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    Just watching the goals on Saturday from the Irish League and on comes Alan Kernaghan for an interview: the manager of Glentoran. Hadn't realised he was managing in the North. Must get some stick there.
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    Quote Originally Posted by OwlsFan View Post
    They're in the Championship with the likes of HW Welders and Donegal Celtic who strangely enough are based in Belfast.
    There's Donegall Sq and Donegall Rd and St in Belfast which you might be aware of, named after the Lords Donegall who I guess owned land around there, the club name is presumably connected with this.

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    Linfield have taken over from Crusaders at the top. Haven't been able to work out whether the next set of matches is the final one. Linfield away to Cliftonville and Crusaders at home to Glenavon. Assuming a home win there, it will all depend on what happens at Solitude ! And the once strong Portadown relegated.
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    Quote Originally Posted by OwlsFan View Post
    Linfield have taken over from Crusaders at the top. Haven't been able to work out whether the next set of matches is the final one. Linfield away to Cliftonville and Crusaders at home to Glenavon. Assuming a home win there, it will all depend on what happens at Solitude ! And the once strong Portadown relegated.
    read before that Portadown were relegated in the early noughties so no surprise there!
    Gary Cronin is he the right man to manage Longford Town?

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    So while Crusaders stuffed Glenavon, Linfield came from behind to beat Cliftonville to claim their 52nd league title !! Crusaders stay on 6. Glentoran have 23 titles but none since 2009.
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    Quote Originally Posted by OwlsFan View Post
    So while Crusaders stuffed Glenavon, Linfield came from behind to beat Cliftonville to claim their 52nd league title !! Crusaders stay on 6. Glentoran have 23 titles but none since 2009
    Aye, there's been effectively a big three in recent years with Glens in the doldrums.

    Would be good to see a challenge from the countryside next term.

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    At least Crusaders crowds have doubled in recent years (08/09 795 to 15/16 1562) and their manager must be destined to move up the food chain:

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    Quote Originally Posted by Martinho II View Post
    read before that Portadown were relegated in the early noughties so no surprise there!
    This year and the last time they where relegated wasn't down to results on the field, it was down to bad administration at the club.
    The Hallion Battalion Molests football.:D

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    Quote Originally Posted by OwlsFan View Post
    At least Crusaders crowds have doubled in recent years (08/09 795 to 15/16 1562) and their manager must be destined to move up the food chain:

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    I honestly don't see Baxter leaving Crusaders to move up the food chain as he has his own sports shop business in Newtownards and would be a hell of a risk for him to go into full-time management across the water.
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    As as I understand it, Baxter is currently the third-longest serving manager in Europe, after Wenger and some Finnish guy,

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    Recently retired Ronnie McFall had a good stint at Portadown as well (1986–2016)
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    Quote Originally Posted by ShelsTim View Post
    There's Donegall Sq and Donegall Rd and St in Belfast which you might be aware of, named after the Lords Donegall who I guess owned land around there, the club name is presumably connected with this.
    Donegal Celtic are so-called because the streets in the district from which they originated were all named after places in County Donegal.

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    Not sure if this is the right thread for this but anyway, Linfield and Crusaders are both claiming to have signed Josh Robinson after his release from York City, see below from BBC:

    http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/40454783

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    Quote Originally Posted by ArFella View Post
    Not sure if this is the right thread for this but anyway, Linfield and Crusaders are both claiming to have signed Josh Robinson after his release from York City, see below from BBC:

    http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/40454783
    Well, who got him in the end ?
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    Quote Originally Posted by OwlsFan View Post
    Well, who got him in the end ?
    Well after about 100 Sunday league team Twitter accounts tweeted out the same joke that they had also signed him, Linfield emerged victorious, although Crusaders are claiming a breach of contract by Robinson and have said they are looking into taking legal steps to resolve the issue, so the saga may not be finished yet.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ArFella View Post
    Well after about 100 Sunday league team Twitter accounts tweeted out the same joke that they had also signed him, Linfield emerged victorious, although Crusaders are claiming a breach of contract by Robinson and have said they are looking into taking legal steps to resolve the issue, so the saga may not be finished yet.
    It's still not.

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    Nice to see Coleraine leading the way. 40 years or so since they won the league. I have even seen them play back in the late 1960s when they beat the Hoops in the Blaxnit Cup Final. I wonder do Blaxnit still exist. They were a clothing company I believe or did they disappear along with the competition ?

    One of my friends got hit by a stone at one of those Blaxnit Trophy games, in Dalymount I think. It caused a riot because blood was gushing all over the place and the Rovers' fans decided to take revenge and the rest is history. The game went on nonetheless and I think Rovers lost.
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    Quote Originally Posted by OwlsFan View Post
    Nice to see Coleraine leading the way. 40 years or so since they won the league. I have even seen them play back in the late 1960s when they beat the Hoops in the Blaxnit Cup Final. I wonder do Blaxnit still exist. They were a clothing company I believe or did they disappear along with the competition ?

    One of my friends got hit by a stone at one of those Blaxnit Trophy games, in Dalymount I think. It caused a riot because blood was gushing all over the place and the Rovers' fans decided to take revenge and the rest is history. The game went on nonetheless and I think Rovers lost.
    looks like coleraing will win the league by a long mile this season. Remember them winning the Irish FA Cup in 03!
    Gary Cronin is he the right man to manage Longford Town?

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    Just looked up the Blaxnit game I was referring to. It was 1968/69. Hoops lost first leg 2-1 and drew second at Dalymount (played there because of the floodlights I think) 2-2. My mate was hit by a slate thrown by a Coleraine fan (we assume). We were all of 14 years of age having made our way over from the leafy suburbs of Sandyford.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Martinho II View Post
    looks like coleraing will win the league by a long mile this season. Remember them winning the Irish FA Cup in 03!
    Crusaders can win their game in hand and close to within 3 points.

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