Cliftonville host north Belfast rivlas Crusaders in the opening fixture of the new season while Larne begin their Gibson Cup defence at home to Bangor

Derry City are also in Europa League action but they face Bulgarian heavyweights

Belfast Live has put together an end of term report, to assess those who reached expectations, those who over-performed and those who failed to deliver.

Gary Haveron led the club to a third Gibson Cup success in four years

Will Patching hit a hat-trick that included two penalties while Levi Ives, Senan Devine and Matthew Shevlin also scored

Larne defeated Dungannon 8-0 at Inver Park to clinch the Gibson Cup for the third time in four seasons

An absorbing title race will get a fitting conclusion in the final round of Sports Direct Premiership action

Larne's draw with Glentoran at the BetMcLean Oval means they'll clinch their third title in four seasons with a draw against Dungannon on the final day

Should Larne collect all three points they will wrap up the crown, while a win for Devine's men puts them in the box seat ahead of next Saturday's final round of fixtures

Three points against Gary Haveron's side would set up a blockbuster finale to decide on the destination of the Gibson Cup

The Blues boss chose to hand debuts to teenagers Jon Graham, Finlay Ross and Oliver Wade amid seven changes against the league leaders at Windsor Park

Linfield suffered a second league defeat in three games as any lingering title hope now appears lost

Leroy Millar's first half goal for Larne was cancelled out by Linfield sub Adam Frizzell. But Healy expected a lot more time at the end to capitalise on that numerical advantage

The Invermen enjoyed an eight point lead at the top of the Premirship table just a few short weeks ago. The gap is now two

The Invermen led the game early on thanks to Paul O'Neill's penalty, but two goals either side of half-time from Pat Hohan turned the contest on its head before more late drama

The Glens suffered a 4-1 defeat to the league-leaders at the Oval last month, but the midfielder is determined for a different outcome in Tuesday night's return fixture against his former club