THE curtain closed on Chris Curran’s remarkable playing career amidst emotional scenes at Windsor Park on Saturday as Cliftonville dramatically ended a 45-year wait to capture the Irish Cup. After over a decade at the north Belfast club, the Swanlinbar man received the ultimate crescendo as he came off the bench to help Jim Magilton’s […]
Curran chalks up 400 appearances for The Reds
SOLITUDE or nowhere. That’s the feeling you get from Cliftonville’s Chris Curran, after he made his 400th appearance for The Reds last Tuesday night against Larne. The Swanlinbar man joined the north Belfast club ten years ago from Ballinamallard United and in his first year he helped them retain the Danske Bank Premiership. Four League Cups, […]
Shauna switches sports and signs for The Reds
Former Fermanagh GAA goalkeeper, Shauna Murphy has signed for Cliftonville FC. The Enniskillen woman lives and works in Belfast and despite being best known for her exploits on the GAA field, Murphy is in fact going back to the sport she played up until she was 13. “I’ve always been mad about the game and […]
300 not out
Swanlinbar man Chris Curran played his 300th game for Cliftonville and the ‘Reds’ captain says he will finish his playing days at Solitude. CHRIS Curran has had quite a career. At only 15 years-old he was signed by Manchester Utd from Ballinamallard Utd and within two and a half years his life had come […]
Ballinamallard aim to take the game to Cliftonville
After an enforced break last weekend Ballinamallard travel to Solitude in search of some badly needed league points.
Whitey proud of ‘small club with a big heart’
November saw the Northern Ireland Football Writers Association give Ballinamallard boss Whitey Anderson the coveted Manager of the Month award.
No respite for Mallards
The big games keep coming for Ballinamallard as the club travel back up the M1 this Saturday to take on second from top Cliftonville.
Biggest game of the season
Ballinamallard face one of the biggest games of their season on Saturday when they travel to Derry to take on bottom side Institute.
Mallards need to release their cup tension with win
The pressure of the Premier League is eased on Saturday when Ballinamallard United turn their attentions to the Irish Cup.