Tag: Derriaghy CC
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Why cup-heavy and irregular Amateur League schedule is in desperate need of change
It’s April, the clocks have moved forward an hour and, in Northern Ireland football terms, that marks a particularly significant time in the season below the Irish League. It’s a point that is largely defined by catching up. That’s to say that in the Northern Amateur Football League, Ballymena and Provincial Intermediate League and Mid-Ulster…
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Festive trio of regional intermediate Finals over Christmas and Boxing Day will serve up a treat
The festive football schedule is heading into peak season – and an enduring staple of the calendar is the regional cup Finals which take place between Christmas Day and Boxing Day. Headlined on the 25th December by the Steel and Sons Cup match-up that fans and followers flock to Seaview for in their thousands, the…
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Comber Rec and Crumlin Star go the distance to set up a tasty Steel and Sons Final showdown
The Steel and Sons Final line-up has been decided for another year, and the two teams that will jostle to make Christmas the most wonderful time of the year for themselves and their supporters have been deduced. Through six rounds of competition, all cup hopefuls bar two within the intermediate County Antrim FA sphere have…
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All-Amateur League Semi-Final line-up in Steel and Sons Cup adds an extra-special dimension to a historic competition
Without so much as a semi-final ball being kicked, it has already been a historic campaign for Amateur League clubs in the Steel and Sons Cup. Indeed, as we enter the last-four of a competition that carries more significance than most, we already knew that, going into the quarter-finals, the winner would hail from the…
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