text: SOCCER - NORTHERN IRELAND PREMIER DIVISION RESULTS / STANDINGS. LONDON 1996-12-07 
   Results of Northern Ireland premier 
   division matches on Saturday: 
   Ards 0 Crusaders 0 
   Cliftonville 1 Portadown 1 
   Glenavon 2 Linfield 1 
   Glentoran 1 Coleraine 0 
   Standings (tabulated - played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points): 
   Coleraine 10 7 1 2 18 11 22 
   Linfield 10 4 3 3 13 10 15 
   Crusaders 10 3 4 3 11 9 13 
   Glenavon 10 3 4 3 15 14 13 
   Glentoran 10 3 3 4 18 18 12 
   Portadown 9 3 3 3 11 12 12 
   Ards 10 3 2 5 12 17 11 
   Cliftonville 9 1 4 4 5 12 7
competitors: Cincinnati Financial Goodrich Diebold