2009–10 IFA Championship

IFA Championship
Season 2009–10

The 2009–10 IFA Championship (known as the Ladbrokes.com Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the second season since its establishment after a major overhaul of the league system in Northern Ireland. It also marked the first season in which the Championship was divided into two divisions, with the clubs in both divisions having intermediate status. Championship 1 served as the second tier of Northern Irish football, with Championship 2 as the third tier.

In Championship 1, Loughgall were crowned champions on 8 May 2010 after a 2–0 win over Ards.[1] However, they were denied promotion because they did not gain the required licence from the IFA. Therefore, runners-up Donegal Celtic entered into a two-leg play-off with the bottom club of the 2009–10 IFA Premiership, and achieved promotion with a 1–0 aggregate win. At the other end of the table, Coagh United and Armagh City finished in the bottom two, and were relegated to Championship 2 for next season.

In Championship 2, Harland & Wolff Welders won the title by 7 points, achieving promotion to Championship 1. Also promoted were Dergview who finished as runners-up. There was no relegation from Championship 2 this season.

Team changes from 2008–09

The 2008–09 Championship consisted of one division of 17 clubs. The bottom 3 clubs (Tobermore United, Killymoon Rangers and Dergview) were relegated to the newly introduced Championship 2 for this season. Championship 2 was set up to replace the IFA Interim Intermediate League, introduced as a temporary league for the 2008–09 season only, consisting of the former members of the IFA Intermediate League (dissolved in 2008) who did not meet the criteria for the new IFA Championship 2; it consisted of 12 clubs. Members of the Interim League had one year to make improvements in order to gain entry to Championship 2 for this season.

10 of the 12 clubs managed to meet the criteria, along with Sport & Leisure Swifts and Knockbreda who both achieved intermediate status, with only Brantwood and Oxford United Stars failing to do so. Harland & Wolff Welders were the champions. There was no promotion from the Interim League which meant that Championship 1 would be reduced to 14 clubs, with Championship 2 having 15.

Portadown were promoted to the 2009–10 IFA Premiership as 2008–09 Championship winners. Bangor entered Championship 1 after they announced that due to financial problems, they would not be able to renew their domestic licence required to take part in the Premiership.[2]

Championship 1

IFA Championship 1
Champions Loughgall
Promoted Donegal Celtic
Relegated Armagh City
Coagh United
Matches played 182
Goals scored 561 (3.08 per match)
Biggest home win Ballyclare Comrades 6–1 Glebe Rangers
Larne 6–1 Coagh United
Ards 5–0 Ballyclare Comrades
Biggest away win Glebe Rangers 1–8 Donegal Celtic
Highest scoring Glebe Rangers 1–8 Donegal Celtic

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Loughgall (C) 26 19 3 4 60 24+36 60
2 Donegal Celtic (O) (P) 26 19 2 5 59 21+38 59 Qualification to IFA Premiership play-off
3 Limavady United 26 18 3 5 56 29+27 57
4 Ards 26 13 6 7 49 27+22 45
5 Carrick Rangers 26 12 5 9 37 392 41
6 Ballinamallard United 26 10 8 8 36 29+7 38
7 Ballymoney United 26 10 8 8 39 33+6 38
8 Larne 26 11 4 11 34 373 37
9 Banbridge Town 26 8 3 15 33 4815 27
10 Glebe Rangers 26 7 6 13 30 5626 27
11 Bangor 26 7 5 14 36 4812 26
12 Ballyclare Comrades 26 7 5 14 34 4612 26
13 Coagh United (R) 26 6 4 16 38 6224 22 Relegation to 2010–11 IFA Championship 2
14 Armagh City (R) 26 2 4 20 20 6242 10

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head points; 5th head-to-head goal difference
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

Results

Each team played every other team twice (once at home, and once away) for a total of 26 games.

Home ╲ Away ARD ARM BMDBCCBMYBBTBGRCRKCOADGCGBELRNLIMLGL
Ards 30 10 50 10 30 11 12 30 40 40 30 22 31
Armagh City 03 11 04 11 30 12 03 00 03 01 02 01 04
Ballinamallard United 11 41 02 01 02 43 41 01 00 22 20 23 00
Ballyclare Comrades 11 31 00 01 03 20 11 11 01 61 12 04 13
Ballymoney United 00 21 01 22 10 22 01 01 21 01 31 01 54
Banbridge Town 02 31 22 01 13 26 13 21 02 11 11 12 03
Bangor 01 32 02 21 14 20 22 43 01 12 13 02 00
Carrick Rangers 21 20 02 10 22 10 41 12 10 21 32 11 01
Coagh United 51 33 01 53 22 23 13 32 04 02 23 12 03
Donegal Celtic 33 31 40 10 31 24 21 40 21 40 30 10 30
Glebe Rangers 30 13 11 12 03 14 20 00 21 18 11 34 02
Larne 10 21 03 20 11 10 11 20 61 12 20 01 01
Limavady United 32 40 20 42 22 02 20 51 42 02 31 20 01
Loughgall 20 40 14 41 31 41 10 31 50 10 22 40 32

Source: rsssf.com
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship 2

IFA Championship 2
Champions Harland & Wolff Welders
Promoted Harland & Wolff Welders
Dergview
Matches played 210
Goals scored 700 (3.33 per match)
Biggest home win Dergview 11–0 Chimney Corner
Biggest away win Annagh United 2–7 H&W Welders
Wakehurst 2–7 Dergview
Chimney Corner 1–6 Dergview
Sport & Leisure 1–6 Queen's University
Annagh United 0–5 Portstewart
Highest scoring Dergview 11–0 Chimney Corner

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Harland & Wolff Welders (C) (P) 28 23 2 3 73 30 +43 71 Promotion to 2010–11 IFA Championship 1
2 Dergview (P) 28 20 4 4 77 20+57 64
3 Dundela 28 18 7 3 66 31+35 61
4 PSNI 28 15 5 8 54 40+14 50
5 Knockbreda 28 14 6 8 44 32+12 48
6 Tobermore United 28 14 4 10 47 39+8 46
7 Portstewart 28 11 7 10 42 38+4 40
8 Queen's University 28 11 4 13 43 40+3 37
9 Moyola Park 28 10 5 13 42 420 35
10 Lurgan Celtic 28 10 4 14 37 4912 34
11 Sport & Leisure Swifts 28 10 4 14 44 6016 34
12 Annagh United 28 7 3 18 28 6638 24
13 Killymoon Rangers 28 7 2 19 38 6022 23
14 Wakehurst 28 5 4 19 33 5825 19
15 Chimney Corner 28 1 7 20 32 9563 10

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head points; 5th head-to-head goal difference
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

Results

Each team played every other team twice (once at home, and once away) for a total of 28 games.

Home ╲ Away ANN CHI DGVDNDHARKMRKNBLGCMOYPSNPSTQUESLSTOBWAK
Annagh United 31 03 24 27 32 13 01 21 14 05 12 14 15 20
Chimney Corner 00 16 03 02 14 15 22 33 12 03 14 22 03 33
Dergview 30 110 02 12 21 00 11 01 30 50 10 40 40 32
Dundela 20 62 21 22 32 42 40 11 00 21 31 30 23 21
Harland & Wolff Welders 40 22 02 42 31 20 21 21 40 21 10 02 51 41
Killymoon Rangers 11 41 01 21 34 04 23 21 01 14 30 30 03 01
Knockbreda 01 20 04 11 03 00 31 21 12 42 01 31 00 21
Lurgan Celtic 30 02 34 11 02 32 01 03 11 40 10 21 04 21
Moyola Park 13 41 02 14 12 30 01 20 24 11 22 12 32 10
PSNI 31 62 22 03 12 30 34 01 10 21 22 12 12 20
Portstewart 00 21 01 02 31 12 10 12 30 00 21 11 11 11
Queen's University 10 60 02 11 13 20 11 10 14 14 01 24 20 30
Sport & Leisure Swifts 31 32 03 02 23 51 11 32 11 13 13 16 13 03
Tobermore United 30 21 11 22 04 20 02 21 01 02 23 21 20 01
Wakehurst 02 22 27 12 01 42 02 42 02 34 11 01 13 02

Source: rsssf.com
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

  1. "Loughgall win Championship". UTV (UTV). 8 May 2010. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
  2. "Quinn appointed Glenavon manager". BBC Sport (BBC). 2 February 2009. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
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