2011–12 IFA Championship

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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

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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

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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

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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)
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Location of teams in the 2011–12 IFA Championship 1

League table

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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

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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

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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

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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)
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Location of teams in the 2011–12 IFA Championship 2
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Location of the Belfast-based teams in the 2011–12 IFA Championship 2

League table

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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

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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

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  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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