Northern Ireland 1997/98 Final Table: 1.Cliftonville 36 20 8 8 49-37 68 Champions - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2.Linfield 36 17 13 6 50-19 64 3.Portadown 36 17 9 10 50-38 60 4.Glentoran 36 17 8 11 52-34 59 5.Ballymena United 36 14 9 13 55-55 51 6.Crusaders 36 13 12 11 51-51 51 7.Coleraine 36 11 10 15 41-48 43 8.Glenavon 36 9 12 15 47-56 39 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9.Omagh Town 36 7 10 19 43-68 31 Relegation Playoffs ------------------------------------------ 10.Ards 36 4 11 21 31-63 23 Relegated Round 1 [Aug 16] Ards 0-1 Linfield Cliftonville 0-2 Ballymena Glentoran 1-0 Coleraine Omagh 2-2 Glenavon Portadown 1-1 Crusaders Round 2 [Aug 23] Cliftonville 1-0 Ards Coleraine 0-1 Portadown Crusaders 4-2 Ballymena Glenavon 1-0 Glentoran Linfield 1-1 Omagh Round 3 [Aug 29,31] Ards 2-2 Omagh Ballymena 1-0 Coleraine Cliftonville 2-2 Crusaders Glentoran 0-3 Linfield Portadown 2-1 Glenavon [Oct 21] Round 4 [Sep 10] Coleraine 5-1 Cliftonville Crusaders 4-0 Ards Glenavon 1-2 Ballymena Omagh 1-1 Glentoran [Oct 21] Linfield 0-0 Portadown [Nov 25] Round 5 [Sep 13] Cliftonville 1-1 Glenavon Crusaders 1-3 Coleraine Glentoran 3-0 Ards Linfield 0-0 Ballymena Portadown 3-1 Omagh Round 6 [Sep 20] Ards 0-0 Coleraine Glenavon 2-0 Crusaders Glentoran 1-1 Portadown Linfield 0-1 Cliftonville Omagh 3-2 Ballymena Round 7 [Sep 27] Ballymena 0-2 Glentoran Cliftonville 4-0 Omagh Coleraine 1-2 Glenavon Crusaders 1-0 Linfield Portadown 1-0 Ards Round 8 [Oct 4] Ards 3-4 Glenavon Glentoran 0-2 Cliftonville Linfield 1-1 Coleraine Omagh 1-1 Crusaders Portadown 1-1 Ballymena Round 9 [Oct 11] Ballymena 3-1 Ards Cliftonville 3-1 Portadown Coleraine 4-3 Omagh Crusaders 0-2 Glentoran Glenavon 2-3 Linfield Round 10 [Oct 18] Ballymena 2-0 Cliftonville Coleraine 2-1 Glentoran Crusaders 1-3 Portadown Glenavon 2-2 Omagh Linfield 4-0 Ards Round 11 [Oct 25] Ards 2-3 Cliftonville Ballymena 2-3 Crusaders Glentoran 0-1 Glenavon Omagh 1-0 Linfield Portadown 0-1 Coleraine Round 12 [Oct 30, Nov 1] Coleraine 0-2 Ballymena [0-1] Crusaders 2-2 Cliftonville Glenavon 1-5 Portadown Linfield 2-0 Glentoran Omagh 2-4 Ards Round 13 [Nov 4] Cliftonville 3-1 Coleraine Ballymena 0-0 Glenavon Portadown 0-2 Linfield Ards 1-1 Crusaders [Nov 25] Glentoran 1-0 Omagh [Nov 25] Round 14 [Nov 8] Ards 1-1 Glentoran Coleraine 4-0 Crusaders Glenavon 0-0 Cliftonville Ballymena 1-1 Linfield Omagh 1-2 Portadown Round 15 [Nov 15] Ballymena 4-2 Omagh Cliftonville 2-1 Linfield Coleraine 2-1 Ards Crusaders 3-2 Glenavon Portadown 3-2 Glentoran Round 16 [Nov 22] Ards 1-1 Portadown Glenavon 1-1 Coleraine Glentoran 1-2 Ballymena Linfield 0-0 Crusaders Omagh 0-1 Cliftonville Round 17 [Nov 29] Ballymena 1-2 Portadown Cliftonville 0-2 Glentoran Coleraine awd Linfield [abandoned at 1-0 in 83'; result stood] Crusaders 1-0 Omagh Glenavon 1-2 Ards Round 18 [Dec 6] Ards 2-1 Ballymena Glentoran 1-1 Crusaders Linfield 1-1 Glenavon Omagh 1-3 Coleraine Portadown 0-2 Cliftonville Round 19 [Dec 13] Ards 1-5 Linfield Ballymena 4-0 Cliftonville Glentoran 3-0 Coleraine Omagh 2-1 Glenavon Portadown 3-2 Crusaders Round 20 [Dec 20] Cliftonville 2-2 Ards Coleraine 2-0 Portadown Crusaders 3-4 Ballymena Glenavon 1-0 Glentoran Linfield 0-0 Omagh Round 21 [Dec 26,27] Ballymena 2-2 Coleraine Cliftonville 0-1 Crusaders [Feb 11] Glentoran 1-1 Linfield Portadown 2-0 Glenavon Ards 1-2 Omagh Round 22 [Dec 31, Jan 1] Crusaders 1-0 Ards Coleraine 0-2 Cliftonville Glenavon 3-3 Ballymena Linfield 1-1 Portadown Omagh 0-5 Glentoran Round 23 [Jan 3] Ballymena 0-2 Linfield Cliftonville 1-0 Glenavon [replay Jan 28; Jan 3 abandoned at 1-1] Crusaders 3-0 Coleraine Glentoran 2-0 Ards [Feb 11] Portadown 1-1 Omagh Round 24 [Jan 10] Ards 1-0 Coleraine Glenavon 2-2 Crusaders Glentoran 2-1 Portadown Linfield 0-1 Cliftonville Omagh 3-0 Ballymena Round 25 [Jan 17] Ballymena 1-2 Glentoran Cliftonville 1-0 Omagh Coleraine awd Glenavon [finished 3-3 but awarded 0-1 due to Crusaders 1-2 Linfield ineligible player Coleraine] Portadown 1-0 Ards Round 26 [Jan 31] Ards 1-1 Glenavon Glentoran 1-0 Cliftonville Linfield 1-0 Coleraine Omagh 1-2 Crusaders Portadown 4-0 Ballymena Round 27 [Feb 7] Ballymena 1-1 Ards Cliftonville 1-0 Portadown Coleraine 1-1 Omagh Crusaders 0-3 Glentoran Glenavon 2-4 Linfield Round 28 [Feb 14] Cliftonville 5-2 Ballymena Coleraine 1-5 Glentoran Crusaders 2-1 Portadown Glenavon 2-4 Omagh Linfield 2-0 Ards Round 29 [Feb 28] Ards 1-1 Cliftonville Ballymena 1-0 Crusaders Glentoran 1-0 Glenavon Omagh 0-3 Linfield Portadown 1-1 Coleraine Round 30 [Mar 7] Coleraine 0-0 Ballymena Crusaders 0-2 Cliftonville Glenavon 3-0 Portadown Linfield 3-0 Glentoran Omagh 2-1 Ards [Apr 8] Round 31 [Mar 21] Ards 0-1 Crusaders Ballymena 2-1 Glenavon Cliftonville 1-0 Coleraine Glentoran 2-0 Omagh Portadown 0-0 Linfield Round 32 [Mar 28] Ards 0-2 Glentoran Coleraine 0-0 Crusaders Glenavon 0-0 Cliftonville Linfield 1-0 Ballymena Omagh 0-2 Portadown Round 33 [Apr 11] Ballymena 2-1 Omagh Cliftonville 0-3 Linfield Coleraine 2-2 Ards Crusaders 4-1 Glenavon Portadown 2-0 Glentoran Round 34 [Apr 13,14] Ards 0-1 Portadown Glenavon 4-0 Coleraine Glentoran 2-2 Ballymena Linfield 0-0 Crusaders Omagh 0-1 Cliftonville Round 35 [Apr 18] Ballymena 1-2 Portadown Cliftonville 1-1 Glentoran Coleraine 0-0 Linfield Crusaders 2-2 Omagh Glenavon 0-0 Ards Round 36 [Apr 25] Ards 0-2 Ballymena Glentoran 1-1 Crusaders Linfield 2-0 Glenavon Omagh 1-3 Coleraine Portadown 1-2 Cliftonville Final Table: 1.Cliftonville 36 20 8 8 49-37 68 Champions - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2.Linfield 36 17 13 6 50-19 64 3.Portadown 36 17 9 10 50-38 60 4.Glentoran 36 17 8 11 52-34 59 5.Ballymena United 36 14 9 13 55-55 51 6.Crusaders 36 13 12 11 51-51 51 7.Coleraine 36 11 10 15 41-48 43 8.Glenavon 36 9 12 15 47-56 39 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9.Omagh Town 36 7 10 19 43-68 31 Relegation Playoffs ------------------------------------------ 10.Ards 36 4 11 21 31-63 23 Relegated Promotion/Relegation Playoff First Leg [Apr 27] Bangor 0-5 Omagh Second Leg [Apr 30] Omagh 1-0 Bangor Omagh Town remain in premier division