2017–18 NIFL Premier Intermediate League

NIFL Premier Intermediate League
Season2017–18
Dates12 August 2017 – 4 May 2018
ChampionsDundela
RelegatedDonegal Celtic
Biggest home winQueen's University 7-0 Portstewart
Highest scoringQueen's University 7-2 Annagh United

The 2017–18 NIFL Premier Intermediate League was the second season of the NIFL Premier Intermediate League, the third tier of the Northern Ireland Football League - the national football league in Northern Ireland. It ran from 12 August 2017 to 4 May 2018 and Dundela were crowned as champions, winning promotion to the 2018–19 NIFL Championship.

Teams

Twelve teams competed in the league. Armagh City and Annagh United from were relegated the 2016–17 NIFL Championship and Portstewart were promoted as the winners of the 2016–17 Northern Ireland Intermediate League.[1]

Stadia and locations

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Location of teams in the 2017-18 NIFL Premier Intermediate League
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Location of the Belfast-based teams in the NIFL Premier Intermediate League 2017-18
Club Location Stadium Capacity[2]
Annagh United Portadown Tandragee Road 1,250
Armagh City Armagh Holm Park 3,000
Banbridge Town Banbridge Crystal Park 1,500
Donegal Celtic Belfast Donegal Celtic Park 4,200
Dundela Belfast Wilgar Park 2,500
Lisburn Distillery Lisburn New Grosvenor Stadium 2,200
Moyola Park Castledawson Mill Meadow 2,000
Newington YC Belfast Seaview 3,383
Portstewart Portstewart Seahaven 1,500
Queen's University Belfast Belfast Upper Malone 1,000
Sport & Leisure Swifts Belfast Glen Road Heights 1,000
Tobermore United Tobermore Fortwilliam Park 1,500

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation[a]
1 Dundela (C) 27 18 6 3 78 33 +45 60
2 Queen's University 27 17 2 8 62 39 +23 53 Qualification for the promotion play-offs
3 Banbridge Town 27 14 8 5 55 36 +19 50
4 Lisburn Distillery 27 15 3 9 46 35 +11 48
5 Moyola Park 27 10 5 12 46 41 +5 35
6 Tobermore United 27 8 7 12 47 60 −13 31
7 Portstewart 27 10 4 13 36 51 −15 34
8 Sport & Leisure Swifts 27 9 5 13 44 62 −18 32
9 Armagh City 27 9 4 14 39 44 −5 31
10 Annagh United 27 10 1 16 41 63 −22 31
11 Newington 27 7 7 13 40 56 −16 28
12 Donegal Celtic (R) 27 7 4 16 38 52 −14 25 Relegation to the Ballymena & Provincial Football League
Source: [1], [2]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Play-off (subject to IFA decision)[3]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Teams played each other twice (22 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last ten matches.

Results

Matches 1–22

During matches 1–22 each team plays every other team twice (home and away).

Home \ Away ANN ARM BAN DON DUN LIS MOY NEW POR QUB SLS TOB
Annagh United — 1–2 0–3 0–0 1–4 3–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 0–1 3–5 2–4
Armagh City 4–1 — 2–0 1–0 1–2 1–2 0–1 1–2 2–3 0–2 2–0 1–3
Banbridge Town 3–1 2–1 — 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 3–0 2–2 3–2 0–3
Donegal Celtic 2–3 0–0 1–2 — 1–4 2–1 3–2 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–2 6–2
Dundela 3–0 0–0 0–3 4–0 — 2–2 2–0 4–4 5–0 2–1 5–1 3–2
Lisburn Distillery 5–1 1–2 2–5 3–2 1–0 — 2–0 1–2 1–0 2–0 3–0 1–1
Moyola Park 2–1 2–3 2–0 5–0 1–1 2–3 — 5–2 1–0 1–2 3–0 0–0
Newington 0–1 0–4 1–1 0–1 1–4 0–4 0–3 — 2–2 1–2 2–1 1–1
Portstewart 2–0 1–0 1–3 2–1 2–2 0–1 1–5 0–2 — 3–1 1–2 2–0
Queen's University 7–2 3–1 4–1 2–1 2–4 1–0 4–0 4–3 7–0 — 1–2 3–1
Sport & Leisure Swifts 0–2 1–3 2–0 2–1 2–6 1–2 3–3 2–1 2–2 1–3 — 2–1
Tobermore United 0–2 4–1 1–4 4–3 1–2 3–0 4–4 2–2 2–2 2–0 3–3 —
Source: [4]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Matches 23–27

During matches 23–27 each team will play every other team in their half of the table once.

Play-offs

NIFL Championship play-off

The eleventh-placed team from the Championship, Dergview, played the runners-up from the 2017–18 Premier Intermediate League, Queen's University, over two legs for one spot in the NIFL Championship.

Queen's University0-1Dergview
BBC Sport
Dergview3-1Queen's University
BBC Sport
Darragh Park, Castlederg

Dergiew won 4-1 on aggregate and retained their position in the NIFL Championship with Queen's University remaining in the NIFL Premier Intermediate League.

References

  1. ^ Three and easy for Portstewart Coleraine Times
  2. ^ "Livescores - Soccer - Scoresway".
  3. ^ "Championship 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  4. ^ a b c https://www.nifootballleague.com/bluefin-sport-premier-intermediate/results [dead link‍]