Healy had included Cooper in his starting XI for the DanskeBank Premiership ... "We are aware of a loan registration issue and are working with the club to resolve the matter ahead of the Danske Bank Premiership fixture on Tuesday." ... As a club, we were left with no choice....
The 26-year-old clocked up 225 league appearances for Glenavon over six years, helping the mid-Ulster club to Irish Cup wins in 2014 and 2016. Now he's back in the DanskeBank Premiership aiming to perform a few magic tricks for one of Belfast's Big Two....
Larne defender Josh Robinson says he's not convinced clubs can claim to be worthy title winners if the season is concluded after 22 games ... The Covid-19 pandemic has badly disrupted a DanskeBank Premiership campaign which started in mid-October but clubs remain determined to play as many games as possible....
Larne defender Josh Robinson says he's not convinced clubs can claim to be worthy title winners if the season is concluded after 22 games ... The Covid-19 pandemic has badly disrupted a DanskeBank Premiership campaign which started in mid-October but clubs remain determined to play as many games as possible....
The Irish FA and Northern IrelandFootball League are banking on Covid-19 tests - which cost only £8 each - keeping the DanskeBank Premiership season alive ...Clubs will receive 160 test kits for four weeks of testing, with the total cost for all 12 clubs coming in at just over £15,000....
The Irish FA and Northern IrelandFootball League are banking on Covid-19 tests - which cost only £8 each - keeping the DanskeBank Premiership season alive ...Clubs will receive 160 test kits for four weeks of testing, with the total cost for all 12 clubs coming in at just over £15,000....
Only three DanskeBank Premiership clubs would be dead against a move to summer football ...Ballymena United, Glenavon and Carrick Rangers would not be in favour of a change to the Irish League calendar, but the remaining nine clubs would welcome and entertain further discussions on summer football and six may be ready to commit now....
I must congratulate both the Irish Football Association and the Northern IrelandFootball League for their joint introduction of proper coronavirus testing kits to all 12 DanskeBank Premiership clubs ahead of Saturday's resumption of the season ... No ifs or buts, the clubs ......
DanskeBank Premiership clubs have worked tirelessly to make their stadiums as safe as possible and the emergence of testing before the league resumes on January 23 has allayed some fears sparked by outbreaks ...Irish Leagueclubs hoping for over £4m of funding but warned to 'be realistic'....
The Northern IrelandFootball League have confirmed that Covid-19 tests for DanskeBank Premiership clubs will take place for an initial rolling period of four weeks. Clubs return to training on Monday and the new testing procedure will be reviewed after three weeks by NIFL....
After a series of false dawns, clubs in the second and third tiers of the Northern IrelandFootball League have yet to play a competitive league fixture ... Up until the current two-week break, DanskeBank Premiership clubs had been playing their own league season without regular Covid-19 testing....
Coleraine chairman Colin McKendry says he's still hopeful the DanskeBank Premiership season can be fully completed, with all clubs playing 38 fixtures ... a 38-game league programme was now possible, but McKendry is refusing to let go of the clubs' No1 target just yet....
However, because it's only the so-called 'elite' teams who are currently permitted to play competitive football, it has been suggested by some that the Irish Cup should now be contested only between the 12 DanskeBank Premiership clubs, with the winners qualifying for Europe - but that's not a view which I share....