2011–12 IFA Premiership

October 2020 February 2013 IFA Premiership 2011–12 Linfield3rd Premiership title51st Irish title Carrick Rangers Champions League Linfield Europa League PortadownCliftonvilleCrusaders (via Irish Cup) Gary McCutcheon (27 goals) Linfield 5–0 Donegal CelticGlentoran 6–1 Carrick RangersLinfield 5–0 Crusaders Lisburn Distillery 0–5 GlentoranDungannon Swifts 0–5 Glentoran Ballymena Utd 3–7 Cliftonville 228 5,300 Glentoran 1-0 Linfield (Monday 26 December 2011) 94 Donegal Celtic 3-1 Dungannon Swifts (Tuesday 20 March 2012) 2010–11 2012–13 The 2011–12 IFA Premiership (known as the Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the 4th season of the IFA Premiership, the highest level of league football in Northern Ireland, and the 111th season of Irish league football overall. Linfield were champions, winning the league for the 51st time and the 3rd consecutive season. Summary The season began on 6 August 2011, and ended on 28 April 2012. Linfield were the defending champions, after winning their 50th title last season.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/13199185 Lisburn Distillery 0-4 Linfield 26 April 2011 BBC Sport BBC 26 April 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110429093545/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/13199185.stm 29 April 2011 live They successfully defended their title, to win the league for the sixth time in seven seasons after a 2–1 home win over Portadown on 7 April 2012.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/17645550 Linfield beat Portadown to secure Premiership crown 7 April 2012 BBC Sport BBC 7 April 2012 Carrick Rangers were relegated to Championship 1 after only one season in the top flight. Dungannon Swifts' 2–1 win over Donegal Celtic on 21 April 2012 left them bottom of the table by four points, with only one game remaining. Lisburn Distillery retained their Premiership status by defeating Newry City 3–2 over two legs in the promotion/relegation play-off.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/17936882 Newry City 2–3 Lisburn Distillery 4 May 2012 BBC Sport BBC 5 May 2012 Teams 2010–11 IFA Championship 1 winners Carrick Rangers were promoted to this season's Premiership, with last season's bottom-placed Premiership club Newry City replacing them in Championship 1.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/13260763 Carrick Rangers win league and cup on same night 2 May 2011 BBC Sport BBC 2 May 2011https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/13199193 Newry City 0-4 Glenavon 26 April 2011 BBC Sport BBC 2 May 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110429093546/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/13199193.stm 29 April 2011 live Championship 1 runners-up Limavady United were not eligible to take part in a promotion/relegation play-off against last season's 11th-placed Premiership club Donegal Celtic, as they did not attain the required domestic licence.http://www.irishfa.com/news/item/6446/club-licensing-committee/ CLUB LICENSING COMMITTEE 4 May 2011 Irish FA 4 May 2011 Stadia and locations UK Northern Ireland right 350 Location of teams in the 2011–12 IFA Premiership UK Northern Ireland 12 54.602945 -5.891278 Belfast top UK Northern Ireland 54.87016 -6.265211 top Ballymena United UK Northern Ireland 55.13287 -6.659904 bottom Coleraine UK Northern Ireland 54.489581 -6.745935 top Dungannon Swifts UK Northern Ireland 54.453889 -6.336389 top Glenavon UK Northern Ireland 54.41306 -6.457686 bottom Portadown UK Northern Ireland 55.32 -8.2 TransparentPlaceholder.png Belfast teams : Carrick R.CliftonvilleCrusadersDonegal CelticGlentoranLinfieldLisburn Distillery Greater Belfast 350 right Location of the Belfast-based teams in the 2011–12 IFA Premiership Greater Belfast 54.619250 -5.947383 left Cliftonville Greater Belfast 54.62428 -5.922017 top Carrick Rangers and Crusaders Greater Belfast 54.573711 -6.023605 left Donegal Celtic Greater Belfast 54.60270 -5.893478 right Glentoran Greater Belfast 54.57083 -5.963302 bottom Linfield Greater Belfast 54.53607 -6.003814 right Lisburn Distillery ClubStadiumLocationCapacityhttp://aims.niassembly.gov.uk/questions/printquestionsummary.aspx?docid=79814 AQW 1178/11 18 October 2010 niassembly.gov.uk 21 December 2011 Ballymena United The Showgrounds Ballymena 1,418 (all seated) Carrick Rangers Seaview Belfast 1,977 (663 seats)1 Cliftonville Solitude Belfast 2,180 (1,878 seats) Coleraine The Showgrounds Coleraine 2,496 (1,106 seats) Crusaders Seaview Belfast 1,977 (663 seats) Donegal Celtic Donegal Celtic Park Belfast 2,254 (988 seats) Dungannon Swifts Stangmore Park Dungannon 5,000 (600 seats) Glenavon Mourneview Park Lurgan 5,000 (4,000 seats) Glentoran The Oval Belfast 5,056 (3,991 seats) Linfield Windsor Park Belfast 12,342 (all seated) Lisburn Distillery New Grosvenor Stadium Lisburn 7,000 (540 seats) Portadown Shamrock Park Portadown 2,227 (all seated) 1 Carrick Rangers played their home matches at Crusaders' Seaview ground.CARRICK RANGERS ENTER SHARING ARRANGEMENT WITH CRUSADERS League table main WDL QR LIN Linfield POR Portadown CLI Cliftonville COL Coleraine CRU Crusaders GLT Glentoran BYM Ballymena United DGC Donegal Celtic DUN Dungannon Swifts GLA Glenavon LIS Lisburn Distillery CRK Carrick Rangers y 27 4 7 79 29 C 22 5 11 72 47 21 6 11 83 62 18 12 8 61 38 18 10 10 63 47 16 9 13 67 52 14 8 16 66 71 12 5 21 44 80 8 11 19 42 71 8 10 20 60 71 8 8 22 56 84 O 7 10 21 50 91 R green1 Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round CL1 yellow1 Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round EL1 EL1 yellow1 Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round 2011–12 Irish Cup runners-up Crusaders qualified for the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League, as cup winners Linfield had already qualified for the UEFA Champions League. EL1b red2 Qualification to Promotion/relegation play-off RP red1 Relegation to IFA Championship 1 R 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored; 4th head-to-head points; 5th head-to-head goal difference complete rsssf.com Results Matches 1–22 During matches 1–22 each team played every other team twice (home and away). main FBR grey BYM CRK CLI COL CRU DGC DUN GLA GLT LIN LIS POR Ballymena United 0–2 3–7 1–5 0–3 2–0 1–1 3–3 0–3 1–2 1–0 2–4 Carrick Rangers 0–2 3–3 0–2 1–2 1–2 1–1 2–2 3–3 0–4 0–0 2–2 Cliftonville 3–4 1–0 1–2 2–1 2–3 4–1 5–3 2–1 4–2 3–1 0–2 Coleraine 1–0 4–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 3–2 1–1 1–1 1–3 2–3 4–3 Crusaders 3–2 5–1 2–2 1–1 1–2 2–0 2–0 1–2 0–1 1–1 0–3 Donegal Celtic 2–3 1–2 1–3 0–1 0–2 0–2 2–1 0–4 1–5 2–2 1–0 Dungannon Swifts 1–1 3–1 1–4 0–0 0–2 2–2 1–1 0–5 1–4 0–2 0–3 Glenavon 3–0 1–2 1–2 1–0 3–2 0–1 1–1 1–3 1–2 5–2 0–2 Glentoran 2–4 6–1 0–1 1–1 2–2 1–2 2–1 2–0 2–0 3–3 0–2 Linfield 1–0 3–0 4–1 1–0 2–0 5–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–0 Lisburn Distillery 1–4 2–3 1–2 1–3 1–2 0–2 1–2 2–1 0–5 2–3 0–2 Portadown 2–1 3–0 1–2 1–1 1–3 5–2 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 5–1 complete rsssf.com Matches 23–33 During matches 23–33 each team played other team for the third time (either at home, or away). main FBR grey BYM CRK CLI COL CRU DGC DUN GLA GLT LIN LIS POR Ballymena United null 0–1 null null 2–2 1–1 null null 1–2 2–2 1–2 Carrick Rangers 1–3 null 0–4 null 2–3 0–0 null 2–2 null null 3–1 Cliftonville null 2–1 1–1 null null 2–1 4–3 null 1–3 null null Coleraine 2–0 null null 1–0 0–1 null 3–1 null 1–0 null null Crusaders 2–2 3–1 3–2 null null null 1–0 2–0 null 2–2 null Donegal Celtic null null 0–2 null 1–1 3–1 1–1 0–1 null 2–1 null Dungannon Swifts null null null 1–2 1–2 null 1–5 2–1 null null 2–0 Glenavon 0–2 3–2 null null null null null 1–0 null 2–3 0–2 Glentoran 1–2 null 1–0 3–3 null null null null 1–0 1–3 2–2 Linfield null 4–1 null null 5–0 4–0 3–0 2–0 null null null Lisburn Distillery null 3–1 1–3 3–1 null null 0–2 null null 0–3 0–2 Portadown null null 3–3 2–0 1–2 2–1 null null null 1–1 null complete rsssf.com Matches 34–38 During matches 34–38 each team played every other team in their half of the table once. As this was the fourth time that teams had played each other this season, home sides in this round were chosen so that teams played each other twice at home and twice away. Section A main FBR grey CLI COL CRU GLT LIN POR Cliftonville null 1–1 3–0 null 2–3 Coleraine 1–0 null 1–1 null 4–1 Crusaders null 2–1 null 1–1 0–1 Glentoran null null 0–4 null null Linfield 2–1 0–0 null 0–2 2–1 Portadown null null null 0–1 null complete rsssf.com Section B main FBR grey BYM CRK DGC DUN GLA LIS Ballymena United 3–0 null null 2–2 null Carrick Rangers null null null 4–4 2–1 Donegal Celtic 0–3 3–5 null null null Dungannon Swifts 2–4 0–0 2–1 null 3–2 Glenavon null null 4–0 2–2 null Lisburn Distillery 2–3 null 3–0 null 3–3 complete rsssf.com Promotion/relegation play-off Lisburn Distillery, the club that finished in the relegation play-off place, faced Newry City, the runners-up of the 2011–12 IFA Championship in a two-legged tie for a place in next season's IFA Premiership. Lisburn Distillery won the tie 3–2 on aggregate and retained their Premiership status. 1 May 2012 19:45 BST Lisburn Distillery 0 – 0 Report Newry City New Grosvenor Stadium, Ballyskeagh 4 May 2012 19:45 BST Newry City 2 – 3 Report Lisburn Distillery Tierney 33Hughes 37 Cushley 19Thompson 45Liggett 79 The Showgrounds, Newry Lisburn Distillery won 3–2 on aggregate and remained in the IFA Premiership Top goalscorers RankScorerClubGoalshttps://int.soccerway.com/national/northern-ireland/ifa-premiership/2011-2012/regular-season/players/ IFA PREMIERSHIP - TOP GOAL SCORERS 2 November 2011 soccerway.com 1SCO Gary McCutcheonBallymena United272WAL Matthew TiptonPortadown243NIR Gary LiggettLisburn Distillery224NIR Curtis AllenColeraine205NIR Kevin BraniffPortadown17NIR Chris ScannellCliftonville177NIR Rory DonnellyCliftonville138NIR Darren MurrayDonegal Celtic12NIR David RaineyCrusaders1210NIR Mark McAllisterLinfield11 References Association football Northern Ireland 2011-12 North 1