
Image caption, Teenager Haughey scored the winning Fleetwood penalty in the shootout at Highbury

Haughey became the youngest player in Glentoran history when he made his debut as a 15-year-old against Lisburn Distillery in September 2022 before moving to Fleetwood in the summer of 2023.

A Northern Ireland Under-21 international, the centre-back volunteered to take the penalty in the shootout after Viktor Gyokeres had cancelled out Aaron Loupalo-Bi's opener.

On a night in which NI senior boss Michael O'Neill was in the stands to watch promising forward Ceadach O'Neill mark his first Arsenal start with an assist, it was his former JD Academy room-mate Haughey who grabbed all the headlines.

He was selected as the fifth taker and, after Fleetwood goalkeeper Jay Lynch saved a tame effort from Bruno Guimaraes, stepped up to seal the famous win before running over to greet friends and…

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