2009–10 IFA Championship

IFA Championship 2009–10 2008–09 2010–11 The 2009–10 IFA Championship (known as the Ladbrokes.com Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the second season since its establishment after a major overhaul of the league system in Northern Ireland. It also marked the first season in which the Championship was divided into two divisions, with the clubs in both divisions having intermediate status. Championship 1 served as the second tier of Northern Irish football, with Championship 2 as the third tier. In Championship 1, Loughgall were crowned champions on 8 May 2010 after a 2–0 win over Ards.http://www.u.tv/Sport/Loughgall-win-Championship/a0ff8bd7-42f2-4a09-aea6-d059cd994b01 Loughgall win Championship 8 May 2010 UTV UTV 21 January 2011 However, they were denied promotion because they did not gain the required licence from the IFA. Therefore, runners-up Donegal Celtic entered into a two-leg play-off with the bottom club of the 2009–10 IFA Premiership, and achieved promotion with a 1–0 aggregate win. At the other end of the table, Coagh United and Armagh City finished in the bottom two, and were relegated to Championship 2 for next season. In Championship 2, Harland & Wolff Welders won the title by 7 points, achieving promotion to Championship 1. Also promoted were Dergview who finished as runners-up. There was no relegation from Championship 2 this season. Team changes from 2008–09 The 2008–09 Championship consisted of one division of 17 clubs. The bottom 3 clubs (Tobermore United, Killymoon Rangers and Dergview) were relegated to the newly introduced Championship 2 for this season. Championship 2 was set up to replace the IFA Interim Intermediate League, introduced as a temporary league for the 2008–09 season only, consisting of the former members of the IFA Intermediate League (dissolved in 2008) who did not meet the criteria for the new IFA Championship 2; it consisted of 12 clubs. Members of the Interim League had one year to make improvements in order to gain entry to Championship 2 for this season. 10 of the 12 clubs managed to meet the criteria, along with Sport & Leisure Swifts and Knockbreda who both achieved intermediate status, with only Brantwood and Oxford United Stars failing to do so. Harland & Wolff Welders were the champions. There was no promotion from the Interim League which meant that Championship 1 would be reduced to 14 clubs, with Championship 2 having 15. Portadown were promoted to the 2009–10 IFA Premiership as 2008–09 Championship winners. Bangor entered Championship 1 after they announced that due to financial problems, they would not be able to renew their domestic licence required to take part in the Premiership.http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/irish/7864483.stm Quinn appointed Glenavon manager 2 February 2009 BBC Sport BBC 22 January 2011 Championship 1 IFA Championship 1 Loughgall Donegal Celtic Armagh CityCoagh United Ballyclare Comrades 6–1 Glebe RangersLarne 6–1 Coagh UnitedArds 5–0 Ballyclare Comrades Glebe Rangers 1–8 Donegal Celtic Glebe Rangers 1–8 Donegal Celtic 182 561 2008–09 2010–11 UK Northern Ireland right 350 Location of teams in the 2009–10 IFA Championship 1 UK Northern Ireland 54.75101 -6.002269 left Ards & B'clare UK Northern Ireland 54.34349 -6.628479 bottom Armagh City UK Northern Ireland 54.414427 -7.599786 bottom Ballinamallard United UK Northern Ireland 55.061924 -6.498034 top Ballymoney United and Glebe Rangers UK Northern Ireland 54.350473 -6.264619 right Banbridge Town UK Northern Ireland 54.65179 -5.684674 right Bangor UK Northern Ireland 54.71974 -5.800309 right Carrick UK Northern Ireland 54.648755 -6.608396 top Coagh UK Northern Ireland 54.573711 -6.023605 right Donegal Celtic UK Northern Ireland 54.85013 -5.827303 top Larne UK Northern Ireland 55.051750 -6.936958 top Limavady United UK Northern Ireland 54.407050 -6.611546 left Loughgall League table main WDL QR LGL Loughgall DGC Donegal Celtic LIM Limavady United ARD Ards CRK Carrick Rangers BMD Ballinamallard United BMY Ballymoney United LRN Larne BBT Banbridge Town GBE Glebe Rangers BGR Bangor BCC Ballyclare Comrades COA Coagh United ARM Armagh City 19 3 4 60 24 C 19 2 5 59 21 O,P 18 3 5 56 29 13 6 7 49 27 12 5 9 37 39 10 8 8 36 29 10 8 8 39 33 11 4 11 34 37 8 3 15 33 48 7 6 13 30 56 7 5 14 36 48 7 5 14 34 46 6 4 16 38 62 R 2 4 20 20 62 R Loughgall were ineligible for promotion to the Premiership, as they did not attain the required licence. #FFFFBB Qualification to promotion play-off PP #FFBBBB Relegation to IFA Championship 2 R R 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head points; 5th head-to-head goal difference complete rsssf.com Results Each team played every other team twice (once at home, and once away) for a total of 26 games. main FBR grey ARD ARM BMD BCC BMY BBT BGR CRK COA DGC GBE LRN LIM LGL Ards 3–0 1–0 5–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 1–2 3–0 4–0 4–0 3–0 2–2 3–1 Armagh City 0–3 1–1 0–4 1–1 3–0 1–2 0–3 0–0 0–3 0–1 0–2 0–1 0–4 Ballinamallard United 1–1 4–1 0–2 0–1 0–2 4–3 4–1 0–1 0–0 2–2 2–0 2–3 0–0 Ballyclare Comrades 1–1 3–1 0–0 0–1 0–3 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 6–1 1–2 0–4 1–3 Ballymoney United 0–0 2–1 0–1 2–2 1–0 2–2 0–1 0–1 2–1 0–1 3–1 0–1 5–4 Banbridge Town 0–2 3–1 2–2 0–1 1–3 2–6 1–3 2–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–3 Bangor 0–1 3–2 0–2 2–1 1–4 2–0 2–2 4–3 0–1 1–2 1–3 0–2 0–0 Carrick Rangers 2–1 2–0 0–2 1–0 2–2 1–0 4–1 1–2 1–0 2–1 3–2 1–1 0–1 Coagh United 5–1 3–3 0–1 5–3 2–2 2–3 1–3 3–2 0–4 0–2 2–3 1–2 0–3 Donegal Celtic 3–3 3–1 4–0 1–0 3–1 2–4 2–1 4–0 2–1 4–0 3–0 1–0 3–0 Glebe Rangers 3–0 1–3 1–1 1–2 0–3 1–4 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–8 1–1 3–4 0–2 Larne 1–0 2–1 0–3 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 6–1 1–2 2–0 0–1 0–1 Limavady United 3–2 4–0 2–0 4–2 2–2 0–2 2–0 5–1 4–2 0–2 3–1 2–0 0–1 Loughgall 2–0 4–0 1–4 4–1 3–1 4–1 1–0 3–1 5–0 1–0 2–2 4–0 3–2 complete rsssf.com Championship 2 IFA Championship 2 Harland & Wolff Welders Harland & Wolff WeldersDergview Dergview 11–0 Chimney Corner Annagh United 2–7 H&W WeldersWakehurst 2–7 DergviewChimney Corner 1–6 DergviewSport & Leisure 1–6 Queen's UniversityAnnagh United 0–5 Portstewart Dergview 11–0 Chimney Corner 210 700 2008–09 2010–11 UK Northern Ireland right 350 Location of teams in the 2009–10 IFA Championship 2 UK Northern Ireland 12 54.602945 -5.891278 Belfast top UK Northern Ireland 54.409555 -6.438328 bottom Annagh United UK Northern Ireland 54.726113 -6.250117 top Chimney Corner UK Northern Ireland 54.707400 -7.599873 left Dergview UK Northern Ireland 54.616745 -6.732853 left Killymoon Rangers UK Northern Ireland 54.566894 -5.853528 right Knockbreda UK Northern Ireland 54.469105 -6.364089 left Lurgan Celtic UK Northern Ireland 54.780458 -6.554798 left Moyola Park & Wakehurst UK Northern Ireland 55.180806 -6.711854 left Portstewart UK Northern Ireland 54.85013 -5.827303 top Sport & Leisure Swifts UK Northern Ireland 54.817336 -6.701234 top Tobermore United UK Northern Ireland 55.32 -8.2 TransparentPlaceholder.png Belfast teams : DundelaH&W WeldersPSNIQueen's Univ. Greater Belfast 350 right Location of the Belfast-based teams in the 2009–10 IFA Championship 2 Greater Belfast 54.599520 -5.878421 left Dundela Greater Belfast 54.61651 -5.863953 top H&W Welders Greater Belfast 54.559056 -5.940977 top PSNI Greater Belfast 54.556715 -5.961765 bottom Queen's University League table main WDL P H&W Harland & Wolff Welders DGV Dergview DND Dundela PSNI PSNI KNB Knockbreda TOB Tobermore United PST Portstewart QUE Queen's University MOY Moyola Park LGC Lurgan Celtic SLS Sport & Leisure Swifts ANN Annagh United KMR Killymoon Rangers WAK Wakehurst CHI Chimney Corner 23 2 3 73 30 C,P 20 4 4 77 20 P 18 7 3 66 31 15 5 8 54 40 14 6 8 44 32 14 4 10 47 39 11 7 10 42 38 11 4 13 43 40 10 5 13 42 42 10 4 14 37 49 10 4 14 44 60 7 3 18 28 66 7 2 19 38 60 5 4 19 33 58 1 7 20 32 95 #BBF3BB Promotion to IFA Championship 1 P P 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head points; 5th head-to-head goal difference complete rsssf.com Results Each team played every other team twice (once at home, and once away) for a total of 28 games. main FBR grey ANN CHI DGV DND H&W KMR KNB LGC MOY PSNI PST QUE SLS TOB WAK Annagh United 3–1 0–3 2–4 2–7 3–2 1–3 0–1 2–1 1–4 0–5 1–2 1–4 1–5 2–0 Chimney Corner 0–0 1–6 0–3 0–2 1–4 1–5 2–2 3–3 1–2 0–3 1–4 2–2 0–3 3–3 Dergview 3–0 11–0 0–2 1–2 2–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 3–0 5–0 1–0 4–0 4–0 3–2 Dundela 2–0 6–2 2–1 2–2 3–2 4–2 4–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 3–1 3–0 2–3 2–1 Harland & Wolff Welders 4–0 2–2 0–2 4–2 3–1 2–0 2–1 2–1 4–0 2–1 1–0 0–2 5–1 4–1 Killymoon Rangers 1–1 4–1 0–1 2–1 3–4 0–4 2–3 2–1 0–1 1–4 3–0 3–0 0–3 0–1 Knockbreda 0–1 2–0 0–4 1–1 0–3 0–0 3–1 2–1 1–2 4–2 0–1 3–1 0–0 2–1 Lurgan Celtic 3–0 0–2 3–4 1–1 0–2 3–2 0–1 0–3 1–1 4–0 1–0 2–1 0–4 2–1 Moyola Park 1–3 4–1 0–2 1–4 1–2 3–0 0–1 2–0 2–4 1–1 2–2 1–2 3–2 1–0 PSNI 3–1 6–2 2–2 0–3 1–2 3–0 3–4 0–1 1–0 2–1 2–2 1–2 1–2 2–0 Portstewart 0–0 2–1 0–1 0–2 3–1 1–2 1–0 1–2 3–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 Queen's University 1–0 6–0 0–2 1–1 1–3 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–4 1–4 0–1 2–4 2–0 3–0 Sport & Leisure Swifts 3–1 3–2 0–3 0–2 2–3 5–1 1–1 3–2 1–1 1–3 1–3 1–6 1–3 0–3 Tobermore United 3–0 2–1 1–1 2–2 0–4 2–0 0–2 2–1 0–1 0–2 2–3 2–1 2–0 0–1 Wakehurst 0–2 2–2 2–7 1–2 0–1 4–2 0–2 4–2 0–2 3–4 1–1 0–1 1–3 0–2 complete rsssf.com References Category:NIFL Championship seasons North Category:2009–10 in Northern Ireland association football