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Marching up the table now:

Team P W D L PTS

1 Crusaders 13 3 1 28

2 Glenavon 13 4 3 27

3 Glentoran 13 2 2 25

4 Linfield 12 4 1 24

Latest Result

Crusaders v Linfield

Result : 0 - 4

Match Report:

http://www.linfieldfc.com/matchreport.asp?mid=557

Next Match:

Linfield v Glentoran

Irish League

Kick-off: 17th October at 3pm

Venue: Windsor Park

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Great 2-1 victory over Glentoran yesterday

Linfield 2-1 Glentoran

Linfield moved into second place in the Premiership with a 2-1 defeat over rivals Glentoran at Windsor Park.

Mark Miskimmin hit the bar in the second minute but Jim Ervin scored with a 29th-minute penalty after Paul Leeman brought down Michael Carvill.

Miskimmin beat Elliott Morris to the ball to scoop home the second on 35 and before the break Keith Gillespie's header came off the inside of the post.

Substitute Andy Waterworth tapped the ball home in the 75th minute.

The Blues almost broke the deadlock when Miskimmin's early shot came off the woodwork with Morris beaten.

Paul Munster headed over as Linfield dominated the game and Ervin scored from the spot to give them a one-goal lead.

Miskimmin's goal extended the advantage and Gillespie almost levelled.

Carvill fired a shot wide in the second half, before Waterworth slotted home from close range after Stuart Addis had palmed the ball out.

Shane McCabe had a shot deflected over as the Glens searched for an equaliser and then Morris saved low at Carvill's feet.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/irish/8311799.stm

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Last two games a win away and draw at home takes us top of the league .

Team P W D L GF GA Pts

1 Linfield 15 9 4 2 28 17 31

2 Glentoran 16 9 4 3 26 17 31

3 Crusaders 16 10 1 5 22 20 31

4 Dungannon Swifts 16 8 4 4 20 14 28

5 Glenavon 16 8 3 5 30 28 27

6 Cliftonville 16 6 4 6 30 24 22

7 Ballymena United 16 7 0 9 21 22 21

8 Coleraine 15 6 2 7 25 26 20

9 Newry City 16 4 6 6 15 19 18

10 Portadown 16 3 7 6 23 21 16

11 Institute 16 2 6 8 13 21 12

12 Lisburn Distillery 16 2 1 13 13 37 7

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Glentoran 0-1 Linfield

A late Paul Munster header gave Linfield the edge in a low-key Co- operative Insurance Cup quarter-final first leg at the Oval.

A drab encounter looked destined for a draw when Munster scored in the 82nd minute after Jim Ervin's bye-line call had caught out keeper Elliott Morris.

The best chance before that fell to Colin Nixon who saw his shot well saved by Linfield keeper Stuart Addis.

The second leg is at Windsor Park on Tuesday, 15 December.

After a 20-minute delay to allow water to be cleared from the pitch perimeter, the first leg took a long time to get going.

Linfield defender Damien Curran made an important clearance to deny Nixon a great chance to score with a header in the first half.

Michael Carvill was shown a yellow card for diving by referee Brian Turkington.

After the break Billy Joe Burns had a shot deflected for a corner for the Blues while Munster's effort was saved.

Munster was then booked for catching keeper Morris when going for the ball.

Glens boss Alan McDonald sent on top scorers Andrew Waterworth and Michael Halliday with 13 minutes to go but it was Linfield's Munster who got the score - his ninth of the season.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/irish/8396078.stm

Linfield match report:

http://www.linfieldfc.com/matchreport.asp?mid=596

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guys glentoran is like celtic but in North Ireland ???

No, Glens are another "protestant" team.

The Celtic equivalent in Northern Ireland is Cliftonvillle.

does this Cliftonvillle have relations with celtic ?
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guys glentoran is like celtic but in North Ireland ???

No, Glens are another "protestant" team.

The Celtic equivalent in Northern Ireland is Cliftonvillle.

does this Cliftonvillle have relations with celtic ?

Yeah you always see Celtic shirts in the Cliftonville crowd, and they occasionally play friendly matches against each other. But there are other teams that Celtic propably have stronger relations with like Derry city who are based in Northern Ireland but play in the Republic of Ireland league. Pretty much all of the other northern Ireland teams are "protestant".

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guys glentoran is like celtic but in North Ireland ???

No, Glens are another "protestant" team.

The Celtic equivalent in Northern Ireland is Cliftonvillle.

does this Cliftonvillle have relations with celtic ?

Yeah you always see Celtic shirts in the Cliftonville crowd, and they occasionally play friendly matches against each other. But there are other teams that Celtic propably have stronger relations with like Derry city who are based in Northern Ireland but play in the Republic of Ireland league. Pretty much all of the other northern Ireland teams are "protestant".

Newry City, Lurgan Celtic and Donegal Celtic would all fall under that "catholic" team bracket aswell mate.

Not to mention all the smaller clubs in the lower divisions who are basically only in existance so they can have abit of a fight on a saturday afternoon in the local parks. Lets be honest though they are just :wanker:

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guys glentoran is like celtic but in North Ireland ???

No, Glens are another "protestant" team.

The Celtic equivalent in Northern Ireland is Cliftonvillle.

does this Cliftonvillle have relations with celtic ?

Yeah you always see Celtic shirts in the Cliftonville crowd, and they occasionally play friendly matches against each other. But there are other teams that Celtic propably have stronger relations with like Derry city who are based in Northern Ireland but play in the Republic of Ireland league. Pretty much all of the other northern Ireland teams are "protestant".

Newry City, Lurgan Celtic and Donegal Celtic would all fall under that "catholic" team bracket aswell mate.

Not to mention all the smaller clubs in the lower divisions who are basically only in existance so they can have abit of a fight on a saturday afternoon in the local parks. Lets be honest though they are just :wanker:

That's why I said "pretty much" instead of "all". Left it open you see :sherlock: Knew about those teams just couldn't be arsed naming them, and I know fuck all about the lower leagues apart from Dundela :praise:

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Glentoran 0-0 Dungannon Swifts

Glentoran wasted the opportunity to go level on points with Carling Premiership leaders Linfield as they could only draw at home to Dungannon.

Dungannon were full value for their point and could have taken all three.

Shane Coney, Timmy Adamson and Mark McClean all had first-half chances while Swifts keeper Alvin Rouse denied Gary Hamilton at the other end.

Rouse tipped a Jonny Black effort on to the woodwork while both teams had late efforts cleared off the line.

Dungannon's Andrew Ferguson diverted a Calvin Mooney cross past Elliott Morris in the 85th minute but Daryl Fordyce hooked the ball to safety.

Glentoran then produced a late flurry with Terry Fitzpatrick clearing off the line after Dean Fitzgerald had connected with a Keith Gillespie cross.

In the final seconds, Paul Leeman headed straight at Rouse after Fitzgerald had nodded back a Black cross.

But a goal at that stage would have been an injustice on the Swifts.

Timmy Adamson should have have put the visitors ahead on the hour but he was woefully off-target after being presented with a free header with only Morris to beat.

Dungannon largely bossed the opening 45 minutes with Morris having to move very smartly to block a Coney shot after the Swifts man had broken clear of the Glens defence.

As was the case after half-time, Adamson also had a headed chance in the opening period when he nodded Neil McCafferty's cross a foot over the bar.

Mark McClean then headed another Dungannon chance wide after Ryan McIlmoyle's cross.

The Glens went close to grabbing an undeserved lead on 38 minutes when Hamilton headed a Sean Ward towards goal only for Rouse to make a superb reaction save.

The Barbadian completed the stop by doing enough to unsettle Richard Clarke as the former Newry man attempt to hit the follow-up to the net.

The result means Glentoran stay second, two points behind the Blues, while Dungannon move above Coleraine into fourth place in the table.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/irish/8399406.stm

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Blues back on top!!

Coleraine 1-3 Linfield

By Alex Gulrajani

Linfield replaced Cliftonville at the top of the Carling Premiership after this impressive win at Coleraine.

The visitors took the lead through Philip Lowry's low drive just after the hour mark.

The Bannsiders snatched an undeserved equaliser when Stephen Dooley stroked in with just seven minutes remaining.

Jamie Mulgrew fired the visitors back into the lead a minute later before Peter Thompson secured the points in the third minute of injury time.

After controlling the first half, David Jeffery's side finally got their deserved lead when Steven Douglas' shot came back of the post and into the feet of Lowry.

The winger controlled the ball before firing into the left corner.

The Bannsiders were clearly aggrieved with referee Brian Turkington for allowing play to continue after Douglas had fouled top scorer Rory Patterson in the build up to the goal.

Patterson had been uncharacteristically quiet, as Coleraine had failed to test Alan Blayney until they got a surprise equaliser in the 83rd minute.

Gareth Harkin burst down the left flank, found Dooley on the edge of the area and the midfielder took a touch before slotting home to the delight of the home supporters.

And Dooley could have given Davy Platt's side an unlikely lead moments later but scuffed his shot straight at Blayney.

However, the visitors showed their championship credentials by responding immediately through Mulgrew.

The home side failed to clear sufficiently and the ball fell to the midfielder, who volleyed past Davy O'Hare from 18 yards.

O'Hare, celebrating his 500th appearance for Coleraine, was beaten again in injury time as Thompson nodded into an empty net after Robert Garrett's 25-yard free-kick came back of the crossbar.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/irish/8505875.stm

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Next up; Saturday's Irish Cup tie at home to Dungannon Swifts.

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ALL CHANGE!! .................. (well it certainly aint dull!)

1 Linfield 27 8 2 3 26 12 7 4 3 32 19 27 51

2 Cliftonville 29 9 0 5 30 14 6 5 4 24 22 18 50

3 Glentoran 29 6 5 4 17 16 8 3 3 29 18 12 50

4 Coleraine 27 9 2 2 33 19 5 1 8 27 25 16 45

5 Dungannon Swifts 28 6 6 2 25 23 6 2 6 18 18 2 44

6 Crusaders 28 5 2 6 22 24 8 3 4 15 15 -2 44

7 Portadown 26 7 3 3 24 12 3 5 5 29 22 19 38

8 Glenavon 28 6 5 4 24 24 4 1 8 13 24 -11 36

9 Ballymena 28 6 1 7 17 18 4 2 8 18 24 -7 33

10 Newry 28 4 3 8 16 26 3 5 5 11 20 -19 29

11 Institute 26 3 5 5 12 15 2 5 6 12 22 -13 25

12 Lisburn Distillery 26 2 2 9 12 32 2 0 11 7 29 -42 14

Coleraine are the inform team,while the Glens just get worse at the moment..

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