Jonny Russell, playing at right-back for Glentoran, cuts back onto his more favoured left foot and flashes a ball across goal which Jordan Jenkins glances well wide.

Referee Shane McGonigle blows his whistle and Adam Towe gets proceedings underway here at Lakeview Park.

Loughgall, in their familiar blue strip hosting Cliftonville on what's turned into a pleasant spring evening in Mid-Ulster.

We're under way at a sunny Stangmore Park.

There's a late change for Declan Caddell's side with Lloyd Anderson making his first start of the season and replacing Daniel Larmour.

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Linfield's Charlie Allen gets us underway on a bright sunny afternoon by the banks of the Bann.

A nice touch just before kick-off as both sets of players and rival supporters pay tribute to Terry Hayes as he calls time on half a century serving Linfield with distinction.

Popular Hayes graduated from playing for the Blues to working within the medical department and this afternoon marks his final game for the club after 50 years.

What a servant.

Referee Jamie Robinson starts the action at a raucous Inver Park.

It’s competitive match number 60 of a marathon season for Larne. Interim head coach Gary Haveron will be desperately hoping it will be their last action and that they won’t require game number 61 or 62 in the European play-offs.

However, Glentoran may see an opportunity in Larne’s stuttering home form – only the bottom three sides – Loughgall, Carrick and Glenavon – have amassed fewer points at home this season than Larne.

We're under way at a sunny Shamrock Park for the final game of the 2024/25 Irish Premiership campaign.

The hosts are wearing a special kit this afternoon to celebrate 100 years in the Irish League with an 80s inspired Centennial shirt.

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Jim Magilton chopped and changed last week, and they didn't turn up, but looking at the team sheet today, Jim has gone as strong as he could.

With just over one week to go until their first Irish Cup final since 2007, Rodney McAree shuffles the pack and makes six changes to the starting XI from last week's victory over Glentoran.

Stopper Alex Henderson, Dylan King, Leon Boyd, Tomas Galvin, Thomas Maguire and Brandon Bermingham all come into the side with Declan Dunne, John Scott, James Knowles, Leo Alves, John McGovern and Andrew Mitchell all dropping to the bench.

As for Crusaders, there are just two alterations to the side from last weekend with Robbie Weir and Stewart Nixon replacing Jordan Forsythe and Josh Williamson.

Dungannon Swifts: Henderson, Glenny, King, Wallace, Boyd, McGinty, Dillon, Maguire, Bigrirmana, Bermingham, Galvin.

Subs: Dunne, Scott, Knowles, McGovern, Alves, Hutchinson, Mitchell.

Crusaders: Tuffey, Callacher, Weir, Lowry, O'Rourke, Larmour, King, Boyd, Franklin, Barr, Nixon.

Subs: Brown, Forsythe, O'Connor, Clarke, McCart, Anderson, Downey.

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Portadown's hopes of European football depend on how Cliftonville fare at Loughgall, but a win to end the season at Shamrock Park is a must if they are to have any chance.

The Ports welcome a Ballymena United side who have won two of the last three head-to-head meetings.

Niall Curry names an unchanged starting XI from last week's 2-0 win against Jim Magilton's Reds.

Jim Ervin on the other hand makes just the one change with Luke Hawe coming in from the start with Caolan Loughran dropping to the bench.

Portadown: McCarey (capt), Chapman, McElroy, McCullough, Fyfe, Ukek, Traynor, Teelan, Minzamba, McCartan, Isamala.

Subs: Williamson, Redman, Wilson, McCawl, Mayse, Wylie, Obhakhan.

Ballymena United: O'Neill (capt), Lafferty, Jarvis, McCurry, Edogun, McCallion, Hawe, Corbally, Flynn, Barr, Hood.

Subs: Johnston, Moore, Loughran, Devine, Idehen, Phinn, Munnis.

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Loughgall boss Darren Murphy opts for two changes following his side's 2-2 draw with Carrick Rangers, introducing Lewis Francis and Zach Woolsey in place of Matthew O’Brien and Fra McCaffrey as the Villagers look to end their stint in the Premiership on a high.

Meanwhile, Jim Magilton rings the changes, retaining only Odhran Casey and Jonny Addis from the side that lost 2-0 at Portadown.

The introduction of nine fresh faces includes stopper David Odumosu, Jack Keaney, Shea Kearney, Luke Conlan, Harry Wilson, Rory Hale, Axel Piesold, Ryan Curran, and Joe Gormley as the Reds look to return to winning form ahead of their Irish Cup showdown with Dungannon Swifts.

Loughgall: Turker, Andrade, Francis, Murdock, Woolsey, McMenemy, T. Kelly, Towe, McLaughlin, Waide, Magee

Subs: Gartside, Brogan, O'Brien, Mahon, McCloskey, McCaffrey, D. Kelly.

Cliftonville: Odumosu, Casey, Addis, Keaney, Kearney, Conlan, Wilson, Hale, Piesold, Curran, Gormley.

Subs: Ridd, Stewart, Glynn, Lowe, Parsons, Corrigan, McWoods.

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Larne boss Gary Haveron said his side are "preparing to face the best version of Glentoran" during Saturday's final round of Irish Premiership fixtures.

Haveron's side occupy second place in the table and know a draw against third-place Glentoran at Inver Park will be enough to seal the runners-up spot and automatic European qualification.

Glentoran can still snatch second and avoid the play-offs with a win and Haveron believes his side must treat the game like a cup final.

"That has to be the mentality going into it, it's a winner takes all game, yes we can get a draw, but we never set the team up to draw, and Saturday will not be any different," he told BBC Sport NI.

"We know what we're going to face with the Glens, they're a quality side and we're preparing for the best version of Glentoran to come to Inver Park."

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After almost 10 months of Premiership action, Larne and Glentoran's European fate boils down to what happens in 90 minutes at Inver Park.

As recently as early March, Glentoran held an eight point advantage over Larne in the league table but the outgoing champions have slowly chipped away at that deficit and can now afford to draw this game, whereas only victory will suffice for the east Belfast side if they are to claim second place and that sought-after automatic European spot.

Larne make two changes from the side which beat Linfield with Mark Randall and Andy Ryan - two players who have played such a prominent part in in the Invermen's revival - replacing Tiarnan O'Connor and Ryan Nolan, who are both named among the subs.

Glentoran make one alteration from the side which lost at Dungannon last week, with Dylan Connolly in for Christie Pattisson.

Larne: Ferguson, Cosgrove, Want, Bolger, Donnelly, Graham, Gallagher, Sloan, Randall, O'Neill, Ryan.

Subs: Graham, McKendry, O'Connor, McEneff, Nolan, Bayode, Wallace.

Glentoran: Gyollai, Lyons-Foster, Kane, Russell, Amos, Sule, Palmer, Thomson, Connolly, Fisher, Jenkins.

Subs: Mills, Hvid, Lindsay, Pattisson, Ferris, Douglas, Thorndike.

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Both teams come into this game on the back of a defeat last time out.

However, while Linfield, who secured the league title several weeks ago, will lose little sleep over their loss at Larne the same can't be said for their hosts today.

Coleraine have lost critical momentum as they approach the European play-offs and went down heavily to Crusaders last time out.

Head coach Dean Shiels makes two changes to his side from Seaview as captain Lyndon Kane is out for the season with a broken collarbone and Rory Brown starts on the bench.

In their place come Max Little between the sticks and defender Kyle McClelland.

Blues boss David Healy makes no less than seven changes with Sam Roscoe, Kieran Offord, Dane McCullough and Rhys Annett listed among the replacements and Chris Shields, Kalum Thompson and Matthew Orr getting the afternoon off.

Into the starting XI come Euan East, Scot Whiteside, Kirk Millar, Ben Hall, Joshua Archer, Matthew Fitzpatrick and Callumn Morrison.

Coleraine: Little, Jarvis, Boyle, Campbell, Shevlin, Burns, McClelland, Glackin (c), Doherty, Dunne, McManus.

Subs: Brown, Stewart, Scott, Spence, McGonigle, Tejada, Devine.

Linfield: Walsh, East, Whiteside, Millar, Allen, Hall, Archer, Mulgrew (c), McGee, Fitzpatrick, Morrison.

Subs: Roscoe, Ballantyne, McKee, Offord, McCullough, Annett, McKay.

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It is all over at Taylors Avenue and Glenavon are well worth their win.

A double for Peter Campbell and one for Aaron Heaney in the second period secured the three points.

For Carrick, they will now move on to Tuesday night and the first leg of their promotion/relegation play-off likely to be against Championship side Annagh United.

Peter Campbell outdoes his first goal with another fine bending effort to net Glenavon's fourth.

Aaron Heaney keeps his cool to slot home a third for Glenavon.

Peter Campbell curls home a sumptuous second for Glenavon.