Long game

Cliftonville will face Longford Town in a home friendly on Saturday, February 16.

The fixture fills a gap left in the schedule by the postponement of the Reds’ Danske Bank Premiership clash with Ballymena United the previous night and will form part of pre-season preparations for De Town, whose SSE Aitrtricity League First Division campaign commences with a trip to Limerick six days after the game at Solitude, which is set for a 3pm start.