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Belfast Telegraph
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- Belfast Telegraph
Loughgall get past Newington maintain perfect start to Championship campaign
Loughgall lead the way in the Playr-Fit Championship after extending their 100 per cent start with a 3-2 win over Newington. After falling behind to Patrick Downey's 12th minute opener at Inver Park, Darren Murphy's side levelled through Kirk McLaughlin before second-half strikes from Paul McElroy and Harry Norton put them in command ahead of Jay Donnelly pulling one back late on.
BBC News
21-05-2025
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- BBC News
Loughgall's 2024-25 season in review
2024-25 league position: 12thPlayer of the year: Nathan GartsideLoughgall defied the odds in their first season in the Irish Premiership as they comfortably avoided relegation and finished season syndrome seemed to hit this year however and just five wins from their 38 games and the worst goal difference in the division of - 49, condemned them to relegation to the second Smith, the manager who had performed wonders to get Loughgall in the top- flight and keep them there, left in March not long after he was hit with a 15-game ban for breaches of the Irish Football Association's disciplinary code following the Villagers' 2-1 defeat to Glentoran in was replaced by former Dungannon Swifts boss Darren Murphy, who managed a win and a draw during the last five league games of the intentions will now turn to assembling a squad capable of coming straight back up again next season and he has already added experienced defender Dougie Wilson.2025-26 signings so far: Dougie Wilson (Portadown)2025-26 departures so far: Benji Magee (Larne, end of loan), Alberto Balde (unattached), Jamie Rea (unattached)
BBC News
31-03-2025
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- BBC News
What's at stake in the bottom half of the split?
The post-regular season split in the Irish Premiership begins on Tuesday and there is still plenty to play for with five games to go. In the bottom half of the table it seems a case of if, not when, Loughgall's relegation to the Championship will be Villagers, who will play their first match under new manager Darren Murphy on Tuesday against Ballymena United, are nine points behind Carrick Rangers, and have a worse goal Loughgall lose to Ballymena, and Carrick defeat Cliftonville, then Loughgall's relegation would be all but Baxter's Carrick are in no man's land in 11th, and will likely face a relegation/promotion play-off against a Championship Cup semi-finalists Bangor are currently eight points clear at the top of the second tier and look set for automatic promotion, while there are a host of teams behind - including H&W Welders, Limavady United and Annagh United - who could take on Carrick for the final place in next season's are also isolated in 10th position, but above that there is a race for the European play-off spot. Cliftonville currently hold that advantage in seventh, and are level on points with Portadown, while Ballymena United are just three points team that finishes in seventh position will qualify for a European play-off, but Cliftonville can also qualify for Europe by winning the Irish the event that Jim Magilton's Reds win the Irish Cup and finish seventh, the European play-off will consist of teams in the top half. However, if Cliftonville finish outside the top seven and beat Dungannon Swifts in the Windsor Park final, then it is likely that seventh will face sixth in a play-off quarter-final before third through fifth enter at the semi-final stage.
