2011–12 IFA Championship

IFA Championship 2011–12 2010–11 2012–13 The 2011–12 IFA Championship (known as the Belfast Telegraph Championship for sponsorship reasons)BELFAST TELEGRAPH SPONSOR THE IFA CHAMPIONSHIP https://web.archive.org/web/20120425104554/http://www.irishfa.com/news/item/6851/belfast-telegraph-sponsor-the-ifa-championship/ April 25, 2012 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.http://www.antrimtimes.co.uk/sport/football/corner-aim-to-keep-cam-in-relegation-struggle-1-3692449 Corner aim to keep ‘Cam’ in relegation struggle 2013-01-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20131022112519/http://www.antrimtimes.co.uk/sport/football/corner-aim-to-keep-cam-in-relegation-struggle-1-3692449 2013-10-22 dead Team changes from 2010–11 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 Carrick Rangers (1st in Championship 1) Relegated from IFA Premiership to Championship 1 Newry City (12th in IFA Premiership) Promoted from Championship 2 to Championship 1 Warrenpoint Town (1st in Championship 2) Tobermore United (2nd in Championship 2) Relegated from Championship 1 to Championship 2 Ballymoney United (13th in Championship 1) Ballyclare Comrades (14th in Championship 1) Championship 1 IFA Championship 1 Ballinamallard United Ballinamallard United Banbridge TownGlebe Rangers Limavady Utd 9–0Banbridge Town Banbridge Town 0–6Newry City Limavady Utd 9–0Banbridge TownBanbridge Town 2–7 Ballinamallard Utd 182 555 2010–11 2012–13 Stadia and locations ClubStadiumLocationCapacity 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) UK Northern Ireland right 350 Location of teams in the 2011–12 IFA Championship 1 UK Northern Ireland 54.75101 -6.002269 left Ards UK Northern Ireland 54.414427 -7.599786 bottom Ballinamallard United UK Northern Ireland 55.061924 -6.498034 top Glebe Rangers UK Northern Ireland 54.350473 -6.264619 right Banbridge Town UK Northern Ireland 54.65179 -5.684674 right Bangor UK Northern Ireland 54.707400 -7.599873 left Dergview UK Northern Ireland 54.61651 -5.863953 left H&W Welders UK Northern Ireland 54.97574 -7.277176 left Institute 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 UK Northern Ireland 54.16089 -6.332138 left Newry City UK Northern Ireland 54.817336 -6.701234 top Tobermore United UK Northern Ireland 54.11786 -6.263430 bottom Warrenpoint Town League table main WDL PR BMD Ballinamallard United NEW Newry City INS Institute BGR Bangor ARD Ards LIM Limavady United LGL Loughgall DGV Dergview H&W Harland & Wolff Welders LRN Larne TOB Tobermore United WPT Warrenpoint Town BBT Banbridge Town GBE Glebe Rangers 20 3 3 62 24 C,P 15 6 5 51 22 13 4 9 37 34 12 6 8 45 34 11 6 9 39 31 12 2 12 48 43 11 5 10 45 41 8 10 8 38 37 10 4 12 30 35 9 5 12 37 47 8 7 11 34 44 7 7 12 34 37 5 4 17 30 70 R 3 7 16 25 56 R #BBF3BB Promotion to IFA Premiership P #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 plays every other team twice (once at home, and once away) for a total of 26 games. main FBR grey 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 complete rsssf.com Championship 2 IFA Championship 2 Coagh United Coagh UnitedDundela Coagh United 7–0 Chimney Corner Chimney Corner 0–6 Dundela PSNI 2–7 Lurgan CelticDundela 4–5 Ballyclare Comrades 240 853 2010–11 2012–13 Stadia and locations ClubStadiumLocationCapacity 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) UK Northern Ireland right 350 Location of teams in the 2011–12 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 54.34349 -6.628479 left Armagh City UK Northern Ireland 54.75101 -6.002269 right Ballyclare UK Northern Ireland 55.061924 -6.498034 right Ballymoney United UK Northern Ireland 54.726113 -6.250117 top Chimney Corner UK Northern Ireland 54.648755 -6.608396 right Coagh 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 right 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 55.32 -8.2 TransparentPlaceholder.png Belfast teams : DundelaPSNIQueen's Univ.Sport & Leisure Greater Belfast 350 right Location of the Belfast-based teams in the 2011–12 IFA Championship 2 Greater Belfast 54.599520 -5.878421 left Dundela Greater Belfast 54.58161 -6.008449 top Sport & Leisure Swifts Greater Belfast 54.559056 -5.940977 top PSNI Greater Belfast 54.556715 -5.961765 bottom Queen's University League table main WDL P COA Coagh United DND Dundela KNB Knockbreda LGC Lurgan Celtic QUE Queen's University BCC Ballyclare Comrades ANN Annagh United WAK Wakehurst BMY Ballymoney United PST Portstewart ARM Armagh City SLS Sport & Leisure Swifts PSNI PSNI MOY Moyola Park KMR Killymoon Rangers CHI Chimney Corner 19 6 5 81 41 C,P 20 2 8 79 46 P 19 4 7 70 31 17 6 7 73 40 18 1 11 63 38 16 4 10 60 46 15 6 9 59 51 14 5 11 59 48 12 3 15 51 45 11 4 15 43 56 9 6 15 39 52 9 5 16 46 59 8 5 17 36 67 9 2 19 34 71 7 3 20 34 72 5 2 23 26 90 #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 plays every other team twice (once at home, and once away) for a total of 30 games. main FBR grey 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 complete rsssf.com References 2011-12 North 2