Tag: Knockbreda
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The Championship can bring you up and pull you down… but you’ll always be back for more
It’s been one hell of a season in the Playr-Fit Championship. A league that literally has it all… where no holds are barred, where nothing is off the table, where to expect the unexpected would be to somehow insinuate there were even expectations in the first place. And it is dramatic until the dying embers.…
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Relegation sadly inevitable for escape artists Knockbreda… but never-say-die spirit can still carry them on
Knockbreda, the Irish League’s great escape artists of the past decade, look to have finally found a hole they couldn’t squirm through. The club from the Castlereagh Hills have mastered the art of avoiding relegation in recent years, but their Championship stay appears all but over leading into the weekend agenda. Following their 3-0 ‘home’…
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Registration debates are tiring… appeals should drive improvement to banish them for good
Irish League registration sagas. You’re always guaranteed one or two over the course of a season these days. The latest has just been resolved; in the Irish Cup, Ards lodged an appeal following their Sixth Round defeat to Institute regarding the eligibility of Oisin Devlin for the fixture and, as it happened, there was merit…
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Mercurial Ryan Mayse is Portadown’s heartbeat behind their bid for a quick Premiership return
A somewhat rocky start to life back in the Playr-Fit Championship would now appear to be firmly behind Portadown. Naturally, the team that has held aloft the Gibson Cup more times than any other outside of Belfast would have entered this term especially keen to surge straight back into the big time following their relegation…
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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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The Big Playr-Fit Championship Preview for 2023-24: Who lies in wait for the Seasiders this term?
Well, the Irish League is within days of restarting. Another chapter will be written in the storied history of the domestic game, with thrills and spills aplenty to come across all three flights of the NIFL pyramid. Worth focusing on in particular is the second-tier, the Championship. This is a place that is manna from…
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