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Saturday, 27th December, 2008 JJB Sports Premiership Lisburn Distillery 1 (Lockhart og) Bangor 0 A DARREN Lockhart own goal saw Lisburn Distillery defeat Bangor at New Grosvenor to return to third spot in the table. [report] Friday, 26th December, 2008 JJB Sports Premiership Ballymena United 2 (Crossan og, Kelbie) Coleraine 0 BALLYMENA United made it five wins in a row with this home defeat of Coleraine in the Boxing Day derby at The Showgrounds. [report] Cliftonville 1 (M. Holland) Crusaders 1 (McKeown) CRUSADERS moved back into third spot with this draw away to north Belfast rivals Cliftonville thanks to a stunning late Gareth McKeown volley. [report] Dungannon Swifts 1 (McAllister) Institute 1 (Roddy) INSTITUTE moved into fifth spot in the JJB Sports Premiership courtesy of this Boxing Day draw at bottom club Dungannon Swifts. [report] Linfield 3 (Ferguson 2, Curran) Glentoran 0 TWO Glenn Ferguson first half goals help Linfield to a convincing Boxing Day victory at Windsor Park. [report] Newry City 0 Glenavon 2 (Liggett, Grant) GLENAVON picked up a crucial three points with this festive victory over Newry City at The Showgrounds. [report] Saturday, 20th December, 2008 JJB Sports Premiership Bangor 4 (McMenamin, Melly, Morrow, Verner) Newry City 2 (Clarke 2) BANGOR moved back up to fifth spot with this defeat of Newry City at Clandeboye Park despite shipping two goals in the opening half-an-hour. [report] Cliftonville 3 (C. Scannell 2, M. Holland) Coleraine 0 CLIFTONVILLE moved to within touching distance of the top six with this comfortable defeat of Coleraine at Solitude. [report] Dungannon Swifts 3 (Fitzpatrick, McAllister, McManus) Crusaders 6 (Magowan, Donnelly, Emerson, Dickson, Owens 2) CRUSADERS halted their losing streak with this high scoring defeat of bottom club Dungannon Swifts at Stangmore Park. [report] Glenavon 1 (Hudson) Institute 3 (Ramsey 2, Lowry) INSTITUTE came from behind to claim all three points at Mourneview Park to keep their current unbeaten run going. [report] Glentoran 1 (Boyce) Ballymena United 2 (Deans, Kelbie) BALLYMENA United extended their outstanding run to four straight victories after defeating league leaders Glentoran and finally managed to lift themselves from bottom place. [report] Lisburn Distillery 0 Linfield 0 BOTH Lisburn Distillery and Linfield closed the gap on leaders Glentoran a little bit more with this scoreless draw at Ballyskeagh. [report] Wednesday, 17th December, 2008 Co-operative Insurance Cup (quarter-finals, second leg) Linfield 0 Portadown 1 (Hunter) (Portadown win 3-0 on aggregate) LINFIELD'S disappointing season was compounded as Championship side Portadown sent the holders crashing out of the CIS Cup thanks to a precise header from Andy Hunter. [report] Tuesday, 16th December, 2008 Co-operative Insurance Cup (quarter-finals, second leg) Coleraine 0 Glentoran 2 (Scullion, Fordyce) (Glentoran win 3-1 on aggregate) Lisburn Distillery 1 (G. Muir) Glenavon 0 (Lisburn Distillery win 2-1 on aggregate) Loughgall 6 (Burrows 2, Murphy, Brown, Baron 2) Newry City 5 (Garrett, Morgan, Keegan, S. Friars, Clarke) (Newry City win on away goals; aggregate 8-8) LOUGHGALL and Newry City produced an eleven goal thriller at Lakeview Park in this Co-operative Insurance Cup quarter-final second leg. [report] Saturday, 13th December, 2008 JJB Sports Premiership Bangor 0 Ballymena United 3 (G. McDonnell, Ward 2) TWO MICHAEL Ward goals help the Sky Blues power to a third successive victory - but they still remain bottom. [report] Cliftonville 4 (Murphy 3, C. Scannell) Glenavon 0 FRANCIS Murphy is the hat-trick hero for the Reds as they power their way to a comfortable victory at Solitude. [report] Coleraine 1 (Carson) Linfield 4 (Carvill 2, Ferguson, Mulgrew) LINFIELD picked up their first win in four outings with this comprehensive defeat of Coleraine at The Showgrounds. [report] Crusaders 0 Lisburn Distillery 1 (Allen) LISBURN Distillery leapfrogged Crusaders into third spot with this defeat of Stephen Baxter's side at Seaview. [report] Glentoran 1 (Waterworth) Dungannon Swifts 1 (McMinn) GLENTORAN stretched their lead at the top of the table to eight points with this draw at home to Dungannon Swifts. [report] Institute 4 (Donegan og, Ramsey 2, Brown) Newry City 2 (Clarke, E. Friars) INSTITUTE staged a remarkable comeback to claim all three points at the Riverside despite shipping two goals inside the opening 11 minutes. [report] Tuesday, 9th December, 2008 JJB Sports Premiership Ballymena United 1 (King) Crusaders 0 A STUART King goal after 34 minutes was enough to earn Ballymena United a second JJB Sports Premiership victory on the bounce. [report] Glenavon 1 (Magee) Linfield 0 GLENAVON defeated Linfield for the second time in under three weeks to give their survival hopes a much needed boost. [report] Glentoran 0 Lisburn Distillery 0 GLENTORAN stretched their lead at the top of the table to eight points with this draw at home to Lisburn Distillery. [report] Saturday, 6th December, 2008 JJB Sports Premiership Coleraine 1 (Gibson) Glentoran 2 (Leeman, Hamilton) GLENTORAN extended their lead at the top of the JJB Sports Premiership with this defeat of Coleraine at The Showgrounds. [report] Linfield 0 Bangor 0 LINFIELD slipped a further two points adrift of leaders Glentoran with this scoreless draw at home to Bangor. [report] Lisburn Distillery 6 (G. Muir 3, Allen 2, Armour) Glenavon 2 (Walsh, Dickson) GARY Muir helped himself to a hat-trick as the Whites closed the gap on the leading pack with this six-goal thumping of Glenavon. [report] Friday, 5th December, 2008 JJB Sports Premiership Cliftonville 1 (C. Scannell) Institute 1 (Ramsey) TEN MAN Cliftonville survived with a point against visiting Institute, leaving Reds manager Eddie Patterson, expressing more relief than euphoria. [report] Newry City 3 (Morgan 3) Dungannon Swifts 2 (Adamson 2) A CHRIS Morgan hat-trick ensured a return to the top six for Newry City although Gerry Flynn's side did have to survive a spirited Swifts fightback. [report] Wednesday, 3rd December, 2008 Co-operative Insurance Cup (quarter-finals, first leg) Glentoran 1 (Halliday) Coleraine 1 (Crossan) COLERAINE took their chances in restricting Glentoran during this quarter final first leg after the league leaders were reduced to ten men. [report] Tuesday, 2nd December, 2008 Co-operative Insurance Cup (quarter-finals, first leg) Glenavon 1 (Harper) Lisburn Distillery 1 (Allen) A CURTIS Allen goal midway through the second half could prove to be crucial in settling this Co-operative Insurance Cup tie. [report] Newry City 3 (C. Feeney, Black, Clarke) Loughgall 2 (Burrows, Alderdice) A RICHARD Clarke goal three minutes from time handed Newry City the advantage in this quarter-final tie at The Showgrounds. [report] Portadown 2 (Boyle, McCutcheon) Linfield 0 GOALS from Wesley Boyle and Gary McCutcheon helped Portadown to a deserved first leg victory over holders Linfield at Shamrock Park. [report]

Tony Grant wheels away in triumph to receive the congratulations of Niall Hudson Kevin Kelbie celebrates at The Showgrounds Dominic Melly's delight is obvious following his equaliser for Bangor Jordan Owens is mobbed by the visiting fans following one of his goals at Stangmore Park. Francis Murphy celebrates his hat-trick with Ryan Catney Institute duo Paul Brown and Kevin Ramsey Lisburn Distillery's Gary Muir with the match ball following his hat-trick Newry City's hat-trick hero Chris Morgan Coleraine scorer Matt Crossan Wesley Boyle is mobbed by his delighted team-mates following his opener at Shamrock Park