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Northern Ireland Football League Danske Bank Women’s Premiership 2020

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Final Table

NIFL Women’s Premiership	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Glentoran Women (C)	9	8	0	1	25	5	24
Linfield Ladies	10	7	1	2	26	12	22
Sion Swifts Ladies	9	5	2	2	33	17	17
Crusaders Strikers	10	5	1	4	20	9	16
Cliftonville Ladies	10	2	0	8	16	30	6
Derry City Women	10	0	0	10	0	47	0

[References: 2]

Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Week 1
26.08.2020	Cliftonville Ladies	0	Glentoran Women	3
26.08.2020	Derry City Women	0	Sion Swifts Ladies	6
26.08.2020	Linfield Ladies	2	Crusaders Strikers	0
	Week 2
02.09.2020	Cliftonville Ladies	2	Derry City Women	0
02.09.2020	Crusaders Strikers	2	Sion Swifts Ladies	1
02.09.2020	Glentoran Women	2	Linfield Ladies	0
	Week 3
09.09.2020	Derry City Women	0	Crusaders Strikers	5
09.09.2020	Linfield Ladies	2	Cliftonville Ladies	0
09.09.2020	Sion Swifts Ladies	4	Glentoran Women	3
	Week 4
16.09.2020	Sion Swifts Ladies	8	Derry City Women	0
	Week 5
23.09.2020	Cliftonville Ladies	4	Sion Swifts Ladies	6
23.09.2020	Derry City Women	0	Linfield Ladies	7
23.09.2020	Glentoran Women	1	Crusaders Strikers	0
	Week 6
30.09.2020	Linfield Ladies	1	Glentoran Women	4
	Week 7
04.10.2020	Crusaders Strikers	2	Cliftonville Ladies	1
	Week 8
14.10.2020	Glentoran Women	4	Cliftonville Ladies	0
	Week 9
04.11.2020	Glentoran Women	3	Derry City Women	0
04.11.2020	Sion Swifts Ladies	1	Crusaders Strikers	1
	Week 10
11.11.2020	Cliftonville Ladies	2	Linfield Ladies	3
11.11.2020	Crusaders Strikers	3	Derry City Women	0
	Mid-Week
15.11.2020	Crusaders Strikers	0	Linfield Ladies	1
	Week 11
18.11.2020	Sion Swifts Ladies	2	Linfield Ladies	2
18.11.2020	Cliftonville Ladies	0	Crusaders Strikers	7
18.11.2020	Derry City Women	0	Glentoran Women	3
	Mid-Week
02.12.2020	Derry City Women	0	Cliftonville Ladies	6
	Week 12
06.12.2020	Linfield Ladies	4	Sion Swifts Ladies	2
	Week 13
09.12.2020	Linfield Ladies	4	Derry City Women	0
09.12.2020	Sion Swifts Ladies	3	Cliftonville Ladies	1
09.12.2020	Crusaders Strikers	0	Glentoran Women	2

[References: 3]

Report

Glentoran Women won the 2020 Northern Ireland Football League Danske Bank Women’s Premiership with one game to spare on 24 points. Linfield Ladies finished second on 22 Points, while Sion Swifts Ladies finished third with 17 points, one ahead of Crusaders Strikers. Cliftonville Ladies finished fifth and Derry City Women in sixth and last place.

Home Venues

Team	Home Venue
Cliftonville Ladies	Solitude, Belfast City
Crusaders Strikers	Seaview
Derry City Women	Brandywell Stadium, Derry City
Glentoran Women	The Oval, Belfast City
Linfield Ladies	Midgley Park, Belfast City
Sion Swifts Ladies	Melvin Sports Complex, Strabane

[Reference: 3]

References

Images

[1] Wikipedia (2020) 1200px-Irish_Football_Association_logo.svg [Internet] Available from: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/25/Irish_Football_Association_logo.svg/1200px-Irish_Football_Association_logo.svg.png [Accessed 1 October 2020]

Websites

[2] Irish Football Association (2020)Danske Bank Women’s Premiership Table [Internet] Available from: https://www.nifootballleague.com/womens-premiership/2019/standings/ [Accessed 28 December 2020]

[3] Irish Football Association (2020)Danske Bank Women’s Premiership Results [Internet] Available from: https://www.nifootballleague.com/womens-premiership/2020/results/ [Accessed 28 December 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Rose McCabe.

About this document

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Last Updated: 28 December 2020

December 27, 2020

CONMEBOL Paz del Chaco Cup 1991

Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
14.06.1991	Bolivia	0	Paraguay	1
16.06.1991	Paraguay	0	Bolivia	0
	(Par won 1-0 on agg)

[Reference: 2]

Report

The Paz del Chaco Cup was won by Paraguay in 1991, who defeated Bolivia in the first leg in Bolivia, but just managed to hold on in the second leg in Paraguay.

About the Paz del Chaco Cup

The Paz del Chaco cup is an annual soccer cup played between Paraguay and Bolivia to celebrate the Peace treaty between the two countries after the Chaco war.

References

Images

Newspapers

[2] John Kelly. (1991) “Arsenal, Cont.” World Soccer. August 1991. pg. 14.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Rose McCabe, Gabriel McCloyne, Gerry Tully, Paul Leech, Peter Lemass, Ciaran Simms, Cathal Gallagher, Paul Foley (TCD).

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Last Updated: 26 December 2020

December 27, 2020

Makita Preseason International Soccer Tournament 1990

Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
10.08.1990	Sampdoria (Ita)	1 (5p)	Real Sociedad (Esp)	1 (3p)
10.08.1990	Arsenal (Eng)	2	Aston Villa (Eng)	0
	3rd Place
11.08.1990	Real Sociedad	1	Aston Villa	0
	Final
11.08.1990	Arsenal	0	Sampdoria	1

[Reference: 2]

Report

Sampdoria, from Genoa in Italy won the 3rd Four-Team Preseason International Tournament at Wembley in July 1990, defeating Arsenal in the Final. Spain’s Real Sociedad won the 3rd Place Playoff against Aston Villa.

About the Makita Tournament

The Makita Tournament was a Preseason International Soccer Tournament held at Wembley Stadium, London from 1988 to 1990, and then Highbury, Arsenal’s Home Ground in 1991.

References

Newspapers

[2] John Kelly. (1991) “Arsenal, Cont.” World Soccer. August 1991. pg. 14.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Rose McCabe, Gabriel McCloyne, Gerry Tully, Paul Leech, Peter Lemass, Ciaran Simms, Cathal Gallagher, Paul Foley (TCD).

About this document

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Last Updated: 26 December 2020

December 27, 2020

Makita Preseason International Soccer Tournament 1989

Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
29.07.1989	Arsenal (Eng)	1	FC Porto (Por)	0
29.07.1989	Dynamo Kiev (URS)	0	Liverpool (Eng)	2
	3rd Place
30.07.1989	Dynamo Kiev	1	FC Porto	0
	Final
30.07.1989	Arsenal	1	Liverpool	0

[Reference: 2]

Report

Arsenal won the second Makita International Soccer Tournament in Wembley Stadium in July 1989, defeating Liverpool in the Final after the two teams had defeated FC Porto and Dynamo Kiev in the Semi-Finals.

About the Makita Tournament

The Makita Tournament was a Preseason International Soccer Tournament held at Wembley Stadium, London from 1988 to 1990, and then Highbury, Arsenal’s Home Ground in 1991.

References

Newspapers

[2] John Kelly. (1991) “Arsenal, Cont.” World Soccer. August 1991. pg. 14.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Rose McCabe, Gabriel McCloyne, Gerry Tully, Paul Leech, Peter Lemass, Ciaran Simms, Cathal Gallagher, Paul Foley (TCD).

About this document

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Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 26 December 2020

December 27, 2020

Makita Preseason International Soccer Tournament 1988

Final Table

Makita Tournament	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Arsenal (C – Eng)	2	2	0	0	7	0	4
AC Milan (Eng)	2	2	0	0	2	0	4
Bayern Munich (Ger)	2	0	0	2	0	4	0
Tottenham Hotspur (Eng)	2	0	0	2	0	5	0

[Reference: Compiled from results in 2]

Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
13.08.1988	Arsenal	4	Tottenham Hotspur	0
13.08.1988	AC Milan	1	Bayern Munich	0
14.08.1988	Arsenal	3	Bayern Munich	0
14.08.1988	AC Milan	3	Tottenham Hotspur	0

[Reference: 2]

Report

Arsenal won the Makita Preseason International Soccer Tournament in 1988 ahead of AC Milan on better record after both teams won both their games against Bayern Munich and Tottenham Hotspur.

About the Makita Tournament

The Makita Tournament was a Preseason International Soccer Tournament held at Wembley Stadium, London from 1988 to 1990, and then Highbury, Arsenal’s Home Ground in 1991.

References

Newspapers

[2] John Kelly. (1991) “Arsenal, Cont.” World Soccer. August 1991. pg. 14.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Rose McCabe, Gabriel McCloyne, Gerry Tully, Paul Leech, Peter Lemass, Ciaran Simms, Cathal Gallagher, Paul Foley (TCD).

About this document

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Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 26 December 2020

December 27, 2020

Four-Team South American International Soccer Tournament 1991

Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
27.05.1991	Emelec (Ecu)	3	Universitario (Per)	1
29.05.1991	Santos (Bra)	1	Independiente (Arg)	0
	Final
31.05.1991	Emelec (Ecu)	1	Santos (Bra)	0

[Reference: 2]

Report

Ecuador’s Emelec won the four-team International Tournament in May 1991, involving Brazil’s Santos (Pele’s old club), Universitario of Peru and Independiente of Argentina.

References

Newspapers

[2] Anon. (1992) “International Results” World Soccer. August 1991. pg. 56-57

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Rose McCabe, Gabriel McCloyne, Gerry Tully, Paul Leech, Peter Lemass, Ciaran Simms, Cathal Gallagher, Paul Foley (TCD).

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Last Updated: 26 December 2020

December 26, 2020

President’s Cup International Soccer Tournament 1991

Knockout Rounds

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
14.06.1991	South Korea	4	Australia	3
14.06.1991	Egypt	2	USSR B	1
	FInal
16.06.1991	South Korea	2	Egypt	0

[References: 2]

Group Tables

President’s Cup	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Group A
Egypt (SF)	3	2	1	0	11	2	5
South Korea (SF)	3	1	2	0	4	1	4
Malta	3	1	1	1	6	6	3
Indonesia	3	0	0	3	0	12	0
Group B
Australia (SF)	3	3	0	0	8	3	6
USSR B (SF)	3	1	1	1	3	3	3
South Korea B	3	1	0	2	2	4	2
USA Student Games XI	3	0	1	2	4	7	1

[References: Compiled from results in 2]

Group Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Group A
07.06.1991	South Korea	0	Egypt	0
07.06.1991	Indonesia	0	Malta	3
09.06.1991	Egypt	5	Malta	2
09.06.1991	South Korea	3	Indonesia	0
11.06.1991	Egypt	6	Indonesia	0
11.06.1991	South Korea	1	Malta	1
	Group B
08.06.1991	Australia	2	USSR B	1
08.06.1991	South Korea B	2	USA Student Games XI	1
10.06.1991	Australia	4	USA Student Games XI	2
10.06.1991	South Korea B	0	USSR B	1
12.06.1991	South Korea B	0	Australia	2
12.06.1991	USA Student Games XI	1	USSR B	1

[Reference: 2]

Report

Hosts South Korea won their own Tournament in June 1991, defeating Egypt 2-0 in the Final after drawing with them in the Group Stage. Eight teams entered the Tournament, with Egypt, South Korea, Australia and USSR B qualifying for the Semi-Finals ahead of Malta, Indonesia, South Korea B and a USA Student Games XI.

About the President’s Cup

The President’s Cup is a Preseason Soccer Tournament held every year in South Korea involving top Asian Countries as well as less prominent Nations from Europe or the Rest of the World.

References

Newspapers

[2] Anon. (1992) “International Results” World Soccer. August 1991. pg. 38-39; 56-57.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Richard Costello (Gateway).

About this document

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Last Updated: 26 December 2020

December 26, 2020

Preseason Soccer Tours of North America 1991

Date	Home Team		Away Team
09.06.1991	USA	0	Juventus (Ita)	0
11.06.1991	Luis Angel Firpo (ELS)	1	Juventus (Ita)	0
13.06.1991	Canadian All-Stars	2	AC Milan (Ita)	2
15.06.1991	Club Leon (Mex)	2	Juventus (Ita)	0
16.06.1991	USA	1	AC Milan (Ita)	1
06.1991	Canadian All-Stars	1	Belfica (Por)	2
06.1991	AC Milan (Ita)	1	Benfica (Por)	1

[References: 2]

3-Team Canadian Tournament Final Table

Canadian Tmnt	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Benfica (C)	2	1	1	0	3	2	3
AC Milan	2	0	2	0	3	3	2
Canadian All-Stars	2	0	1	1	3	4	1

[Reference: Compiled from Results in 2]

Composite Preseason Table

Preseason North America 1991	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Benfica (Por)	2	1	1	0	3	2	3
AC Milan (Ita)	3	0	3	0	4	4	3
Club Leon (Mex)	1	1	0	0	2	0	2
Luis Angel Firpo (ElS)	1	1	0	0	1	0	2
USA	2	0	2	0	1	1	2
Canadian All-Stars	2	0	1	1	3	4	1
Juventus (Ita)	3	0	1	2	0	3	1

[Reference: Compiled from Results in 2]

Report

Benfica, AC Milan and Juventus each embarked on a 3-game preseason tour of North America in June 1991. Portugal’s Benfica won a three-team tournament involving AC Milan and a Canadian All-Stars team. Juventus lost two matches against Central American opposition in Club Leon (Mexico) and Luis Angel Firpo (El Salvador) after drawing with USA who then also drew with AC Milan.

References

Newspapers

[2] Anon. (1992) “International Results” World Soccer. August 1991. pg. 56; 58; 63.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Richard Costello (Gateway).

About this document

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Last Updated: 26 December 2020

December 26, 2020

Kirin Cup (Japan Preseason International Soccer) 1991

Final Table

Kirin Cup	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Japan (C)	2	2	0	0	6	1	4
Vasco da Gama (Bra)	2	1	0	1	4	2	2
Tottenham Hotspur (Eng)	2	1	0	1	2	5	2
Thailand	2	0	0	2	1	5	0

[Reference: Compiled from results in 2]

Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
06.06.1991	Thailand	1	Tottenham Hotspur	2
06.06.1991	Japan	2	Vasco da Gama	1
09.06.1991	Japan	4	Tottenham Hotspur	0
09.06.1991	Vasco da Gama	3	Thailand	0

[Reference: 2]

Report

Hosts Japan won the 1991 Kirin Cup defeating Tottenham Hotsur 4-0 in their last game in the four team preseason International Tournament.

Video Kirin Cup 1991 – Japan v Tottenham Hotspur

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zRn7yQzbY8

References

Newspapers

[2] Anon. (1992) “International Results” World Soccer. August 1991. pg. 56-57

Videos

[3] Football Video Collection You Tube Channel (2020) December 18, 2020. KIRIN CUP 1991 [Internet] Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zRn7yQzbY8 [Accessed 26 December 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Richard Costello (Gateway).

About this document

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Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 26 December 2020

December 26, 2020

Caribbean Football Union Shell Caribbean Cup 1991

Caribbean Football Union Logo [Reference: 1]

Final Round Knockout Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
30.05.1991	Trinidad & Tobago	3	Guyana	1
30.05.1991	Jamaica	2	St. Lucia	0
	3rd Place
02.06.1991	St. Lucia	4	Guyana	1
	FInal
02.06.1991	Jamaica	2	Trinidad & Tobago	0

[Reference: 2]

Final Round Group Tables

FINAL ROUND	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Group A
Trinidad & Tobago (SF)	3	2	0	1	9	2	4
St. Lucia (SF)	3	1	2	0	2	1	4
Martinique	3	1	1	1	4	2	3
Dominican Republic	3	0	1	2	1	11	1
Group B
Jamaica (SF)	2	2	0	0	9	2	4
Guyana (SF)	2	1	0	1	2	7	2
Cayman Islands	2	0	0	2	3	5	0

[Reference: 2]

Final Round Group Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Group A
23.05.1991	Trinidad & Tobago	7	Dominican Republic	0
23.05.1991	St. Lucia	0	Martinique	0
25.05.1991	Trinidad & Tobago	1	Martinique	0
25.05.1991	St. Lucia	0	Dominican Republic	0
27.05.1991	Martinique	4	Dominican Republic	1
27.05.1991	St. Lucia	2	Trinidad & Tobago	1
	Group B
24.05.1991	Jamaica	6	Guyana	0
26.05.1991	Jamaica	3	Cayman Islands	2
28.05.1991	Guyana	2	Cayman Islands	1

[Reference: 2]

Qualifying Round Group Tables

QUALIFYING ROUND	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Group A
Guyana (Q)	2	1	1	0	5	1	3
Surinam	2	1	1	0	2	1	3
Aruba	2	0	0	2	0	5	0
Group B
Dominican Republic (Q)	2	1	1	0	4	2	3
Haiti	2	1	1	0	4	3	3
Puerto Rico	2	0	0	2	3	6	0
Group C
Cayman Islands	2	1	1	0	3	2	3
St. Kitts & Nevis	2	0	2	0	1	1	2
British Virgin Islands	2	0	1	1	1	2	1
Group D
St. Lucia (Q)	2	2	0	0	9	0	4
Montserrat	2	0	1	1	1	4	1
Anguilla	2	0	1	1	1	7	1
Group E
French Guiana	1	1	0	0	2	1	2
Martinique (Q)	1	0	0	1	1	2	0

[Reference: Compiled from results in 2]

Qualifying Round Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Group A		S. American Coast Gp
08.10.1991	Surinam	1	Aruba	0
10.10.1991	Guyana	4	Aruba	0
12.05.1991	Surinam	1	Guyana	1
	Group B		Greater Antilles Gp
08.05.1991	Haiti	3	Puerto Rico	2
12.05.1991	Dominican Republic	1	Haiti	1
14.05.1991	Dominican Republic	3	Puerto Rico	1
	Group C		Leeward Is Gp
10.05.1991	Cayman Islands	2	British Virgin Is	1
12.05.1991	St. Kitts & Nevis	1	Cayman Islands	1
14.05.1991	St. Kitts & Nevis	0	British Virgin Is	0
	Group D		Windward Is Gp
10.05.1991	St. Lucia	3	Montserrat	0
14.05.1991	Montserrat	1	Anguilla	1
16.05.1991	St. Lucia	6	Anguilla	0
	Group E		French Dept Gp
15.05.1991	French Guiana	2	Martinique	1

[Reference: 1]

Report

Jamaica defeated Trinidad & Tobago 2-0 in the Final of the Shell Caribbean Cup in Kingston, Jamaica in May 1991. Both countries had automatically qualified for the seven-team Final tournament. Trinidad & Tobago had knocked out Guyana in the Semi-Finals, and Jamaica defeated St. Lucia.

The Qualifying Groups were won by Guyana (3-team South American Coast Group involving Surinam and Aruba); Dominican Republic (Greater Antilles Group involving Haiti and Puerto Rico); Cayman Islands (Leeward Islands Group involving St. Kitts & Nevis and British Virgin Islands); St. Lucia (Windward Islands Group involving Montserrat and Anguilla); Martinique (2-team French Department Group involving French Guiana).

Montserrat’s National Holiday is on St. Patrick’s Day like Ireland and most are descendent from Irish indentured servants and African slaves with even those of African descent speaking Irish at one stage like most on the island at the time (1600s to 1800). Kingston, Jamaica shares a name with Kingstown (Dun Laoghaire) in Ireland.

About the Caribbean Cup

The Shell Caribbean Cup is a Regional Soccer Tournament organised by the Caribbean Football Union. It also doubled as the Qualifying Tournament for the CONCACAF Gold Cup. Both were first played for in 1991, although there were previous attempts at creating Regional Tournaments.

References

Images

[1] IMS Soccer News (1992) 200px-Caribbean_Football_Union [Internet] Available from: https://www.insidemnsoccer.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/200px-Caribbean_Football_Union.jpg [Accessed 8 October 2020]

Newspapers

[2] Anon. (1992) “International Results” World Soccer. August 1991. pg. 56-57

[3] Wikipedia (2020) “Montserrat” [Internet] Available from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montserrat [Accessed 26 December 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Richard Costello (Gateway).

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 26 December 2020