Highlights: McManus goal helps Coleraine past Crues

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Play-offs take centre stagepublished at 19:10 British Summer Time 7 May
Good evening and welcome to our coverage of tonight's European play-off semi-finals.
With the Irish Premiership and Irish Cup now done and dusted, the end of season European play-offs take centre stage.
Four teams will compete for the fourth and final European place on offer to Irish Premiership sides.
The last-four ties take place tonight (both 19:45 BST), with third place Glentoran hosting seventh place Cliftonville at the Oval and fifth place Coleraine taking on sixth place Crusaders at the Showgrounds.
We will have live text updates and in-play clips for both semi-finals as well as a report and reaction, while Sunday's final (14:00) will be streamed on the BBC iPlayer and website.

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Highlights: McManus fires Bannsiders into European play-off final

Watch the highlights as Declan McManus scores an early goal to help Coleraine edge past Crusaders 1-0 at the Showgrounds.

Read the report: Cliftonville to meet Coleraine in European play-off final

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Wednesday 7th May

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Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points	Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first
1 Linfield	38	27	4	7	69	28	41	85	No Result Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Loss
2 Larne	38	17	12	9	46	33	13	63	No Result Result Draw Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Draw
3 Glentoran	38	17	10	11	49	37	12	61	No Result Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Draw
4 Dungannon Swifts	38	17	6	15	51	48	3	57	No Result Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Win
5 Coleraine	38	15	10	13	55	50	5	55	No Result Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Win
6 Crusaders	38	16	6	16	47	53	-6	54	No Result Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Win Result Loss

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Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points	Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first
1 Cliftonville	38	17	7	14	58	41	17	58	No Result Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Win
2 Portadown	38	16	8	14	48	45	3	56	No Result Result Draw Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Win
3 Ballymena United	38	14	5	19	47	54	-7	47	No Result Result Win Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss
4 Glenavon	38	12	10	16	42	47	-5	46	No Result Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Win
5 Carrick Rangers	38	7	11	20	32	59	-27	32	No Result Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Draw Result Loss
6 Loughgall	38	5	7	26	36	85	-49	22	No Result Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss

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Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points	Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first
1 Linfield	33	24	4	5	61	23	38	76	Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Win
2 Larne	33	15	9	9	39	28	11	54	Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Draw Result Win
3 Glentoran	33	15	9	9	40	31	9	54	Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Draw Result Draw Result Loss
4 Dungannon Swifts	33	15	5	13	44	40	4	50	Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Loss
5 Crusaders	33	15	5	13	41	43	-2	50	Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Draw Result Win
6 Coleraine	33	13	10	10	49	41	8	49	Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Draw Result Win
7 Cliftonville	33	13	7	13	44	37	7	46	Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Win
8 Portadown	33	13	7	13	39	38	1	46	Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Loss
9 Ballymena United	33	13	4	16	40	42	-2	43	Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Loss
10 Glenavon	33	10	9	14	35	43	-8	39	Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss
11 Carrick Rangers	33	6	9	18	24	48	-24	27	Result Loss Result Draw Result Win Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss
12 Loughgall	33	4	6	23	29	71	-42	18	Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Win

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Key

Position 1 : UEFA Champions League Qualifiers
Position 2 : UEFA Conference League Qualifiers
Position 3 - 6 : UEFA Conference League Play-offs

Last Updated 7th May 2025 at 22:14

Please Note: All times UK. Tables are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made.

home team, Coleraine

Manager: Ruaidhrí Higgins

Number 4,
D. Boyle
Number 7,
R. Campbell , substituted for D. Jarvis at 83 minutes
Number 27,
R. Doherty
Number 28,
C. Dunne , Yellow Card at 45 minutes plus 1
Number 17,
J. Glackin
Number 25,
L. Ives , substituted for P. Burns at 83 minutes
Number 13,
M. Little
Number 15,
K. McClelland
Number 29,
D. McManus , substituted for J. McGonigle at 73 minutes
Number 8,
J. Scott
Number 26,
C. Smith , substituted for K. Spence at 58 minutes

Substitutes

home team, Coleraine

Number 1,
R. Brown
Number 12,
P. Burns
Number 23,
S. Devine
Number 3,
D. Jarvis
Number 19,
J. McGonigle
Number 11,
K. Spence
Number 21,
A. Tejada

away team, Crusaders

Manager: Declan Caddell

Number 43,
Lewis Barr
Number 4,
J. Callacher
Number 25,
R. Clarke
Number 14,
J. Forsythe , Yellow Card at 59 minutes
Number 29,
H. Franklin
Number 7,
P. Lowry
Number 27,
S. Nixon , Yellow Card at 90 minutes plus 6
Number 15,
J. O'Rourke
Number 33,
J. Tuffey
Number 6,
R. Weir
Number 16,
J. Williamson , Yellow Card at 51 minutes

away team, Crusaders

Number 28,
J. Boyd
Number 40,
R. Brown
Number 24,
A. King
Number 32,
O. McCart
Number 22,
J. O'Connor
Number 18,
J. Owens
Number 10,
J. Stewart

Coleraine
Crusaders

home team, Coleraine

Manager: Ruaidhrí Higgins

Number 4,
D. Boyle
Number 7,
R. Campbell , substituted for D. Jarvis at 83 minutes
Number 27,
R. Doherty
Number 28,
C. Dunne , Yellow Card at 45 minutes plus 1
Number 17,
J. Glackin
Number 25,
L. Ives , substituted for P. Burns at 83 minutes
Number 13,
M. Little
Number 15,
K. McClelland
Number 29,
D. McManus , substituted for J. McGonigle at 73 minutes
Number 8,
J. Scott
Number 26,
C. Smith , substituted for K. Spence at 58 minutes

Substitutes

Number 1,
R. Brown
Number 12,
P. Burns
Number 23,
S. Devine
Number 3,
D. Jarvis
Number 19,
J. McGonigle
Number 11,
K. Spence
Number 21,
A. Tejada

Referee:: Shane Andrews
Assistant Referee 1:: Stephen Bell
Assistant Referee 2:: Brian Wilson
Fourth Official:: Evan Boyce

Season so far

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v Linfield

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v Dungannon Swifts

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v Crusaders

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v Coleraine

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v Larne

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v Larne

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v Linfield

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Play-offs take centre stagepublished at 19:10 British Summer Time 7 May