A reminder of today's fixtures.

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Bangor make four changes from last week's defeat to Carrick Rangers. In come Mark Haughey, Stephen Fallon, Oisin Devlin and Michael Morgan. They come in for Reece Neale, Lewis Harrison, Lewis Francis and Ben Cushnie. Michael Halliday is on the bench on his last appearance before retirement.

Portadown make a pair of changes with Jack Scott and Josh Eakin in for Baris Altintop and Lewis MacKinnon.

Bangor: Deane, Haughey, Hassin, Mulvenna (C), Fallon, Lynch, Boyd, Devlin, Morgan, McGuinness, Hughes

Subs: McMahon, Cushnie, Francis, Garrett, Halliday, Hannan, Watson

Portadown: Moore, Isamala, Fyfe (C), Teelan, Minzamba, Scott, McCartan, Towe, Wells, Eakin, Carson

Subs: Francey, Ukek, Gibson, Tetteh, Annett, Quinn, Hudak

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Limavady United secured promotion to the Irish Premiership and the Championship title after overcoming Annagh United 2-0 in Saturday's top-two tussle at the BMG Arena.

United needed to avoid defeat to finish as champions and with it promotion to the Premiership.

John Butcher was Limavady's hero with the striker bagging a double.

Butcher slotted home the opener on 14 minutes from a penalty after Annagh's Ross Redman was sent off for handball.

After seeing an effort go over the bar Butcher sealed the win late in the game, finishing after being set-up by Alfie Gaston.

The Roesiders will have top-flight football to look forward next season while Annagh will be hoping to achieve the same when they come up against Crusaders in the promotion/relegation play-off.

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Crusaders manager Declan Caddell says his players have been "exceptional" after their 1-0 victory over Glenavon in last week's relegation showdown at Mourneview Park.

The Crues went into the game two points clear of the Lurgan Blues in the penultimate round of fixtures.

Fraser Bryden volleyed home in the second half to ensure a promotion/relegation play-off place for the Crues, while Glenavon drop to the Championship.

Crusaders have hit form at just the right time, with a last-gasp draw against Bangor and 4-0 victory over Portadown seeing them move off the bottom above Glenavon before last Saturday's crucial win.

"It's good to get the win - it's a relief," said Caddell.

"It's been a tough season for us. We dug ourselves into a hole but the way the players have responded in the past couple of weeks has been exceptional.

"So today were we at out best? No, we were miles off it but it wasn't the type of game to get the ball down and play.

"There was so much at stake, it was nervy and credit to Glenavon, they threw everything at us.

"But we managed to get our noses in front and defended soundly for the rest of the game. I'm happy."

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Crusaders head coach Declan Caddell clearly has more than one eye on Tuesday's play-off trip to Annagh United as he fields a completely different starting XI to that which started last week's win over Glenavon.

A number of the club's promising youngsters get their chance to shine while there is a place on the bench for record goalscorer Jordan Owens, at the sprightly age of 36.

Ballymena United boss Oran Kearney makes five changes to the team which started in the home defeat to Portadown a week ago.

Daniel Lafferty, Matthew Clarke, Fuad Sule and Kian Corbally drop to the bench with Thomas Ruffin not involved.

In come Alistair Gould, Daire O'Connor, Jack O'Reilly, Joel Thompson and Dylan McGeouch.

Crusaders: Tuffey (c), Hamilton, Blaney, Jewitt-White, Thorndike, McCart, Maguire, Rough, Maciejewski-Healy, C. Beattie, James.

Subs: Boyle, Owens, Quinn, Peoples, Anderson, M. Beattie, Karrabecaj.

Ballymena United: Breen, Rocks, Gould, O'Connor, Rutkowski, O'Reilly, Thompson, McGeouch, Edogun, McEleney (c), Hood.

Subs: Wade, Lafferty, Clarke, McCallion, Murray, Sule, Corbally.

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It's a decision that has half left him "feeling like a child" with excitement, and half asking himself "what have I done?".

David Jeffrey will return to management with Irish Premiership club Portadown after three years out of the dugout.

The 63-year-old had superb success with Linfield, where he won 31 trophies in 17 years at Windsor Park.

One League Cup in seven years followed at Ballymena United, but he departed the Sky Blues in 2023.

In a big move from Portadown, he is also one of the biggest personalities in Irish League history.

Jeffrey admits he had offers to return to the sidelines before, so why does now make sense with Portadown?

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Ben Arthurs has been suspended by Irish Premiership club Bangor following a disciplinary matter, the club revealed on Monday night.

A statement released by the club said that they were "unable to provide further details at this time as an established process is underway".

"The Club will conduct a full internal review once that process concludes and will issue a further statement at that point," the statement continued.

The 27-year-old has been part of the Bangor squad as they earned promotions through the divisions in recent seasons, initially playing for the club in the Ballymena & Provincial League, and culminating in their return to the top tier of Irish League football for the 2025-26 season.

The forward sits second in the all-time scoring charts for the club and is completing his eighth year with the north Down outfit.

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David Jeffrey will make a return to management after being appointed as the next full-time boss at Portadown.

Jeffrey, who departed Ballymena United in 2023, will take over at the end of the season from interim boss Gary Thompson, who stepped in following the departure of Niall Currie earlier this month.

The 63-year-old will be joined by David Douglas who comes in as head of recruitment and football operations, having previously worked as performance analyst under Currie from 2023 until 2025.

Jeffrey has enjoyed success in his previous roles at Linfield and Ballymena United, initially taking over at Windsor Park in 1997 following a 14-year playing career with Linfield, Ards and Larne.

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Michael O’Connor makes four alterations to his starting XI following the narrow 1-0 defeat to Crusaders, a result that confirms Glenavon will be playing Championship football next season.

Oran O’Kane, Kris Lowe, Michael Harkin, and Niall Quinn are called upon to replace Barney McKeown, Ben Wilson, Conor Falls, and Paul McGovern.

With the European play-offs on the horizon, Stephen Baxter rotates his squad after they brushed aside Bangor 3-0.

Nathan Gartside, Jimmy Callacher, Ryan Waide, Danny Gibson, and Aidan Steele all drop to the bench.

In their places come Lorcan Donnelly, Adam Lecky, Paul Heatley, Reece Glendinning, and Matthew Snoddy.

Glenavon: Carney, McMullan, P. Burns, Murphy, Campbell, O’Kane, Lowe, Ferris, Harkin, Carlin, Quinn.

Subs: Kee, Gilmore, Falls, McGovern, Lindsay, McShane, Pollock.

Carrick Rangers: Donnelly, Place, B.J. Burns, Lecky, McCullough, Cherry, Heatley, Glendinning, Snoddy, McKay, McCawl.

Subs: Gartside, Callacher, Waide, Gibson, Steele, Jeffers, Moore.

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Glenavon boss Michael O'Connor says he feels for the Lurgan Blues fans after their 1-0 defeat by Crusaders saw his team relegated from the Premiership.

Fraser Bryden scored the only goal in the second half in the relegation showdown at Mourneview Park last week to send Glenavon down and secure a promotion/relegation play-off spot for the Crues.

Former Northern Ireland midfielder O'Connor replaced Paddy McLaughlin in the post in October after the team started the season with 11 straight defeats.

He said: "I'm gutted - gutted for the fans. Since the day I came in they've backed us.

"They've come even when we were losing games, they kept coming in numbers. They're the ones I feel for the most.

O'Connor was left to rue his team's inability to find a way past the Crusaders defence.

"We gave it a go - when I came in I still believed we could stay up but I think today we just didn't have that clinical edge in the box.

"Obviously in our box it's a soft goal to give away. We didn't stop a cross and we didn't track the runner.

"That just sums up our season really.

"It's really important we reflect on this year as coaches and there will be changes next year to try to get this club back to where it should be - in the Premiership."

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Glenavon have been relegated to the Championship for the first time in 21 seasons following last week's 1-0 defeat by Crusaders at Mourneview Park.

It looked like Glenavon may have done enough to pull off the great escape when they closed the 12-point gap and leapfrogged Crusaders into 11th position in March.

However, following Crusaders' win over Portadown and Glenavon's narrow loss to Declan Caddell's side, they will fall out of the Premiership for the first time since the 2004-05 season next campaign.

BBC Sport NI takes a look at what went wrong for the Lurgan Blues this year.

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Here is a reminder of the standings at the bottom of the Irish Premiership ahead of the final games of the season.

Glenavon will play their last top-flight game for the foreseeable when they welcome Carrick Rangers to Mourneview Park.

Crusaders host Ballymena United, while Bangor face Portadown.

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Here is a look at the top six of Irish Premiership ahead of today's massive round of fixtures.

Larne will aim to clinch the Irish Premiership at Inver Park against Dungannon Swifts.

Meanwhile both teams at the Coleraine Showgrounds, Coleraine host Glentoran, will not only aim to win their game but will also have one eye on the Inver Reds' score.

Linfield finish their Irish Premiership campaign with a home match against Cliftonville.

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Three teams, one trophy.

The Irish Premiership title race is going down to the final day and Larne, Coleraine and Glentoran can all still lift the Gibson Cup.

Gary Haveron's Larne side hold a three-point advantage at the top of the table and they take on Dungannon Swifts on Saturday.

But, if they slip up then either Coleraine or Glentoran, who face each other on the north coast, have a chance to capitalise.

So, how can the title be won?

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Hello and welcome to our live text commentary of this season's Irish Premiership finale with the winner of this year's Gibson Cup still to be decided and an action-packed afternoon ahead.

Larne need just one point to secure their third Premiership title in four years when they host a Dungannon Swifts side who may have one eye on next week's Irish Cup final.

At the Coleraine Showgrounds, both Coleraine and Glentoran know a win will at least seal European football next year and, if the Inver Reds lose, the Irish Premiership title.

Both matches kick-off at 17:30 BST and will be streamed live on the BBC iPlayer.

At the other end of the table, there isn't as much to settle after Glenavon's defeat against Crusaders last weekend relegated the Lurgan Blues for the first time since 2004-05 season.

The Crues already know they will be in the promotion/relegation play-off against Annagh United while Carrick Rangers have secured seventh spot and a place in the Eureopan play-offs.

We will have live text commentary and in-play clips from all six matches with the bottom six games starting at 15:00 BST before the top six matches at 17:30 BST.

You can also listen to both the possible title-deciding matches on BBC Sounds and on BBC Radio Ulster with coverage starting at 17:00 BST while you can also watch both games on BBC iPlayer or BBC Sport website.

Thanks for joining us this afternoon. Strap in as it is going to be a busy one!