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Linfield struck twice in two minutes as the Premiership leaders fought back to beat Cliftonville 2-1 and move 16 points clear at the top. Reds keeper David Odumosu saved Chris Shields' penalty ...
Linfield Football Club is a Northern Irish ... Linfield were fined £3,000 and Cliftonville were fined £3,250 by the IFA following sectarian chanting from sections ...
The foundation of Cliftonville F.C. was announced on 20 September 1879 in notices in the Belfast News-Letter and Northern Whig, which asked "gentlemen desirous of becoming members" of the "Cliftonville Association Football Club (Scottish Association Rules)" to communicate with John McAlery, a young Belfast businessman and manager of the "Irish Tweed House", Royal Avenue, and later with ...
The sides first played each other in a cup final in 1978-79, with Cliftonville winning the County Antrim Shield in a penalty shoot-out, but with Glentoran and Linfield dominating Northern Irish football the sides did not reach a national cup final together until the 2008-09 season when they met in the final of the 2008–09 Irish Cup. Crusaders ...
The 2022–23 season is Linfield's 122nd season in the top flight of the Northern Ireland Football League having never been relegated since the league's formation in 1890. . In addition to the domestic league, they will also compete in the Irish Cup, the League Cup, the County Antrim Shield, the Scottish Challenge Cup, [1] the UEFA Champions League, [2] UEFA Europa League [3] and UEFA Europa ...
Linfield 1st Irish title: Matches played: 56: Goals scored: 337 (6.02 per match) Top goalscorer: Robert Hill (20) Biggest home win: Linfield 14–0 Oldpark: Biggest away win: Cliftonville 0–8 Linfield Milford 0–8 Glentoran Milford 1–9 Distillery Oldpark 2–10 Ulster: Highest scoring: Linfield 14–0 Oldpark Linfield 9–5 Ulster
The defending champions were Linfield, who defeated Ballymena United 3–1 in the 1977–78 final. [1] However, they were knocked out by eventual winners Cliftonville in the first round. Cliftonville went on to win the cup for the 8th time, defeating Portadown 3–2 in the final.
Cliftonville were the defending champions after their first ever League Cup win the previous season; a penalty shootout victory over Larne in the previous final. This season Cliftonville reached the semi-finals but were defeated by Linfield, who were then defeated 2–1 in the final by cup winners Glentoran. This was the eighth final in nine ...