CLIFTONVILLE Football Club are delighted to confirm that Playr-Fit Championship side Newington FC will play their home fixtures at Solitude for the 2026/27 season.
SUNDAY afternoon saw St Brigid's travel the short trip to their West Belfast rivals Lamh Dhearg in a terrific minor football contest which saw the sides remain undivided upon the full-time whistle.
FOR as long as the English have occupied Ireland there have been political prisoners. As long as there have been political prisoners there have been daring and ingenious escapes. In the most recent period of conflict it is estimated that around 100 republicans participated in escapes, including the great escape from the H-Blocks in 1983. That was the biggest ever in British penal history. Others tunnelled their way out; clambered over walls; escaped in a helicopter; shot their way out; blew a hole in a wall; hid in a bin lorry; or dressed as priests; or in one case as a woman. I was a Samuel Beckett type of escapee. I failed. But I never gave up. I failed better.
A midweek round of the All County Football League saw all three divisions back in action from a temporary hiatus, after most games fell to a late cancellation last week following a surprise rainstorm, causing flooding to most pitches in North Antrim and Belfast.
Rossa: M Byrne; M McKernan, P Moyes, J McGurk; P Byrne, S Beatty, N Crossan; O McVicker, D Morgan; C Walsh, E McMenamin, D Rogan; C Fleming, E Fleming, R McDonagh