Tag: Linfield
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BetMcLean Cup’s Mid-Ulster dynamic makes for an intriguing pair of Semi-Final duels
On Tuesday night, the BetMcLean Cup semi-finals were finalised at last and we now know exactly who will compete for a spot in the prestigious decider. One side of the draw features a mouthwatering Mid-Ulster Derby at Mourneview Park, where a high-stakes tussle between Glenavon and Portadown takes centre stage and the bragging rights of…
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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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Football chiefs should look into how to boost medical provisions across NI football in 2024
Over the course of an enthralling 2023 in the Irish League, one of the more sombre notes has been the sight of some serious injuries. Be it Linfield shot-stopper David Walsh sustaining a severe blow to the head in an accidental coming-together with Larne counterpart Thomas Maguire in the County Antrim Shield decider in January,…
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Joe Thomson has the Midas touch as Larne show why midfield goalscorers are so sought-after
Saturday evening’s top two tussle at Windsor Park was always going to carry a huge significance – one way or another. Had Linfield won, the engravers would likely have been readying themselves to etch their name on the Gibson Cup even at this early stage. 11 points, though by no means unassailable in November, surely…
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Women’s football took another leap forward in 2023… and continued investment in youth will bring it to new heights
When we discuss nostalgia in the Irish League, the women’s game is of a much more recent vintage. Domestically, what was a six-team top league less than five years ago has boomed into a 10-strong Sports Direct Women’s Premiership that comes under the same banner as its male equivalent. The reasoning for the growth of…
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Linfield found a calm in a different kind of storm at Solitude… exactly the type champions need
Last week, Storm Babet brought torrents of rain and fierce gusts of wind as it roared into the British Isles. Depending on where you were, flooded streets and felled trees cut the landscape in the calm that followed. But a calm of a different kind could be found amid the ecstasy of a bouncing away…
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A seed of growth may need to be planted to enhance early rounds of the BetMcLean Cup
Debate and question marks over the seeded nature of the BetMcLean Cup First Round draw are not new, but the argument emerged again in 2023 after the fixture catalogue resulted in merely one unseeded team advancing to the last-16. With all 12 Premiership clubs booking their ticket with varying levels of difficulty – of which…
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Seasider Summer Weekly: Pre-season reaches climax, Ladies in great stead for third-place, while squad activity heats up
Linfield visit in final pre-season outing, Belfast Celtic win boosts Ladies’ third-place hopes while new boy Ben Cushnie aims to hit the ground running
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