1996–97 Irish League
The 1996–97 Irish League was the 96th edition of the Northern Ireland Football League, Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Northern Irish association football, football. The league consisted of 8 teams, and Crusaders F.C., Crusaders won the championship. Premier Division League standings Results Matches 1–14 Matches 15–28 First Division League standings Promotion/relegation play-off Omagh Town F.C., Omagh Town, who finished in the relegation play-off place, faced Bangor F.C., Bangor, the 2nd-placed team in the 1997–98 Irish League#First Division, First Division, in a two-legged tie for a place in next season's 1998-99 Irish League#Premier Division, Irish League Premier Division. ---- ''Ards won 2–0 on aggregate'' ReferencesNorthern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF) {{DEFAULTSORT:1996-97 Irish League NIFL Premiership seasons 1996–97 in Northern Ireland association football, 1 1996–97 in European associa ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Crusaders F
The Crusades were a series of religious wars initiated, supported, and at times directed by the Papacy during the Middle Ages. The most prominent of these were the campaigns to the Holy Land aimed at reclaiming Jerusalem and its surrounding territories from Muslim rule. Beginning with the First Crusade, which culminated in the Siege of Jerusalem (1099), capture of Jerusalem in 1099, these expeditions spanned centuries and became a central aspect of European political, religious, and military history. In 1095, after a Byzantine request for aid,Helen J. Nicholson, ''The Crusades'', (Greenwood Publishing, 2004), 6. Pope Urban II proclaimed the first expedition at the Council of Clermont. He encouraged military support for List of Byzantine emperors, Byzantine emperor Alexios I Komnenos, AlexiosI Komnenos and called for an armed pilgrimage to Jerusalem. Across all social strata in Western Europe, there was an enthusiastic response. Participants came from all over Europe and had a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1996–97 Irish League
The 1996–97 Irish League was the 96th edition of the Northern Ireland Football League, Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Northern Irish association football, football. The league consisted of 8 teams, and Crusaders F.C., Crusaders won the championship. Premier Division League standings Results Matches 1–14 Matches 15–28 First Division League standings Promotion/relegation play-off Omagh Town F.C., Omagh Town, who finished in the relegation play-off place, faced Bangor F.C., Bangor, the 2nd-placed team in the 1997–98 Irish League#First Division, First Division, in a two-legged tie for a place in next season's 1998-99 Irish League#Premier Division, Irish League Premier Division. ---- ''Ards won 2–0 on aggregate'' ReferencesNorthern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF) {{DEFAULTSORT:1996-97 Irish League NIFL Premiership seasons 1996–97 in Northern Ireland association football, 1 1996–97 in European associa ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Newtownards
Newtownards (; ) is a town in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies at the most northern tip of Strangford Lough, 10 miles (16 km) east of Belfast, on the Ards Peninsula. It is in the Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish of Newtownards (civil parish), Newtownards and the historic Barony (Ireland), baronies of Ards Lower and Castlereagh Lower. Newtownards is in the Ards and North Down Borough Council, Ards and North Down Borough. The population was 29,677 in the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 Census. History Irish settlement In 540 AD, Finnian of Moville, St. Finian founded Movilla Abbey, a monastery, on a hill overlooking Strangford Lough about a mile northeast of present-day Newtownards town centre. "Movilla" (''Magh Bhile'') means "the plain of the sacred tree" in Irish language, Irish, which suggests that the land had previously been a sacred Celtic paganism, pagan site. It became a significant Christian settlement – a centre for worship, study, mission and ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bangor, County Down
Bangor ( ; ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city in County Down, Northern Ireland, on the southern side of Belfast Lough. It is within the Belfast metropolitan area and is 13 miles (22 km) east of Belfast city centre, to which it is linked by the A2 road (Northern Ireland), A2 road and the Belfast–Bangor railway line. The population was 64,596 at the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census. Bangor was granted City status in the United Kingdom, city status in 2022, becoming Northern Ireland's sixth city. Bangor Abbey was an important and influential monastery founded in the 6th century by Saint Comgall. Bangor grew during the 17th century Plantation of Ulster, when many Scottish settlers arrived. Today, tourism is important to the local economy, particularly in the summer months, and plans are being made for the long-delayed redevelopment of the seafront; a notable historical building in the city is Bangor Old Custom House. The largest plot of private land in ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Clandeboye Park
Clandeboye Park, also known for sponsorship reasons as Bangor Fuels Arena, is a Association football, football stadium in Bangor, County Down, Bangor, Northern Ireland. It is the home ground of NIFL Championship side Bangor F.C., Bangor FC and is intended to be the temporary home of fellow NIFL Championship side and local rivals Ards F.C., Ards FC. Bangor FC have been playing in the stadium since 1935 after it was built by the Bangor Borough Council. Ards FC were forced to sell their previous ground Castlereagh Park in 1998 amid mounting financial hardships. Ards since then have ground-shared with many different local clubs, however their primary home has become the home of their local rivals Bangor while they still hoping to build their own stadium. https://footballgroundguide.com/leagues/northern-ireland-premier-league-clubs/ards-football-club.html At one time, the pitch was the smallest in the Irish league. This, however, is no longer the case as the pitch was enlarged after ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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]   |
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Larne F
Larne (, , the name of a Gaelic territory)Larne/Latharna . is a town on the east coast of , , with a population of 18,853 at the 2021 census. It is a major passenger and freight [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lisburn Distillery F
Lisburn ( ; ) is a city in Northern Ireland. It is southwest of Belfast city centre, on the River Lagan, which forms the boundary between County Antrim and County Down. First laid out in the 17th century by English and Welsh settlers, with the arrival of French Huguenots in the 18th century, the town developed as a global centre of the linen industry. In 2002, as part of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, Queen Elizabeth's Golden Jubilee celebrations, the predominantly Unionism in Ireland, unionist borough was granted City status in the United Kingdom#Northern Ireland, city status alongside the largely Irish nationalism, nationalist town of Newry. With a population of 45,370 in the 2011 Census. Lisburn was the third-largest city in Northern Ireland. In the 2016 reform of local government in Northern Ireland Lisburn was joined with the greater part of Castlereagh to form the Lisburn City and Castlereagh District. Name The town was originally known as Lisnagarvey, ''Lisnaga ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Carrick Rangers F
Carrick is an Anglicised version of ''creag/carraig'', Gaelic for "rock", and may refer to: People * Carrick (surname) * Donnchadh, Earl of Carrick (died 1250), Scottish Mormaer and first Earl of Carrick * Marjorie of Carrick (1256–1292), mother of Robert the Bruce and Countess of Carrick * Niall of Carrick (died 1256), Scottish Mormaer and second Earl of Carrick Places Australia * Carrick, New South Wales * Carrick, Tasmania Canada * Carrick, Ontario, part of South Bruce, Ontario since 1999 * Carrick, Manitoba, a community within the Rural Municipality of Piney Ireland (Republic) County Westmeath * Carrick, County Westmeath (civil parish), a civil parish in the barony of Fartullagh, County Westmeath * Carrick, Fartullagh, a townland in the civil parish of Carrick, barony of Fartullagh, County Westmeath * Carrick, Lackan, a townland in the civil parish of Lackan, barony of Corkaree, County Westmeath * Carrick, Noughaval, a townland in the civil parish o ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bangor F
Bangor may refer to: Places Australia * Bangor, New South Wales * Bangor, Tasmania Canada * Bangor, Nova Scotia * Bangor, Saskatchewan * Bangor, Prince Edward Island United Kingdom Northern Ireland * Bangor, County Down ** Bangor railway station (Northern Ireland) ** Bangor (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency), Bangor's former constituency in the Parliament of Northern Ireland ** Bangor (Parliament of Ireland constituency), Bangor's former constituency in the Parliament of Ireland ** Bangor (civil parish) Wales * Bangor, Gwynedd ** Bangor railway station (Wales) * Bangor Mountain, Gwynedd * Bangor-on-Dee, Wrexham United States * Bangor, Alabama, an unincorporated community * Bangor, California, a census-designated place * Bangor, Iowa, an unincorporated community * Bangor, Maine, a city ** Bangor Air National Guard Base ** Bangor International Airport * Bangor, Michigan, a city ** Bangor (Amtrak station) * Bangor Township, Van Buren County, Michigan * Bang ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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]   |