Oran Kearney’s bid to extend the only Premiership unbeaten record to 14 fixtures arrives off the back of a midweek League Cup quarter-final success by 5-1 over Dundela which left the Bannsiders boss pleased with progress but keen to keep pushing for more from his on-song squad.
Dungannon Swifts may only have secured a single clean sheet this season but manager Kris Lindsay has his focus on searching for an increased attacking threat.
Niall Currie spent his playing career as a goalkeeper searching for a striker’s flaws, with large parts of his Irish League managerial career now spent devoted to searching for a striker’s value.
Linfield’s defence of the Premiership crown sits three games behind the current leading lights due to a summer European adventure and boss David Healy is aware of the need to make every fixture count.
The NI Football League have teamed up with uhlsport to give the fans the chance to vote for next season’s ball and win prizes for their local club, community group or even five-a-side team!
A Philip Lowry brace either side of Billy Joe Burns’ drive left Crusaders clear at the head of the Danske Bank Premiership standings with a 3-0 victory over Dungannon Swifts.
From facing Diarmuid Connolly in a Championship final to squaring up to former Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka’s fledgling professional soccer league - welcome to 12 months in the life of Dean Curran.
Dylan King’s superb long-range strike against Glentoran proved an online talking point last week but of greater significance is the career the centre-back has been quietly building outside of the spotlight.
