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The greatest show on turf returns this week. Cheltenham? No, the NIFL Danske Bank Premiership! With two games remaining until the league splits the groupings have already been confirmed and the fixtures released for the remaining five league games post-split. The league features another live Sky Sports match from Seaview on Monday. Ballymena United v […]
The third offering of Irish League football on Sky this season was an interesting clash between second placed Linfield and third placed Cliftonville. Another Belfast rivalry for the Sky Sports cameras as South Belfast Blues Linfield take on North Belfast Reds Cliftonville. The Blues were 10 points behind league leaders Crusaders after their win on […]
I may be hinging on a technicality with the question from my last post but who doesn’t love a technicality? The first British Club to win a European cup are, of course, Glentoran Football Club of Belfast. Glentoran are the proud holders of the 1914 Vienna Cup. The Vienna Cup was one of the forerunners […]
A full schedule as regular league football resumes this week. Three games remain until the league splits (except Coleraine and Ballymena who have a game in hand, to be played 21st March). Ards v Ballinamallard United Friday 10th March 20:00 Both teams have considerable ground on the relegation play-off spot occupied by Carrick Rangers but […]
Perhaps you followed the fortunes of the Green and White Army at France during the summer of 2016 but if you’re not yet a keen follower of the Northern Irish domestic scene then you could be forgiven for not knowing the clubs even enter the European competitions. For 2016-17 the NIFL Premiership Winner will qualify […]
The Northern Ireland Football League Premiership takes a break this week to make way for the quarter finals of the showpiece of Northern Irish football: The Tennent’s Irish Cup. As luck would have it the magic bag and balls (no sniggering in the back, please) managed to draw three feisty derby matches out of the […]
All matches kick off at 3pm, 25th February 2017 unless stated otherwise. Ballinamallard United v Ballymena United Ballinamallard host Ballymena fresh from their Northern Ireland League Cup victory that was the subject of a Sky Sports broadcast last Saturday. The Mallards sit in 10th place currently, twelve points clear of the relegation play-off spot, knowing […]
This weekend Sky Sports offered up something a bit different, something it hasn’t seen for a while. Irish League Football. A recently forged deal has seen Sky pick up coverage of five Irish League matches a season and also the League Cup Final – which incidentally is the following day. The first game on offer […]
It really wasn’t long ago that half the world was blaring out the Wigan striker’s name; but where has Will Grigg’s famous fire gone? The Northern Ireland man lit up League One last season with an unparalleled 25 goals, shooting Wigan Athletic back into the Championship, but things seem to have gone slightly downhill since […]
