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Linfield and Carrick win as Swifts draw with Coleraine
Linfield beat Ballymena United 2-0 in their opening match of the new Irish Premiership season while Carrick Rangers see off..
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Carrick Rangers Football Club is a semi-professional Northern Irish football club playing in NIFL Premiership. The club, founded in 1939, hails from Carrickfergus, County Antrim and plays its home matches at Taylors Avenue which is known as the Loughview Leisure Arena due to sponsorship reasons, which is owned by Mid and East Antrim Borough Council. Carrick Rangers main rivals are Larne, with matches between the sides being known as, "The East Antrim Derby." Ballyclare Comrades are also local rivals.
Linfield beat Ballymena United 2-0 in their opening match of the new Irish Premiership season while Carrick Rangers see off..