Northern Ireland 1997/98

Final Table: 1.Cliftonville 36 20 8 8 49-37 68 Champions - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2.Linfield 36 17 13 6 50-19 64 3.Portadown 36 17 9 10 50-38 60 4.Glentoran 36 17 8 11 52-34 59 5.Ballymena United 36 14 9 13 54-55 51 6.Crusaders 36 13 12 11 51-51 51 7.Coleraine 36 11 10 15 41-47 43 8.Glenavon 36 9 12 15 47-56 39 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9.Omagh Town 36 7 10 19 43-68 31 Relegation Playoffs ------------------------------------------ 10.Ards 36 4 11 21 31-63 23 Relegated Round 1 [Aug 16] Ards 0-1 Linfield Cliftonville 0-2 Ballymena Glentoran 1-0 Coleraine Omagh 2-2 Glenavon Portadown 1-1 Crusaders Round 2 [Aug 23] Cliftonville 1-0 Ards Coleraine 0-1 Portadown Crusaders 4-2 Ballymena Glenavon 1-0 Glentoran Linfield 1-1 Omagh Round 3 [Aug 29,31] Ards 2-2 Omagh Ballymena 1-0 Coleraine Cliftonville 2-2 Crusaders Glentoran 0-3 Linfield Portadown 2-1 Glenavon [Oct 21] Round 4 [Sep 10] Coleraine 5-1 Cliftonville Crusaders 4-0 Ards Glenavon 1-2 Ballymena Omagh 1-1 Glentoran [Oct 21] Linfield 0-0 Portadown [Nov 25] Round 5 [Sep 13] Cliftonville 1-1 Glenavon Crusaders 1-3 Coleraine Glentoran 3-0 Ards Linfield 0-0 Ballymena Portadown 3-1 Omagh Round 6 [Sep 20] Ards 0-0 Coleraine Glenavon 2-0 Crusaders Glentoran 1-1 Portadown Linfield 0-1 Cliftonville Omagh 3-2 Ballymena Round 7 [Sep 27] Ballymena 0-2 Glentoran Cliftonville 4-0 Omagh Coleraine 1-2 Glenavon Crusaders 1-0 Linfield Portadown 1-0 Ards Round 8 [Oct 4] Ards 3-4 Glenavon Glentoran 0-2 Cliftonville Linfield 1-1 Coleraine Omagh 1-1 Crusaders Portadown 1-1 Ballymena Round 9 [Oct 11] Ballymena 3-1 Ards Cliftonville 3-1 Portadown Coleraine 4-3 Omagh Crusaders 0-2 Glentoran Glenavon 2-3 Linfield Round 10 [Oct 18] Ballymena 2-0 Cliftonville Coleraine 2-1 Glentoran Crusaders 1-3 Portadown Glenavon 2-2 Omagh Linfield 4-0 Ards Round 11 [Oct 25] Ards 2-3 Cliftonville Ballymena 2-3 Crusaders Glentoran 0-1 Glenavon Omagh 1-0 Linfield Portadown 0-1 Coleraine Round 12 [Oct 30, Nov 1] Coleraine 0-1 Ballymena [corrected from 0-2] Crusaders 2-2 Cliftonville Glenavon 1-5 Portadown Linfield 2-0 Glentoran Omagh 2-4 Ards Round 13 [Nov 4] Cliftonville 3-1 Coleraine Ballymena 0-0 Glenavon Portadown 0-2 Linfield Ards 1-1 Crusaders [Nov 25] Glentoran 1-0 Omagh [Nov 25] Round 14 [Nov 8] Ards 1-1 Glentoran Coleraine 4-0 Crusaders Glenavon 0-0 Cliftonville Ballymena 1-1 Linfield Omagh 1-2 Portadown Round 15 [Nov 15] Ballymena 4-2 Omagh Cliftonville 2-1 Linfield Coleraine 2-1 Ards Crusaders 3-2 Glenavon Portadown 3-2 Glentoran Round 16 [Nov 22] Ards 1-1 Portadown Glenavon 1-1 Coleraine Glentoran 1-2 Ballymena Linfield 0-0 Crusaders Omagh 0-1 Cliftonville Round 17 [Nov 29] Ballymena 1-2 Portadown Cliftonville 0-2 Glentoran Coleraine awd Linfield [abandoned at 1-0 in 83'; result stood] Crusaders 1-0 Omagh Glenavon 1-2 Ards Round 18 [Dec 6] Ards 2-1 Ballymena Glentoran 1-1 Crusaders Linfield 1-1 Glenavon Omagh 1-3 Coleraine Portadown 0-2 Cliftonville Round 19 [Dec 13] Ards 1-5 Linfield Ballymena 4-0 Cliftonville Glentoran 3-0 Coleraine Omagh 2-1 Glenavon Portadown 3-2 Crusaders Round 20 [Dec 20] Cliftonville 2-2 Ards Coleraine 2-0 Portadown Crusaders 3-4 Ballymena Glenavon 1-0 Glentoran Linfield 0-0 Omagh Round 21 [Dec 26,27] Ballymena 2-2 Coleraine Cliftonville 0-1 Crusaders [Feb 11] Glentoran 1-1 Linfield Portadown 2-0 Glenavon Ards 1-2 Omagh Round 22 [Dec 31, Jan 1] Crusaders 1-0 Ards Coleraine 0-2 Cliftonville Glenavon 3-3 Ballymena Linfield 1-1 Portadown Omagh 0-5 Glentoran Round 23 [Jan 3] Ballymena 0-2 Linfield Cliftonville 1-0 Glenavon [replay Jan 28; Jan 3 abandoned at 1-1] Crusaders 3-0 Coleraine Glentoran 2-0 Ards [Feb 11] Portadown 1-1 Omagh Round 24 [Jan 10] Ards 1-0 Coleraine Glenavon 2-2 Crusaders Glentoran 2-1 Portadown Linfield 0-1 Cliftonville Omagh 3-0 Ballymena Round 25 [Jan 17] Ballymena 1-2 Glentoran Cliftonville 1-0 Omagh Coleraine awd Glenavon [finished 3-3 but awarded 0-1 due to Crusaders 1-2 Linfield ineligible player Coleraine] Portadown 1-0 Ards Round 26 [Jan 31] Ards 1-1 Glenavon Glentoran 1-0 Cliftonville Linfield 1-0 Coleraine Omagh 1-2 Crusaders Portadown 4-0 Ballymena Round 27 [Feb 7] Ballymena 1-1 Ards Cliftonville 1-0 Portadown Coleraine 1-1 Omagh Crusaders 0-3 Glentoran Glenavon 2-4 Linfield Round 28 [Feb 14] Cliftonville 5-2 Ballymena Coleraine 1-5 Glentoran Crusaders 2-1 Portadown Glenavon 2-4 Omagh Linfield 2-0 Ards Round 29 [Feb 28] Ards 1-1 Cliftonville Ballymena 1-0 Crusaders Glentoran 1-0 Glenavon Omagh 0-3 Linfield Portadown 1-1 Coleraine Round 30 [Mar 7] Coleraine 0-0 Ballymena Crusaders 0-2 Cliftonville Glenavon 3-0 Portadown Linfield 3-0 Glentoran Omagh 2-1 Ards [Apr 8] Round 31 [Mar 21] Ards 0-1 Crusaders Ballymena 2-1 Glenavon Cliftonville 1-0 Coleraine Glentoran 2-0 Omagh Portadown 0-0 Linfield Round 32 [Mar 28] Ards 0-2 Glentoran Coleraine 0-0 Crusaders Glenavon 0-0 Cliftonville Linfield 1-0 Ballymena Omagh 0-2 Portadown Round 33 [Apr 11] Ballymena 2-1 Omagh Cliftonville 0-3 Linfield Coleraine 2-2 Ards Crusaders 4-1 Glenavon Portadown 2-0 Glentoran Round 34 [Apr 13,14] Ards 0-1 Portadown Glenavon 4-0 Coleraine Glentoran 2-2 Ballymena Linfield 0-0 Crusaders Omagh 0-1 Cliftonville Round 35 [Apr 18] Ballymena 1-2 Portadown Cliftonville 1-1 Glentoran Coleraine 0-0 Linfield Crusaders 2-2 Omagh Glenavon 0-0 Ards Round 36 [Apr 25] Ards 0-2 Ballymena Glentoran 1-1 Crusaders Linfield 2-0 Glenavon Omagh 1-3 Coleraine Portadown 1-2 Cliftonville Final Table: 1.Cliftonville 36 20 8 8 49-37 68 Champions - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2.Linfield 36 17 13 6 50-19 64 3.Portadown 36 17 9 10 50-38 60 4.Glentoran 36 17 8 11 52-34 59 5.Ballymena United 36 14 9 13 54-55 51 6.Crusaders 36 13 12 11 51-51 51 7.Coleraine 36 11 10 15 41-47 43 8.Glenavon 36 9 12 15 47-56 39 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9.Omagh Town 36 7 10 19 43-68 31 Relegation Playoffs ------------------------------------------ 10.Ards 36 4 11 21 31-63 23 Relegated Promotion/Relegation Playoff First Leg [Apr 27] Bangor 0-5 Omagh Second Leg [Apr 30] Omagh 1-0 Bangor Omagh Town remain in premier division Northern Ireland Cup 1997/98 Fifth Round [Jan 24] Ards 0-2 Institute Ballyclare Comrades 5-1 Ballymoney United Ballymena United 1-1 Glentoran Carrick Rangers 2-3 Armagh City Cliftonville 0-2 Glenavon Coleraine 3-1 Chimney Corner Crusaders 1-0 Bangor Distillery 2-0 R.U.C. Drumaness Mills 0-0 Killyleagh YC Dungannon Swifts 6-2 Ballinamallard United Dunmurry Rec. 0-4 Ards Rangers Larne 1-2 Portadown Linfield 1-0 Tobermore United Loughgall 4-0 Crumlin United Newry Town 1-0 Dundela Omagh Town 3-0 Limavady United Fifth Round Replays [Jan 27] Glentoran 2-1 Ballymena United [Jan 28] Killyleagh YC 2-0 Drumaness Mills Sixth Round [Feb 21] Glenavon 0-0 Ballyclare Comrades Armagh City 0-0 Ards Rangers Portadown 2-0 Omagh Town Glentoran 3-2 Coleraine Loughgall 1-2 Distillery Dungannon Swifts 0-1 Institute Linfield 2-1 Newry Town Crusaders 2-1 Killyleagh YC Sixth Round Replays [Feb 25] Armagh City 3-1 Ards Rangers Ballyclare Comrades 0-4 Glenavon Quarterfinal [Mar 14] Armagh City 1-3 Glentoran [at The Oval, Belfast] Crusaders 4-0 Institute Linfield 3-0 Portadown Distillery 0-2 Glenavon Semifinal [Apr 3,4] Crusaders 1-3 Glenavon [The Oval] Glentoran 2-1 Linfield [Windsor Park] Final [May 2] Glentoran 1-0 Glenavon LEAGUE-CUP NORTHERN-IRELAND '97-'98 =================================== 1 = Premier Division. 2 = Division 1. 3 = Division B (non-league). 1st Round: ---------- Ards Newtownards(1) - Brantwood(3) 7-2 Ballyclare Comrades(2) - R.Ulster Constabulary(3) 1-2 Carrick Rangers(2) - Banbridge Town(3) 1-1 (4-5 pen) Chimney Corner(3) - Cliftonville Belfast(1) 1-0 Cookstown United(3) - FC Larne(2) 0-5 (?) Crusaders Belfast(1) - Armagh City(3) 3-0 Dundela(3) - Ballymena United(1) 1-4 Dungannon Swifts(2) - Distillery Lisburn(2) 1-0 Glenavon Lurgan(1) - Harland & Wolff Welders(3) 2-0 Glentoran Belfast(1) - Tobermore United(3) 5-1 Limavady United(2) - FC Bangor(2) 0-2 Linfield Belfast(1) - Ballinamallard United(3) 7-1 Loughgall(3) - FC Portadown(1) 0-1 Moyola Park(3) - FC Coleraine(1) 0-3 Newry Town(2) - Ballymoney United(3) 3-1 Omagh Town(1) - Institute(3) 1-6 2nd Round: ---------- FC Bangor(2) - FC Portadown(1) 0-3 FC Coleraine(1) - Crusaders Belfast(1) 3-5 Glenavon Lurgan(1) - Ards Newtownards(1) 1-0 Glentoran Belfast(1) - Dungannon Swifts(2) 9-2 Institute(3) - Banbridge Town(3) 5-1 Linfield Belfast(1) - Cookstown United(3) 3-0 Newry Town(2) - Ballymena United(1) 1-1 (4-5 pen) R.Ulster Constabulary(3) - Chimney Corner(3) 1-2 Quarterfinals: -------------- Chimney Corner(3) - FC Portadown(1) 1-2 Crusaders Belfast(1) - Linfield Belfast(1) 0-1 Glenavon Lurgan(1) - Ballymena United(1) 6-1 Glentoran Belfast(1) - Institute(3) 3-2 Semifinals: ----------- FC Portadown(1) - Linfield Belfast(1) 1-2 Glentoran Belfast(1) - Glenavon Lurgan(1) 1-0 Final: ------ Linfield Belfast(1) - Glentoran Belfast(1) 1-0 Cupwinners: Linfield Belfast. Northern Ireland First Division (Second Level) 1997/98 Final Table: 1.Newry Town 28 20 5 3 61-18 65 Promoted --------------------------------------------- 2.Bangor 28 18 4 6 51-26 58 Promotion Playoff - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3.Distillery 28 15 6 7 48-34 51 4.Dungannon Swifts 28 14 6 8 63-49 48 5.Ballyclare Comrades 28 13 3 12 47-45 42 6.Larne 28 8 2 18 30-58 26 7.Limavady United 28 5 3 20 29-61 18 8.Carrick Rangers 28 3 3 22 21-59 12 Round 1 [Oct 4] Bangor 1-2 Ballyclare C Distillery 0-2 Larne Carrick R 0-0 Dungannon S Limavady U 2-0 Newry T Round 2 [Oct 11] Dungannon S 2-2 Distillery Newry T 3-0 Carrick R Ballyclare C 3-2 Limavady U Larne 1-2 Bangor Round 3 [Oct 18] Bangor 3-0 Distillery Carrick R 0-1 Ballyclare C Limavady U 5-1 Larne Newry T 2-1 Dungannon S Round 4 [Oct 25] Ballyclare C 0-2 Newry T Distillery 3-0 Limavady U Dungannon S 3-3 Bangor Larne 1-0 Carrick R Round 5 [Nov 1] Ballyclare C 0-1 Dungannon S Carrick R 1-2 Distillery Limavady U 0-3 Bangor Newry T 3-0 Larne Round 6 [Nov 8] Bangor 3-2 Carrick R Distillery 2-2 Newry T Larne 1-1 Ballyclare C Limavady U 1-2 Dungannon S Round 7 [Nov 15] Ballyclare C 0-3 Distillery Carrick R 3-1 Limavady U Dungannon S 4-2 Larne Newry T 0-0 Bangor Round 8 [Nov 22] Ballyclare C 0-1 Bangor Dungannon S 2-1 Carrick R Larne 3-2 Distillery Newry T 4-1 Limavady U Round 9 [Nov 29] Bangor 2-0 Larne Carrick R 1-4 Newry T Distillery 2-2 Dungannon S Limavady U 1-2 Ballyclare C Round 10 [Dec 6] Ballyclare C 1-1 Carrick R Distillery 2-1 Bangor Dungannon S 0-4 Newry T Larne 3-2 Limavady U Round 11 [Dec 13] Bangor 1-2 Dungannon S Carrick R 0-1 Larne Limavady U 0-5 Distillery Newry T 3-1 Ballyclare C Round 12 [Dec 20] Bangor 0-0 Limavady U Distillery 1-0 Carrick R Dungannon S 4-5 Ballyclare C Larne 0-2 Newry T Round 13 [Dec 26,27] Carrick R 0-2 Bangor Ballyclare C 3-1 Larne Dungannon S 9-0 Limavady U Newry T 2-1 Distillery Round 14 [Jan 1] Bangor 1-0 Newry T Distillery 2-1 Ballyclare C Limavady U 4-0 Carrick R [Jan 13] Larne 1-2 Dungannon S [Jan 14] Round 15 [Jan 3] Bangor 2-1 Ballyclare C Carrick R 1-3 Dungannon S Distillery 3-0 Larne Limavady U 1-3 Newry T [Feb 17] Round 16 [Jan 10] Ballyclare C 0-1 Limavady U Dungannon S 0-2 Distillery Larne 0-3 Bangor Newry T 3-0 Carrick R Round 17 [Jan 17] Bangor 2-2 Distillery Carrick R 2-3 Ballyclare C Limavady U 1-2 Larne Newry T 1-0 Dungannon S Round 18 [Jan 31] Ballyclare C 2-2 Newry T Distillery 0-0 Limavady U Dungannon S 3-4 Bangor Larne 1-2 Carrick R Round 19 [Feb 7] Ballyclare C 3-2 Dungannon S Carrick R 1-2 Distillery Limavady U 0-1 Bangor Larne 0-1 Newry T Round 20 [Feb 14] Bangor 2-1 Carrick R Distillery 1-0 Newry T Larne 3-2 Ballyclare C Limavady U 1-3 Dungannon S Round 21 [Feb 28] Ballyclare C 2-4 Distillery Carrick R 0-3 Limavady U Dungannon S 4-3 Larne Newry T 1-0 Bangor Round 22 [Mar 7] Ballyclare C 2-1 Bangor Dungannon S 4-1 Carrick R [Apr 2] Larne 0-1 Distillery Newry T 3-1 Limavady U Round 23 [Mar 21] Bangor 1-0 Larne Carrick R 0-5 Newry T Distillery 1-2 Dungannon S Limavady U 0-2 Ballyclare C Round 24 [Mar 28] Ballyclare C 2-0 Carrick R Distillery 1-2 Bangor Dungannon S 1-1 Newry T Larne 1-0 Limavady U Round 25 [Apr 11] Bangor 3-0 Dungannon S Carrick R 2-1 Larne Limavady U 0-1 Distillery Newry T 1-0 Ballyclare C Round 26 [Apr 13,14] Distillery 1-0 Carrick R Bangor 4-0 Limavady U [Apr 20] Dungannon S 3-1 Ballyclare C Larne 0-6 Newry T Round 27 [Apr 18] Ballyclare C 2-0 Larne Carrick R 1-2 Bangor Dungannon S 2-1 Limavady U Newry T 1-1 Distillery Round 28 [Apr 25] Bangor 1-2 Newry T Distillery 1-5 Ballyclare C Larne 2-2 Dungannon S Limavady U 1-1 Carrick R Final Table: 1.Newry Town 28 20 5 3 61-18 65 Promoted --------------------------------------------- 2.Bangor 28 18 4 6 51-26 58 Promotion Playoff - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3.Distillery 28 15 6 7 48-34 51 4.Dungannon Swifts 28 14 6 8 63-49 48 5.Ballyclare Comrades 28 13 3 12 47-45 42 6.Larne 28 8 2 18 30-58 26 7.Limavady United 28 5 3 20 29-61 18 8.Carrick Rangers 28 3 3 22 21-59 12 Nothern Ireland "B" Division 1998/99 ("Third level", highest outside the league structure.) Final Table: 1.Loughall 26 21 1 4 76-21 64 2.Chimney Corner 26 19 5 2 60-23 62 3.Dundela 26 15 7 4 55-22 52 4.Armagh City 26 15 2 9 61-49 47 5.RUC 26 14 4 8 43-33 46 6.Insitute 26 12 5 9 40-32 37 7.H&W Welders 26 9 9 8 41-35 36 8.Ballymoney United 26 11 2 13 50-55 35 9.Tobermore United 26 6 8 12 36-46 26 10.Ballinamallard United 26 5 10 11 31-45 25 11.Moyola Park 26 7 3 16 38-69 24 12.Banbridge Town 26 3 12 11 28-49 21 13.Brantwood 26 3 6 17 32-73 15 14.Cookstown United 26 2 6 18 17-56 12

1996/97.

1998/99.

list of champions.

list of final tables.

list of cup finals.

list of league cup finals.

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Author: Martin Harris
Last updated: 9 Jan 2007