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Belfast Telegraph's Top 50 Irish League players of the 2024-25 campaign
Keith Bailie and Graham Luney With pre-season preparations well under way, we are still catching our breath and reflecting on a campaign which gave us historic highs amid the thrills and spills. Linfield comfortably won the League, Dungannon Swifts made Irish Cup history, Cliftonville lifted the BetMcLean League Cup and Glentoran netted he County Antrim Shield.
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15-05-2025
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Strikers Donnelly and Ojo to depart Cliftonville
Strikers Ruaidhri Donnelly and Destiny Ojo will depart Cliftonville upon the expiration of their contracts. Donnelly brings the curtain down on an injury-hit third spell with the Reds after joining in July 2024. The 33-year-old made just 13 league appearances, the last of which came in November. He found the net once, scoring once in a 3-1 defeat against Larne in September. "I want thank Jim [Magilton] for the chance he gave me to put a Reds top back on, always an honour wearing that top," Donnelly posted on X. "It has been a difficult and frustrating season on and off the pitch for myself and I truly believe no player deserves a contract without fighting for one, which I was unable to do due to injury. "The Reds fan base is something else. Thank you, Cliftonville Football Club, once a Red, always a Red." Donnelly made 70 appearances during his first spell with the north Belfast side before impressive form earned a move to Swansea City in January 2012. Also representing Tranmere Rovers and Gillingham while playing in England, he returned to Cliftonville in the summer of 2017. The forward then joined Glentoran on transfer deadline day in January 2021 and also had a spell at Newington in the Championship. Ojo signed in August last year after being released by Portsmouth and featured 14 times for the Reds in all competitions. He scored twice in Cliftonville's run to the BetMcLean League Cup final, including a dramatic extra time winner against Larne in the semi-final win. The 20-year-old was an unused substitute in Jim Magilton's side 1-0 victory over Glentoran in the decider. "Thank you for everything last season, all the best for the future," he said in a post on X.
BBC News
15-05-2025
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Strikers Donnelly and Ojo to depart Cliftonville
Strikers Ruaidhri Donnelly and Destiny Ojo will depart Cliftonville upon the expiration of their brings the curtain down on an injury-hit third spell with the Reds after joining in July 33-year-old made just 13 league appearances, the last of which came in found the net once, scoring once in a 3-1 defeat against Larne in September."I want thank Jim [Magilton] for the chance he gave me to put a Reds top back on, always an honour wearing that top," Donnelly posted on X, external. "It has been a difficult and frustrating season on and off the pitch for myself and I truly believe no player deserves a contract without fighting for one, which I was unable to do due to injury."The Reds fan base is something else. Thank you, Cliftonville Football Club, once a Red, always a Red."Donnelly made 70 appearances during his first spell with the north Belfast side before impressive form earned a move to Swansea City in January representing Tranmere Rovers and Gillingham while playing in England, he returned to Cliftonville in the summer of forward then joined Glentoran on transfer deadline day in January 2021 and also had a spell at Newington in the signed in August last year after being released by Portsmouth and featured 14 times for the Reds in all scored twice in Cliftonville's run to the BetMcLean League Cup final, including a dramatic extra time winner against Larne in the semi-final 20-year-old was an unused substitute in Jim Magilton's side 1-0 victory over Glentoran in the decider."Thank you for everything last season, all the best for the future," he said in a post on X, external.
