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Loughgall's 2024-25 season in review

Pablo Andrade in action for LoughgallPacemaker Press

2024-25 league position: 12th

Player of the year: Nathan Gartside

Loughgall defied the odds in their first season in the Irish Premiership as they comfortably avoided relegation and finished ninth.

Second season syndrome seemed to hit this year however and just five wins from their 38 games and the worst goal difference in the division of - 49, condemned them to relegation to the second tier.

Dean Smith, the manager who had performed wonders to get Loughgall in the top- flight and keep them there, left in March not long after he was hit with a 15-game ban for breaches of the Irish Football Association's disciplinary code following the Villagers' 2-1 defeat to Glentoran in January.

He was replaced by former Dungannon Swifts boss Darren Murphy, who managed a win and a draw during the last five league games of the season.

Murphy's intentions will now turn to assembling a squad capable of coming straight back up again next season and he has already added experienced defender Dougie Wilson.

2025-26 gs so far: Dougie Wilson (Portadown)

2025-26 departures so far: Benji Magee (Larne, end of loan), Alberto Balde (unattached), Jamie Rea (unattached)

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