Premier Division Table: 1.Glentoran 33 27 3 3 71-16 84 2.Portadown 33 22 5 6 77-29 71 3.Coleraine 33 18 8 7 56-33 62 4.Linfield 33 15 10 8 60-37 55 5.Omagh Town 33 14 5 14 40-48 47 6.Institute 33 12 5 16 39-55 41 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7.Lisburn Distillery 33 12 4 17 37-44 40 8.Ards 33 10 8 15 25-38 38 9.Cliftonville 33 7 12 14 33-41 33 10.Crusaders 33 8 7 18 24-55 31 11.Glenavon 33 6 11 16 36-62 29 12.Newry Town 33 5 6 22 24-64 21 NB: on appeal, the award of 4 matches as 0-1 losses to Glentoran, for fielding Andrew Kilmartin, was revoked Round 1 [Aug 10] Ards 2-2 Crusaders Cliftonville 1-0 Newry Coleraine 3-2 Glenavon Glentoran 4-1 Institute [award of 0-1 revoked] Omagh 1-1 Linfield Portadown 3-0 Distillery Round 2 [Aug 16] Institute 0-0 Omagh [Aug 17] Crusaders 0-0 Coleraine Distillery 1-0 Ards Newry 0-0 Portadown [Nov 26] Linfield 2-2 Cliftonville [Dec 10] Glenavon 0-3 Glentoran Round 3 [Aug 24] Ards 2-1 Newry Coleraine 1-4 Distillery Glentoran 4-0 Crusaders [award of 0-1 revoked] Institute 1-0 Linfield Omagh 3-1 Glenavon Portadown 1-0 Cliftonville Round 4 [Aug 30] Cliftonville 0-0 Ards [Aug 31] Glenavon 3-1 Institute Crusaders 0-3 Omagh Newry 0-2 Coleraine [Dec 10] Linfield 0-1 Portadown [Feb 18] Distillery 1-3 Glentoran Round 5 [Sep 7] Ards 0-2 Portadown Coleraine 1-1 Cliftonville Glenavon 0-0 Linfield Glentoran 3-1 Newry [award of 0-1 revoked] Institute 2-0 Crusaders Omagh 3-0 Distillery Round 6 [Sep 13] Newry 1-4 Omagh [Sep 14] Cliftonville 0-1 Glentoran [award of 1-0 revoked] Crusaders 0-2 Glenavon Linfield 3-1 Ards Distillery 1-2 Institute Portadown 1-2 Coleraine Round 7 [Sep 20] Institute 3-2 Newry Omagh 2-1 Cliftonville [Sep 21] Coleraine 2-0 Ards Crusaders 1-3 Linfield Glenavon 1-2 Distillery Glentoran 0-1 Portadown Round 8 [Sep 27] Newry 2-2 Glenavon [Sep 28] Ards 1-2 Glentoran Cliftonville 2-0 Institute Linfield 2-0 Coleraine Distillery 2-1 Crusaders Portadown 3-1 Omagh Round 9 [Oct 5] Crusaders 0-0 Newry Glenavon 2-1 Cliftonville Glentoran 2-0 Coleraine Institute 3-3 Portadown Distillery 0-2 Linfield Omagh 0-1 Ards Round 10 [Oct 12] Ards 3-0 Institute Cliftonville 0-1 Crusaders Coleraine 0-1 Omagh Glentoran 3-2 Linfield Newry 1-0 Distillery Portadown 6-0 Glenavon Round 11 [Oct 19] Crusaders 0-4 Portadown Glenavon 1-1 Ards Linfield 3-0 Newry Distillery 0-3 Cliftonville Institute 1-3 Coleraine Omagh 0-2 Glentoran Round 12 [Oct 25] Newry 0-3 Cliftonville [Oct 26] Crusaders 0-2 Ards Glenavon 2-2 Coleraine Institute 1-5 Glentoran Linfield 3-1 Omagh Distillery 2-4 Portadown Round 13 [Nov 1] Omagh 3-2 Institute [Nov 2] Cliftonville 2-2 Linfield Coleraine 3-3 Crusaders Glentoran 2-0 Glenavon Portadown 4-2 Newry [Dec 10] Ards 1-0 Distillery Round 14 [Nov 9] Crusaders 2-4 Glentoran Glenavon 1-3 Omagh Linfield 2-3 Institute Distillery 1-1 Coleraine Newry 1-3 Ards [Dec 17] Cliftonville 0-3 Portadown Round 15 [Nov 16] Cliftonville 1-0 Ards Coleraine 3-0 Newry Glentoran 2-0 Distillery Institute 0-0 Glenavon Portadown 3-1 Linfield [Nov 26] Omagh 2-1 Crusaders Round 16 [Nov 23] Crusaders 1-0 Institute Linfield 1-1 Glenavon Distillery 1-2 Omagh Newry 0-2 Glentoran Portadown 1-1 Ards [Dec 10] Cliftonville 1-1 Coleraine Round 17 [Nov 29] Omagh 0-2 Newry [Nov 30] Glenavon 1-1 Crusaders Insitute 0-1 Distillery [Jan 21] Glentoran 3-0 Cliftonville [Jan 28] Coleraine 1-0 Portadown [Feb 18] Ards 1-2 Linfield Round 18 [Dec 6] Newry 1-0 Institute [Dec 7] Ards 0-1 Coleraine Cliftonville 2-1 Omagh Linfield 2-0 Crusaders Distillery 0-2 Glenavon Portadown 2-0 Glentoran Round 19 [Dec 14] Coleraine 3-1 Linfield Crusaders 0-2 Distillery Glenavon 3-2 Newry Glentoran 3-0 Ards Institute 1-1 Cliftonville Omagh 1-1 Portadown Round 20 [Dec 21] Ards 0-0 Omagh Cliftonville 3-1 Glenavon Coleraine 0-0 Glentoran Linfield 1-4 Distillery Newry 0-3 Crusaders Portadown 4-1 Institute Round 21 [Dec 26] Crusaders 0-0 Cliftonville Glenavon 0-5 Portadown Institute 2-0 Ards Linfield 1-1 Glentoran Distillery 2-1 Newry Omagh 0-3 Coleraine Round 22 [Dec 28] Ards 1-1 Glenavon Cliftonville 0-2 Distillery Coleraine 3-0 Institute Glentoran 2-0 Omagh Newry 0-6 Linfield Portadown 1-0 Crusaders Round 23 [Dec 31] Glentoran 6-1 Institute Portadown 1-1 Distillery [Jan 1] Coleraine 4-1 Glenavon Omagh 1-1 Linfield [Feb 15] Cliftonville 1-1 Newry [Mar 18] Ards 0-0 Crusaders Round 24 [Jan 3] Institute 3-1 Omagh [Jan 4] Glenavon 0-1 Glentoran Linfield 0-0 Cliftonville [Jan 21] Distillery 0-1 Ards [Feb 4] Newry 0-3 Portadown [Mar 25] Crusaders 0-2 Coleraine Round 25 [Jan 14] Portadown 2-1 Cliftonville [Jan 21] Institute 2-0 Linfield [Jan 28] Glentoran 0-1 Crusaders [Feb 25] Coleraine 2-1 Distillery Omagh 2-0 Glenavon [Mar 27] Ards 1-0 Newry Round 26 [Jan 25] Crusaders 2-0 Omagh Glenavon 0-2 Institute Linfield 3-2 Portadown Distillery 0-1 Glentoran Newry 0-0 Coleraine [Feb 25] Ards 0-0 Cliftonville Round 27 [Feb 1] Ards 0-3 Portadown Coleraine 4-3 Cliftonville Glenavon 2-2 Linfield Glentoran 2-1 Newry Institute 2-1 Crusaders Omagh 0-3 Distillery Round 28 [Feb 7] Newry 0-1 Omagh [Feb 8] Cliftonville 0-2 Glentoran Crusaders 2-0 Glenavon Linfield 1-0 Ards Distillery 1-1 Institute Portadown 1-5 Coleraine Round 29 [Feb 21] Omagh 2-1 Cliftonville [Feb 22] Coleraine 3-1 Ards Crusaders 0-5 Linfield Glenavon 0-2 Distillery Glentoran 1-0 Portadown Institute 0-1 Newry Round 30 [Mar 1] Cliftonville 1-3 Institute Linfield 2-0 Coleraine Distillery 0-1 Crusaders Newry 2-2 Glenavon [Mar 5] Portadown 5-1 Omagh [Mar 25] Ards 0-2 Glentoran Round 31 [Mar 15] Crusaders 0-5 Portadown Glenavon 3-0 Ards Institute 0-1 Coleraine Linfield 4-0 Newry Distillery 1-1 Cliftonville Omagh 0-4 Glentoran Round 32 [Mar 22] Ards 1-0 Institute Cliftonville 0-1 Crusaders Coleraine 0-1 Omagh Glentoran 0-0 Linfield Newry 0-1 Distillery Portadown 2-1 Glenavon Round 33 [Mar 29] Crusaders 0-2 Newry Glenavon 1-1 Cliftonville Glentoran 1-0 Coleraine Institute 1-0 Portadown Distillery 1-2 Linfield Omagh 0-1 Ards Table: 1.Glentoran 33 27 3 3 71-16 84 2.Portadown 33 22 5 6 77-29 71 3.Coleraine 33 18 8 7 56-33 62 4.Linfield 33 15 10 8 60-37 55 5.Omagh Town 33 14 5 14 40-48 47 6.Institute 33 12 5 16 39-55 41 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7.Lisburn Distillery 33 12 4 17 37-44 40 8.Ards 33 10 8 15 25-38 38 9.Cliftonville 33 7 12 14 33-41 33 10.Crusaders 33 8 7 18 24-55 31 11.Glenavon 33 6 11 16 36-62 29 12.Newry Town 33 5 6 22 24-64 21 NB: on appeal, the award of 4 matches as 0-1 losses to Glentoran, for fielding Andrew Kilmartin, was revoked Championship Playoff Final Table: 1.Glentoran 38 28 6 4 78-22 90 Champions 2.Portadown 38 24 8 6 89-36 80 3.Coleraine 38 21 10 7 66-38 73 4.Linfield 38 17 12 9 70-41 63 5.Omagh Town 38 15 6 17 47-57 51 6.Institute 38 12 6 20 44-75 42 Round 34 [Apr 12] Coleraine 1-1 Portadown Institute 0-4 Glentoan Linfield 1-0 Omagh Round 35 [Apr 18] Omagh 4-1 Institute [Apr 19] Coleraine 2-2 Glentoran Portadown 0-0 Linfield Round 36 [Apr 22] Omagh 0-2 Coleraine Portadown 3-0 Glentoran Linfield 7-0 Institute Round 37 [Apr 26] Coleraine 3-1 Linfield Glentoran 0-0 Omagh Portadown 3-3 Institute Round 38 [Apr 28] Coleraine 2-1 Institute [Apr 29] Linfield 1-1 Glentoran Omagh 3-5 Portadown Final Table: 1.Glentoran 38 28 6 4 78-22 90 Champions 2.Portadown 38 24 8 6 89-36 80 3.Coleraine 38 21 10 7 66-38 73 4.Linfield 38 17 12 9 70-41 63 5.Omagh Town 38 15 6 17 47-57 51 6.Institute 38 12 6 20 44-75 42 Relegation Playoff Final Table: 7.Ards 38 12 10 16 27-39 46 8.Lisburn Distillery 38 12 6 20 39-49 42 9.Cliftonville 38 9 14 15 37-43 41 10.Glenavon 38 8 12 18 41-67 36 11.Crusaders 38 9 9 20 26-61 36 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 12.Newry Town 38 8 7 23 33-69 31 Relegation Playoff Round 34 [Apr 12] Ards 1-0 Distillery Glenavon 2-0 Crusaders Newry 1-1 Cliftonville Round 35 [Apr 19] Ards 0-0 Cliftonville Distillery 0-0 Glenavon Newry 3-0 Crusaders Round 36 [Apr 22] Ards 1-0 Glenavon Crusaders 1-0 Cliftonville Distillery 1-2 Newry Round 37 [Apr 26] Cliftonville 1-0 Distillery Crusaders 0-0 Ards Glenavon 3-2 Newry Round 38 [Apr 29] Cliftonville 2-0 Glenavon Crusaders 1-1 Distillery [May 1] Newry 1-0 Ards Final Table: 7.Ards 38 12 10 16 27-39 46 8.Lisburn Distillery 38 12 6 20 39-49 42 9.Cliftonville 38 9 14 15 37-43 41 10.Glenavon 38 8 12 18 41-67 36 11.Crusaders 38 9 9 20 26-61 36 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 12.Newry Town 38 8 7 23 33-69 31 Relegation Playoff Promotion/Relegation Playoff First Leg [May 6] Bangor 0-0 Newry Second Leg [May 9] Newry 2-1 Bangor Newry remain at 1st level Cup Tournaments 2002/03 Irish Cup Fifth Round [Jan 18] Armagh City 1-2 Balyclare Comrades Ballynure 0-3 Limavady United Carrick Rangers 2-6 Omagh Town Crusaders 2-0 Lurgan Dungannon Swifts 1-0 Institute Glenavon 4-0 Loughgall Glentoran 11-0 Oxford S H and W Welders 2-1 Bangor Killyleagh YC 2-1 Banbridge Linfield 1-0 Cliftonville Lisburn Distillery 0-2 Coleraine Moyola Park 1-2 Ards Newry Town 1-1 Knockbreda Parish Portadown 1-1 Ballymena United Tobermore United 2-0 Brantwood Fifth Round Replays [Jan 21] Portadown 6-0 Ballymena United Knockbreda Parish 2-1 Newry Town Sixth Round [Feb 15] Ards 1-0 Killyleagh YC Ballyclare Comrades 0-3 Glentoran Coleraine 2-0 Larne Crusaders 1-1 H and W Welders Limavady United 0-3 Glenavon Omagh Town 1-0 Dungannon Swifts Portadown 2-0 Knockbreda Parish Tobermore United 0-2 Linfield Sixth Round Replay [Feb 18] Crusaders 2-1 H and W Welders Quarterfinals [Mar 8] Coleraine 2-0 Crusaders Portadown 5-0 Glenavon [Mar 11] Ards 0-1 Glentoran [Mar 13] Omagh Town 1-0 Linfield Semifinals [Apr 5] Coleraine 5-2 Omagh Glentoran 6-1 Portdown Final [May 3] Coleraine 1-0 Glentoran League Cup Group Stage Northern Region [Aug 13] Institute 0-1 Omagh Limavady 1-5 Coleraine [Aug 26] Ballymena 5-1 Institute [Aug 27] Omagh 2-1 Limavady [Sep 10] Coleraine 4-3 Institute Omagh 0-0 Ballymena [Sep 23] Ballymena 3-1 Coleraine [Sep 24] Institute 1-0 Limavady [Oct 8] Coleraine 1-3 Omagh Limavady 1-7 Ballymena Final Table 1.Ballymena United 4 3 1 0 15- 3 10 Qualified 2.Omagh Town 4 3 1 0 6- 2 10 Qualified 3.Coleraine Belfast 4 2 0 2 11-10 6 4.Institute Belfast 4 1 0 3 5-10 3 5.Limavady United 4 0 0 4 3-15 0 Southern Region [Aug 13] Dungannon 2-3 Portadown Newry 0-2 Armagh [Aug 27] Armagh 0-1 Glenavon Portadown 1-2 Newry [Sep 3] Glenavon 3-0 Newry [Sep 10] Dungannon 2-1 Glenavon Portadown 7-0 Armagh [Sep 24] Armagh 1-3 Dungannon Glenavon 0-2 Portadown [Oct 8] Newry 2-0 Dungannon Final Table 1.FC Portadown 4 3 0 1 13- 4 9 Qualified 2.Glenavon Lurgan 4 2 0 2 5- 4 6 Qualified 3.Dungannon Swifts 4 2 0 2 7- 7 6 4.Newry Town 4 2 0 2 4- 6 6 5.Armagh City 4 1 0 3 3-11 3 Eastern Region [Aug 13] Carrick 2-0 Larne Crusaders 1-0 Ballyclare [Aug 27] Ballyclare 0-2 Cliftonville Larne 0-1 Crusaders [Sep 10] Larne 4-2 Ballyclare [Sep 17] Carrick 1-1 Cliftonville [Sep 24] Ballyclare 0-0 Carrick Cliftonville 1-1 Crusaders [Oct 8] Cliftonville 2-1 Larne Crusaders 1-1 Carrick Final Table 1.Cliftonville Belfast 4 2 2 0 6-3 8 Qualified 2.Crusaders Belfast 4 2 2 0 4-2 8 Qualified 3.Carrick Rangers 4 1 3 0 4-2 6 4.FC Larne 4 1 0 3 5-7 3 5.Ballyclare Comrades 4 0 1 3 2-7 1 Greater Belfast Region [Aug 13] Distillery 1-1 Ards [Aug 27] Ards 0-0 Bangor [Sep 3] Glentoran 2-1 Distillery Linfield 3-0 Bangor [Sep 10] Distillery 1-2 Linfield Ards 1-3 Glentoran [Sep 17] Bangor 0-0 Glentoran [Sep 24] Glentoran 1-1 Linfield [Oct 8] Bangor 0-2 Distillery Linfield 4-3 Ards Final Table 1.Linfield Belfast 4 3 1 0 10:5 10 Qualified 2.Glentoran Belfast 4 2 2 0 6:3 8 Qualified 3.Lisburn Distillery 4 1 1 2 5:5 4 4.Ards Newtonards 4 0 2 2 5:8 2 5.FC Bangor 4 0 2 2 0:5 2 Quarterfinals [Oct 22] Linfield 2-0 Glenavon [Nov 5] Ballymena 2-0 Crusaders [Nov 12] Cliftonville 0-5 Omagh Portadown 1-2 Glentoran Semifinals [Nov 19] Omagh 2-3 Linfield [Nov 26] Glentoran 5-3 Ballymena Final [Dec 3, Windsor Park] Glentoran 2-0 Linfield [25' Michael Halliday; 63' Gary Smyth] Second Level 2002/03 First Division Final Table: 1.Dungannon Swifts 28 18 6 4 61-32 60 Promoted 2.Ballymena United 28 16 6 6 71-40 54 Promoted 3.Limavady United 28 15 5 8 53-37 50 Promoted 4.Larne 28 13 4 11 35-30 43 Promoted --------------------------------------------- 5.Bangor 28 12 5 11 40-39 41 Promotion Playoff - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6.Carrick Rangers 28 8 4 16 44-76 28 7.Ballyclare Comrades 28 6 4 18 36-65 22 8.Armagh City 28 4 6 18 37-58 18 Promotion/Relegation Playoff First Leg [May 6] Bangor 0-0 Newry Second Leg [May 9] Newry 2-1 Bangor Bangor remain at 2nd level Third Level 2002/03 Second Division Final Table: 1.Ballinamallard Utd. 30 18 6 6 65-32 60 Promoted 2.HW Welders 30 16 9 5 71-35 57 Promoted 3.Lurgan Celtic 30 17 6 7 65-39 57 Promoted 4.Brantwood 30 16 6 8 48-34 54 Promoted 5.Ballymoney United 30 16 5 9 58-41 53 Promoted 6.Donegal Celtic 30 14 10 6 62-27 52 Promoted 7.Loughgall 30 15 6 9 64-43 51 Promoted 8.Moyola Park 30 14 7 9 44-28 49 Promoted --------------------------------------------- 9.Banbridge Town 30 12 10 8 58-43 46 10.Tobermore United 30 13 7 10 56-53 46 11.Dundela 30 11 6 13 62-52 39 12.Portstewart 30 10 5 15 43-54 35 13.Chimney Corner 30 8 5 17 47-74 29 14.Coagh United 30 5 8 17 47-78 23 15.PSNI 30 3 3 24 33-95 12 16.Crewe United 30 2 1 27 19-114 7
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