IFA Championship
Season2011–12

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
ChampionsBallinamallard United
PromotedBallinamallard United
RelegatedBanbridge Town
Glebe Rangers
Matches played182
Goals scored555 (3.05 per match)
Biggest home winLimavady Utd 9–0
Banbridge Town
Biggest away winBanbridge Town 0–6
Newry City
Highest scoringLimavady Utd 9–0
Banbridge Town
Banbridge Town 2–7 Ballinamallard Utd

Stadia and locations

Club Stadium Location Capacity
ArdsDixon ParkBallyclare1,800 (500 seated)
Ballinamallard UnitedFerney ParkBallinamallard2,000 (100 seated)
Banbridge TownCrystal ParkBanbridge1,500 (100 seated)
BangorClandeboye ParkBangor2,850 (500 seated)
DergviewDarragh ParkCastlederg1,200 (100 seated)
Glebe RangersRiada StadiumBallymoney5,752 (218 seated)
Harland & Wolff WeldersTillysburn ParkBelfast3,000 (100 seated)
InstituteRiverside StadiumDrumahoe3,110 (1,540 seated)
LarneInver ParkLarne1,100 (656 seated)
Limavady UnitedThe ShowgroundsLimavady524 (274 seated)
LoughgallLakeview ParkLoughgall3,000 (180 seated)
Newry CityThe ShowgroundsNewry2,275 (1,080 seated)
Tobermore UnitedFortwilliam ParkTobermore1,500 (100 seated)
Warrenpoint TownMilltown Playing FieldsWarrenpoint500 (100 seated)

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Ballinamallard United (C, P) 26 20 3 3 62 24 +38 63 Promotion to IFA Premiership
2 Newry City 26 15 6 5 51 22 +29 51 Qualification to promotion 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 35 −5 34
10 Larne 26 9 5 12 37 47 −10 32
11 Tobermore United 26 8 7 11 34 44 −10 31
12 Warrenpoint Town 26 7 7 12 34 37 −3 28
13 Banbridge Town (R) 26 5 4 17 30 70 −40 19 Relegation to IFA Championship 2
14 Glebe Rangers (R) 26 3 7 16 25 56 −31 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) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

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

Home \ Away ARD BMD BBT BGR DGV GBE H&W INS LRN LIM LGL NEW TOB WPT
Ards 0–5 2–0 2–0 1–2 3–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–2 2–3 0–0 2–0 5–1
Ballinamallard United 1–0 5–1 3–2 1–1 2–0 3–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 3–0 0–2 2–1 2–0
Banbridge Town 2–3 2–7 3–4 2–1 3–0 0–2 0–1 3–0 1–2 3–2 0–6 1–3 1–1
Bangor 0–1 1–2 4–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–2 3–2 5–0 1–0
Dergview 2–0 0–0 5–1 1–4 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 3–1 1–3 1–1 2–2
Glebe Rangers 0–3 1–3 0–3 2–2 2–2 4–1 0–0 0–3 1–4 3–5 0–3 1–2 0–1
Harland & Wolff Welders 2–2 1–3 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–1 2–1 3–1 3–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 3–1
Institute 2–0 0–3 2–1 3–4 1–0 3–2 0–1 1–0 0–2 2–1 1–1 3–2 4–3
Larne 0–2 3–2 1–1 0–2 5–2 4–2 0–2 0–2 4–2 2–3 2–0 2–1 1–1
Limavady United 3–1 0–1 9–0 3–1 2–1 3–2 3–1 0–2 3–0 0–0 1–0 2–4 0–4
Loughgall 2–1 1–4 2–0 4–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 3–4 1–1 2–2 3–2 4–0 0–2
Newry City 0–0 3–1 3–0 2–0 4–1 1–1 2–1 0–3 5–0 2–0 2–0 3–3 1–0
Tobermore United 1–4 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 2–0 3–1 4–2 0–2 0–0 0–0
Warrenpoint Town 1–1 1–2 3–0 0–0 1–4 3–0 2–1 1–1 2–3 4–1 0–1 0–2 0–1
Source: rsssf.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship 2

IFA Championship 2
ChampionsCoagh United
PromotedCoagh United
Dundela
Matches played240
Goals scored853 (3.55 per match)
Biggest home winCoagh United 7–0 Chimney Corner
Biggest away winChimney Corner 0–6 Dundela
Highest scoringPSNI 2–7 Lurgan Celtic
Dundela 4–5 Ballyclare Comrades

Stadia and locations

Club Stadium Location Capacity
Annagh UnitedTandragee RoadPortadown1,250 (100 seated)
Armagh CityHolm ParkArmagh3,000 (330 seated)
Ballyclare ComradesDixon ParkBallyclare1,800 (500 seated)
Ballymoney UnitedRiada StadiumBallymoney5,752 (218 seated)
Chimney CornerAllen ParkAntrim2,000 (100 seated)
Coagh UnitedHagan ParkCoagh2,000 (179 seated)
DundelaWilgar ParkBelfast2,500 (100 seated)
Killymoon RangersMid Ulster Sports ArenaCookstown1,000 (100 seated)
KnockbredaUpper BranielKnockbreda1,000 (100 seated)
Lurgan CelticKnockrammer ParkLurgan1,000 (100 seated)
Moyola ParkMill MeadowCastledawson1,000 (200 seated)
PortstewartSeahavenPortstewart1,000 (100 seated)
PSNINewforge LaneBelfast500 (112 seated)
Queen's UniversityDub StadiumBelfast1,000 (100 seated)
Sport & Leisure SwiftsGlen Road HeightsBelfast500 (215 seated)
WakehurstMill MeadowCastledawson1,000 (200 seated)
Location of the Belfast-based teams in the IFA Championship 2 2011-12

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Coagh United (C, P) 30 19 6 5 81 41 +40 63 Promotion to 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 56 −13 37
11 Armagh City 30 9 6 15 39 52 −13 33
12 Sport & Leisure Swifts 30 9 5 16 46 59 −13 32
13 PSNI 30 8 5 17 36 67 −31 29
14 Moyola Park 30 9 2 19 34 71 −37 29
15 Killymoon Rangers 30 7 3 20 34 72 −38 24
16 Chimney Corner 30 5 2 23 26 90 −64 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) Champions; (P) Promoted

Results

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

Home \ Away ANN ARM BCC BMY CHI COA DND KMR KNB LGC MOY PST PSNI QUE SLS WAK
Annagh United 1–1 1–2 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 4–2 0–2 2–6 1–0 2–0 2–0 5–2 2–1 5–2
Armagh City 3–3 0–4 0–1 4–0 2–2 2–3 0–1 1–4 0–3 1–0 2–0 3–1 0–1 2–1 0–3
Ballyclare Comrades 2–0 2–2 2–1 3–1 1–3 2–0 3–0 3–1 1–3 0–2 0–1 3–0 2–1 2–3 3–2
Ballymoney United 1–2 5–0 2–3 6–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 5–0 0–2 4–3 0–2 5–3 2–3
Chimney Corner 1–2 2–1 0–2 1–0 2–6 0–6 4–2 0–1 1–0 2–4 1–0 1–1 1–5 1–4 0–5
Coagh United 2–2 3–0 3–1 3–0 7–0 3–3 2–0 2–2 2–3 5–1 2–4 2–0 4–0 1–0 4–2
Dundela 2–5 4–0 4–5 2–1 2–0 3–4 3–0 2–1 4–0 4–1 4–0 3–2 4–1 1–0 3–0
Killymoon Rangers 3–3 1–4 1–3 3–2 3–1 3–0 1–2 0–4 1–1 4–2 3–2 0–2 0–3 1–1 0–2
Knockbreda 3–0 1–0 4–2 3–1 4–0 1–2 1–0 4–0 2–4 3–0 2–3 4–0 0–1 3–1 1–1
Lurgan Celtic 4–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 5–1 2–1 2–3 4–0 4–4 6–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 0–2 0–1
Moyola Park 0–4 0–4 1–1 1–2 1–0 1–4 1–2 2–0 0–1 0–5 3–1 5–0 0–3 1–0 1–3
Portstewart 1–5 3–0 1–2 2–1 1–1 2–2 2–4 4–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–4 0–1 2–2 2–1
PSNI 2–0 2–1 2–2 1–1 2–1 0–2 2–1 0–1 0–4 2–7 1–1 3–2 1–3 2–1 0–4
Queen's University 3–0 0–1 2–1 1–2 6–1 2–3 4–0 2–1 1–2 1–2 5–0 1–2 4–1 1–2 1–0
Sport & Leisure Swifts 1–1 0–4 0–0 0–2 3–1 0–1 1–3 5–2 0–5 3–1 1–2 3–1 2–0 2–4 2–6
Wakehurst 3–0 1–1 3–2 1–1 2–1 1–4 2–5 2–0 0–2 1–1 2–3 3–1 1–0 0–1 2–2
Source: rsssf.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

  1. ↑ BELFAST TELEGRAPH SPONSOR THE IFA CHAMPIONSHIP Archived April 25, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ "Corner aim to keep 'Cam' in relegation struggle". Archived from the original on 2013-10-22. Retrieved 2013-01-11.
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