2011–12 IFA Championship

IFA Championship
Season 2011–12

The 2011–12 IFA Championship (known as the Belfast Telegraph Championship for sponsorship reasons)[1] was the fourth season since its establishment after a major overhaul of the league system in Northern Ireland. The season began on 6 August 2011, and ended on 1 May 2012.

In Championship 1, Ballinamallard United were the champions by 12 points. They achieved promotion to the top flight of Northern Irish football for the first time in their history. Newry City finished as runners-up, but were defeated 3–2 by Lisburn Distillery in the promotion/relegation play-off, losing out on promotion. Glebe Rangers and Banbridge Town finished in the bottom two and were relegated to Championship 2 for next season.

In Championship 2, Coagh United were the eventual winners, with Dundela finishing as runners-up. Both achieved promotion to next season's Championship 1. Chimney Corner avoided relegation to a lower tier regional league despite finishing bottom of Championship 2 for the third successive season. This was because none of the four regional league champions applied to enter the Championship.[2]

Team changes from 2010–11

Carrick Rangers were last season's champions of Championship 1, achieving promotion to the 2011–12 IFA Premiership. Newry City replaced them for this season's Championship 1, after finishing in 12th place in the previous season's Premiership.

Promoted from Championship 1 to IFA Premiership

Relegated from IFA Premiership to Championship 1

Promoted from Championship 2 to Championship 1

Relegated from Championship 1 to Championship 2

Championship 1

IFA Championship 1
Champions Ballinamallard United
Promoted Ballinamallard United
Relegated Banbridge Town
Glebe Rangers
Matches played 182
Goals scored 555 (3.05 per match)
Biggest home win Limavady Utd 9–0
Banbridge Town
Biggest away win Banbridge Town 0–6
Newry City
Highest scoring Limavady Utd 9–0
Banbridge Town
Banbridge Town 2–7 Ballinamallard Utd

Stadia and locations

Club Stadium Location Capacity
Ards Dixon Park Ballyclare 1,800 (500 seated)
Ballinamallard United Ferney Park Ballinamallard 2,000 (100 seated)
Banbridge Town Crystal Park Banbridge 1,500 (100 seated)
Bangor Clandeboye Park Bangor 2,850 (500 seated)
Dergview Darragh Park Castlederg 1,200 (100 seated)
Glebe Rangers Riada Stadium Ballymoney 5,752 (218 seated)
Harland & Wolff Welders Tillysburn Park Belfast 3,000 (100 seated)
Institute Riverside Stadium Drumahoe 3,110 (1,540 seated)
Larne Inver Park Larne 1,100 (656 seated)
Limavady United The Showgrounds Limavady 524 (274 seated)
Loughgall Lakeview Park Loughgall 3,000 (180 seated)
Newry City The Showgrounds Newry 2,275 (1,080 seated)
Tobermore United Fortwilliam Park Tobermore 1,500 (100 seated)
Warrenpoint Town Milltown Playing Fields Warrenpoint 500 (100 seated)

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Ballinamallard United (C) (P) 26 20 3 3 62 24+38 63 Promotion to 2012–13 IFA Premiership
2 Newry City 26 15 6 5 51 22+29 51 Qualification to IFA Premiership play-off
3 Institute 26 13 4 9 37 34+3 43
4 Bangor 26 12 6 8 45 34+11 42
5 Ards 26 11 6 9 39 31+8 39
6 Limavady United 26 12 2 12 48 43+5 38
7 Loughgall 26 11 5 10 45 41+4 38
8 Dergview 26 8 10 8 38 37+1 34
9 Harland & Wolff Welders 26 10 4 12 30 355 34
10 Larne 26 9 5 12 37 4710 32
11 Tobermore United 26 8 7 11 34 4410 31
12 Warrenpoint Town 26 7 7 12 34 373 28
13 Banbridge Town (R) 26 5 4 17 30 7040 19 Relegation to 2012–13 IFA Championship 2
14 Glebe Rangers (R) 26 3 7 16 25 5631 16

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

Home ╲ Away ARD BMD BBTBGRDGVGBEHARINSLRNLIMLGLNEWTOBWPT
Ards 05 20 20 12 30 11 20 11 02 23 00 20 51
Ballinamallard United 10 51 32 11 20 30 11 21 21 30 02 21 20
Banbridge Town 23 27 34 21 30 02 01 30 12 32 06 13 11
Bangor 01 12 40 11 00 20 20 11 10 22 32 50 10
Dergview 20 00 51 14 11 00 10 01 21 31 13 11 22
Glebe Rangers 03 13 03 22 22 41 00 03 14 35 03 12 01
Harland & Wolff Welders 22 13 11 02 02 01 21 31 30 10 12 10 31
Institute 20 03 21 34 10 32 01 10 02 21 11 32 43
Larne 02 32 11 02 52 42 02 02 42 23 20 21 11
Limavady United 31 01 90 31 21 32 31 02 30 00 10 24 04
Loughgall 21 14 20 40 11 01 20 34 11 22 32 40 02
Newry City 00 31 30 20 41 11 21 03 50 20 20 33 10
Tobermore United 14 12 11 21 11 11 02 20 31 42 02 00 00
Warrenpoint Town 11 12 30 00 14 30 21 11 23 41 01 02 01

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 Coagh United
Promoted Coagh United
Dundela
Matches played 240
Goals scored 853 (3.55 per match)
Biggest home win Coagh United 7–0 Chimney Corner
Biggest away win Chimney Corner 0–6 Dundela
Highest scoring PSNI 2–7 Lurgan Celtic
Dundela 4–5 Ballyclare Comrades

Stadia and locations

Club Stadium Location Capacity
Annagh United Tandragee Road Portadown 1,250 (100 seated)
Armagh City Holm Park Armagh 3,000 (330 seated)
Ballyclare Comrades Dixon Park Ballyclare 1,800 (500 seated)
Ballymoney United Riada Stadium Ballymoney 5,752 (218 seated)
Chimney Corner Allen Park Antrim 2,000 (100 seated)
Coagh United Hagan Park Coagh 2,000 (179 seated)
Dundela Wilgar Park Belfast 2,500 (100 seated)
Killymoon Rangers Mid Ulster Sports Arena Cookstown 1,000 (100 seated)
Knockbreda Upper Braniel Knockbreda 1,000 (100 seated)
Lurgan Celtic Knockrammer Park Lurgan 1,000 (100 seated)
Moyola Park Mill Meadow Castledawson 1,000 (200 seated)
Portstewart Seahaven Portstewart 1,000 (100 seated)
PSNI Newforge Lane Belfast 500 (112 seated)
Queen's University Dub Stadium Belfast 1,000 (100 seated)
Sport & Leisure Swifts Glen Road Heights Belfast 500 (215 seated)
Wakehurst Mill Meadow Castledawson 1,000 (200 seated)

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Coagh United (C) (P) 30 19 6 5 81 41+40 63 Promotion to 2012–13 IFA Championship 1
2 Dundela (P) 30 20 2 8 79 46+33 62
3 Knockbreda 30 19 4 7 70 31+39 61
4 Lurgan Celtic 30 17 6 7 73 40+33 57
5 Queen's University 30 18 1 11 63 38+25 55
6 Ballyclare Comrades 30 16 4 10 60 46+14 52
7 Annagh United 30 15 6 9 59 51+8 51
8 Wakehurst 30 14 5 11 59 48+11 47
9 Ballymoney United 30 12 3 15 51 45+6 39
10 Portstewart 30 11 4 15 43 5613 37
11 Armagh City 30 9 6 15 39 5213 33
12 Sport & Leisure Swifts 30 9 5 16 46 5913 32
13 PSNI 30 8 5 17 36 6731 29
14 Moyola Park 30 9 2 19 34 7137 29
15 Killymoon Rangers 30 7 3 20 34 7238 24
16 Chimney Corner 30 5 2 23 26 9064 17

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 plays every other team twice (once at home, and once away) for a total of 30 games.

Home ╲ Away ANN ARM BCCBMYCHICOADNDKMRKNBLGCMOYPSTPSNQUESLSWAK
Annagh United 11 12 10 20 21 11 42 02 26 10 20 20 52 21 52
Armagh City 33 04 01 40 22 23 01 14 03 10 20 31 01 21 03
Ballyclare Comrades 20 22 21 31 13 20 30 31 13 02 01 30 21 23 32
Ballymoney United 12 50 23 61 11 21 10 20 01 50 02 43 02 53 23
Chimney Corner 12 21 02 10 26 06 42 01 10 24 10 11 15 14 05
Coagh United 22 30 31 30 70 33 20 22 23 51 24 20 40 10 42
Dundela 25 40 45 21 20 34 30 21 40 41 40 32 41 10 30
Killymoon Rangers 33 14 13 32 31 30 12 04 11 42 32 02 03 11 02
Knockbreda 30 10 42 31 40 12 10 40 24 30 23 40 01 31 11
Lurgan Celtic 41 00 21 20 51 21 23 40 44 61 21 22 11 02 01
Moyola Park 04 04 11 12 10 14 12 20 01 05 31 50 03 10 13
Portstewart 15 30 12 21 11 22 24 41 11 10 10 04 01 22 21
PSNI 20 21 22 11 21 02 21 01 04 27 11 32 13 21 04
Queen's University 30 01 21 12 61 23 40 21 12 12 50 12 41 12 10
Sport & Leisure Swifts 11 04 00 02 31 01 13 52 05 31 12 31 20 24 26
Wakehurst 30 11 32 11 21 14 25 20 02 11 23 31 10 01 22

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

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