N.Ireland Premiership

[Hams]

Sat 02/11/13 Ballymena United 3 - 4 Glentoran
Sat 02/11/13 Cliftonville 2 - 2 Dungannon Swifts
Sat 02/11/13 Coleraine 3 - 2 Glenavon
Sat 02/11/13 Linfield 5 - 2 Ards
Sat 02/11/13 Portadown 0 - 1 Crusaders
Sat 02/11/13 Warrenpoint Town 2 - 2 Ballinamallar…


1 Linfield 14 9 3 2 29 14 +15 30 W W D W W
2 Crusaders 14 7 5 2 24 11 +13 26 W W D W W
3 Glenavon 14 7 2 5 33 27 +6 23 L W L W L
4 Glentoran 14 6 5 3 21 17 +4 23 W D W W W
5 Portadown 14 6 4 4 35 20 +15 22 L W L L D
6 Cliftonville 14 6 4 4 26 20 +6 22 D D D W L
7 Coleraine 14 4 6 4 23 23 +0 18 W D L D W
8 Ballinamallar… 14 5 3 6 15 28 -13 18 D D W L W
9 Dungannon Swifts 14 4 4 6 18 25 -7 16 D L L L L
10 Ballymena United 14 4 2 8 19 30 -11 14 L L W D L
11 Warrenpoint Town 14 2 4 8 16 28 -12 10 D L D L D
12 Ards 14 3 0 11 20 36 -16 9 L L W L L


Linfield are 4 points ahead of Crusaders with both sides in good form at the moment.

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Sat 30/11/13 Ards 1 - 4 Crusaders
Sat 30/11/13 Warrenpoint Town 2 - 1 Coleraine
Sat 30/11/13 Cliftonville 3 - 0 Linfield
Mon 02/12/13 Glentoran 0 - 2 Portadown

1 Crusaders 18 10 6 2 36 15 +21 36 W W W D W
2 Linfield 18 11 3 4 37 21 +16 36 L W L W W
3 Cliftonville 18 9 5 4 38 27 +11 32 W D W W D
4 Glentoran 18 8 6 4 27 21 +6 30 L W D W W
5 Portadown 18 8 5 5 43 25 +18 29 W D W L L
6 Glenavon 18 7 4 7 38 35 +3 25 L L D D L
7 Dungannon Swifts 18 7 4 7 26 30 -4 25 W W W L D
8 Ballymena United 18 7 2 9 28 34 -6 23 W W W L L
9 Ballinamallar… 18 6 3 9 19 37 -18 21 L L L W D
10 Coleraine 18 4 6 8 28 36 -8 18 L L L L W
11 Warrenpoint Town 18 3 4 11 19 38 -19 13 W L L L D
12 Ards 18 4 0 14 28 48 -20 12 L L L W L

Linfield lost their last game 3-0 away at Cliftonville and have now lost top spot in the league to Crusaders.

Any comments on the current season?

[Hams]

Latest Results

Sat 15/02/14
Linfield 6 - 0 Ballinamallar
Ards 2 - 1 Glentoran
Mon 17/02/14
Dungannon Swifts 0 - 2 Coleraine
Fri 21/02/14
Crusaders 2 - 2 Glenavon
Glentoran 0 - 1 Linfield
Ballinamallar 1 - 0 Ards


1 Linfield 29 19 5 5 64 34 +30 62 WWLDW
2 Cliftonville 29 18 6 5 64 35 +29 60 WWWLW
3 Crusaders 29 13 12 4 50 28 +22 51 DLWDD
4 Portadown 29 14 7 8 62 40 +22 49 LWWWW
5 Glentoran 29 11 10 8 40 33 +7 43 LLLDW
6 Glenavon 27 11 6 10 57 53 +4 39 DWWWL
7 Ballymena United 29 11 5 13 40 47 -7 38 DLLLW
8 Dungannon Swifts 29 10 5 14 39 50 -11 35 LWLWL
9 Coleraine 29 7 9 13 43 52 -9 30 WDDDW
10 Ballinamallar 30 8 5 17 27 58 -31 29 WLLDL
11 Warrenpoint Town 27 7 5 15 31 53 -22 26 LWDLL
12 Ards 30 5 3 22 37 71 -34 18 LWLDL

Linfield now have a 2 point lead at the top.

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Final Table

1 Linfield 33 22 6 5 71 36 +35 72 DWWWW
2 Cliftonville 33 21 7 5 73 36 +37 70 DWWWW
3 Crusaders 33 16 12 5 57 31 +26 60 WWWLD
4 Portadown 33 17 7 9 71 45 +26 58 WWLWL
5 Glentoran 33 13 11 9 47 35 +12 50 LDWWL
6 Glenavon 33 14 6 13 68 63 +5 48 LLWWW
7 Ballymena United 33 13 5 15 45 54 -9 44 WLLWD
8 Dungannon Swifts 33 10 6 17 43 59 -16 36 DLLLL
9 Coleraine 33 8 10 15 47 58 -11 34 DLWLW
10 Ballinamallar… 33 8 6 19 28 67 -39 30 DLLWL
11 Warrenpoint Town 33 8 5 20 36 66 -30 29 LWLLL
12 Ards 33 6 3 24 41 77 -36 21 LLWLW

Linfield are the champions finishing 2 points ahead of Cliftonville. Joe Gormley was the top scorer with 24 goals.

[Hams]

1 Portadown 1 1 0 0 3 0 +3 3 W
2 Ballymena United 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 3 W
3 Crusaders 1 0 1 0 2 2 +0 1 D
4 Dungannon Swifts 1 0 1 0 2 2 +0 1 D
5 Glenavon 1 0 1 0 2 2 +0 1 D
6 Institute 1 0 1 0 2 2 +0 1 D
7 Ballinamallar… 1 0 1 0 1 1 +0 1 D
8 Coleraine 1 0 1 0 1 1 +0 1 D
9 Cliftonville 1 0 1 0 0 0 +0 1 D
10 Glentoran 1 0 1 0 0 0 +0 1 D
11 Warrenpoint Town 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0 L
12 Linfield 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0 L

The Champions Linfield kicked off the new season with a surprise 3-0 defeat away at Portadown!

Institute are the new team in the division replacing Ards.

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Fri 23/01/15
Crusaders 19 : 45 Portadown
Glenavon 19 : 45 Institute
Coleraine 20 : 00 Dungannon Swifts
Warrenpoint Town 20 : 00 Ballinamallar…

1.Crusaders 26 16 6 4 56 31 +25 54 W W W W W
2.Portadown 26 15 5 6 57 37 +20 50 D W W D L
3.Linfield 25 15 5 5 46 32 +14 50 D L W W W
4.Cliftonville 26 12 9 5 52 31 +21 45 D D D L L
5.Glentoran 26 12 6 8 52 37 +15 42 L W W L W
6.Glenavon 25 11 4 10 51 44 +7 37 W W D L L
7.Coleraine 25 10 4 11 34 35 -1 34 D L L D W
8.Ballymena United 26 8 6 12 45 61 -16 30 D L L W W
9.Ballinamallar… 25 6 5 14 25 45 -20 23 L D L W L
10.Dungannon Swifts 25 4 8 13 27 42 -15 20 L D W L L
11.Warrenpoint Town 26 4 7 15 28 52 -24 19 D L W D D
12.Institute 25 4 7 14 27 53 -26 19

[Hams]

Final table regular season

1 Crusaders 32 +42 70
2 Linfield 32 +21 64
3 Portadown 32 +13 56
4 Cliftonville 32 +23 54
5 Glentoran 32 +20 51
6 Glenavon 32 +8 51
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7 Coleraine 32 -3 40
8 Ballymena United 32 -20 33
9 Dungannon Swifts 32 -15 32
10 Ballinamallar… 32 -32 29
11 Warrenpoint Town 32 -28 24
12 Institute 32 -35 20

Top Scorers
J. Owens Crusaders 24
J. Gormley Cliftonville 23
P. Heatley Crusaders 20

The league is now split into 2 with a championship group and relegation group.

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Championship Group

1.Crusaders 38 25 7 6 93 43 +50 82 WLWWL
2.Linfield 38 21 9 8 67 46 +21 72 DWDLW
3.Glenavon 38 20 6 12 82 65 +17 66 LWWWW
4.Portadown 38 17 11 10 65 56 +9 62 DLDWL
5.Cliftonville 38 16 13 9 71 47 +24 61 LDLLW
6.Glentoran 38 16 10 12 67 51 +16 58 WLDLL

Relegation group

1.Ballymena United 38 15 6 17 62 75 -13 51 WWWWW
2.Coleraine 38 13 7 18 48 55 -7 46 WWLLL
3.Ballinamallar… 38 10 9 19 40 71 -31 39 DLWWW
4.Dungannon Swifts 38 8 13 17 38 56 -18 37 LDDWL
5.Warrenpoint Town 38 6 12 20 50 76 -26 30 DLDLW
6.Institute 38 4 9 25 36 84 -48 21 LDLLL

Crusaders are the N.Ireland champions finishing 10 points clear of Linfield.
Institute were relegated.
Top scorers- Joe Gormley-Cliftonville/ J. Owens-Crusaders- both 26 league goals.

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New Season - 2015/16

Final - Regular season

1.Crusaders 33 23 7 3 71 27 +44 76 WWLWD
2.Linfield 33 22 5 6 79 33 +46 71 WWWWD
3.Glenavon 33 18 9 6 67 35 +32 63 DWWWD
4.Cliftonville 33 17 10 6 54 40 +14 61 WDLDW
5.Coleraine 33 17 3 13 43 38 +5 54 LLLWW
6.Glentoran 33 14 6 13 43 48 -5 48 WWWLL
7.Dungannon Swifts 33 10 6 17 41 55 -14 36 WLWDL
8.Ballymena United 33 9 7 17 49 71 -22 34 DDWDL
9.Portadown 33 9 4 20 38 62 -24 31 LLLLD
10.Carrick Rangers 33 6 10 17 36 61 -25 28 LLWLD
11.Ballinamallar… 33 7 6 20 32 52 -20 27 LLLDW
12.Warrenpoint Town 33 7 5 21 37 68 -31 26 LW

Crusaders finish regular season 5 points clear of Linfield and once again league will split into championship and relegation groups
Top scorers-Paul Heatley-Crusaders/Andrew Waterworth/Linfield- Both 20 goals each.