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| 12.1 | Some news from NI | GALVIA::SPAIN | New personal name wanted | Fri Aug 09 1991 17:10 | 22 |
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Some brief news.
Ards beat Donegal Celtic 2-1 in a friendly.
Glentoran are apparently selling The Oval (see discussion in the old
football conference). There was a pitch invasion in protest at a
friendly v Sheff Wed during the week (didn't get the score). The
fans staged a sitdown protest.
This info was actually leaked months ago in a Glentoran fanzine but
didn't appear to be true. Now it appears likely. The club has spent
nothing on players and appears to be happy to slip into mediocrity with
an aging team. Portadown and Glenavon (despite their disasterous tour
down here losing to 3 first division teams) look set to be the kingpins
again. Glentoran even failed to produce a programme for the Wedneday
game.
Glenavon meet Galway this weekend while Portadown meet Dundalk and
Sligo.
Gary.
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| 12.2 | Bangor win the Ulster Cup | GALVIA::SPAIN | Vi skall resa till Sverige ocks� | Fri Sep 13 1991 18:06 | 16 |
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Got to watch the video of Wed night's Ulster Cup Final
Bangor 3 Crusaders 1
The game was ruined by the sending off of Crues defender Jim burrows
after 26 minutes. He was sent off for deliberate handball on the line.
Ironically Mark Caughey missed the resultant spot kick.
Crues took a shock lead on 40 minutes through Jim Gardiner but the
Seasiders equalised 4 minutes later with a Barry McCreadie goal.
Jim McCluskey gave Bangor the lead early in the second half and this
ended Crues hopes. Caughey added number 3 shortly before the end.
Gary.
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| 12.3 | Irish league clubs in Europe | GALVIA::SPAIN | Vi skall resa till Sverige ocks� | Wed Sep 18 1991 10:59 | 32 |
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Glenavon 3 Ilves 2
Glenavon's first ever victory in Europe was secured by Stevie Conville
with a goal 10 minutes from time.
Ilves opened brightly and took the lead on 12 minutes with the Glenavon
defence as usual posted missing. Glenn Feguson equalised against the
run of play and the Blues were lucky to be on level terms at the break.
Stephen McBride converted a penalty early in the second half and then
Glenavon gained control without really threatening to add a 3rd. More
defensive disasters allowed the Finns to equalise with a shot through
the legs of Robbie Beck but Stevie Conville saved the day.
There is hope for the return but the defence will have to improve. In
the 2 previous meeting between NI clubs and Finnish opposition the
Finns have won on away goals. What price a third?
Red Star 4 Portadown 0
BBC teletext had a latest score of 0-0 right up until 8.45 and then
gave the result as 4-0. I was dreaming of a sensation but Ports wee
actually outclassed from the start. The first came on 15 minutes.
Alfie Stewart scored a cruel own goal for number 2 on 37 minutes and 2
brilliant free kicks in the late 14 minutes made the second leg
academic.
Gary.
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| 12.4 | Bangor outclassed | GALVIA::SPAIN | Vi skall resa till Sverige ocks� | Thu Sep 19 1991 11:02 | 11 |
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Bangor 0 Olomouc Sigma 3
Bangor were outplayed and outclassed. Goalkeeper Stephen Eachus kept
the score down as the Czechs turned on a brilliant display. Despite
the result thiswas a memorable night for the Seasiders making their
European debut. As one reported remarked "The Seasiders were out of
their depth."
Gary.
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| 12.5 | Budweiser Cup 1st round results | GALVIA::SPAIN | Vi skall resa till Sverige ocks� | Sun Sep 22 1991 22:26 | 18 |
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First round of the Budweiser Cup on Saturday with Portadown defeating
local rivals Glenavon 3-2 in a thriller. Paul Doolin and Stevue Conville
were sent off after 6 minutes but Ports raced into a 2-0 lead. 2 defensive
disasters saw Glens draw levewl including Alfie Stewart's second own goal
in 4 days. Sandy Fraser was then sent off but 9 man Ports snatched the
victory they deserved with a late winner.
Glentoran and Linfield both hit 4 v Ballyclare and Coleraine
respectively. Cliftonville beat Bangor 1-0. I don't have the other results
to hand.
The league begins next week champions Portadown away at Carrick and
Cliftonville "at home" to Linfield at Windsor Park.
Gary.
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| 12.6 | Gold Cup results | GALVIA::SPAIN | Vi skall resa till Sverige ocks� | Thu Sep 26 1991 14:40 | 16 |
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Gold Cup quarter finals
Ballymena 5 Distillery 0
Glentoran won on Tuesday night and meet Ballymena in the semi final.
Glenavon who beat Linfield and Cliftonville who shocked Portadown meet
in the other semi final.
The other 3 quarter finals were played Tuesday night but the results
didn't appear in our papers yesterday. The winners are obvious from
the semi final draw but anyone know the scores?
Gary.
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| 12.7 | Week 1 results | GALVIA::SPAIN | Vi skall resa till Sverige ocks� | Mon Sep 30 1991 13:48 | 14 |
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Opening day of the Irish League
Carrick 1 Portadown 4
Glentoran 6 Coleraine 1
Cliftonville 0 Linfield 1
Glenavon 2 Crusaders 1
Newry 1 Ards 2
Ditillery 1 Ballyclare 1
Ballymena 1 Larne 1
Bangor 1 Omagh 3
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| 12.8 | Badnight too for Irish League clubs | GALVIA::SPAIN | Vi skall resa till Sverige ocks� | Thu Oct 03 1991 18:51 | 30 |
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A sad night for the Irish League clubs
Portadown 0 Red Star 4
(Red Star win 8-0 on aggregate)
Outplayed, outclassed etc. Red Star looked like the team that got to
last season's final as opposed to the team that played in it. It could
have been 8.
Ilves 2 Glenavon 1
(4-4 Ilves win on away goals)
Twice before Finnish teams had met Northern Irish clubs in Europe and
twice before the Ulstermen bowed out on away goals. Linfield and
Glentoran being the unfortunate victims. This time it was Glenavon's
turn. 2 set piece goals did the damage and despite camping in the
Ilves penalty area for the last 15 minutes Glens just failed to get the
extra goal that they needed. Stephen McBride scored their goal
according to BBC NI but the Irish Times credit glen Ferguson with it.
Take your pick.
Olomouc Sigma 3 Bangor 0
(Olomoc win 6-0 on aggregate)
No surprises here but Bangor get out with a reasonably respectable
result.
Gary.
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| 12.9 | Week 2 results | GALVIA::SPAIN | Vi skall resa till Sverige ocks� | Mon Oct 07 1991 13:50 | 36 |
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Ards 1 Glentoran 1
For once, an eye witness report on an Irish League game. I spent the
weekend in Dublin and a mate and I headed up to Newtownards for the game.
Both sides had won their opening league games and this drew a large crowd
to Castlereagh Park. Although Ards were at home the crowd was solidly
behind Glentoran. Being only 14 miles from Belfast many of the locals choose
to support one of the Belfast big two rather than their home town team.
The game was played at 100mph but some fierce tackling. Glens dominated the
first half but Ards looked more likely to score as they were always dangerous
on breakaways. They did indeed take the lead after 30 minutes when Tom
Leeman's shot broke off keeper Dean Smyth and in a mad goalmouth scramble
Magee forced it home. Leeman used to play with the Glens and he appeared to
gesticulate towards the visiting fans in the subsequent celebrations.
Minutes later the referee waved away a linesman flag as an Ards player shot
towards goal. Dean Smyth obviously thought the referee had blown as he
allowed the shot to come back off the bar. Had it gone in I don't think
Norman Loughlins would have got out of Castlereagh Park that evening.
Raymond Morrison grabbed an equaliser 10 minutes into the second half and
although Glens could have snatched it Ards looked the more likely side to
score with John Smith and Erskine always dangerous up front. A point each
was just about right.
Other results
Linfield 5 (McGaughey got all 5) Bangor 1
Portadown 3 Cliftonville 0
Ballyclare 6 Newry 1
Coleraine 2 Glenavon 2
Omagh 3 Distillery 0
Crusaders 2 Larne 1
Carrick 1 Ballymena 1
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| 12.10 | Budweiser Cup | GALVIA::SPAIN | Vi skall resa till Sverige ocks� | Thu Oct 10 1991 13:56 | 10 |
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The quarter finals of the Budweiser Cup were played on Tuesday night.
Omagh 1 Ballymena 0
Linfield 2 Distillery 0
Glentoran 4 Ards 0
Portadown 1 Cliftonville 4
Gary.
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| 12.11 | week 5 results | GALVIA::SPAIN | Vi skall resa till Sverige ocks� | Mon Oct 28 1991 13:57 | 28 |
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From memory
Portadown 0 Linfield 0
Glentoran 2 Larne 0
Distillery 1 Coleraine 5
Cliftonville 1 Ballyclare 2
Ballymena 1 Omagh 2
Newry 1 Crusaders 0
Glenavon won away
Linfield 5:13
Glens 5:13
Omagh 5:12
Ports 5:10
Glenavon 5:10
Not too sure about the table but the top 2 are definitely correct and I'm
pretty sure Omagh are 3rd.
The Ports v Blues game was marred by crowd violence from Blues fans who twice
held up the game. Glens join their traditional rivals on top after a home
win abnd the Irish League table takes on a familiar look however grave doubts
still exist about both teams abilities. Omagh are the surprise packets in 3rd
place.
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| 12.12 | Gold Cup semis | GALVIA::SPAIN | Vi skall resa till Sverige ocks� | Fri Nov 01 1991 13:51 | 16 |
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Gold Cup semi finals
Cliftonville 3 Glenavon 2
No details but the perennial bridesmaids have finally won a semi final. The
Reds have been so close on so many occasions losing 2 penalty shoot outs
last season even a 2-0 lead in the last 3 minutes v Glenavon in one semi final.
Gletoran 2 Ballymena 1
The Glens won as expected. Again no details. The coverage here in the papers
is terrible. Should be a very good final.
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| 12.13 | week 6 results | GALVIA::SPAIN | Vi skall resa till Sverige ocks� | Mon Nov 04 1991 10:03 | 21 |
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Glenavon 0 Glentoran 2
Linfield 1 Ballymena 0
Omagh 0 Portadown 1
Ards 3 Cliftonville 0
Crusaders 0 Distillery 1
Linfield 6:16
Glens 6:16
Ports 6:13
Omagh 6:12
Ards 6:11
Glenavon 6:10
This was a day from strikers with Glens ace marksman Gary McCartney grabbing
2 as they won at Mourneview while Martin McGaughey got the goal that keeps
Linfield on top of the pile. Billy Hamilton gave Distillery their first win
of the season with the only goal at Seaview. Ports had a good win at
Omagh with a goal from Martin Russell.
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| 12.14 | week 9 results | GALVIA::SPAIN | There's always the U.S. | Mon Nov 25 1991 14:13 | 27 |
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Linfield went nap on Saturday and underlined the seriousness of the title
challenge. Ards were outclassed. Glentoran kept pace beating bottom club
Distillery 2-0 while Ports also won to keep in touch. It's a 3 horse
race and it could become a 2 horse race as Ports have lost ace marksmen Steve
Cowan until the New Year with a serious ankle injury.
The traditional boxing Day Belfast derby should be quite a Christmas cracker.
Linfield 5 Ards 2
Distillery 0 Glentoran 2
Cliftonville 1 Larne 1
Portadown 2 Coleraine 0
Carrick 1 Crusaders 3
Bangor 1 Glenavon 0
Ballymena 0 Newry 2
Omagh 3 Ballyclare 0
Linfield 9:23
Glens 9:22
Ports 9:19
Omagh 9:15
Ards 9:15
Larne 9:15
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| 12.15 | week 10 results | GALVIA::SPAIN | There's always the U.S. | Mon Dec 02 1991 09:54 | 17 |
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Barest details
Linfield won at Coleraine
Glentoran won at home
Ards beat Omagh 2-0
Ports won away
Cliftonville won at Glenavon
Linfield 10:26
Glens 10:25
Ports 10:22
Larne 10:18
Ards 10:18
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| 12.16 | Budweiser Cup Final | GALVIA::SPAIN | There's always the U.S. | Thu Dec 05 1991 18:26 | 43 |
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Linfield 1 Omagh 3
Great game on UTV last night. Omagh in their second year of senior
football clinched the Budweiser Cup before a large crowd at the Oval.
Martin McGaughey scored in 2 minutes for the Blues but the young Omagh
side rallied and full back McColgan headed in the equaliser from a
corner. The rest of the first half was even.
In the first 11 minutes of the second half we had a penalty, a sending
off, 2 shots against the woodwork and a goal. Referee Andy Ritchie
awarded a very very dubious penalty to Linfield early in the half.
George Courtney would have baulked at giving this one to Liverpool.
Repeated TV replays failed to show any reason for this disgraceful
decision. Stephen Baxter did a Chris Waddle imitation and justice was
done. Ray McGuinness of Omagh was then booked for kicking the ball
away. A minute later GaryMcCormick of Linfield did the same and as he
was already booked the referee had to send him off. Linfield then took
over and Martin McGaughey missed 2 gilt edged chances.
Omagh calmed their nerves, made effective use of the extra man by
continuing their crisp effective passing game (I'd never seen them play
before but they're a joy to watch) and on 56 minutes Harry McCourt
headed in a corner kick in front of the stunned masses of Blues fans.
Linfield bravely fought back and had chances to equalise but this was
not to be their night and Marty Woodhead rounded off a famous night for
the Co. Tyrone team with a marvellous solo goal.
Linfield's 16 match unbeaten run is in tatters and Eric Bowyer is still
trophyless. This has not been a great competition for Linfield.
Glenavon humbled them 6-1 in the final 2 years ago and they lost out to
Glentoran in the 1990 decider when they lost 7 times to the Glens in 7
games. You still see the T-shirts in East Belfast "The seven deadly
Wins"
For Omagh this was a totally unexpected triumph. Although they've made
a reasonably good start to the league they were not expected to trouble
the Blues. They play neat attractive football reminiscent of Nottm
Forest and they deserve to succeed.
Gary.
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| 12.17 | week 11 results | GALVIA::SPAIN | There's always the U.S. | Mon Dec 09 1991 18:37 | 46 |
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No live report. My friends had other plans for Saturday and I didn't get
to Solitude. I ended up down in the Mournes. It was that or watch Ophar play
Antrim 3rds which Ophar duly won 12-4 despite the copious amounts of alcohol
consumed by their flank forward on Friday night.
Back to football, I missed nothing at Solitude as a tight tense game ended
in a scoreless draw. The shock of the day was Crusaders victory at Windsor.
Roddy Collins (brother of boxer Stephen Collins) scored the only goal but the
Blues stay top on goal difference. The Crues were short 7 first team
regulars although the Blues were also short 3 players.
Portadown moved ominously closer to the top 2 with an impressive victory
over Larne. some new teenage sensation whose name escapes me was the architect
of this impressive victory.
Stephen McBride hit a hatrick as Glenavon won at Carrick while Distillery
picked up a very useful point after a gutsy defensive display at Ballymena.
The big story over the weekend was the transfer of Cliftonville's star player
Peter Murray to one of the new big 2. Apparently the Reds agreed terms with
Glenavon but now Portadowen have entered the fray.
Linfield 0 Crusaders 1
Cliftonville 0 glentoran 0
Ballymena 0 distillery 0
Omagh 4 Coleraine 3
Ballyclare 2 Ards 1
Carrick 1 Glenavon 3
Bangor 5 Newry 1
Portadown 3 Larne 1
Linfield 11:26
Glens 11:26
Ports 11:25
Glenavon 11:19
Larne 11:18
Ards 11:18
Omagh 11:18
.........
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Bangor 11:7
Carrick 11:6
Distillery11:6 (sob sob)
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| 12.18 | week 12 results | GALVIA::SPAIN | There's always the U.S. | Mon Dec 16 1991 13:50 | 22 |
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Glentoran hit Carrick for 7 and go clear at the top. Portadown won the
mid Ulster derby and moved into second place. Linfield lost their 3rd game in
a row and are slipping badly. The Blues need to recover their early season
form to mount a serious title challenge.
Larne 2 Linfield 1
Glentoran 7 Carrick 0
Glenavon 1 Portadown 2
Crusaders 3 Omagh 3
Newry 1 Cliftonville 5
Ards 6 Ballymena 1
Distillery 0 Bangor 1
Glens 12:29
Ports 12:28
Linfield 12:26
Larne 12:21
Ards 12:21
Glenavon 12:19
Omagh 12:19
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| 12.19 | week 13 results | GALVIA::SPAIN | There's always the U.S. | Mon Dec 23 1991 12:43 | 20 |
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Glens won the big game of the day while Linfield had to settle for a share of
the spoils at Windsor. Linfield travel to the Oval for the traditional
Boxing day derby game and this should be a cracker.
Portadown 1 Glentoran 2
Linfield 1 Glenavon 1
Ballyclare 2 Crusaders 1
quite a few games were postponed
Glens 13:32
Ports 13:28
Linfield 13:27
Larne 12:21
Ards 12:21
Glenavon 13:20
Omagh 12:19
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| 12.20 | week 14 & 15 results | GALVIA::SPAIN | There's always the U.S. | Mon Dec 30 1991 12:54 | 22 |
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There were game son Thursday and Saturday. None of the papers down here
carried the results on Friday but I got the main 2 results courtesy of UTV.
Glentoran drew 3-3 with Linfield and Portadown beat Newry 1-0. Glens raced
into a 2-0 lead however 3goals in 5 minutes gave the Blues the lead before
Glens snatched a point.
Saturday's results
Glentoran 4 Omagh 2
Newry 0 Linfield 1
Distillery 1 Portadown 3
Cliftonville 0 Ballymena 0
Larne beat Ards
Glens 15:36
Ports 15:34
Linfield 15:31
Larne 14:27
Glenavon 15:26
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| 12.21 | week 16 results | GALVIA::SPAIN | There's always the U.S. | Wed Jan 01 1992 23:25 | 23 |
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Big surprise at Shamrock Park where Bangor shocked Ports. The other results
were as expected although Linfield appear to have had a much more difficult
game v bottom club Distillery than was anticipated.
Ballyclare 0 Glentoran 2
Linfield 3 Distillery 2
Ards 2 Glenavon 3
Portadown 0 Bangor 1
Glens 16:39
Ports 16:34
Linfield 16:34
Glenavon 16:29
One result from down here
League Cup Final
Bohemians 0 Derry City 1 (all I know is that the winner came in extra time).
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| 12.22 | week 17 results | GALVIA::SPAIN | There's always the U.S. | Mon Jan 06 1992 19:18 | 12 |
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Glentoran 1 Ards 1
Bangor 0 Linfield 2
Glenavon won
Cliftonville 0 Portadown 0
Distillery 2 Omagh 1 (the whites move off the bottom)
Glens 17:40
Linfield 17:37
Ports 17:35
Glenavon 17:32
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| 12.23 | Distillery looking good | GALVIA::SPAIN | There's always the U.S. | Wed Jan 08 1992 14:22 | 10 |
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Glenavon beat Portadown 2-1 in the Co. Antrim Shield last night
(strange one this as both Lurgan and Portadown are in Co. Armagh).
In a rearranged league game Distillery won their 2nd game on the trot
(3rd of the season) by beating Cliftonville 1-0 at Solitude last night.
This lifts the whites well clear of the bottom. Champions Portadown
could only manage a 0-0 draw at the same venue last Saturday.
Gary.
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| 12.24 | week 18 results | GALVIA::SPAIN | There's always the U.S. | Mon Jan 13 1992 13:47 | 24 |
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The top 3 all won. There's a break from league action next weekend with the
first round of the cup taking place. I didn't get to see the draw but I know
Glentoran have drawn Donegal Celtic. DC were drawn at home but have
switched the game to the Oval for security reasons. While the Glens must be
warm favourites they won't have it easy. DC are good enough for the Irish
league and would like nothing better than to pull one over on the league
leaders.
Linfield 1 Cliftonville 0
Coleraine 1 Glentoran 4
Crusaders 3 Glenavon 1
Portadown 3 Carrick 0
Ballyclare 2 Distillery 1
Ards 2 Newry 2
Larne 3 Ballymena 1
Bangor 3 Omagh 2
Glens 18:43
Linfield 18:40
Ports 18:38
Glenavon 18:32
Larne 17:31
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| 12.25 | cup 1st round | GALVIA::SPAIN | There's always the U.S. | Mon Jan 20 1992 14:17 | 16 |
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cup results
Donegal Celtic 0 Glentoran 2 (played at the Oval)
Linfield 4 Loughgall 0
Larne 1 Distillery 0
Bangor 1 Ards 2
Glenavon & Portadown both won easily
Kilmore 0 Cliftonville 1
Dungannon 2 Coleraine 2 (late equalier for Coleraine)
Thankfully the game at the Oval passed off without any trouble. The
Glens had a bit of a scare with DC coming close in the first half.
Gary McCartney scored both goals although the second came late on.
Gary.
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| 12.26 | week 20 results | GALVIA::SPAIN | There's always the U.S. | Mon Feb 03 1992 19:09 | 10 |
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No details from last week. I was away on a course.
Larne 2 Glentoran 3
Linfield 1 Portadown 2
Glens 20:49
Linfield 20:43
Ports 20:44
Larne 20:37
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| 12.27 | week 21 results | GALVIA::SPAIN | There's always the U.S. | Mon Feb 10 1992 14:24 | 11 |
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Glentoran 5 Glenavon 1
Ballymena 2 Linfield 2
Portadown 2 Omagh 1
Distillery 1 Crusaders 3
Newry 1 Larne 0
Glens 21:52
Ports 21:47
Linfield 21:44
Larne 21:37
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| 12.28 | League table | GALVIA::SPAIN | There's always the U.S. | Mon Feb 10 1992 18:57 | 25 |
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Updated league table courtesy of Stephen Walker.
P W D L F A Pts
1. Glentoran 21 16 4 1 58 21 52
2. Portadown 21 15 2 4 41 13 47
3. Linfield 21 13 5 3 41 18 44
4. Larne 21 11 4 6 35 24 37
5. Crusaders 21 11 2 8 36 25 35
6. Glenavon 21 11 2 8 38 28 35
7. Omagh Town 21 8 2 11 38 38 26
8. Ards 20 6 7 7 36 34 25
9. Bangor 21 8 4 9 33 37 25
10. Cliftonville 21 5 8 8 20 23 23
11. Ballymena United 21 5 8 8 27 39 23
12. Ballyclare Comrades 21 6 5 10 29 42 23
13. Newry Town 21 6 4 11 20 37 22
14. Coleraine 20 5 6 9 24 36 21
15. Distillery 21 3 5 13 20 42 14
16. Carrick Rangers 21 1 6 14 18 57 9
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| 12.29 | Cup results | GALVIA::SPAIN | There's always the U.S. | Tue Feb 18 1992 10:26 | 56 |
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Article 11736 of rec.sport.soccer:
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From: [email protected] (S.G. Walker)
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Subject: Bass Irish Cup 6th Round (N. Ireland)
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The results from the Bass Irish Cup 6th Round played on Saturday 15th February
are as follows:
Ards 3 : 2 Dunmurry Rec
Ballyclare Comrades 0 : 1 Oxford United Stars
Banbridge Town 2 : 2 Linfield
Cliftonville 2 : 0 Larne
Glentoran 0 : 0 Glenavon
Limavady United 0 : 0 Crusaders
Omagh Town 1 : 1 Ballymena United
Portadown 4 : 0 Dungannon
The big shock of the round came at Ballyclare where the Comrades were knocked
out by little-known non-league outfit Oxford United Stars. Two other
non-league teams have at least made it to the Quarter-Final draw but I doubt if
they will go much further, Banbridge Town equalized with a last minute penalty
to take the not-so-mighty-anymore Blues back to Windsor Park and Limavady
United held Crusaders to a goalless draw up in the northwest.
The other two non-league teams left in the competition were beaten by league
opposition, Dunmurry Rec and Dungannon were knocked out away from home by Ards
and Portadown respectively.
In the top clash Glenavon held Glentoran to a goalless draw at the Oval, a
slightly better result than last week's corresponding league fixture in which
they were hammered 5-1.
Three of the replays will be this week on either Tuesday 18th or Wednesday
19th. The Glentoran versus Glenavon replay will be on Tuesday 25th because
Glenavon's Stephen McBride is in the Northern Ireland squad to play Scotland at
Hampden Park on Wednesday.
Steve
University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
England
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| 12.30 | Oxford Utd Worldwide | CHEFS::HOUSEB | | Mon Feb 24 1992 13:42 | 7 |
| Oxford United Stars ????
Who are they ??? Why did they pick such a name ???
Does anybody know ???
Brian.
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| 12.31 | cross posted with permission | GALVIA::SPAIN | There's always the U.S. | Mon Feb 24 1992 20:13 | 74 |
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From: [email protected] (S.G. Walker)
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Subject: Irish League 22-2-92 (Week 22)
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Result from Tuesday 18th February, a match postponed from earlier this season:-
Ards 0 : 1 Coleraine
Result from Friday 21st February, match played a day early, I have no idea why!
Glenavon 0 : 0 Newry Town
Results from matches played on Saturday 22nd February :-
Ards 1 : 0 Carrick Rangers
Ballyclare Comrades 1 : 0 Portadown
Coleraine 2 : 0 Cliftonville
Crusaders 0 : 1 Bangor
Glentoran 4 : 0 Ballymena United
Larne 2 : 2 Distillery
Omagh Town P : P Linfield
Glentoran won well again and seem vitually assured of the title, eight points
clear with six matches to play. Portadown were beaten by lowly Ballyclare and
Linfield's match with Omagh was postponed due to bad weather. Most improved
team is Coleraine who have jumped from 14th to 9th after 2 good wins this week.
My beloved (?) Distillery scored a mighty 2 goals and gained a well-earned
point away from home at Larne but it looks like nothing can save them from
having to apply for re-election along with Carrick but that will be a formality
as there are no teams with facilities (or players !) to take their place.
Anyway here's the table :-
P W D L F A Pts
1. Glentoran 22 17 4 1 62 21 55
2. Portadown 22 15 2 5 41 14 47
3. Linfield 21 13 5 3 41 18 44
4. Larne 22 11 5 6 37 26 38
5. Glenavon 22 11 3 8 38 28 36
6. Crusaders 22 11 2 9 36 26 35
7. Ards 22 7 7 8 37 36 28
8. Bangor 22 9 4 9 34 37 28 **
9. Coleraine 22 7 6 9 27 36 27
10. Omagh Town 21 8 2 11 38 38 26
11. Ballyclare Comrades 22 7 5 10 30 42 26
12. Cliftonville 22 5 8 9 20 25 23
13. Ballymena United 22 5 8 9 27 43 23
14. Newry Town 22 6 5 11 20 37 23
15. Distillery 22 3 6 13 22 44 15
16. Carrick Rangers 22 1 6 15 18 58 9
** I had been wondering why these figures didn't add up, Bangor have been
deducted 3 points.
Steve
University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
England
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Cliftonville 2 Crusaders 2
I picked a good one on Saturday. The North Belfast derby ended in a 2-2
draw. The game was entertaining particularly in the first half with a draw
the right result.
Having predicted this would be a 0-0 draw if I managed to make it I very nearly
changed my mind at 2.15 on Saturday. Having just got off the train at
Central Station I was spotted by a friend of mine who was on his way to
Windsor to see Linfield v Ballyclare. He was waiting for a Dublin based
Blueman who was on the train. With the offer of a lift to Windsor
and the pouring rain outside I very nearly changed my mind. Thankfully I
decided on Solitude and missed a very boring 0-0 draw at Windsor.
Cliftonville led twice but each time proceeded to throw it away due to poor
defending. As my trainw as delayed over 2 hours I just made it by kick off
time and consequently didn't get the teams. I recognized a few of the players.
The Reds took the lead on 10 minutes when Jim McFadden got away on the left
and his cross was turned into the empty net by ?????. Minutes left the
big centre half for the visitors headed home unmarked from a corner to
level the game. Eddie Patterson regained the lead for the Reds with a superb
strike on 25 minutes. Again the lead was quickly thrown away. A hotly
disputed free kick was awarded at the edge of the box and this was curled into
the net by Syd Burrows (I think). Goalkeeper Paul Rice shouldered much of the
blame due to his appalling positioning.
The second half was less eventful with the home fans spending their time
abusing Crues' midfielder Kirk Hunter. Kirk isn't too popular at Solitude
although he'd bve quite a good footballer except for the fact that he's
lacking one thing - talent. As usual he kicked everything that moved in
a red jersey but amazingly wasn't booked.
I was particularly interested in the 3 Southern players with Crusaders.
Martin Murray still has that extra bit of class however Robbie Lawlor and
Roddy Collins failed to make an impression.
I normally try to avoid games in NI with a potential for trouble (unless our
national side is playing) however this was easily the most attractive game in
the city plus it was another ground that I hadn't yet visited. Thankfully the
game pased off without incident apart from the usual sectarian singing. The
police always keep in the home fans and allow the away fans to get away. I
thought it was strange but the more I think of it it seems a good idea. The
home fans can't arrange an ambush and generally the away fans don't look for
trouble in unfamiliar territory.
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Subject: Irish League 29-02-92 (Week 23)
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Results from matches played on Saturday 29th February :-
Ballymena United 1 : 1 Omagh Town
Bangor 0 : 4 Larne
Carrick Rangers 2 : 2 Coleraine
Cliftonville 2 : 2 Crusaders
Distillery 1 : 2 Glenavon
Linfield 0 : 0 Ballyclare Comrades
Newry Town 1 : 2 Glentoran
Portadown 2 : 3 Ards
Nothing much happened this week, no positional changes at all in the table,
although Glentoran won again while Portadown and Linfield both dropped points,
Larne came back to form with a storming win at Bangor and my dear old team,
Distillery, continued losing, at home to Glenavon. The only real interest left
this season is over who finiehes second and clinches the UEFA Cup spot.
And eventually the table :-
P W D L F A GD Pts
1. Glentoran 23 18 4 1 64 22 +42 58
2. Portadown 23 15 2 6 43 17 +26 47
3. Linfield 22 13 6 3 41 18 +23 45
4. Larne 23 12 5 6 41 26 +15 41
5. Glenavon 23 12 3 8 40 29 +11 39
6. Crusaders 23 11 3 9 38 28 +10 36
7. Ards 23 8 7 8 40 38 + 2 31
8. Bangor 23 9 4 10 34 41 - 7 28 **
9. Coleraine 23 7 7 9 29 38 - 9 28
10. Omagh Town 22 8 3 11 39 39 0 27
11. Ballyclare Comrades 23 7 6 10 30 42 -12 27
12. Cliftonville 23 5 9 9 22 27 - 5 24
13. Ballymena United 23 5 9 9 28 44 -16 24
14. Newry Town 23 6 5 12 21 39 -18 24
15. Distillery 23 3 6 14 23 46 -23 15
16. Carrick Rangers 23 1 7 15 20 60 -40 10
** Bangor have been deducted 3 points.
Steve
University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
England
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First of all, the remaining sixth round replay played on 25-2-92 :-
Glenavon 4 : 0 Glentoran
A fantastic result for Glenavon, two and a half weeks previously they had been
tanked 5 : 1 by the Glens but had bounced back the following week to a
scoreless draw in the cup and now have turned this series of matches on its
head with a return hammering!!
Well the Quarter-Finals are this Saturday (7-3-92) and at least they're still
all played on the same day in Ireland!! The draw is :-
Ballymena United v. Oxford United Stars
Glenavon v. Ards
Linfield v. Cliftonville
Portadown v. Crusaders
The draw has been reasonably kind to the only remaining non-league outfit,
Oxford United Stars, as they play the weakest of the League teams left,
although they have to travel. The tie of the round is the Linfield -
Cliftonville, Blues - Reds ties are always tension filled and this more so as
both have had mediocre seasons by their standards and are looking at the cup as
their best chance of glory.
Steve
University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
England
**TOUGH GUYS DON'T DANCE**
(not at Windsor on Saturday anyway!!)
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Subject: Irish Cup Q/F 7-3-92
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The results from the quarter finals of the Bass Irish Cup are as follows :-
Ballymena United P : P Oxford United Stars
Glenavon 3 : 0 Ards
Linfield 1 : 0 Cliftonville
Portadown 0 : 1 Crusaders
I'm afraid I know next to nothing about these matches as I have been away in
the wilds of the Yorkshire Dales all weekend and have just discovered the
scorelines myself. Well, Portadown's abysmal run of form continues, I guess
they'll be hoping Linfield go on to win the cup as that will almost ensure
Ports a place in the UEFA Cup. Linfield won what looks like a close match at
Windsor, while Glenavon won comfortably and seem to be running into a rich vein
of form at the moment after beating Glentoran 4-0 last weekend.
Oxford United Stars never got their chance to be giant-killers again, their
match being postponed, so I'll mail the result of that match when it happens
along with the Semi-Final draw.
Steve
University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
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Subject: Irish League 14-3-92 (Week 24)
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Results from matches played on Saturday 14th March :-
Ards 2 : 2 Linfield
Ballyclare Comrades 2 : 2 Omagh Town
Coleraine 0 : 2 Portadown
Crusaders 6 : 0 Carrick Rangers
Glenavon 0 : 0 Bangor
Glentoran 3 : 0 Distillery
Larne 1 : 0 Cliftonville
Newry Town 1 : 4 Ballymena United
Glentoran beat Distillery (surprise, surprise !!) to stay comfortably clear at
the top with only six matches remaining. Behind them Portadown and Linfield
swapped places again and Crusaders stuffed Carrick six-nil, Carrick are having
a bloody awful season !!
And so to the table :-
P W D L F A GD Pts
1. Glentoran 24 19 4 1 67 22 +45 61
2. Portadown 24 16 2 6 45 17 +28 50
3. Linfield 24 14 7 3 50 21 +29 49
4. Larne 24 13 5 6 42 26 +16 44
5. Glenavon 24 12 4 8 40 29 +11 40
6. Crusaders 24 12 3 9 44 28 +16 39
7. Ards 24 8 8 8 42 40 + 2 32
8. Bangor 24 9 5 10 34 41 - 7 29 **
9. Omagh Town 24 8 4 12 42 48 - 6 28
10. Coleraine 24 7 7 10 29 40 -11 28
11. Ballyclare Comrades 24 7 7 10 32 44 -12 28
12. Ballymena United 24 6 9 9 32 45 -13 27
13. Cliftonville 24 5 9 10 22 28 - 6 24
14. Newry Town 24 6 5 13 22 43 -21 24
15. Distillery 24 3 6 15 23 49 -26 15
16. Carrick Rangers 24 1 7 16 20 66 -46 10
** Bangor have been deducted 3 points.
Steve
University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
England
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From: [email protected] (Steve Walker)
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Subject: Irish League 21-3-92 (Week 25)
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Irish League results from Saturday 21st March :-
Ballymena United 2 : 0 Ballyclare Comrades
Bangor 1 : 2 Glentoran
Carrick Rangers 0 : 3 Larne
Cliftonville 1 : 2 Glenavon
Distillery 1 : 2 Newry Town
Linfield 2 : 0 Coleraine
Omagh Town 3 : 0 Ards
Portadown 3 : 1 Crusaders
The top three teams all won, so there is no change there. Glentoran are eleven
points clear with only five matches remaining, my mental arithmetic tells me
they only need five points to clinch the title. Behind the top three, Larne
continued an excellent season with an easy win over bottom club, Carrick. My
team, Distillery, lost again at home to the team immediately above them in the
table, oh well you can't win them all (or in our case, can't win any :-)).
And so the table :-
P W D L F A GD Pts
1. Glentoran 25 20 4 1 69 23 +46 64
2. Portadown 25 17 2 6 48 18 +30 53
3. Linfield 25 15 7 3 52 21 +31 52
4. Larne 25 14 5 6 45 26 +19 47
5. Glenavon 25 13 4 8 42 30 +13 43
6. Crusaders 25 12 3 10 45 31 +14 39
7. Ards 25 8 8 9 42 43 - 1 32
8. Omagh Town 25 9 4 12 45 48 - 3 31
9. Ballymena United 25 7 9 9 34 45 -11 30
10. Bangor 25 9 5 11 35 43 - 8 29 **
11. Coleraine 25 7 7 11 29 42 -13 28
12. Ballyclare Comrades 25 7 7 11 32 46 -14 28
13. Newry Town 25 7 5 13 24 44 -20 27
14. Cliftonville 25 5 9 11 23 30 - 7 24
15. Distillery 25 3 6 16 24 51 -27 15
16. Carrick Rangers 25 1 7 17 20 69 -49 10
** Bangor have been deducted 3 points.
Steve
University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
England
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From: [email protected] (Steve Walker)
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Subject: Irish League 28-3-92 ( Week 26 )
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Results from Saturday 28th March :-
Coleraine 1 : 1 Omagh Town *
Ards 0 : 0 Ballyclare Comrades
Crusaders 0 : 2 Linfield
Distillery 0 : 0 Ballymena United
Glenavon 2 : 0 Carrick Rangers
Glentoran 1 : 0 Cliftonville
Larne 0 : 4 Portadown
Newry Town 4 : 2 Bangor **
* Played Friday night
** this score may be 4-3, my two sources disagree! I'll stick with 4-2 and
alter it next week if its wrong.
Not much this week, the top three all won again and Glentoran should pick up
the Championship on Saturday, they only need two points from four matches to be
certain. At last, my Distillery have collected another point, from a goalless
draw with Ballymena United. In fact not many goals at all this week excepting
Newry and Portadown.
Tragic news this week, apparently Stevie McBride of Glenavon wrecked his knee
during the match on Saturday and is 95% certain never to play again. McBride
is the best player in the Irish League and is regularly the only Irish League
man in the Northern Ireland squad, picking up a few caps along the way, it will
be a sad loss to football in Northern Ireland if he never plays again.
The table :-
P W D L F A GD Pts
1. Glentoran 26 21 4 1 70 23 +47 67
2. Portadown 26 18 2 6 52 18 +34 56
3. Linfield 26 16 7 3 54 21 +33 55
4. Larne 26 14 5 7 45 30 +15 47
5. Glenavon 26 14 4 8 44 30 +14 46
6. Crusaders 26 12 3 11 45 33 +12 39
7. Ards 26 8 9 9 42 43 - 1 33
8. Omagh Town 26 9 5 12 46 49 - 3 32
9. Ballymena United 26 7 10 9 34 45 -11 31
10. Bangor 26 9 5 12 37 47 -10 29 **
11. Coleraine 26 7 8 11 30 43 -13 29
12. Ballyclare Comrades 26 7 8 11 32 46 -14 29
13. Newry Town 26 8 5 13 28 46 -18 29
14. Cliftonville 26 5 9 12 23 31 - 8 24
15. Distillery 26 3 7 16 24 51 -27 16
16. Carrick Rangers 26 1 7 18 20 71 -51 10
** Bangor have been deducted 3 points.
Steve
University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
England
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| 12.39 | Irish Semi. | CHEFS::HOUSEB | | Fri Apr 03 1992 14:57 | 5 |
| Smirnoff Irish League Cup Semi Final :
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Brian.
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Subject: Irish Cup Semi-finals (4-4-92)
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Results from the Semi-finals of the Bass Irish Cup :-
Friday night at Windsor Park, Belfast (Linfield)
Ballymena United 1 : 3 Glenavon
Saturday afternoon at The Oval, Belfast (Glentoran)
Crusaders 0 : 2 Linfield
No surprises really and probably the most interesting Cup Final, as it is
Linfield's best chance of getting into Europe, unless they overhaul the Ports
and finish second in the league, and Glenavon's only chance. Both teams have
been overshadowed by their local rivals this season (Linfield by Glentoran and
Glenavon by Portadown) and will view the Cup as an opportunity to grab some
glory for themselves.
Steve
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| 12.41 | Linfield win a trophy at last | GALVIA::SPAIN | There's always the U.S. | Fri Apr 17 1992 13:03 | 13 |
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Linfield 3 Larne 0
Linfield finally won one of the myriad of trophies on offer in Northern
Ireland. They beat Larne 3-0 in the League cup. This was their first
trophy since 1989. An own goal, Martin McGaughey and Glenn Hunter were
the Blues scorers. Larne were in the game for long periods and 2 late
goals flattered the Blues.
This is a great boost for Linfield as they attempt to qualify for
Europe and win the Irish Cup.
Gary.
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Portadown have clinched the runners up spot by beating Newry. Linfield
drew 0-0 with Glentoran this week. It's Glenavon v Linfield in the cup
final on May 2nd. This is the only route to Europe for both sides.
Should be a cracker.
Gary.
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Subject: Irish League 18-4-92 ( Week 28 )
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Sorry this is so late but I was back home for a while, this is the first of
three posts bringing you up to date with the end of the league in Northern
Ireland.
Results from Saturday 18th April :-
Bangor 2 : 0 Ballymena United
Coleraine 1 : 4 Ards
Crusaders 2 : 0 Ballyclare Comrades
Distillery 2 : 0 Cliftonville
Glenavon 2 : 1 Linfield
Glentoran 1 : 0 Portadown
Larne 3 : 0 Omagh Town
Newry Town 0 : 3 Carrick Rangers
Glentoran had already wrapped up the championship the week before and they
rubbed it in beating deposed champions, Portadown, at the Oval. This could
have been a bad result for the Ports as far as UEFA Cup qualification goes but
Linfield failed to capitalize, losing to Glenavon in a preview of the Bass
Irish Cup final on May 2nd. Both the bottom two won and considering they have
only six wins between them this must be unique !!
Matt Bradley, manager of Newry Town, resigned on Saturday evening, stating that
he felt that he had done as much as he could with the players he had. Newry
are broke and cannot afford to buy any players so Bradley's frustration can be
understood. During his time in charge Newry won their first ever senior
trophy, a County Antrim Shield triumph.
Steve
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Subject: Irish League 21-4-92 ( Week 29 )
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Results from Tuesday 21st April :-
Ards 1 : 1 Crusaders
Carrick Rangers 0 : 3 Distillery
Coleraine 0 : 1 Ballymena United
Omagh Town 1 : 0 Glenavon
Ballyclare Comrades 0 : 5 Larne
Cliftonville 2 : 0 Bangor
Linfield 0 : 0 Glentoran
Portadown 3 : 0 Newry Town
I went to see the Big Two match at Windsor Park and it was BORING in a big way
so I couldn't be bothered to write a report, sorry!! This result combined with
Portadown's win at home to Newry meant that Ports clinched the UEFA Cup slot,
so Linfield have to beat Glenavon in the Cup Final or miss out on Europe for
the third season running.
In the crunch (!!) bottom of the table clash Distillery beat Carrick EASILY !!!
Two wins on the trot, this is getting ridiculous..........
No table this time, but final table in next exciting issue.
Steve
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Subject: Irish League 25-4-92 ( Week 30 )
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Results from Saturday 25th April :-
Ards 1 : 1 Larne
Ballyclare Comrades 1 : 8 Glenavon
Ballymena United 1 : 1 Cliftonville
Carrick Rangers 1 : 1 Bangor
Crusaders 5 : 1 Coleraine
Linfield 3 : 0 Newry Town
Omagh Town 3 : 4 Glentoran
Portadown 1 : 0 Distillery
Basically playing out time this week, but a great win for Glenavon a week
before they meet Linfield in the Cup Final.
Distillery and Carrick Rangers must apply for re-election, this is a formality.
The final table:-
P W D L F A GD Pts
1. GLENTORAN 30 24 5 1 78 26 +52 77
2. Portadown 30 21 2 7 59 19 +40 65
3. Linfield 30 17 9 4 58 23 +35 60
4. Larne 30 16 7 7 54 31 +23 55
5. Glenavon 30 16 4 10 54 36 +18 52
6. Crusaders 30 14 5 11 55 37 +18 47
7. Ards 30 10 11 9 50 46 + 4 41
8. Omagh Town 30 10 6 14 51 58 - 7 36
9. Bangor 30 11 6 13 45 52 - 7 36 **
10. Ballymena United 30 8 11 11 37 50 -13 35
11. Ballyclare Comrades 30 8 8 14 37 64 -27 32
12. Cliftonville 30 7 10 13 27 34 - 7 31
13. Coleraine 30 7 8 15 35 57 -22 29
14. Newry Town 30 8 5 17 28 57 -29 29
15. Distillery 30 5 7 18 31 55 -24 22
16. Carrick Rangers 30 2 8 20 24 78 -54 14
** Bangor deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player
Steve
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Irish Cup Final
Linfield 1 Glenavon 2
Glenavon won the Irish Cup on Saturday after coming from behind to beat
Linfield. Teenage sensation Gerard McMahon scored the winning goal. Martin
McGaughey - thre only survivor from the last Blues side that won the cup in
1982 gave Linfield an early lead but Geoff Ferris equalised.
Sadly the final was marred by scenes of crowd violence. The teams were taken
off the field for 10 minutes after Linfield's opening goal.
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| 12.45 | Gerard McMahon | LARVAE::FERRARO_A | | Wed May 27 1992 18:09 | 7 |
| Information on Gerard McMahon please. I think he will be signing for
Spurs this summer. He was featured in an article in the Mail on Sunday
recently.
cheers,
antony
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Glentoran 0 OM 5
Glentoran were annihilated last night at the Oval. OM were simply in a
different class. Rudi Voller opened the scoring after 4 minutes and the
Glens spent the first half chasing shadows. Martin Vasquez was superb and
capped his performance with 2 goals. Frank Suazee scored the best of the night
from a free kick just before the break. The home crowd just stood in awe
at half time.
The second half was a stroll. OM eased off considerably. Glentoran had
a couple of half chances before Ferreri made it 5 just before the end. Pele
was denied the goal he richly deserved by the crossbar seconds later.
Both sides were given a standing ovation afterwards. Glentoran keeper
Alan Patterson described them as the best team he'd ever seen. The Glens
were not disgraced. Few teams in the world could have lived with OM last
night. The second leg in Marseille in 2 weeks time is going to be very
difficult but twith 2,000 people travelling from East Belfast the Glens won't
lack support.
Standard Liege 5 Portadown 0
Ports were outclassed last night. Only brilliant displays from centre backs
Alfie Stewart and Brian Strain and some outstanding goalkeeping from
Mickey Keenan kept the score down. The tie is now virtually over and
Ports will probablyy lose financially as there will only be a small crowd
at Shamrock Park for the return.
Glenavon 1 Antwerp 1
Glenavon managed to hold Antwerp to a 1-1 draw after an entertaining game
at Mourneview Park. Sammy Smyth gave Glenavon the elad just before the
break but Antwerp equalised early in the 2nd half. The Belgians looked the
better side and were unfortunate to trail at the break. glenavon have little
chance in the return.
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| 12.47 | Blues win Ulster Cup | IMBUSY::SPAIN | There's always the U.S. | Thu Sep 24 1992 14:23 | 22 |
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Ulster Cup Final
Linfield 2 Ards 0
Linfield won the first trophy on offer in Northern Ireland after a comfortable
2-0 victory over Ards at Oval. Ards were badly hampered by the loss of ace
marksman Harry McCourt just before the kick off but they can hardly complain
as the Blues were missing nine of their first team squad.
Ards started better but failed to break down a solid defence. The Blues took
the lead when they broke quickly out of defence and a long ball from
Ritchie Johnson sent Campbell through. Smith in the Ards goal won
the race for the ball but his clearance cannoned off Campbell and he finished
to the empty net. Early in the second half Campbell set up Beattie whose
cross was finished well by Johnson to make the game safe. Ards never
really threatened after that.
This victory will give Eric Bowyer's young side a lot of confidence however
it's the league that matters and last night will count for nothing when the
campaign starts on Saturday.
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| 12.48 | Well done Glenavon | GALVIA::SPAIN | There's always the U.S. | Thu Oct 01 1992 12:53 | 32 |
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Portadown 0 Standard Liege 0
(Standard won 5-0 on aggregate)
This was a poor game watched by a small crowd. Portadown were happy to
hold out for a draw and Standard were content to avoid injuries and progress
to the bext round without undue fuss.
Antwerp 1 Glenavon 1
(aggregate 2-2, Antwerp won 3-1 on pens)
Glenavon bow out of Europe after a gutsy performance. Few gave them any
chance in this tie but they battled and battled. Antwerp took the lead
on 65 minutes after a hotly disputed penalty was awarded against McKeown.
Geoff Ferris struck the equaliser on 77 minutes (some papers credit Sammy
Smyth) to take the game into extra time. Glenavon survived extra time with
10 men to hang on for the penalty shoot out before eventually biting the
dust. They go out with heads held high and a heroes welcome must surely
await when they return to Lurgan.
Olympique de Marseille 3 Glentoran 0
(OM won 8-0 on aggregate)
OM were content to stroll through this game. They fielded many reserves
but still won comfortably. Omam-Biyik and Pele scored inside the first 13
minutes before Basil Boli completed the scoring 15 minutes from time.
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| 12.49 | Irish Cup 1st round results | GALVIA::SPAIN | There's always the U.S. | Mon Jan 25 1993 17:51 | 35 |
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The weather played havoc with the weekend's Irish Cup ties. Roughly half the
ties were postponed.
Results
Ballyclare 2 Banbridge 0
Carrick 2 Bangor 4
Glentoran 0 Portadown 0
Cliftonville 1 H&W Welders 0
Dundela 2 Newry 2
Distillery 6 BT 0
Glenavon 0 Ballymena 3
Limavady 3 Roe Valley 0
Chimney Corner 0 Drumaness 1
The other ties were all postponed.
The visit of league leaders Portadown to league champions Glentoran was
match of the day but it failed to live up to expectations. Carrick's
heroics in the Co Antrim shield took their toll as an injury hit side
collapsed in the second half and lost 4-2 to Bangor. Sammy McQuiston hit
a hatrick as Ballymena shocked the holders at Mourneview Park. The Lurgan
side are badly missing last year's hero Gerard McMahon who's now at Tottenham.
Newry needed a late Hawkins equaliser to snatch a replay against Dundela.
Given that the East Belfast side are one of the top junior sides and indeed
a former winner of the trophy a win here would not have been a shock. Newry
should just about scrape through in the replay. Cliftonville just made
it against the welders while Distillery had a lot to spare against British
Telecom.
Assuming the weather improves the postponed ties will be settled this week.
Larne v Crusaders appears to be the pick of them but Linfield v Coleraine
should also be a cracker. Omagh v Ballinamallard should be a very interesting
local derby.
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| 12.50 | Update | GALVIA::SPAIN | There's always the U.S. | Tue Feb 09 1993 21:19 | 19 |
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One cup replay
Crusaders 0 Larne 1.
Sorry for not updating the league for ages.
It's something like
Linfield 22:46
Portadown 22:44
This appears to be a 2 horse race. All being well I hope to see
Ballyclare Comrades v Portadown on Sat and I'll post a report next
week.
Gary.
PS i don't suppose anyone knows the cup draw.
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| 12.51 | Week 22 results | GALVIA::SPAIN | There's always the U.S. | Sun Feb 14 1993 20:52 | 48 |
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A rare Irish League report follows. I made a "short" detour to Ballyclare en
route to Longford.
Ballyclare Comrades are still bottom of the league but they made a major dent
in the title aspirations of Portadown. The gallant Antrim side put up the
shutters and withstood constant bombardment in the second half to earn a vital
point. Ports had most of the play in the first half but failed to capitalise
on their possession. Dean Gordon almost gave Comrades a shock lead just
before the break. Joey Cunningham tormented the home defence in the second
half but Steve Cowan and Sandy Fraser were kept well in check by the 2
central defnders. Dean Gordon was particularly impressive playing only his
second game as a centre-half. Paul Prentice had a superb game in goal
culminating in a finger tip injury time save from Greg Davidson.
Linfield are now 4 points clear at the top after Stephen Baxter scored a
dramatic injury time winner. The Blues had trailed to a 58th minute McMullan
goal but Lee Doherty scored a superb 25 yard equaliser. The Lurgan side were
reduced to 10 men when Michael McKeown was sent off and Stephen Baxter took
advantage with a last gasp strike. Glenavon were denied what appeared to be
a clear cut penalty minutes earlier.
Distillery came from 2-0 down at half time to hammer Newry 5-2 at the
Showgrounds. Glentoran were shocked at home by Carrick Rangers who came
from a goal down to win 2-1. Ards beat Cliftonville by the only goal and
Bangor did likewise to Larne at Inver Park. Roddy Collins got the goal that
ended Crusaders dismal run that has seen them slide off the top of the league
and exit from the cups. Ballymena were the victims at Seaview.
Linfield 22:50
Portadown 22:46
Distillery 22:43
Bangor 22:41
Crusaders 21:41
Glenavon 22:39
Ards 22:38
Glentoran 22:37
Carrick 22:29
Ballymena 22:27
Cliftonville 22:25
Larne 22:23
Omagh 22:23
Coleraine 21:13
Newry 22:12
Ballyclare 22:12
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| 12.52 | Week 24 results | GALVIA::SPAIN | There's always the U.S. | Sun Mar 07 1993 21:09 | 16 |
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Kirk Hunter was the hero as Crusaders beat city rivals Linfield to close the
gap at the top of the Irish League. Hunter scored with a superb header after
77 minutes to give Crusaders a vital 3 points. Former Galway star Derek
Carroll had a superb game in midfield for the Crues.
Portadown joined Crusaders in second place after hammering Carrick Rangers
6-2. Sandy Fraser 3,Stevie Cowan 2 and Peter Murray scored the goals.
Bangor hammered Omagh while Distillery hammered Larne to keep in touch.
Linfield 24:52
Portadown 24:51
Crusaders 24:51
Bangor 24:49
Distillery 24:47
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| 12.53 | Cup results | GALVIA::SPAIN | There's always the U.S. | Sun Mar 14 1993 18:01 | 44 |
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It was quarter final day in the Irish Cup.
Linfield 1 Bangor 2
Bangor won their 9th game in a row as they came from behind to defeat Linfield
in a thrilling Irish Cup quarter final. The first half was very close with
the seasiders having a marginal advantage. Within a minute of the restart
the Blues were ahead. Lee Doherty played a superb ball to Ritchie Johnson
and Dessie Gorman headed home Jophnson's cross. Bangor came storming back.
Tony Canning volleyed a superb equaliser and just when a replay looked likely
McCallan snatched the winner against his old club. Dubliner Paul Byrne was
man of the match and he looks likely to be signed by Liam Brady who came
over to watch him.
Dundela 1 Glentoran 2
The Bangor v Linfield tie may have been the tie of the round but this match
epitomised the romance and the magic of the Irish Cup. The famous old cup
fighters from Wilgar street faced their East Belfast rivals Glentoran. This
was the game the whole of East Belfast wanted to see and the whole of East
Belfast appeared to have packed into Dundela's compact ground. The game
however failed to live up to expectations. Glentoran dominated the first 45
minutes and led 2-0 at the interval. Stephen Douglas headed home the first
and Barney Bowers made it 2-0 from the penalty spot just before the break.
Mark Snodden did pull a goal back in the second half but the Glens held on
comfortably in the end. The Junior side bow out and there will be no repeat
of their sensational cup win of 1955 but Glentoran left the "Hen Run" knowing
they'd been in a cup tie.
Ards 0 Distillery 0
This was a boring scoreless draw with neither side prepared to take chances.
The replay can only be better.
Cliftonville 1 Larne 1
Larne took a first half lead against the run of play. The Belfast Reds
equalised to force a replay at Inver Park but their chance of cup glory may
have gone.
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| 12.54 | Bangor,Glentoran,Ards and Cliftonville in the semis | GALVIA::SPAIN | There's always the U.S. | Thu Mar 18 1993 17:25 | 12 |
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Irish Cup Quarter final replays
Larne 0 Cliftonville 2
Distillery 1 Ards 4
sorry no details.
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| 12.55 | week 25 results | GALVIA::SPAIN | There's always the U.S. | Mon Mar 22 1993 09:01 | 39 |
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Another rare eye witness report from the Irish League.
Portadown kept in touch with the leaders after eventually breaking down solid
Coleraine resistance. The home side defended stoutly in the first half.
They were helped by an inspired dislay from goalkeeper David O'Hare who had
a superb game. Portadown camped in the Coleraine half but there was no way
past O'Hare. Tragedy struck the Bannsiders after 48 minutes, Brian Donaghy
was adjudged to have handled the ball in the area. The referee awrded the
penalty. Steve Cowan beat O'Hare from the spot and the result was never
in doubt after that. Sandy Fraser quickly added a second. Coleraine finally
showed something in attack and they were denied a consolation goal by the
width of the crossbar. Stevie Cowan snatched a 3rd right on the final whistle
however the biggest roar of the day came from the Social club as Mick Galwey
crashed over the English line.
Linfield stay top after crushing Larne. Graham Harvey who signed from Airdrie
on Thursday promised a debut goal. He got a hat-trick in 36 minutes.
Philip Knell and Dessie Gorman got the others with McKinstrey getting 2
consolation goals for Larne.
Crusaders stay in touch with an easy win ay Mourneview. Syd Burrows and Jim
Gardiner got the goals, one in each half. Bangor hammered Ballyclare on
Friday night while Distillery avenged their cup defeat by Ards to keep
alive slim title hopes.
Liam Coyle gave Omagh their first ever win at the Ballymena showgrounds
while Newry had a shock win at Ballyclare. Glentoran won a thriller at
Solitude by the odd goal in five. The Reds were denied 2 clearcut penalties
and referee Freddie McKnight is persona non grata at Solitude from now on.
Linfield 25:56
Portadown 25:55
Crusaders 25:55
Bangor 25:53
Distillery 25:51
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| 12.56 | | GALVIA::SPAIN | There's always the U.S. | Sun Apr 04 1993 19:35 | 24 |
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Irish Cup semi finals
Ards 3 Cliftonville 2
Cliftonville pressed the self destruct button yet again in a major semi
final. They had battled back from 2-0 down, had Ards on the ropes and conceded
a comical last minute winner. The Reds' centre back and goalkeeper Paul Rice
both miskicked attempted clearances to leave Harry McCourt a simple tap in.
Andy Beattie had given Ards an early lead. Harry McCourt made it 2 with a
splendid solo goal. Urged on by the Red Army Cliftonville came back.
Donaghy pulled one back before Jim McFadden snatched an equaliser. The Reds
looked set to win the game then before that disasterous mixup.
Glentoran 1 Bangor 3
It was a great day for the Seasiders at Windsor. After a scoreless first half
Bangor tore Glentoran apart after the restart. Glendenning shot them into
an early second half lead. Magee made it 2 after a superb run and Hill headed
int he third from a corner. Stephen Douglas did snatch a consolation goal in
injury time but the final will be a North Down derby.
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| 12.57 | Close finish up North | GALVIA::SPAIN | There's always the U.S. | Mon Apr 12 1993 13:27 | 21 |
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A Glenn Hunter goal after 74 minutes gave Linfield victory over Omagh at
Windsor Park. They remain a point ahead of Crusaders who won 3-0 at Carrick.
Derek Carroll, Roddy Collins and Michael Cash got the goals that keeps the
Crues in touch.
The big game was at Clandeboye. Hill gave Bangor the lead but 2 second half
goals from Joey Cunningham and Gary Peebles appeared to have won it for
Portadown. Glendenning poppd up for a late equaliser that damages Portadown's
title hopes. Ports now trail Linfield by 3 points with Bangor and Distillery
a futher 2 points adrift.
The other games were pretty meaningless but there was plenty of drama anyway.
4 players were sent off in Newry including both goalkeepers. Smith gave
Larne the lead but they needed a last minute penalty save from centre forward
Billy Drake to earn them the 3 points. Glentoran scored 8 at the Ballymena
showgrounds. This included a Gary McCartney hatrick. Jonathon Speake did
pull 2 back for the sky blues. Cliftonville hammered hapless Ballyclare
4-0.
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| 12.58 | midweek results | GALVIA::SPAIN | There's always the U.S. | Thu Apr 15 1993 21:43 | 21 |
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Linfield stay top after a 3-1 win at Ballyclare. Dessie Gorman and Graham
Harvey were among the goals with Dean Gordon scoring for Ballyclare 20
seconds after clearing the ball off the line.
Crusaders keep in touch after a dramatic last gasp winner at Larne. Michael
Cash scored the priceless goal. The celebrations after the goal saw one
player remove his shirt.
Portadown also won at home to Ballymena with Steve Cowan again among the goals.
Linfield 28:63
Crusaders 28:62
Portadown 28:60
to play
Linfield - Glentoran A, Portadown H
Crusaders - Ards A, Omagh A
Portadown - Distillery A, Linfield A
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| 12.59 | Linfield are champions | GALVIA::SPAIN | There's always the U.S. | Sun Apr 18 1993 21:45 | 37 |
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Linfield will be crowned champions of the Irish League next saturday. It
was a day of drama as the title could have gone either way. The Blues faced
local rivals and champions Glentoran at the Oval. The Glens made all the early
running and deservedly led at the break through Stephen Douglas. Glenn Hunter
snatched an equaliser for the Blues after 55 minutes. Substitute Ritchie
Johnson showed ttrue Linfield grit by snatching the winner 7 minutes from
time. It was a sad day for the Glens watching their most hated rivals
taking their title on their own ground.
Crusaders surprisingly dropped 2 points against Ards. The day started
badly for the Crues when Kirk Hunter was dismissed for an off the ball
incident. Syd Burrows did give them a half-time lead. It looked promising
at this stage with Glentoran winning at the Oval but Darren Erskine snatched
an equaliser for Ards in the second half and the news from Mersey street
sealed Crusaders' fate. Barring a 10 goal victory over Omagh and a Linfield
defeat at home to Portadown the title is going to Windsor. The Crues will
have to settle for as European place.
A Cleland hat-trick ended any outside hopes Portadown entertained of winning
the title. Distillery were superior in every department and Ports will be
bitterly disappointed with this performance.
Bangor defeated Cliftonville to keep alive hopes of stealing the UEFA Cup
spot. Glendenning and 2 goals from McCallan saw off Cliftonville. Even
if Omagh don't manage to do the seassiders a favour they still have the
League Cup final on Tuesday night and the Irish Cup final v Ards in 2
weeks time to finish their season in style.
Linfield 29:66
Crusaders 29:63
Bangor 29:61
Portadown 29:60
Distillery 29:59
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| 12.60 | Bangor triumph | GALVIA::SPAIN | There's always the U.S. | Thu Apr 22 1993 14:14 | 21 |
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League Cup Final
Bangor 3 Coleraine 0
Bangor clinched the first half of a cup double by defeating Coleraine
in the League Cup final (I don't rememebr the sponsor's name). McIvor
hit the post for the Bannsiders early on but they were quickly
overwhelmed. Ricky McEvoy scored with a 20 yard volley midway through
the first half. Brown made it 2 minutes later when he headed in Paul
Byrne's corner. Nigel Best's decision to send on Glendenning in the
second half proved a master stroke. 5 seconds after running onto the
field he headed in a corner to make it 3.
This has been a great season for the Seasiders. They could qualify for
Europe on Saturday if Crusaders slip up at Omagh and they face
neighbours Ards in the Irish Cup final the following Saturday.
Gary.
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| 12.61 | Linfield are the champions | GALVIA::SPAIN | There's always the U.S. | Sun Apr 25 1993 21:49 | 28 |
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Linfield duly collected the Gibson Cup and were crowned as league champions.
The champagne went a little flat at Windsor though as the Blues were shocked
by threee first half Portadown goals. Joey Cunningham tore the home defence to
shreds as he set up Sandy Fraser for 2 goals in a minute just after the half
hour. Gary Peebles made it 3 in first half injury time after good work by
Martin Russell. Still it was the Bluemen who celebrated afterwards. This was
Linfield's first major trophy in 4 years.
Crusaders failed to get the 10 goals they needed to clinch the title. This
was never on of course as Omagh are a very good side and indeed Crusaders
were glad of the 3 points that guarantees them a European place. Dunlop gave
the Crues the lead after 2 minutes but Omagh stormed back and equalised
through O'Neill. Gardener snatched the vital second half goal that sends
Crusaders back into Europe for the first time in 13 years.
2 goas each from Paul Byrne and Jonathon Magee were enough to give Bangor the
points at Taylors Avenue. Carrick Rangers were well beaten. The result was
not sufficient to earn a UEFA spot but Bangor still have another shot at Europe
in next week's Irish Cup Final.
Linfield 30:66
Crusaders 30:66
Bangor 30:64
Portadown 30:63
Distillery 30:62
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| 12.62 | | GALVIA::SPAIN | There's always the U.S. | Mon May 03 1993 11:25 | 12 |
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Irish Cup Final
Ards 1 Bangor 1
A very poor Irish cup final was brought to life in the last 4 minutes. Harry
McCourt appeared to have won it for Ards with an 86th minute header but
Mark Glendenning headed home Paul Byrne's free kick 2 minutes later to
earn a replay.
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| 12.63 | Irish Cup final ends in another draw | GALVIA::SPAIN | There's always the U.S. | Sun May 09 1993 18:44 | 26 |
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Irish Cup Final
Ards 1 Bangor 1 aet
Well this is my first report from a real pressbox although I spent most of
the game in the stands. I was fortunate enough to get a press pass but the
pressbox at Windsor is probably the worst place to watch a football match.
Ards and Bangor must meet again after another 1-1 draw. This was a big
improvement on the first game. Ards took the lead in the first minute.
McDonald's free kick was headed on by McCourt, the unmarked Darren Erskine
scored from 4 yards. Bangor were rattled and failed to find their rhythm.
Ards were content to soak up the pressure but they were eventually worn down
as Bangor finally played some good football. Mark Glendenning headed the
equaliser after 35 minutes.
Bangor played most of the football in the second but Ards hung on and were
inspired by centre half and captain David Jeffrey. A snap shot from Paul
Byrne was well saved by Vance but extra time always looked likely. Erskine
was denied a second goal in the first minute of extra time but the extra 30
minutes failed to match the entertainment of the first 90. Both sides
appeared to settle for another replay. The sides must meet again next Tuesday
at Windsor and penalties will be used if necessary.
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| 12.64 | Paul Byrne scoops all the awards | GALVIA::SPAIN | There's always the U.S. | Tue May 11 1993 16:20 | 9 |
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Dubliner Paul Byrne has scooped all the Player of the Year awards in the
Irish League. He was named Players' player of the year, young player of the
year, Football Writers' player of the year and Football Writers' young player
of the year. This is the first time a player has won all the awards.
The Bangor player of the year has not been announced yet but it's
a foregone conclusion. Paul Byrne will finally confirm his transfer
to Celtic after the 2nd replay of the Irish Cup Final tonight.
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| 12.65 | | GALVIA::SPAIN | There's always the U.S. | Wed May 12 1993 16:35 | 25 |
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Irish Cup Final 2nd replay
Ards 0 Bangor 1
Bangor won their first ever major trophy last night. When John O'Connor
lifted the Irish cup just after 9.30pm it sparked off mass celebrations
at Windsor and back home in the seaside town.
This game will live long in the memory of Bangor fans who have suffered
so many barren years. It will quickly be forgotten by everyone else. Bangor
just about deserved their success over the 3 games.
There was little excitement in the game. Barry McCreadie hit the bar in the
first half but that was the only time Bangor threatened. Darren Erskine and
Harry McCourt had a couple of half chances for Ards. As the game wore on it
became obvious that it would take something special to separate the sides.
In the 89th minute we finally got it. Paul Byrne turned brilliantly and
scored with a low shot from 20 yards. There was no time for Ards to reply.
This was real Roy of the Rovers stuff. Having scooped all 4 player of the
year awards Paul Byrne scored the winning goal in the cup final. Nigel
Best also won manager of the year.
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| 12.66 | Mervyn Brown memorial | GALVIA::SPAIN | There's always the U.S. | Fri May 14 1993 15:04 | 22 |
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Mervyn Brown memorial Windsor Park, Belfast.
Manchester United 1 Aston Villa 1
The two top clubs in the premier league paid a fitting tribute to the late
Mervyn Brown with this game at Windsor. The 25,000 tickets sold out in an
hour which yet again emphahised the difference in the level of interest between
local and cross channel football on this island. The previous night at the
same venue the second replay of the Irish Cup Final failed to attract 5,000
people.
Both sides fielded some reserves but there were sufficient big names to keep
the crowd happy. Mickey Phelan gave United a first half lead much to the
delight of almost all the attendance. Dion Dublin was desperately unluckly
not to increase the lead when he hit both posts. Mark Bosnich denies
putting clingfilm across the goal. :-)
Villa came more into the game in the second half and equalised late on through
Dwight Yorke. United probably deserved to win but the result was irrelevant.
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| 12.67 | No joy for the Irish League reps | GALVIA::SPAIN | Going to the USA | Wed Jul 14 1993 18:56 | 15 |
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Bad draw for the Northenr Ireland teams
Linfield meet Dynamo Tbilisi in the preliminary round. The Blues will
lose the tie and a lot of money. The first leg is in Georgia so maybe
there'll be a good gate for the return if the Blues get any sort of a
result.
ECWC - Bangor meet Apeol Nicosia away and the winners get to play Paris
St. Germain. Great draw if Bangor can get through.
Crusaders meet Servette in the UEFA Cup. The first game is at Seaview.
Nice trip but little chance of progressing.
Gary.
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| 12.68 | Spoils are shared !!!!!!!!! | SIOG::DAWSON | | Thu Aug 12 1993 12:05 | 10 |
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The IFA charity shield ended a draw Linfield 1 Bangor 1
Good to see the "headless chicken" Haylock still running around
like one.
Liam
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| 12.69 | | GALVIA::SPAIN | signed long gary(); | Thu Aug 12 1993 19:13 | 19 |
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McEwans Charity Shield
Linfield 1 Bangor 1
Linfield and Bangor shared the first trophy on offer in Northern Ireland after
a 1-1 draw before a paltry crowd.
Bangor had the better of the early exchanges and Wesley Lamont made 2 superb
saves to deny Ricky McEvoy. Striker Gary Haylock a �35,000 buy from Shelbourne
failed to impress and his strikinmg partner and former Shelbourne colleague
Dessie Gorman was also well shackled by the Bangor defence. Bangor took
the elad midway through the first half when Glendenning crossed for Brown to
score with a 15 yard volley.
The second half also belonged to Bangor and they appeared to have the game
sewn up until Linfield won an 85th minute corner. Lee Docherty took the corner
and Mark Anderson headed home from 6 yards.
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| 12.70 | | GALVIA::SPAIN | signed long gary(); | Thu Aug 19 1993 14:16 | 4 |
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See 11.366 for Linfield and Bangor Euro reports.
Gary.
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| 12.71 | I didn't think they could afford to bribe anyone | GALVIA::SPAIN | signed long gary(); | Fri Sep 03 1993 18:44 | 8 |
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Just heard from a friend but he has no reason to lie. Linfield may get
a Euro reprieve. Dynamo Tbilisi have been accused of attempting to
bribe the match officials. They have a week to answer the charges.
If they are thrown out the Blues will face FC Copenhagen in the 1st
round. Fingers crossed for Linfield.
Gary.
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| 12.72 | | CALLME::MR_TOPAZ | | Fri Sep 03 1993 18:46 | 22 |
| re .71:
Don't get your hopes up; here's the news story:
Article 3537 of clari.sports.misc:
From: [email protected] (UPI)
Subject: Dynamo Tblisi banned after bribe attempt
Date: Fri, 3 Sep 93 7:55:39 PDT
BERNE, Switzerland, (UPI) -- Georgian soccer club Dynamo Tbilisi was
Friday expelled from the European Champions Cup by the UEFA Disciplinary
Commission.
The Georgians were found to have attempted to bribe the referee, two
linesmen and an UEFA official with dlrs 5,000 before their preliminary
round, second leg match against Northern Irish side Linfield on
Wednesday.
Dynamo won the match 2-1 and progressed 3-2 on aggregate into the
first round where it was due to play FC Copenhague of Denmark.
It is now likely that Copenhague will be given a bye into the second
round, but Tbilisi has until Sep. 6 to file an appeal.
If the appeal fails, Dynamo will also be banned from the next
European Champions Cup competition for which it qualifies.
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| 12.73 | Linfield back in | SIOG::HOWARD | There's juice loose aboot this hoose | Fri Sep 10 1993 10:27 | 3 |
| heard on radio this morning that Linfield are back in Europe....
its a fair decision IMO....
Ray
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| 12.74 | Gold Cup update | GALVIA::SPAIN | signed long gary(); | Sun Sep 12 1993 21:47 | 18 |
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I saw Larne v Glentoran on Saturday. The Glens ran out easy 4-0
winners with Neil Candlish and Gary Hillis getting 2 each. Former
Limerickj keeper John Grace was in goal for the visitors and he had a
sound game. Gerry McCabe was man of the match and Cork City may well
regret leaving him go. This win sen tthe Glens into the quarter finals
of the Gold Cup.
The biggest cheer of the day came at half-time when it was announced
that Linfield were trailing 1-0 to Cliftonville at Windsor. The Blues
eventually lost 1-0. It shows that football rivalries takes precedence
over religious rivalries in Belfast.
Bangor, Portadown and Glenavon all had big wins but I'm not sure who
reached the quarter finals of the tournament.
Gary.
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| 12.75 | Crues hang on for a scoreless draw | GALVIA::SPAIN | signed long gary(); | Wed Sep 15 1993 14:07 | 13 |
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UEFA Cup
Crusaders 0 Servette 0
The foreigners rule hit Crusaders badly as they had to leave out most of their
Southern players. Manager Roy Walker made a comeback at 35 and Crusaders
played a defensive holding game. The Swiss side dominated the opening 20
minutes and should really have gone ahead but the Crues held out. The game
finished in reasonably entertaining but predictable scoreless draw. The most
telling statitic from the night was that Crusaders failed to get a shot on
goal.
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| 12.76 | Linfield hammer FC Copenhagen | GALVIA::SPAIN | signed long gary(); | Fri Sep 17 1993 11:32 | 31 |
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European Cup
Linfield 3 FC Copenhagen 0
There have been many famous European nights at Windsor Park over the past
24 years but few if any will compare with this. Quite simply Linfield were
brilliant. They were given a lucky reprieve over the Tbilisi bribery scandal
and they grasped the opportunity with both hands. The much fancied Danish
champions were humiliated and their joy at facing the Blues rather than
Dynamo Tbilisi has now turned to tears.
FC Copenhagen actually had the better of the opening half hour. The highly
rated Martin Johansen missed two gilt edged opportunities. The game was
turned on its head in a four minute period just before the interval. After
38 minutes ace goal poacher Gary Haylock got away from the defence, ran through
on goal and beat Pederson with a low hard shot. Linfield poured forward now
and the Danes were rattled. Stephen Beattie curled over a free kick in the
42nd minute, centre-half John McConnell powered a header into the net. The
visitors were 2 down at half time and Pederson hadn't made a save.
Ritchie Johnson scored a superb individual goal after a defensive lapse on
the hour, The home fans never stopped singing all night and the visitors were
clearly intimidated. The last 30 minutes saw Linfield consolidating their
position. They defended well and ensured that the Danes would not have the
consolation of an away goal. It will be a different story in Copenhagen.
Linfield cannot play as well again but a three goal advantage should be
enough to ensure a place in the second round.
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| 12.77 | ?????? | MASALA::GPIKE | | Fri Sep 17 1993 12:34 | 2 |
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what happened to the rest of the report ????????????????
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| 12.78 | ? | GALVIA::SPAIN | signed long gary(); | Fri Sep 17 1993 13:31 | 4 |
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Re -1, that was all the report. I don't understand your puzzlement.
Gary.
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| 12.79 | ?????? | KIRKTN::GPIKE | | Sat Sep 18 1993 13:37 | 6 |
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The problem was that for some reason I could only read half your note
so I took it that there must a been a problem and your full note was
not put in. I can read it all now though.
Ta
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| 12.80 | Week 1 results | GALVIA::SPAIN | signed long gary(); | Mon Sep 20 1993 10:24 | 23 |
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The league campaign in Northern Ireland began on Saturday. There were a couple
of mild surprises but the champions and favourites both won.
Linfield began the defence of their title in a determined mood. The
celebrations of the European victory 48 hours previous were postponed as they
set about demolishing Ards. Gary Peebles scored twice and Ritchie Johnson
added a 3rd in the first half at Castlereagh Park. The hoem side appeared to
be heading for total humiliation when keeper Paul Vance was sent off before
the interval but the Blues relaxed after the break and failed to add to their
tally.
Portadown are everybody's favourites this year but they had to wait until
the 80th minute before breaking down Distillery. Tony O'Gorman scored from
30 yards to ensure the 3 points.
Ron Manley scored the only goal as Cliftonville shocked cup holders Bangor
at Solitude. Frankie Parks' side were well worth this victory and they could
yet be surprise challengers for the title.
Glentoran were held to a dismal scoreless draw at home to Larne.
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| 12.81 | | GALVIA::SPAIN | signed long gary(); | Thu Sep 30 1993 19:18 | 4 |
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See 11.404 for Euro reports.
Gary.
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| 12.83 | Hurry | BRSISD::CLAIRE::roosen | | Fri Oct 01 1993 14:07 | 6 |
| Steve,
please put your predictions in topic 313, if not on monday.....
Patrick
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| 12.84 | Thats what I did with them !!!!!!! | PEKING::SERJEANTS | Don't end up a Victim of Love | Fri Oct 01 1993 14:20 | 4 |
| Cheers Patrick, I was sure I'd done them just before lunch but couldn't
find them. Now I know why.
Steve..
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| 12.85 | Donegal Celtic??? | KERNEL::MCKEAVENEYJ | How's that....you're out | Wed Jan 26 1994 16:46 | 8 |
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Gary, or anybody else who can help,
Any chance of the results from last Saturdays cup games.
Appreciate it,
Se�n
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| 12.86 | | BRSISD::PALMKE::roosen | | Wed Jan 26 1994 17:16 | 5 |
| Can anybody give me the list of the remaining games, so I can used it for
the international predictions?
Paddy
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| 12.87 | from memory | GALVIA::SPAIN | signed long gary(); | Wed Jan 26 1994 18:05 | 18 |
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Irish Cup update
Ards 2 Glentoran 2
Bangor 1 Crusaders 0
Donegal Celtic 1 Limavady 0
Banbridge 1 Linfield 3
Ballymena 0 Carrick 3
Glenavon through
Portadown through
Newry 1 Park 1
Ballyclare 1 Cliftonville 1 (Cliftonville won replay 1-0)
Coleraine won 4-0 or 4-1 at Larne
Omagh through
Distillery through
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| 12.88 | IL fixtures | GALVIA::SPAIN | signed long gary(); | Wed Jan 26 1994 18:09 | 18 |
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re fixtures,
okay here's a few
Jan 29th Portadown v Ards 1st v mid table
Feb 5th cup
Feb 12th Ballymena v Linfield (mid table v 3rd)
Feb 19th cup
Feb 26th Cliftonville v Glentoran (5th v 9th - Glens in decline)
I don't have time to type them all in.
Gary.
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| 12.89 | Cup results | GALVIA::SPAIN | signed long gary(); | Mon Feb 21 1994 17:54 | 30 |
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Ballinamallard made Cliftonville fight for their quarter final place on
Saturday. The home side were still licking their wounds after their 11-0
hammering by Glenavon but the gap between the B division and the top flight
is much narrower on the evidence of this game. The first 25 minutes were
pretty even. Cliftonville took the lead when the home keeper dropped the
ball onto the head of Ron Manley. A dreadful pass across his own goal by the
Ballinamallard full back McGettigan set up Marty McCann for the second
minutes later. The home side had much of the play after this but couldn't
break down the visitor's defence. Marty Tabb and former Donegal Celtic star
Joe Kerr were impressive. Mark Gill got the 3rd when the home keeper
dropped his shot into his own net. It was a full blooded cup tie which would
have beena lot closer but for the 3 soft goals conceded. The better
side won but dare I suggest they'll be heading for another semi final defeat.
BTW in case anyone is interested, Ballinamallard is 6 miles outside Enniskillen,
just off the Omagh road. The ground is a mile outside the village on the
Enniskillen road.
Glentoran 4 Dundela 3
Bangor 2 Loughgall 1
Portadown 4 Donegal Celtic 0
Linfield 2 Carrick 0
Coleraine 2 Glenavon 3
Newry 0 Omagh 0
Distillery 1 Abbey Villa 0
Ballinamallard 0 Cliftonville 3
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| 12.90 | Irish League Table Roundup | KERNEL::MCKEAVENEYJ | Shy Ann (Indian Virgin) | Tue Mar 22 1994 09:12 | 22 |
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Irish League Table <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
P W D L GF GA PTS
1 Portadown 24 17 6 1 65 15 57
2 Glenavon 24 18 2 4 61 25 56
3 Linfield 23 17 4 2 49 16 55
4 Crusaders 24 14 5 5 46 25 47
5 Bangor 24 11 3 10 39 41 36
6 Cliftonville 24 9 8 7 34 25 35
7 Distillery 24 9 6 9 36 33 33
8 Coleraine 24 9 6 9 37 41 33
9 Ards 24 10 2 12 48 48 32
10 Glentoran 24 8 6 10 39 35 30
11 Ballyclare 24 6 5 13 29 50 23
12 Ballymena 23 6 4 13 30 49 22
13 Carrick 24 5 5 14 36 70 20
14 Omagh 23 5 4 14 27 49 19
15 Larne 24 4 5 15 24 50 17
16 Newry 23 3 7 13 16 44 16
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| 12.91 | ASAP | BRSISD::PALMKE::roosen | | Wed Mar 30 1994 11:26 | 4 |
| Any games this weekend? For the International Predictions!
Paddy
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