Regular Stage | Playoff Stage Regular Stage Final Table: 1.Larne 33 22 7 4 60-22 73 Section A 2.Glentoran 33 21 6 6 63-30 69 Section A 3.Coleraine 33 20 5 8 62-31 65 Section A 4.Linfield 33 18 8 7 56-24 62 [C] Section A 5.Cliftonville 33 13 8 12 49-48 47 Section A 6.Dungannon Swifts 33 15 1 17 40-58 46 Section A - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7.Carrick Rangers 33 12 7 14 49-51 43 Section B 8.Bangor 33 10 6 17 38-57 36 [P] Section B 9.Portadown 33 11 3 19 36-57 36 Section B 10.Ballymena United 33 9 7 17 39-50 34 Section B 11.Crusaders 33 7 5 21 38-72 26 Section B 12.Glenavon 33 8 1 24 33-63 25 Section B Playoff Stage Section A | Section B Section A Final Table: 1.Larne 38 25 8 5 73-26 83 Champions 2.Coleraine 38 25 5 8 83-37 80 3.Glentoran 38 23 8 7 73-38 77 4.Linfield 38 19 9 10 61-33 66 [C] Conference League Playoff 5.Cliftonville 38 15 8 15 55-59 53 Conference League Playoff 6.Dungannon Swifts 38 15 1 22 42-77 46 Conference League Playoff Conference League Playoff Round 1 [May 6] Dungannon Swifts 3-1 Carrick Rangers Round 2 [May 9] Cliftonville 1-2 Dungannon Swifts Final [May 12] Linfield 3-1 Dungannon Swifts Section B Final Table: 7.Carrick Rangers 38 15 8 15 64-58 53 Conference League Playoff 8.Portadown 38 13 5 20 44-66 44 9.Ballymena United 38 10 9 19 46-58 39 10.Bangor 38 10 9 19 41-65 39 [P] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 11.Crusaders 38 10 6 22 48-81 36 Relegation Playoff ------------------------------------------------ 12.Glenavon 38 8 4 26 37-69 28 Relegated Promotion/Relegation Playoff First Leg [Apr 28] Annagh United 2-3 Crusaders Second Leg [May 1] Crusaders 1-2 Annagh United [aet, 3-1 pen] NB: both teams remain at former level
Irish Cup | League Cup Irish Cup Round 5 [Jan 9] Coleraine 4-0 Crusaders [Jan 10] Comber Recreation 0-3 Ballymacash Rangers Dungannon Swifts 3-0 Ards Carrick Rangers 5-1 Queens University Limavady United 4-1 Lisburn Rangers Armagh City 1-4 Drumaness Mills Moyola Park 2-4 H&W Welders [aet] Linfield 1-0 Bangor Cliftonville 3-0 Dundela [Jan 13] Warrenpoint Town 4-3 Lisburn Distillery [aet] Portadown 4-2 Annagh United Ballinamallard United 0-3 Institute Glenavon 4-2 Newington [aet] [Jan 20] Glentoran 4-0 Strabane Athletic [Feb 3] Ballymena United 1-2 Larne Loughgall 2-0 Knockbreda Round 6 [Feb 6] Limavady United 1-0 Linfield [Feb 7] Cliftonville 2-1 Glenavon Portadown 1-2 Dungannon Swifts Warrenpoint Town 0-2 Larne Carrick Rangers 1-4 Coleraine [aet] H&W Welders 3-0 Ballymacash Rangers Loughgall 2-1 Institute [Feb 17] Glentoran 5-0 Drumaness Mills Quarterfinals [Mar 6] Glentoran 1-1 Larne [aet, 0-3 pen] [Mar 7] Dungannon Swifts 3-0 H&W Welders Limavady United 0-2 Coleraine Loughgall 0-3 Cliftonville Semifinals [Apr 3] Cliftonville 1-1 Dungannon Swifts [aet, 3-4 pen] [Apr 4] Coleraine 2-1 Larne [aet] Final [May 2] Dungannon Swifts 2-3 Coleraine League Cup Round 2 [Nov 4] Ballymena United 3-0 Newington Coleraine 7-1 Armagh City Dungannon Swifts 0-1 Moyola Park Glentoran 2-1 Crusaders Larne 2-1 Bangor Newry City 1-0 Glenavon [Nov 5] Cliftonville 5-2 Strabane Athletic H&W Welders 3-6 Linfield [aet] Quarterfinals [Dec 2] Ballymena United 2-0 Larne Glentoran 1-1 Cliftonville [aet, 5-4 pen] Moyola Park 0-2 Coleraine Newry City 2-3 Linfield Semifinals [Jan 28] Linfield 1-0 Ballymena United [Feb 3] Glentoran 2-1 Coleraine [aet] Final [Mar 15] Linfield 1-0 Glentoran [aet]
Final Tables: Promotion Group 1.Limavady United 38 24 9 5 69-34 81 Promoted ------------------------------------------------ 2.Annagh United 38 22 6 10 55-39 72 Promotion Playoff - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3.H&W Welders 38 19 9 10 87-48 66 4.Newington Youth Club 38 18 6 14 77-62 60 5.Queens University 38 15 12 11 51-46 57 [P] 6.Loughgall 38 14 14 10 50-38 56 [R] Relegation Group 7.Institute 38 17 8 13 59-46 59 8.Ards 38 15 7 16 56-51 52 9.Warrenpoint Town 38 11 8 19 45-53 41 [P] 10.Ballinamallard United 38 9 11 18 44-60 38 11.Dundela 38 5 13 20 43-77 28 12.Armagh City 38 4 7 27 30-112 19 NB: no relegation as second level is extended to 16 clubs for 2026/27 season
Final Table: 1.Moyola Park 26 16 4 6 69-25 52 Promoted 2.Strabane Athletic 26 15 4 7 48-37 49 [P] Promoted 3.Rathfriland Rangers 26 15 3 8 60-29 48 Promoted 4.Newry City 26 14 5 7 40-30 47 [R] Promoted ------------------------------------------------ 5.Dollingstown 26 14 4 8 66-48 46 6.Ballymacash Rangers 26 15 1 10 61-46 46 7.Portstewart 26 10 7 9 39-36 37 8.Oxford Sunnyside 26 11 3 12 52-46 36 9.Dergview 26 10 6 10 46-47 36 10.Ballyclare Comrades 26 11 3 12 43-45 36 [R] 11.Knockbreda 26 7 7 12 31-43 28 12.Coagh United 26 7 6 13 34-53 27 13.Lisburn Distillery 26 7 4 15 43-60 25 ------------------------------------------------ 14.Banbridge Town 26 1 1 24 16-103 -8 [-12] Relegated
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