Jim Magilton makes four alterations to the side beaten 2-1 by today’s opponents just seven days ago, freshening things up as he looks for a response from the Reds.

Conor Pepper, Michael Glynn and Liam McStravick all come into the XI, while Josh Kelly is handed his debut. Rory Hale, Aidan Kelly, Joe Sheridan and Reece Jordan drop out.

Michael O’Connor also rings the changes, making five of his own.

Luke Cartwright, Barney McKeown, Gavin Gilmore, John Mountney, and Luke McGerrigan are drafted in, with Peter Campbell, Paddy Burns, Stephen Mallon, Sean Carlin, and Harry Murphy making way.

Cliftonville: Ridd, Pepper, Addis (c), Wilson, Curran, Leppard, Glynn, Robertson, McStravick, J. Kelly, Healy.

Subs: Balfour, Hale, Gormley, A. Kelly, Toole, Hawthorne, Sheridan.

Glenavon: Carney, McMullan, Cartwright, McKeown (c), Ferris, Gilmore, McGovern, Lindsay, Quinn, Mountney, McGerrigan.

Subs: Byrne, Burns, Murphy, Campbell, Kee, Harkin, Carlin.

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Paul Kee makes three changes to the side who were the 2-1 victors against Newington last weekend with Gerard Walker starting between the posts and James McCarthy and Liam Mullan also coming into the starting side.

There are also three alterations to the Ballymacash side that were beaten by Knockbreda in the Premier Intermediate Division.

The big news is that manager Gary Hamilton is starting. Sam Cochrane and Killian McCandless also come into the line-up and start upfront with 45-year-old Hamilton.

H&W Welders: Walker, Patterson, McCarthy, Kearns, McClellan, Devine, Mullan, Glover, McCoubrey, Wilson, Mhondiwa.

Subs: Safaei, Heaney, McClay, O'Connor, Hutton, Murphy McKenna.

Ballymacash Rangers: Williamson, Clarke, Hughes, Devine, Woolsey, Neill, Cochrane, O'Neill, McCandless, Robinson, Hamilton.

Subs: Eagleson, Clarke, McQuillan, Sinnerton, Dubourdieu, Neely.

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One change to the Warrenpoint side that lost to Limavady United in Championship action at the end of last month.

Former Warrenpoint striker Adam Carroll recently joined Cliftonville and Declan Loye takes his place in the starting line-up.

Larne, meanwhile, make four changes to the side that beat Ballymena 2-1 in the Irish Cup fifth round on Tuesday night.

Conor McKendry, Benjamin Magee, Ronan Dohery and Matthew Lusty all start this afternoon’s Irish Cup sixth round tie.

Tiernan O’Connor, Leory Millar, and Logan Wallace are on the bench, while Jordan McEneff is not in the matchday squad.

Warrenpoint: Devine, Farley, Murray, Crane, Boyle (c), Lynch, O’Hanlon, Powell, Forde, Robinson, Loye

Subs: O’Carroll, O’Hanlon, Haughey, Byrne, McGrandles, Dunne, Leddy

Larne: Ferguson, Ridley, Donnelly, Gallagher, McKendry, O’Neill, S Graham, Magee, Doherty, Cosgrove (c), Lusy

Subs: D Graham, O’Connor, Millar, Sloan, Mulvenna, Wallace, Simpson

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Irish Cup holders Dungannon Swifts continue their trophy defence against Portadown at Shamrock Park.

Ports boss Niall Currie makes four changes to the team which went down 3-0 here to Carrick Rangers a week ago.

Goalkeeper Aaron McCarey is out with a calf injury, Jordan Gibson misses out completely while Josh Ukek and James Teelan are named among the replacements.

Alex Moore takes over in nets with Jack Scott, Adam Towe and Rahman Tulloch earning a start.

Dungannon Swifts manager Rodney McAree goes one better, with five changes to the side which lost 2-0 to Glentoran seven days ago.

Malachy Smith drops out of the squad while Caolan Marron, Kealan Dillon, Leo Alves and Andy Mitchell begin their afternoons on the bench.

In their place come new signings Paul Doyle and Kobei Moore while there are returns for Steven Scott, Canal McGinty and Sean McAllister.

Portadown: Moore, Altintop, MacKinnon, Wilson, Chapman, McCullough (c), Fife, Scott, McCartan, Towe, Tulloch.

Subs: Isamala, Ukek, Tetteh, Teelan, Annett, Quinn, Carson.

Dungannon Swifts: Dunne, Scott, Kelly, Glenny, McGinty, Doyle, Wallace, Moore, Bigirimana (c), Smith, McAllister.

Subs: Henderson, Marron, Dillon, McBrien, Alves, Gordon, Mitchell.

Referee: Steven Gregg.

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In-form Carrick make four changes from the side which recorded a fourth straight league win over Bangor in midweek.

Goalkeeper Lorcan Donnelly makes his debut following his January loan move from Glentoran, while Paul Heatley and Matthew Snoddy return following suspension and Joe Moore also starts.

Coleraine make three switches following their League Cup semi-final defeat by Glentoran.

Mark Connolly is restored to the heart of the defence, Jamie McGonigle starts in attack while Jamie Glackin is fit for the first time since picking up a shoulder injury on Boxing Day.

Carrick Rangers: Donnelly, Place, McCullough, Buchanan-Rolleston, McKay, Crowe, Snoddy, Steele, Moore, Heatley, Gibson.

Subs: Pengelly, Burns, Lecky, Cherry, McCawl, Olosunde, Jeffers.

Coleraine: Schofield, McDonald, Dunne, Connolly, Ives, Boyle, Coyle, Wylie, Glackin, Cooper, McGonigle.

Subs: Webb, Jarvis, Patching, Shevlin, Stewart, Okoro, Akintunde.

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The bigger they are the harder they fall. Just ask fans of sixth-tier English side Macclesfield Town, who caused one of the biggest upsets in FA Cup history by beating holders Crystal Palace in the third round of this year's competition last month.

The draw for this season's Irish Cup round six has thrown up an opportunity for what would amount to an upset of similar magnitude in the context of domestic Northern Ireland football for potential giant-killers Drumaness Mills.

Forty-five places separate Drumaness from their illustrious top-flight opponents Glentoran, who are hoping that a win at the Oval on the rescheduled date of Tuesday 17 February will act as another stepping stone towards a first Irish Cup success since 2020.

Sitting 10th in the Amateur League Premier Division, the county Down side are the lowest-ranked team remaining at the last-16 stage and it is only the second time in their history that they have advanced to this point.

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Larne boss Gary Haveron says his team showed "class and quality" in defeating Ballymena United 2-1 in the Irish Cup.

Paul O'Neill fired home a Larne opener and Success Edogun's stunning strike brought United level before Leroy Millar hit the winner at the Showgrounds.

"Our boys showed real resilience, especially when they pegged us back at 1-1," said Haveron.

"Ballymena came out of the traps quickly at the start of the second half and got their goal.

"But we showed our class and quality with the second goal that we scored.

"The breakaway, a great ball in from Tomas [Cosgrove] and Leroy does what he's been doing for the last three to four years.

"It was a great finish from him and I'm delighted to see him get on the end of it."

Larne's reward is an away tie against Warrenpoint Town in the sixth round.

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Watch highlights as Larne defeat Ballymena United 2-1 in the Irish Cup fifth round.

Paul O'Neill hit the opener for Larne and Success Success Edogun levelled with a superb striker before Leroy Millar scored the winner against his former club.

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Details of the next two Irish Premiership streams that will be shown live on the BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport website have been revealed.

The BBC cameras will travel to Inver Park for top of the table Larne's home match against Dungannon Swifts on Friday, 13 March (19:45 GMT).

Earlier in the season, Larne were defeated by the Swifts at Stangmore Park before responding with a win in the following fixture between the sides.

Coleraine's trip to the Oval to play Glentoran on Friday, 20 March (19:45 GMT) will also be livestreamed.

The Glens have had a good record against Coleraine this season and have won both Premiership games between the sides.

These fixtures are the final two planned streams before the Irish Premiership split.

Irish Premiership games to be streamed on BBC iPlayer & BBC Sport website (times GMT):

Friday 13 March: Larne v Dungannon, 19:45

Friday 20 March: Glentoran v Coleraine, 19:45

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Twenty clubs will receive resource funding to help them prepare their business cases for the next step of the Northern Ireland Football Fund.

In September 2025, Communities Minister Gordon Lyons announced 20 clubs across Northern Ireland would move to the next round of the process of acquiring funding from the £36.2m set aside, with three different tiers of funding available.

Letters of offer for funding were sent by the Department for Communities on Thursday to all 20 clubs, which represent the first funding awards made through the NI Football Fund.

Financial support of up to £400,000 has been made available from a resource budget which is separate from the ringfenced £36.2million capital budget assigned to the NI Football Fund.

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Ballymena United have completed the deadline day signing of former Glentoran and Larne midfielder Fuad Sule from Indonesian club Peris Solo.

The 29-year-old won an Irish Premiership title during his time with Larne, where he spent five seasons before joining Glentoran in 2023.

The Dublin native then won the County Antrim Shield in 2025 with the east Belfast side before departing as a free agent last summer.

He has also had spells with St Patrick's Athletic, Bohemians and Barnet.

Glentoran were also busy on deadline day as they added winger Josh Daniels to their squad on a long-term deal.

The 29-year-old previously featured for hometown club Derry City and Glenavon before earning a move to Shrewsbury Town in 2020.

He then joined Welsh side The New Saints in 2022 where he won three league titles, two Welsh Cups and two Welsh League Cups.

Daniels had his contract mutually terminated by the club to allow him to return to Northern Ireland for family reasons.

"Coming home was really important for me and my family and when the opportunity to join Glentoran came up it felt like the right time and the right club," he told Glentoran's website.

"This is one of the biggest clubs on the island of Ireland and one I've played against many times over the years. They'd shown an interest in me before I moved to Shrewbury Town and again during my time away, so I'm delighted everything has finally come together."

Elsewhere, Cliftonville made three deadline day signings as they brought in striker Adam Carroll from Warrenpoint Town, goalkeeper Zach Balfour from Annan Athletic and midfielder Josh Kelly on loan from Glentoran.

Bangor completed the permanent signing of Oisin Devlin, who was on loan at the Seasiders from Larne, while Crusaders signed defender Scot Rough from Scottish League Two side Stranraer.

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Limavady manager Paul Owens says last night's 1-0 victory over Linfield was "the highlight" of his career.

"Someone asked me if it was the highlight of my career and it probably is," Owens told BBC Sport NI.

"We won the league a few years ago and it was great to get the kids out, but you saw at the final whistle with the stadium full of Limavady fans, it is a win that will live long in the memory and one we fully deserved.

"I'm a bit emotional about it. I am immensely proud of the whole group and the whole club in general. We have made massive strides over the last three years."

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Linfield manager David Healy says his side's 1-0 loss against Limavady in the sixth round of the Irish Cup was "gut wrenching".

Ryan McNickle scored the only goal of the game in the 28th minute when he lobbed the ball over Chris Johns.

Linfield were denied by the woodwork on three occasions with the home side also striking the post in the closing stages of the game.

"Gut wrenching and sickening," Healy told BBC Sport NI after the defeat.

"Firstly, congratulations to Limavady and Paul [Owens] and, as disappointed as I am, we can't afford to miss the opportunities we did in the final third.

"We lacked intelligence, a bit of quality and our decision making was wrong. Our attitude in the first half wasn't quite there, in the second half we changed it slightly and didn't quite get the desired outcome. Hugely frustrating."

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Here's a reminder of the menu for today's six Irish Cup ties...

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Drumaness Mills will have to wait for their opportunity for an Irish Cup giant-killing after their sixth round tie away to Glentoran was postponed.

The game between the lowest-ranked side left in the competition and the 23-times winners was scheduled to take place at the Oval on Saturday afternoon (15:00 GMT) but fell victim to a waterlogged pitch.

A club statement from Glentoran said the surface was unplayable after "prolonged and heavy spells of rain".

The game will now be played on Tuesday, 17 February at 19:45.

Two other games in the sixth round, Warrenpoint Town's hosting of Larne and Institute's trip to Loughgall, both 15:00, remain on following pitch inspections on Saturday morning.

The Irish Cup weekend began with a huge shock as Championship leaders Limavady United knocked out Irish Premiership champions Linfield.

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Hello and welcome to our live text page for Saturday's Irish Cup sixth round fixtures.

We have already been treated to an exciting match this weekend with Championship side Limavady United causing an upset and knocking out defending Premiership champions Linfield to book their spot in the quarter-finals.

Drumaness Mills were hoping to produce a giant-killing themselves when they travel to the Oval to face Glentoran, but this tie was postponed following a pitch inspection.

However, we will have updates from the remaining six matches to keep you entertained as well as in-play clips and radio coverage on Sportsound from 14:00 GMT.

Thanks for joining us. Enjoy!