PORTS SET THE STANDARD LEAGUE favourites Portadown set down a marker for the season with a 7-0 win against Armagh City in the opening game of the new IFA Championship. Picture: PressEye

CO-OPERATIVE INSURANCE CUP NORTHERN Ireland manager Nigel Worthington made the draw today for the Qualifying and First Round of the Co-Operative Insurance Cup.   IFA STATEMENT LENGTHY deliberations between the Irish FA and the Referees’ Association took place at Windsor Avenue throughout the day.   THE JJB SPORTS PREMIERSHIP THE Irish Football Association today unveiled JJB Sports as the sponsor of the newly restructured top tier of domestic football in Northern Ireland.   ARMAGH CITY 0-7 PORTADOWN LEAGUE favourites Portadown set down a marker for the season with a 7-0 win against Armagh City in the opening game of the new IFA Championship.   BALLYCLARE COMRADES 0-1 ARDS A DARREN Fitzgerald goal seven minutes from time helped Ards kick-off their IFA Championship campaign with victory over Ballyclare Comrades at Dixon Park.   LIEPAJAS METALURGS 2-0 GLENTORAN GLENTORAN'S UEFA Cup hopes ended in bitter disappointment following this defeat to SK Liepajas Metalurgs in Latvia.   FC COPENHAGEN 7-0 CLIFTONVILLE FC COPENHAGEN proved an irresistible force with a seven goal thumping of Cliftonville in their UEFA Cup second leg at the world famous Parken Stadium.

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