Northern Ireland 1996/97

Final Table 1.Crusaders 28 12 10 6 39-26 46 Champions 2.Coleraine 28 10 13 5 37-31 43 3.Glentoran 28 10 11 7 36-30 41 4.Portadown 28 10 8 10 36-32 38 5.Linfield 28 10 8 10 35-33 38 6.Glenavon 28 8 11 9 35-34 35 7.Cliftonville 28 7 9 12 23-38 30 8.Ards 28 5 10 13 33-50 25 Relegation Playoff Round 1 Coleraine 1-0 Ards Crusaders 2-2 Glenavon Glentoran 1-1 Cliftonville Portadown 0-0 Linfield Round 2 Ards 2-3 Portadown Cliftonville 0-1 Coleraine Glenavon 2-1 Glentoran Linfield 0-1 Crusaders Round 3 Coleraine 3-2 Glentoran Crusaders 3-1 Ards Linfield 3-0 Glenavon Portadown 1-0 Cliftonville [Mar 28; originally abandoned at half-time with score 0-1] Round 4 Ards 2-3 Linfield Cliftonville 1-1 Crusaders Glenavon 2-3 Coleraine Glentoran 2-3 Portadown Round 5 Ards 0-0 Glenavon Crusaders 2-3 Glentoran Linfield 1-1 Cliftonville Portadown 2-2 Coleraine Round 6 Cliftonville 0-1 Ards Glentoran 1-1 Linfield Portadown 2-1 Glenavon Coleraine 1-0 Crusaders Round 7 Ards 4-3 Glentoran Crusaders 2-0 Portadown Glenavon 4-0 Cliftonville Linfield 2-3 Coleraine Round 8 Ards 1-4 Coleraine Cliftonville 0-2 Glentoran Glenavon 0-0 Crusaders Linfield 1-0 Portadown Round 9 Coleraine 0-1 Cliftonville Crusaders 0-1 Linfield Glentoran 2-2 Glenavon Portadown 0-1 Ards Round 10 Ards 0-0 Crusaders Cliftonville 1-1 Portadown Glenavon 2-1 Linfield Glentoran 1-0 Coleraine Round 11 Coleraine 1-1 Glenavon Crusaders 2-1 Cliftonville Portadown 1-1 Glentoran Linfield 0-0 Ards [Jan 28] Round 12 Cliftonville 2-4 Linfield Coleraine 1-1 Portadown Glenavon 2-1 Ards Glentoran 1-1 Crusaders Round 13 Ards 0-2 Cliftonville Crusaders 1-1 Coleraine Glenavon 1-0 Portadown Linfield 0-0 Glentoran Round 14 Cliftonville 0-0 Glenavon Coleraine 1-3 Linfield [Feb 4] Glentoran 0-0 Ards Portadown 0-2 Crusaders Round 15 Coleraine 0-0 Ards Crusaders 1-0 Glenavon Glentoran 1-1 Cliftonville Portadown 0-2 Linfield Round 16 Ards 2-2 Portadown Cliftonville 1-1 Coleraine Glenavon 1-2 Glentoran Linfield 0-0 Crusaders Round 17 Coleraine 0-0 Glentoran Crusaders 2-2 Ards Linfield 0-2 Glenavon Portadown 4-1 Cliftonville Round 18 [Feb 1] Ards 4-1 Linfield Cliftonville 0-2 Crusaders Glenavon 1-1 Coleraine Glentoran 2-0 Portadown Round 19 [Feb 8] Ards 2-2 Glenavon Crusaders 1-1 Glentoran Linfield 2-3 Cliftonville Portadown 2-3 Coleraine Round 20 [Feb 15] Cliftonville 2-1 Ards Coleraine 3-1 Crusaders Glentoran 0-2 Linfield Portadown 1-1 Glenavon Round 21 [Mar 1] Ards 3-0 Glentoran Crusaders 2-1 Portadown Glenavon 1-0 Cliftonville Linfield 0-1 Coleraine Round 22 [Mar 8] Ards 3-3 Coleraine Cliftonville 1-0 Glentoran Glenavon 1-2 Crusaders Linfield 0-2 Portadown Round 23 [Mar 22] Coleraine 1-1 Cliftonville Crusaders 3-0 Linfield Glentoran 2-1 Glenavon Portadown 5-0 Ards Round 24 [Mar 25] Ards 1-5 Crusaders Cliftonville 0-0 Portadown Glenavon 3-1 Linfield Glentoran 1-0 Coleraine Round 25 [Apr 1] Coleraine 1-1 Glenavon Crusaders 3-0 Cliftonville Linfield 3-1 Ards Portadown 0-1 Glentoran Round 26 [Apr 5] Cliftonville 0-3 Linfield Coleraine 0-2 Portadown Glenavon 1-1 Ards Glentoran 4-0 Crusaders Round 27 [Apr 19] Ards 0-1 Cliftonville Crusaders 0-0 Coleraine Glenavon 1-2 Portadown Linfield 0-0 Glentoran Round 28 [Apr 26] Cliftonville 2-0 Glenavon Coleraine 1-1 Linfield Glentoran 2-0 Ards Portadown 1-0 Crusaders Final Table 1.Crusaders 28 12 10 6 39-26 46 Champions 2.Coleraine 28 10 13 5 37-31 43 3.Glentoran 28 10 11 7 36-30 41 4.Portadown 28 10 8 10 36-32 38 5.Linfield 28 10 8 10 35-33 38 6.Glenavon 28 8 11 9 35-34 35 7.Cliftonville 28 7 9 12 23-38 30 8.Ards 28 5 10 13 33-50 25 Relegation Playoff Promoted: Ballymena United and Omagh Town. Promotion/Relegation Playoff Ards 1-0 1-0 Bangor First division extended to 10 clubs. Northern Ireland Cup 1996/97 With thanks to Martin Harris and Mikael Jönsson. Fifth Round [Jan 25] Ballyclare Comrades 2-3 Cliftonville Bangor 3-0 Ballymena United Brantwood 0-2 Dundela British Telecom 1-1 Crumlin United Carrick Rangers 0-0 RUC Coleraine 2-1 Linfield Crusaders 4-1 Institute Drumaness Mills 1-3 Limavady United Dungannon Swifts 1-1 Loughgall United FC Enkalon 1-1 Portstewart Glenavon 1-0 Ards Glentoran 4-0 Distillery Larne 0-2 Coagh United Newry Town 0-0 Omagh Town Park 0-4 Chimney Corner Portadown 3-0 Dunmurry Rec. Fifth Round Replays [Jan 29] Loughgall United 3-1 Dungannon Swifts Portstewart 3-1 FC Enkalon RUC 2-1 Carrick Rangers Crumlin United 4-1 British Telecom [Jan 30] Omagh Town won replay vs Newry Town (date and score unknown) Sixth Round [Feb 22] Crumlin United 1-2 Loughgall United Crusaders 1-0 Portadown Dundela 1-2 Coagh United Glenavon 2-0 Glentoran Limavady United 1-1 Bangor Omagh Town 3-2 Chimney Corner Portstewart 0-1 Coleraine RUC 0-3 Cliftonville Sixth Round Replay [Feb 25] Bangor 0-2 Limavady United Quarterfinals [Mar 15] Cliftonville 3-1 Crusaders Glentoran 4-1 Coagh United Loughgall United 1-1 Coleraine Omagh Town 2-2 Limavady United Quarterfinal Replays [Mar 19] Coleraine 0-1 Loughgall United Limavady United 0-1 Omagh Town [date unknown] Semifinals [Apr 11,12] Glenavon 5-0 Omagh Town Cliftonville 3-1 Loughgall United Final [May 3] Glenavon 1-0 Cliftonville IRISH LEAGUE CUP Round One -------- Ards 3-1 Chimney Corner Ballyclare Comrades 1-0 Armagh City Ballymoney United 1-2 Newry Town Banbridge Town 4-4 Distillery (Distillery won pens.) Bangor 2-0 R.U.C. Carrick Rangers 2-1 Institute Coleraine 5-1 Limavady United Crusaders 1-0 Brantwood Dungannon Swifts 1-0 Ballymena United Glenavon 4-0 Dundela Glentoran 3-0 Moyola Park Larne 0-1 HW Welders Linfield 8-2 Tobermore United Loughgall 3-2 Cliftonville Omagh Town 10-0 Cookstown United Portadown 3-0 Ballinamallard United Round Two --------- Ards 0-3 Crusaders Ballyclare Comrades 2-4 Omagh Town Carrick Rangers 3-2 HW Welders Coleraine 3-2 Glenavon Distillery 1-0 Bangor Glentoran 3-1 Dungannon Swifts Linfield 5-0 Loughgall Portadown 2-1 Newry Town Quarter-finals -------------- Carrick Rangers 1-4 Linfield Crusaders 4-2 Omagh Town Distillery 1-3 Portadown Glentoran 4-0 Coleraine Semi-finals ----------- Crusaders 1-1 (4-1 pens.) Linfield Portadown 1-2 Glentoran Final ----- Crusaders 1-0 Glentoran Northern Ireland County Antrim Shield 1996/97 First Round ------------ Ballyclare Comrades 0-1 Chimney Corner Ballymena United 2-0 Carrick Rangers Bangor 0-3 Linfield Cliftonville 1-0 Ards Crusaders 8-0 Comber Rec. Larne 0-1 Distillery Newry Town 0-5 Glentoran Portadown 2-0 Glenavon Quarter-finals -------------- Ballymena United 2-0 Chimney Corner Crusaders 0-0 (7-6 pens.) Distillery Glentoran 0-0 (4-5 pens.) Cliftonville Portadown 3-2 Linfield Semi-finals ----------- Cliftonville 2-1 Crusaders Ballymena United 2-1 Portadown Final ----- Ballymena United 0-0 Cliftonville (match abandoned due to crowd disturbances by Cliftonville supporters) Final replay ------------ Ballymena United 0-0 Cliftonville (Cliftonville win 5-4 on pens.) Northern Ireland Gold Cup 1996/97 Group A ------- Bangor 0-1 Portadown Newry Town 0-4 Coleraine Portadown 3-1 Newry Town Coleraine 0-1 Bangor Coleraine 0-0 Portadown Newry Town 0-4 Bangor P W D L F A PTS 1. Portadown ...... 3 2 1 0 4 1 7 2. Bangor ......... 3 2 0 1 5 1 6 3. Coleraine ...... 3 1 1 1 4 1 4 4. Newry Town ..... 3 0 0 3 1 11 0 Group B ------- Ards 1-3 Crusaders Larne 1-2 Ballymena United Ballymena United 3-0 Ards Crusaders 3-0 Larne Crusaders 2-1 Ballymena United Larne 2-2 Ards P W D L F A PTS 1. Crusaders ...... 3 3 0 0 8 3 9 2. Ballymena United 3 2 0 1 6 3 6 3. Larne .......... 3 0 1 2 3 7 1 4. Ards ........... 3 0 1 2 3 8 1 Group C ------- Carrick Rangers 1-2 Omagh Town Cliftonville 2-2 Glentoran Glentoran 4-0 Carrick Rangers Omagh Town 0-1 Cliftonville Carrick Rangers 3-2 Cliftonville Omagh Town 1-0 Glentoran P W D L F A PTS 1. Omagh Town ..... 3 2 0 1 3 2 6 2. Glentoran ...... 3 1 1 1 6 3 4 3. Cliftonville ... 3 1 1 1 5 5 4 4. Carrick Rangers 3 1 0 2 4 8 3 Group D ------- Ballyclare Comrades 2-2 Distillery Linfield 1-0 Glenavon Distillery 0-0 Linfield Glenavon 4-0 Ballyclare Comrades Ballyclare Comrades 1-3 Linfield Glenavon 7-0 Distillery P W D L F A PTS 1. Linfield ....... 3 2 1 0 4 1 7 2. Glenavon ....... 3 2 0 1 11 1 6 3. Distillery ..... 3 0 2 1 2 9 2 4. Ballyclare Com. 3 0 1 2 3 9 1 Quarter-finals -------------- Ballymena United 0-0 (3-1 pens.) Portadown Bangor 0-2 Linfield Glentoran 2-3 Crusaders Omagh Town 2-3 Glenavon Semi-finals ----------- Ballymena United 0-2 Linfield Crusaders 0-2 Glenavon Final ----- Glenavon 0-1 Linfield ULSTER CUP First Round ------------ Ballyclare Comrades 1-0;2-2 (agg: 3-2) Portadown Ballymena United 1-1;2-3 (agg: 3-4) Crusaders Bangor 0-1;1-1 (agg: 1-2) Glentoran Carrick Rangers 0-2;0-3 (agg: 0-5) Ards Distillery 1-3;1-3 (agg: 2-6) Linfield Larne 1-4;0-0 (agg: 1-4) Cliftonville Newry Town 2-3;1-2 (agg: 3-5) Coleraine Omagh Town 1-1;2-3 (agg: 3-4) Glenavon Quarter-finals -------------- Ards 3-4 Glentoran Cliftonville 4-1 Ballyclare Comrades Glenavon 1-3 Coleraine Linfield 2-3 Crusaders Semi-finals ----------- Cliftonville 0-4 Crusaders Coleraine 1-0 Glentoran Final ----- Coleraine 1-1 (4-1 pens.) Crusaders Northern Ireland Floodlit Cup 1996/97 First Round ----------- Ballyclare Comrades 0-3;0-2 (agg: 0-5) Linfield Ballymena United 1-2;1-0 (2-3 pens) (agg: 2-2) Glenavon Bangor 1-1;0-3 (agg: 1-4) Ards Carrick Rangers 3-4;0-1 (agg: 3-5) Glentoran Distillery 1-0;0-2 (agg: 1-2) Cliftonville Larne 1-3;1-2 (agg: 2-5) Crusaders Newry Town 2-3;0-0 (agg: 2-3) Coleraine Omagh Town 1-3;1-1 (agg: 2-4) Portadown Quarter-finals -------------- Crusaders 2-1 Linfield Glenavon 4-2 Cliftonville Glentoran 3-0 Ards Portadown 1-0 Coleraine Semi-finals ----------- Crusaders 0-2 Glenavon Glentoran 2-1 Portadown Final ----- Glenavon 1-0 Glentoran

1995/96.

1997/98.

list of champions.

list of final tables.

list of cup finals.

list of league cup finals.

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Prepared and maintained by Martin Harris the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Martin Harris
Last updated: 9 Jan 2007