Six weeks to the day since Linfield lost 1-0 to Shelbourne at Tolka Park in UEFA Champions League Q1, fate declared that the Blues would be making the same trip yesterday evening in leg one of the UEFA Conference League play-off round as both teams dreamt of qualifying for the league phase for the first...
For the third time in six years, David Healy has led Linfield to the play-off round in Europe. The Blues successfully overturned a 2-1 deficit against Faroese champions Vikingur with a 2-0 win at Windsor Park last night, progressing through Q3 of the UEFA Conference League with a 3-2 aggregate victory. David Healy kept the...
A second-half hat-trick from Scottish forward Kieran Offord ensured Linfield kicked off the defence of their Premiership crown in a positive manner this afternoon with a 3-0 win over Dungannon Swifts at Windsor Park. The match was initially scheduled for Saturday 9 August, but was put back 24 hours to Sunday due to the Blues’...
For the sixth time within the space of 13 years, Linfield once again made the trip to the Faroe Islands to play a European tie in Torhavn; this time, against fresh opposition in the form of Faroese champions Vikingur, in the first leg of the UEFA Conference League Q3 tie as the teams battle it...
First half goals from strike partners Matthew Fitzpatrick and Kieran Offord ensured Linfield overcame Lithuanian side Zalgiris Vilnius with a 2-0 aggregate victory at Windsor Park last night. Cheered on by more than four thousand supporters, it was a deserved victory for the Blues who put in a strong collective performance, and their reward is...
Ten-man Linfield were eliminated from Champions League qualifying last night as the Blues were held to a 1-1 draw by Shelbourne at Windsor Park, with Shels progressing with a 2-1 aggregate scoreline. Having fought hard at Tolka Park last week to keep the tie alive for the return leg at Windsor Park, the Blues welcomed...
A spirited Linfield performance in Dublin last night ensured it’ll be all to play for when the Blues meet Shelbourne in the second leg of the UEFA Champions League Q1 tie at Windsor Park next Wednesday, with Shels taking a slender 1-0 lead thanks to Ademipo Odubeko’s second half strike. 20 years on from the...
The 2024-25 Sports Direct Premiership season drew to a close yesterday with Linfield narrowly losing 1-0 to Coleraine at The Showgrounds on the final day. Whilst the Blues were disappointed to lose, it doesn’t diminish their achievement this season as they won the title by the biggest points margin in history, finishing 22 points ahead...
It was a night to remember for several of Linfield Swifts’ League-winning stars as a very youthful Linfield team was unfortunate to be edged out 2-1 by Larne at Inver Park. Indeed, Linfield’s 18-man matchday squad featured no less than 10 players who are products of the flourishing Linfield Academy. With Linfield having given Larne...
The league title may have been clinched a month ago and lifted last week, but Linfield continue to show no signs of dropping their standards as a 2-0 win over Dungannon Swifts at Windsor Park yesterday made it six wins in a row. Goals either side of the break from Charlie Allen and Josh Archer...