Tag: Paddy McLaughlin
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Glentoran have tools to be a success story… but it all depends on finding right manager
Here’s the long and short of it – the news of Warren Feeney’s Glentoran departure had been coming. After a humbling 3-0 home defeat to Loughgall and over a dozen supporters’ clubs declaring their message of no confidence in the former Northern Ireland striker, what was an already precarious position for the man in the…
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North Belfast derby draw means only Larne have the privilege of a margin for error at the top
On a pouring night in north Belfast, rivals Crusaders and Cliftonville defied the conditions to serve up a feast at Seaview and deliver a dramatic 2-2 draw. The rain did not act as any sort of deterrent for either team to play attack-minded football, with plenty of action in both boxes and a sterling occasion…
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The birth of Cliftonville: How Ireland’s oldest football club laid the blueprint for others to follow
The Irish League is flourishing. With ever-rising attendances and a continually heightening standard of playing personnel, football in Northern Ireland is on a sustained path towards future growth and a superb product has been cultivated. It could also be on the verge of a new dawn. Be it improved television deals or the recent rise…

