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BBC News
21-05-2025
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- BBC News
Linfield's 2024-25 season in review
2024-25 League position: ChampionsPlayer of the season: Joel CooperAfter a two-year gap, Linfield regained the Gibson Cup. The Blues were comfortable winners in the end, becoming the first team to ever claim the league title before the end-of-season split and finishing 22 points clear of their nearest challengers. Having had to fend off interest from Scotland in their manager David Healy before enduring endless speculation about star forward Joel Cooper in January, the title charge was not without its stresses, but that never showed on the pitch where they were by far the league's most consistent side. The Blues will be aware that their 85 points was the same tally they amassed in 2023-24 when finishing runners-up to Larne and will be braced for a stronger set of challengers next loss of Cooper is a serious blow, but in January signings Kieran Offord and Callumn Morrison, they have already recruited some firepower with a view to filling the void. 2025-26 signings so far:2025-26 departures so far: Joel Cooper (Coleraine)
BBC News
20-05-2025
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- BBC News
Cooper named Ulster Footballer of the Year
Linfield forward Joel Cooper has been named as Ulster Footballer of the who will join Coleraine in the summer, scored 19 league goals as the Blues won the Gibson Cup before the was also named Northern Ireland Writers Player of the Year and PFA NI Premiership Player of the Ireland winger Danielle Maxwell was chosen as Women's Player of the scored 11 goals as she helped Cliftonville to an unbeaten Women's Premiership campaign before moving to defender Matthew Orr was named Men's Young Player of the Year after playing a key role in the title win in his first season with the first striker Kascie Weir won the inaugural Women's Young Player of the Year following a breakout season with the Glens and Northern her fourth cap for her country, the 18-year-old scored the winner against Romania last month in the Nations boss David Healy was the first recipient of the Manager of the Year award after winning his sixth Gibson Cup with the helping Bangor to promotion by scoring 24 league goals, Ben Arthurs picked up the Championship Player of the Year McKinney was awarded Disability Player of the Year after his stellar contributions for the Northern Ireland powerchair football team and his club Belfast Trailblazers Linfield physio Terry Hayes received the Dr Malcom Brodie Lifetime Achievement award as he brought the curtain down on a 50-year association with the club as both a player and physio.
BBC News
28-04-2025
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- BBC News
Four Linfield players in NIFWA Team of the Year
Four players from Irish Premiership champions Linfield have been named in the Northern Ireland Football Writers' Association Team of the Orr, Euan East, Joel Cooper and Matthew Fitzpatrick make up the Blues' quartet after they helped Linfield win the Gibson Cup for a record-extending 57th time before the Orr has impressed in his first year with the senior team and has also been nominated for Young Player of the has been a virtual ever-present for David Healy's side in their defence alongside East, who has excelled in a number of different who is up for Irish Premiership Player of the Year, scored 19 league goals in his final season for Linfield before his departure to Coleraine in the summer, whilst Fitzpatrick found the net 12 have three players in the team whilst Cliftonville and Dungannon Swifts each have two goalkeeper Daniel Gyollai, defender Kodi Lyons-Foster and midfielder Fuad Sule have all been included from Declan Devine's side who finished third and reached the BetMcLean League Cup left-back Adam Glenny and midfielder Gael Bigirimana, who is also nominated for Player of the Year, feature after helping Rodney McAree's side to a fourth-place league finish and an Irish Cup captain Rory Hale was named in the team alongside Player of the Year nominee Joe Gormley, who finished as the league's joint top goal scorer with 20 duo were key to Cliftonville winning the BetMcLean Cup in March and they will look to win a cup double when the Reds face the Swifts in the Irish Cup final on 3 Team of the Year: Daniel Gyollai (Glentoran), Matthew Orr (Linfield), Kodi-Lyons Foster (Glentoran), Euan East (Linfield), Adam Glenny (Dungannon Swifts), Gael Bigirimana (Dungannon Swifts), Fuad Sule (Glentoran), Rory Hale (Cliftonville), Joel Cooper (Linfield), Joe Gormley (Cliftonville), Matthew Fitzpatrick (Linfield)
Belfast Telegraph
24-04-2025
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- Belfast Telegraph
Linfield can retain title without star man Joel Cooper, insists Ethan McGee
Linfield ace Ethan McGee has shared his joy after clinching his first League winner's medal and he's backing the Blues to remain a title-winning force without the swashbuckling Joel Cooper next season. McGee helped the Blues wrap up the title with six games remaining to smash Larne's stranglehold on the Gibson Cup.
BBC News
05-04-2025
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- BBC News
Linfield lift Irish Premiership after Glentoran win
Linfield have lifted the Gibson Cup for a record-extending 57th time after defeating Glentoran 2-1 at Windsor Park. David Healy's side had secured the Irish Premiership title in March and, knowing a trophy presentation was to come, could enjoy the occasion against their fierce Millar struck a first-half winner for Linfield after Jordan Jenkins had cancelled out Callumn Morrison's opener for the Jamie Mulgrew, himself winning his 11th Irish Premiership title, lifted the Gibson Cup as thousands of Linfield supporters enjoyed the celebrations at a sun-soaked Windsor Park "I'm full of adrenaline and emotion, it was a great day," Healy told BBC Sport NI. "Our performance levels were pretty good and Glentoran made us work for it. All in all, the players and staff have been incredible this year. It's been hugely-challenging, but I'm so pleased for them."The manner in which we won it this year was incredible. I couldn't be more proud of the players and the staff."More to follow.
