Category: Premiership
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Oft-unsung Ronan Doherty is ready to rise out of Chris Gallagher’s shadow at Cliftonville
It was an eventful week that ended in a flourish for Cliftonville, who continue to put their title credentials on show despite the seemingly incessant rumours linking their stars with moves away in January and the summer. The drawn-out saga over one such, Chris Gallagher, finally met an end when the midfielder’s exit to Larne…
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Europe is Coleraine’s last hope in 2023/24… and Oran Kearney must show steel to get them there
To say that Coleraine have found the going tough this season would be something of an understatement. At the weekend, a turbulent campaign arguably hit a new nadir when they were swept aside by Glentoran at The BetMcLean Oval, routed 6-0 with the hosts’ hat-trick hero David Fisher doing the bulk of the damage. It’s…
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Online rumblings over Glentoran’s purported financial woes show dark side of rumour mill
When you are working in as localised a playing field as the Irish League, rumours are bound to spread and conjecture is sure to emerge. That’s understandable. The climate is such that everybody knows everybody, so to speak; every matchgoing supporter knows a player, a coach, a committee member or someone bound to be privy…
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Linfield haven’t been bogged down by haves and have nots… it’s a pure winning mentality
The inevitability of Linfield Football Club strikes again. Despite key bodies being unavailable, despite the chips appearing to be down, despite the outside financial investment around them, there has never been any withering of their title ambitions. It’s the way David Healy’s team are built. They never make excuses for themselves, even in moments like…
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Winter is a time of giving and receiving… and is set to play a key role in the Premiership title hunt
The January transfer window is nigh upon us, and for clubs across all levels of the Irish League set-up, it is a difference-making opportunity. Already the rumour mill swirls. Crusaders confirmed on Monday that 26-year-old attacking midfielder Ben Kennedy has been transfer-listed, piquing the interest of suitors both home and abroad as a mercurially gifted…
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There’s still a place in the modern domestic game for classic punishers like Joe Gormley
As we have seen throughout the past half-decade or so, the Irish League is an ever-evolving beast and clubs must sometimes be elaborate for the sake of staying competitive. Larne and Glentoran have welcomed on board the investment of Kenny Bruce in 2017 and Ali Pour in 2019 that has allowed both clubs to adopt…
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Warren Feeney enjoyed a week of dreams… but Glentoran still have so much untapped potential
Football’s tendency for turning the unfathomable into reality will always be one of its most endearing traits. At that, though, if you were predicting Glentoran to hit Linfield with hurricane-force winds and pound on their door to the point where four goals felt flattering for the Blues to ship, you’d be looked at now as…
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Ballymena United and Newry City would be wise to trust their first-time bosses through the hard times and good
2023 is coming to a close and, among other things, it will be remembered as a year when some Irish League managerial dynasties met their ends. Six or seven months ago, these long-serving tenures were still in place at clubs like Ballymena United, Newry City and Glenavon – but the picture has changed since. Most…
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