Our new series on Pitch Invasion moves all the way from Australia to Northern Ireland, as we look at the growing ultras culture in the IFA Premiership.

Glentoran are the current champions of the league, and their supporters' group Legion 1882 (which references the year the club was founded) was formed just two years ago.

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No, triskaidekaphobia isn't a fear of Greek appetizers, it's actually the fear of the dreaded unlucky No. 13 something defender Kris Lindsay of Irish club Linfield is discovering first hand.

Since joining Linfield in 2006 and making the doomed decision to go with the 13 shirt, Lindsay has suffered six different injuries all of which have been unrelated to each other ("a knee injury, a hamstring niggle, a neck muscle spasm, calf strain, a broken bone in his hand, concussion and then he needed stitches after a clash of heads during Saturday's clash with former club Portadown").

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The first leg of the first qualifying round of the 2009-10 Champions League is now complete. If you weren't able to find your favorite club on the tele over the past few days, don't be shocked because (a) your favorite team probably wasn't playing and (b) you would have been hard pressed to find any of the matches on television unless you happen to live in San Marino. Click to continue reading...

Glentoran F.C. is a Northern Irish football club, playing in east Belfast. The club, founded in 1882, plays in the IFA Premiership. Glentoran's biggest rivals are Linfield F.C. Linfield and Glentoran are nicknamed Belfast's Big Two, as they have traditionally dominated local football in Northern Ireland since the demise of Belfast Celtic. Click to continue reading...

Sexy model, yes. Sexy club, no Linfield FC called on the services of former Miss Northern Ireland, Lucy Evangelista (no relation to Linda), to help launch their new away kit (the home kit doesn't change). Pies thinks this is a...

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Since the 2004-05 season, Glentoran or Linfield have held the first or second spots in Northern Ireland's Irish Premier League/IFA Premiership table.
2004-05: 1st - Glentoran and 2nd - Linfield
2005-06: 1st - Linfield and 2nd - Glentoran
2006-07: 1st - Linfield and 2nd - Glentoran
2007-08: 1st - Linfield and 2nd - Glentoran
2008-09: 1st - Glentoran and 2nd - Linfield
Northern Ireland's Football Heroes
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Friday
15:15 Wolverhampton Wanderers v Southampton, Championship, Sky Sports 1 & HD1
The nearly there meets the nearly gone. Having dodged a ten point deduction for entering administration, the Saints will need to stay in the Championship as the noises coming from the administrator suggest that a drop into League 2 could destroy the club. Click to continue reading...

This is not good. The long-running sectarian rivalry between Belfast teams Linfield and Cliftonville took a nasty turn last night when Linfield's Conor Hagan was hit by a firework launched from the crowd at Windsor Park. The final whistle of the County Antrim Shield final had just gone with Cliftonville winning 2-1, when Hagan was struck [. Click to continue reading...