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1996–97 Ulster Cup
The 1996–97 Ulster Cup was the 49th edition of the Ulster Cup, a cup competition in Northern Irish Association football, football. It was the final edition to feature top-flight clubs. Coleraine F.C., Coleraine won the tournament for the 8th time, defeating Crusaders F.C., Crusaders 4–3 on penalties after the final finished in a 1–1 draw. Results First round Teams that were at home in the first leg listed on the left. Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final References External links Ulster Cup Winners {{DEFAULTSORT:1996-97 Ulster Cup 1996–97 in Northern Ireland association football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulster Cup
The Ulster Cup was an annual football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ... competition held by the Irish Football League for senior clubs. History Beginning in 1949, it was held on fifty-one occasions until being suspended after the 1998/99 season and discontinued after a one-off re-appearance in 2002/03. The last three editions were only open to First Division sides. From the mid-1980s to the early-1990s the competition was known as the Lombard Ulster Cup due to a sponsorship deal with the Lombard & Ulster Bank. It had previously been sponsored by Morans. Format The format of the Ulster Cup varied from season to season. It often employed a league format, with each club playing each other once and the winner declared as the team with the most points; and sometim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linfield F
Linfield may refer to: * Linfield F.C., a semi-professional football club in Northern Ireland * Linfield University, in Oregon, United States ** ''Linfield Review'', a newspaper published by students at Linfield University * Linfield, Pennsylvania, a village in Pennsylvania, United States People with the surname * Frances Linfield (1852–1940), American educator, social activist and philanthropist * Frederick Linfield (1861–1939), British politician * George Fisher Linfield (1846–1890), American clergyman and educator * Mark Linfield, producer of nature documentaries on British TV See also * Lindfield (other) * Lingfield (other) {{disambiguation, surname English-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Windsor Park
The National Football Stadium at Windsor Park (officially the Clearer Twist National Stadium at Windsor Park for sponsorship reasons), or the National Football Stadium, also known as Windsor Park is a association football, football stadium in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is the home ground of Linfield F.C., Linfield who own the land the stadium is built on, while the Irish Football Association own and operate the stadium and pay Linfield an annual rental fee for the use of the land on behalf of the Northern Ireland national football team. The stadium is usually where the Irish Cup final is played. History Named after the Windsor, Belfast, district in south Belfast in which it is located, Windsor Park was first opened in 1905, with a match between Linfield and Glentoran F.C., Glentoran. The first major development of the stadium took place in the 1930s, to a design made by the Scottish architect Archibald Leitch. It had one main seated stand – the Grandstand, later known as th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin McKeown (footballer)
Kevin McKeown (born 12 October 1967) is a Scottish retired footballer, who played as a goalkeeper. He played for Motherwell, Stenhousemuir, and Stirling in Scotland before moving to the Irish League with Crusaders. In 1994–95 he was named as the Ulster Footballer of the Year.M. Brodie (ed.), ''Northern Ireland Soccer Yearbook 2009–2010'', p. 102. Belfast:Ulster Tatler Publications McKeown subsequently played for Ayr United, Newry Town, Coleraine, Cliftonville, Brechin City, and East Fife. Honours Crusaders * Irish League (2): 1994–95, 1996–97 *Irish League Cup (1): 1996–97 *County Antrim Shield (1): 1991/92 *Ulster Cup The Ulster Cup was an annual football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football' ... (1): 1993/94 Individual *Ulster Footballer of the Year (1): 1994–95 *NI Football Writers' Associa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Baxter (footballer)
Stephen John Baxter (born 1 October 1965) is a Northern Irish football manager and retired footballer. He is manager of NIFL Premiership team Carrick Rangers. Baxter is known for his time at Crusaders, where he had two spells as a player, and served as manager for 19 years between 2005 and 2024. In 2019, Baxter was awarded a British Empire Medal for services to football in Northern Ireland. Playing career 'Stanley' (as he would later be nicknamed after the Scottish comedian) started out as a player with Glentoran before signing for Ards in 1985. His goalscoring exploits caught the notice of Linfield and he signed for them in 1987, winning two Irish League championships, three Gold Cups and a League Cup. He scored 102 goals in 219 games for the Blues, of which 169 were starts. Unable to hold down a regular starting place, however, he signed for Crusaders in 1994. Baxter became one of the key players of Crusaders' golden team of the 90's, again winning two Irish League c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robbie Brunton
Robbie Brunton (5 September 1973 – 1 October 2020) was an Irish footballer who played as a left-back during the 1990s and 2000s. Career Brunton joined the nursery club Belvedere at the age of 8 and played for them for nine years until he signed for Stoke City as an apprentice in 1991. He signed professional forms the following year but never made the breakthrough to the first team and returned to Ireland to sign for Sligo Rovers in 1994. He lost two FAI Cup semi-finals and a FAI League Cup during his time at Sligo all to Shelbourne, where he made 60 league appearances. In the 1994–95 season he was voted Sligo player of the year, was selected for the Bord Gais All Stars selection as well as being nominated for the PFAI Young Player of the Year award, finishing runner up to Billy Woods of Cork City. When his contract expired at the end of the 1996–97 season, Robbie moved to Coleraine. Coleraine won their first seven league games but were pipped to the league title by Cru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pat McAllister
Patrick McAllister (born 3 February 1972Marshall Gillespie, ''The Northern Ireland Football Yearbook'', UTV, 1996, p. 194) is a Northern Irish former football midfielder or defender who subsequently worked in football coaching. He is the manager of Sport & Leisure Swifts. His previous role in football was as manager of Donegal Celtic, where he resigned in August 2013. Playing career A native of Belfast, McAllister began his career at Cliftonville. After making only six league appearances for the Reds, McAllister caught the eye of Scottish Premier Division side Dunfermline Athletic, who signed him in July 1990. Although McAllister remained at East End Park for two and a half seasons he made little impact at the club, managing only six Premier Division appearances for Dunfermline. In August 1992 McAllister was loaned back to Cliftonville, making three league appearances. In December 1992 the move was made permanent, with McAllister making 60 league appearances (eight goals) for th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballyclare Comrades F
Ballyclare () is a small town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It had a population of 10,850 according to the 2021 census, and is located within the Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council area. It is part of, and the principal settlement in the Ballyclare District Electoral Area. It sits on the river Six Mile Water. The town probably owes its origins to its being a crossing point of the river, the strategic importance of which is shown by existence of a small Norman motte on the south side of the river and presently located in the War Memorial Park. The broad main street dates from the 17th century. In the centre of the town is the Market Square with the Town Hall. The town grew in the 19th century with the coming of the railway and it became an important industrial town with a large paper mill in the South West of the town and a large Linen Bleach Green. These factories gave their names to the roads leading to them, the Mill Road and the Green Road, but have been closed fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omagh Town F
Omagh (; from , meaning 'the virgin plain') is the county town of County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is situated where the rivers Drumragh and Camowen meet to form the Strule. Northern Ireland's capital city, Belfast, is 68 miles (109.5 km) to the east of Omagh, and Derry is 34 miles (55 km) to the north. The town had a population of 20,458 at the 2021 census. At the time of 2011 census, the former Omagh District Council, district council, which was the largest in County Tyrone, had a population of 51,356. Omagh contains the headquarters of the Western Education and Library Board, and also houses offices for the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs at Sperrin House, the Department for Infrastructure (Northern Ireland), Department for Infrastructure and the Roads Service, Northern Ireland Roads Service at the Tyrone County Hall and the Department of Finance and Personnel, Northern Ireland Land & Property Services at Boaz House. History Name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newry City F
Newry (; ) is a City status in Ireland, city in Northern Ireland, standing on the Newry River, Clanrye river in counties County Down, Down and County Armagh, Armagh. It is near Republic of Ireland–United Kingdom border, the border with the Republic of Ireland, on the main route between Belfast (34 miles/55 km away) and Dublin (67 miles/108 km away). The population was 27,913 in 2021. Newry was founded in 1144 as a monastic settlement, settlement around a Cistercian abbey. In the 16th century the English dissolved the abbey and built Bagenal's Castle on the site. Newry grew as a market town and a garrison, and became a port in 1742 when the Newry Canal was opened, the first summit-level canal in Ireland. A cathedral city, it is the episcopal seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Dromore. In 2002, as part of the Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II, Newry was granted City status in the United Kingdom#Northern Ireland, city status along with Lisburn. Name The name Newry i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cliftonville F
Cliftonville is a coastal area of Margate in the Thanet district of Kent, England. It includes the Palm Bay estate, built in the 1930s with wide avenues and detached and semi-detached houses with driveways, garages and gardens. East Cliftonville The estate covers the eastern part of Cliftonville and was fields when first built. It extends east beyond Northumberland Avenue and has been developed in phases. An earlier phase covered the northern ends of Leicester and Gloucester Avenues and the whole of Clarence and Magnolia Avenues; the later phase extending eastwards of Princess Margaret Avenue is a Wimpy-style housing estate with small houses largely identical in appearance and of less substantial build quality than the original 1930s estate. The eastward expansion of Cliftonville has included much of the former parish of Northdown including Northdown Park and House. West Cliftonville West Cliftonville was originally developed as an upmarket resort. It had until the 1980s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
