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Gareth Fullerton

NI Football League: The two fixtures your club might still have to play this season

Danske Bank Premiership clubs have the option of finishing the season on the pitch - but it remains uncertain if they will vote in favour of the proposal.

The NI Football League has tabled two options to clubs and have set a deadline of 5pm tomorrow for responses.

The first is for each club to play their two outstanding pre-split fixtures behind closed doors in a 33-game condensed format.

The other is to curtail the season immediately and adopt a mathematical formula to determine league positions.

It has been reported that football chiefs face an uphill battle to convince clubs to go for option one.

Th Irish FA and NI Football League aim to finish the season within a window from July 20 to August 3.

All plans require a green light from the NI Executive, with significant questions surrounding the testing of players and officials, and the financial implications of playing games behind closed doors and taking players off the furlough scheme.

But if they are to proceed, who does your team still have to face before a 33-game season ends?

Starting from top to bottom in the current league standings, here are the outstanding games each club would have to play:

Remaining fixtures before split

Linfield - 69 points

  • Larne (H)
  • Glentoran (A)

Coleraine - 65pts

  • Dungannon Swifts (H)
  • Larne (A)

Crusaders - 59pts

  • Glentoran (H)
  • Carrick Rangers (A)

Cliftonville - 59pts

  • Institute (A)
  • Warrenpoint (H)

Glentoran - 58pts

  • Crusaders (A)
  • Linfield (H)

Larne - 56pts

  • Linfield (A)
  • Coleraine (H)

Glenavon - 35pts

  • Carrick (H)
  • Dungannon (A)

Carrick Rangers - 32pts

  • Glenavon (A)
  • Crusaders (H)

Dungannon Swifts - 30pts

  • Coleraine (A)
  • Glenavon (H)

Ballymena Utd - 27pts

  • Warrenpoint Town (A)
  • Institute (H)

Warrenpoint Town - 18pts

  • Ballymena Utd (H)
  • Cliftonville (A)

Institute - 15pts

  • Cliftonville (H)
  • Ballymena Utd (A)
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