Two of Larne's Irish Premiership matches postponed

Two of Larne's Irish Premiership fixtures have been postponed due to the European commitments of the Inver Park side. Larne's home game with Limavady United on 22 August has been postponed, as has a trip to Ballymena United the following Saturday. Gary Haveron's side are the last Irish Premiership club standing in Europe this season and are in the final qualifying round for the Uefa Conference League. They will face either Lincoln Red Imps of Gibraltar or of Cyprus in the play-off round, as they look to reach the league phase of the third tier of European competition for the second time, after their historic success in 2024. The away leg of the play-off round will take place on Thursday, 20 August before the return leg at Inver Park on 27 August. Saturday's game at Coleraine is set to go ahead as scheduled and it will be Larne's first of the new league campaign. The club's season opener last Saturday against Bangor was also postponed. The Northern Ireland Football League says that new dates for the postponed games will be issued in due course.