Tag: County Antrim Shield
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Bangor looking back: “You don’t get too many nights like these, so when they do come round, you want to enjoy them”
Quadruple hero Arthurs and boss Feeney offer thoughts after Seasiders secure last-eight spot in Shield with comeback joy
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Bangor 4-2 Ballyclare Comrades: Big Ben comes to the Four to net Shield quarter-final
Two-goal deficit inside five minutes sparks remarkable revival as Arthurs gains first four-goal haul in yellow and blue
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Bangor vs Ballyclare Comrades preview: Clash of league rivals in County Antrim Shield
Seasiders’ bin lid crusade begins with all-second-tier clash as Comrades visit Clandeboye for a match of fine margins
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Larne and Glentoran show, in very different ways, how much transparency means to Irish League supporters
On Saturday evening, following their team’s ninth defeat in the past dozen matches, a congregation of Glentoran supporters crowded outside the ground with a clear message – for first-team manager Mick McDermott to “get out of our club”. It was quite a shift in tone from earlier in the season, when the Glens started in…
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The Big Bangor Review of 2022, Part Three: September to December
As the previous season for both the men’s and women’s teams was put into the archives of Bangor’s history, a new campaign dawned that would present fresh opportunities to achieve the current ultimate objective of promotion to the Championship a return to senior football. Between the arrival and flash impact of a goal-getting striker supremo…
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Talk around the County Antrim Shield’s format should not detract from its prestige
This week, the County Antrim Shield semi-finals took place. While one match-up featured the two most trophy-laden teams in Northern Ireland as bitter rivals Linfield and Glentoran battled it out at Windsor Park in south Belfast, the other comprised Championship side and surprise package Dundela facing off against current Premiership table-toppers Larne when they clashed…
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The gap between the Premiership bottom-six and Championship top-half has never been narrower
In this mid-week’s Northern Irish cup action, there were two notable upsets of Premiership sides by top-half Championship teams. Niall Currie marked his return to former club Carrick Rangers for the first time since his departure from the Amber Army last year with an emphatic 1-4 win with east Belfast outfit Dundela in the County…
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Bangor 0-0 Cliftonville (4-5 on penalties): Shield heartbreak but still a proud night
As they say, it was so near yet so far. Bangor took Cliftonville all the way to spot-kicks in the County Antrim Shield first round after a goalless draw in regulation, with the Reds prevailing in sudden death to secure their progression to the quarter-finals. It was a gallant effort from the hosts that did…
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