Linfield extended their unbeaten League run to 12 matches with a 1-0 win over Loughgall at Windsor Park this afternoon – a result which maintains the Blues’ 20-point lead at the top. The Blues cruised to a comfortable 5-1 win when they last hosted Loughgall, back in August. However, today’s match was a much trickier...
3,295 Linfield supporters left Windsor Park with smiles upon their faces last night after watching the Blues record an important 1-0 win over Larne in the Sports Direct Premiership as January signing Kieran Offord scored the winner on his home debut. It’s a significant result in the context of the title race as it puts...
Linfield were held to a frustrating 2-2 draw by Ballymena United at the Ballymena Showgrounds last night… but it could have been worse had it not been for stand-in captain Kyle McClean’s last-gasp goal in the 100th minute. Coming off the back of a disappointing Irish Cup R6 loss to rivals Glentoran last week, the...
A first-half Joel Cooper hat-trick helped Linfield to a 3-1 victory over Portadown at Shamrock Park yesterday afternoon – a result which moved the Blues 15 points clear at the top of the Sports Direct Premiership. It was the second hat-trick of Cooper’s Linfield career, with his other coming in a 7-0 win over Warrenpoint...
A strong second-half display ensured Linfield overcame a stubborn Carrick Rangers at Windsor Park this afternoon as the Blues recorded a sixth consecutive clean sheet and moved 12 points clear at the top of the Sports Direct Premiership. The Blues were expecting a tough challenge from the visitors who’d only lost two of Stephen Baxter’s...
Linfield and Glentoran drew blanks in a stalemate draw in the much-anticipated annual Boxing Day derby at The Oval this afternoon, in what was the first Boxing Day goalless draw between the teams since 1996. The Blues were without striker Matthew Fitzpatrick, as well as Ben Hall who picked up an injury in the second...
Linfield extended their lead at the top of the Sports Direct Premiership to 13 points with a gritty 1-0 win over Glenavon at Windsor Park this afternoon on a day when Robbie McDaid made headlines by making his first appearance for the Blues in almost two years following a torrid time with injuries. The Blues...
Linfield extended their lead at the top of the Sports Direct Premiership to eleven points with a hard-fought win over Dungannon Swifts at Stangmore Park this evening. It was a meeting of the top two, and the team with the best home record in the League (Dungannon Swifts) against the team with the League’s best...
Linfield recorded a 3-0 win over Coleraine at Windsor Park this afternoon to move eight points clear at the top of the Sports Direct Premiership. As was supposed to be the case in last Saturday’s postponed match against Dungannon Swifts, Linfield’s central defender Sam Roscoe returned to the team after three months out injured. Similarly...
Linfield have – temporarily at least – re-established their eight-point lead at the top of the Sports Direct Premiership as a result of this afternoon’s hard-fought 2-1 victory over Portadown at Windsor Park. It was just the result Blues boss David Healy would have wanted as his team showed bouncebackability following last week’s disappointing 1-0...