The month ahead: December

Cliftonville face five Danske Bank Premiership ties during a busy December that includes the traditional fast and furious array of festive fixtures.

The month’s action begins next Saturday when the Reds travel to face Linfield at Windsor Park before welcoming Carrick Rangers to Solitude seven days later for a tie that will be preceded by the Club’s Christmas Lunch in the company of Guest Speaker Eamonn Holmes.

Coleraine are our visitors on December 21 and, after tackling Crusaders in the North Belfast Derby at Seaview on the 26th, Cliftonville see out the month, year and indeed the decade with an Inver Park showdown with Larne on December 28.

This month’s fixtures
Saturday, December 7
Danske Bank Premiership
Linfield v Cliftonville (3pm)

Saturday, December 14
Danske Bank Premiership
Cliftonville v Carrick Rangers (3pm)

Saturday, December 21
Danske Bank Premiership
Cliftonville v Coleraine (3pm)

Thursday, December 26
Danske Bank Premiership
Crusaders v Cliftonville (3pm)

Saturday, December 28
Danske Bank Premiership
Larne v Cliftonville (3pm)