2009–10 IFA Premiership

IFA Premiership 2009–10 Linfield1st Premiership title49th Irish title Institute UEFA Champions League Linfield UEFA Europa League Cliftonville Glentoran Portadown Rory Patterson (30 goals) Portadown 6–1 Lisburn Distillery Dungannon Swifts 2–8 Portadown Newry City 0–6 Linfield Glentoran 0–6 Coleraine Dungannon Swifts 2–8 Portadown 228 676 2008–09 2010–11 The 2009–10 IFA Premiership (known as the Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the 2nd season of the IFA Premiership, the highest level of league football in Northern Ireland, and the 109th season of Irish league football overall. Linfield were champions, winning the league for the 49th time. Summary It began on 8 August 2009 and ended on 1 May 2010. Glentoran were the defending champions. On 27 April 2010, Linfield clinched the title after a 1–0 victory against Cliftonville at Windsor Park.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/irish/8645142.stm Linfield 1–0 Cliftonville 27 April 2010 BBC Sport 27 April 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100429114101/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/irish/8645142.stm 29 April 2010 live On 14 May 2010, Institute were relegated to the 2010–11 IFA Championship, after losing the two-legged relegation play-off to Donegal Celtic, who took their place in the 2010–11 IFA Premiership.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/irish/8681662.stm Institute 0-1 Donegal Celtic 14 May 2010 BBC Sport 14 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100517105858/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/irish/8681662.stm 17 May 2010 live Team changes from 2008–09 On 2 February 2009, Bangor's board announced that they would not be able to renew their domestic licence due to financial difficulties, and thereby would not compete in this season's premiership.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/irish/7864483.stm Quinn appointed Glenavon manager BBC Sport 2 February 2009 6 August 2018 They finished the 2008–09 season in 11th place. As a consequence, 12th-placed Dungannon Swifts, who were originally going to be directly relegated to the IFA Championship, earned the relegation play-off berth from Bangor. After a two-legged series against 2008–09 Championship runners-up Donegal Celtic, which ended in an aggregated 2–2 tie, Dungannon eventually retained their Premiership status on away goals. Promoted from the Championship were 2008–09 champions Portadown, which marked their return to the highest football league of Northern Ireland after a one-year hiatus. Stadia and locations UK Northern Ireland right 350 Location of teams in the 2009–10 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 54.97574 -7.277176 left Institute UK Northern Ireland 54.16089 -6.332138 bottom Newry City UK Northern Ireland 54.41306 -6.457686 right Portadown UK Northern Ireland 55.32 -8.2 TransparentPlaceholder.png Belfast teams : CliftonvilleCrusadersGlentoranLinfieldLisburn Distillery Greater Belfast 350 right Location of the Belfast-based teams in the 2009–10 IFA Premiership Greater Belfast 54.619250 -5.947383 left Cliftonville Greater Belfast 54.62428 -5.922017 top Crusaders 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 ClubStadiumTown/cityCapacity Ballymena United The Showgrounds Ballymena 8,000 (4,000 seats) Cliftonville Solitude Belfast 8,000 (2,099 seats) Coleraine The Showgrounds Coleraine 6,500 (1,500 seats) Crusaders Seaview Belfast 6,500 (500 seats) Dungannon Swifts Stangmore Park Dungannon 3,000 (300 seats) Glenavon Mourneview Park Lurgan 5,500 (4,000 seats) Glentoran The Oval Belfast 15,250 (5,000 seats) Institute YMCA Grounds Drumahoe 4,000 (600 seats) Linfield Windsor Park Belfast 20,400 (14,400 seats) Lisburn Distillery New Grosvenor Stadium Lisburn 8,000 (2,000 seats) Newry City The Showgrounds Newry 6,500 (800 seats) Portadown Shamrock Park Portadown 8,000 (3,500 seats) League table main WDL QR LIN Linfield CLI Cliftonville GLT Glentoran CRU Crusaders DUN Dungannon Swifts POR Portadown COL Coleraine GLA Glenavon NEW Newry City BYM Ballymena United LIS Lisburn Distillery INS Institute y 22 8 8 78 37 C 21 6 11 69 42 19 8 11 58 46 17 9 12 57 52 16 9 13 56 58 15 10 13 70 55 16 9 13 76 62 12 7 19 47 67 10 12 16 38 63 11 7 20 46 56 11 6 21 45 76 6 13 19 36 62 R After 33 games, clubs in the bottom half of the table at the split cannot climb into the top half, regardless of the number of points earned during matches 34–38. green1 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round CL2 yellow1 Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round EL2 yellow2 Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round EL1 yellow2 Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round Portadown qualified for the first qualifying round of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League as 2009–10 Irish Cup runners-up, since winners Linfield had already qualified for the Champions League. As a result, Cliftonville were promoted to the second qualifying round EL1b red2 Qualification to Promotion/relegation play-off RP 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 CLI COL CRU DUN GLA GLT INS LIN LIS NEW POR Ballymena United 0–1 3–2 1–2 0–1 0–3 2–3 1–1 2–0 0–1 1–2 2–1 Cliftonville 0–2 0–1 1–2 1–0 3–2 1–2 4–1 4–0 3–0 3–2 2–1 Coleraine 3–2 3–3 4–1 2–1 3–0 0–1 3–1 2–2 2–1 3–0 3–3 Crusaders 2–2 2–3 1–0 2–3 3–0 1–1 1–2 0–4 2–0 1–1 3–1 Dungannon Swifts 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 4–0 1–1 2–1 2–2 2–1 0–0 2–8 Glenavon 2–2 3–2 3–2 1–1 3–2 2–2 0–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 2–2 Glentoran 1–2 2–1 0–6 0–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 0–1 1–0 Institute 0–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–3 1–2 2–1 0–0 1–1 Linfield 1–0 1–2 2–4 0–1 1–0 4–1 2–1 2–2 2–0 3–0 1–1 Lisburn Distillery 0–2 0–5 3–2 0–1 0–0 2–3 0–4 2–1 1–2 2–4 0–3 Newry City 3–2 1–2 2–1 0–1 0–1 0–3 1–2 3–1 0–6 0–1 0–0 Portadown 2–0 2–2 4–0 1–2 1–4 2–0 1–2 0–0 1–0 6–1 0–0 complete RSSSF.com Matches 23–33 During matches 23–33 each team played every other team for the third time (either at home, or away). main FBR grey BYM CLI COL CRU DUN GLA GLT INS LIN LIS NEW POR Ballymena United 2–1 null 2–0 null 1–0 null null null null 0–0 0–1 Cliftonville null 0–1 null null null 1–2 3–0 1–1 1–0 null null Coleraine 3–1 null null null null 4–3 1–1 1–3 1–3 null null Crusaders null 1–2 2–5 null 3–0 null null null null 4–1 3–2 Dungannon Swifts 2–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 null 2–0 null null null null 4–4 Glenavon null 0–2 2–1 null 1–3 1–3 null null null 1–0 0–1 Glentoran 3–0 null null 0–0 null null 2–1 2–2 2–0 null null Institute 2–2 null null 1–3 2–0 1–2 null 0–3 2–3 null null Linfield 1–0 null null 2–0 4–1 1–2 null null null 5–0 5–0 Lisburn Distillery 2–2 null null 2–2 2–5 0–0 null null 0–5 3–0 null Newry City null 1–1 0–0 null 4–0 null 0–3 0–0 null null 1–5 Portadown null 2–0 3–1 null null null 2–1 3–1 null 1–3 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 played each other this season, home sides in this round were chosen so that teams had played each other twice at home and twice away. Section A main FBR grey CLI CRU DUN GLT LIN POR Cliftonville 1–0 4–1 null null 2–1 Crusaders null 2–3 2–1 0–0 null Dungannon Swifts null null null 0–1 null Glentoran 0–3 null 1–0 null 2–0 Linfield 1–0 null null 3–1 null Portadown null 2–2 1–2 null 1–0 complete RSSSF.com Section B main FBR grey BYM COL GLA INS LIS NEW Ballymena United 2–4 null 3–0 1–2 null Coleraine null 1–0 null null 2–3 Glenavon 1–1 null 1–2 1–3 null Institute null 1–1 null null 1–1 Lisburn Distillery null 1–1 null 2–1 null Newry City 1–0 null 3–2 null 2–2 complete RSSSF.com Top scorers RankScorerClubGoalshttp://www.ifapremiership.com/ifapremiershipscorers.htm Carling Premiership – Leading Scorers 6 April 2010 ifapremiership.com IFA Premiership https://web.archive.org/web/20100310062008/http://www.ifapremiership.com/ifapremiershipscorers.htm 10 March 2010 live1NIR Rory PattersonColeraine302NIR Darren BoyceColeraine17NIR George McMullanCliftonville174NIR Liam BoyceCliftonville165NIR Kevin BraniffPortadown14NIR Richard LeckyPortadown14NIR David RaineyCrusaders14NIR Glenn FergusonLisburn Distillery149NIR Timmy AdamsonDungannon Swifts1310SCO Gary McCutcheonPortadown12 Promotion/relegation play-off The promotion/relegation play-off was slightly altered this season because Donegal Celtic, runners-up of the 2009–10 IFA Championship, were the only IFA Championship club to hold the Domestic Club Licence required to participate in the Premiership. Lisburn Distillery, who finished in 11th place, avoided having to play a relegation play-off, which was passed down instead to Institute, who finished in 12th place and would normally have been automatically relegated. The first leg ended 0-0, with Institute having a penalty saved in injury-time at the end of the game. The second leg stayed goalless until the 85th minute, when Stephen McAlorum scored for Donegal Celtic, to relegate Institute to the 2010–11 IFA Championship. 11 May 2010 19:45 BST Donegal Celtic 0 – 0 Report Institute Donegal Celtic Park, Belfast 14 May 2010 19:45 BST Institute 0 – 1 Report Donegal Celtic McAlorum 85 YMCA Grounds, Drumahoe Donegal Celtic won 1–0 on aggregate and were promoted, Institute were relegated References Association football Northern Ireland Category:NIFL Premiership seasons North 1