2021–22 NIFL Premier Intermediate League

The 2021–22 NIFL Premier Intermediate League (known as the Lough 41 Premier Intermediate League for sponsorship reasons) was the fifth season of the NIFL Premier Intermediate League, the third tier of the Northern Ireland Football League - the national football league in Northern Ireland.

NIFL Premier Intermediate League
Season2021–22
Dates17 Aug 2021 – 7 May 2022
ChampionsNewington
PromotedNewington
Matches played72
Goals scored218 (3.03 per match)
Locations of the Belfast-based 2021–22 NIFL Premier Intermediate teams

The Premier Intermediate League returned after a one-year hiatus, following the cancellation of the 2020–21 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Northern Ireland. Annagh United were the reigning champions from the 2019–20 season, and were promoted to the NIFL Championship. The season began on 17 August 2021 and concluded on 7 May 2022.

Teams

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Club Stadium Location Capacity[1]
Armagh City Holm Park Armagh 2,000
Banbridge Town Crystal Park Banbridge 1,500
Bangor Clandeboye Park Bangor 1,895 (500 seated)
Dollingstown Planter's Park Dollingstown 1,000
Limavady United The Showgrounds Limavady 1,500 (274 seated)
Lisburn Distillery New Grosvenor Stadium Ballyskeagh 7,000 (540 seated)
Moyola Park Mill Meadow Castledawson 1,000
Newington Solitude Belfast 3,054 (all seated)
Portstewart Mullaghacall Portstewart 1,000
PSNI The Dub Belfast 1,000 (330 seated)
Tobermore United Fortwilliam Park Tobermore 2,000 (100 seated)

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation[a]
1 Newington (C, P) 25 18 3 4 67 28 +39 57 Promotion to the NIFL Championship
2 Bangor 25 16 2 7 48 27 +21 50 Qualification for the NIFL Championship play-off
3 Armagh City 25 14 4 7 48 34 +14 46
4 Limavady United 25 13 4 8 47 27 +20 43
5 Banbridge Town 25 12 5 8 28 25 +3 41
6 Dollingstown 25 12 4 9 46 34 +12 40
7 Portstewart 24 10 2 12 42 28 +14 32
8 Lisburn Distillery 24 10 2 12 38 39 −1 32
9 Moyola Park 24 4 8 12 31 54 −23 20
10 PSNI 24 5 1 18 27 72 −45 16
11 Tobermore United 24 0 7 17 16 70 −54 7
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) Points per game; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Drawing of lots[2]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ Teams played each other twice (20 matches), before the league was split into two groups (the top six and the bottom five).

Results

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Matches 1–20

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During matches 1–20 each team played every other team twice (home and away).

Home \ Away ARM BAB BAG DOL LIM LIS MOY NEW POR PSN TOB
Armagh City 1–2 6–1 5–1 2–1 3–1 5–1
Banbridge Town
Bangor
Dollingstown 0–2 1–4 2–0 1–2 0–1 2–0 2–0 5–0
Limavady United 3–4 2–1 2–0 3–0
Lisburn Distillery 1–0 0–2 0–0 2–1
Moyola Park 1–0 0–3 1–4 2–0 9–2
Newington 2–2 2–3 2–0 7–0
Portstewart 0–1 6–1 0–1 0–0
PSNI 2–1 1–2 0–3 0–0
Tobermore United 0–0 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–3 1–1
Source: Premier Intermediate
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.

References

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  1. ^ "NIFL Premier Intermediate Venues 2021-2022". Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Rules and Regulations". NIFL. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
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