2021–22 NIFL Premier Intermediate League

The 2021-22 NIFL Premier Intermediate (Known As The Lough41 Northern Irish Premier Intermediate For Sponsorship Reasons) is the fifth season of the NIFL Premier Intermediate League. It is the third-tier of the Northern Ireland Football League - the national football league in Northern Ireland. The season began on the 17th August 2021 and will finish on the 16th April 2022. Owing to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, The 2020-21 Season was completely void and there were no matches played.

NIFL Premier Intermediate League
Season2021-22
Dates17th August 2021 – 16th April 2022
ChampionsNewington
PromotedNewington
RelegatedTobermore United
Matches played72
Goals scored218 (3.03 per match)
Biggest home winTBD
Biggest away winTBD
Highest scoringTBD
← 2019-20
2022-23 →

Annagh United are the current champions as they won the NIFL Premier Intermediate League. They gained promotion to the NIFL Championship.

Current NIFL Premier Intermediate Clubs (2021–22)
Club Stadium Location Capacity[1]
Armagh CityHolm ParkArmagh3,000
Banbridge TownCrystal ParkBanbridge1,500
BangorClandeboye ParkBangor1,895 (500 seated)
DollingstownPlanters ParkDollingstown
Limavady UnitedThe Showgrounds - LimavadyLimavady1,500 (274 seated)
Lisburn DistilleryNew Grosvenor StadiumLambeg7,000 (540 seated)
Moyola ParkMill MeadowCastledawson
NewingtonSolitudeBelfast8,000 (3,000 seated)
PortstewartSeahavenPortstewart
PSNINewforge LaneBelfast1,500
Tobermore UnitedFortwilliam ParkTobermore1,500

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
1 Newington (C, P) 23 16 3 4 59 26 +33 51 Promotion to the NIFL Championship
2 Bangor 23 14 2 7 43 26 +17 44 Qualification for the NIFL Championship play-off
3 Armagh City 23 13 4 6 45 30 +15 43
4 Limavady United 23 13 3 7 44 23 +21 42
5 Banbridge Town 23 12 5 6 28 18 +10 41
6 Dollingstown 23 12 3 8 42 29 +13 39
7 Portstewart 23 10 2 11 40 25 +15 32
8 Lisburn Distillery 23 9 2 12 32 38 −6 29
9 Moyola Park 23 3 8 12 28 52 −24 17
10 PSNI 24 5 1 18 27 72 −45 16
11 Tobermore United (R) 23 0 7 16 15 64 −49 7 Relegation to the NIFL Ballymena & Provincial League
Updated to match(es) played on 30 April 2022. Source:
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) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Teams play each other twice (20 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom five).

Results

Matches 1–20

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.

Season statistics

Top Scorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Conor Mullen Armagh City 12
2 Gary Warwick Newington 9
Alex Pomeroy Limavady United
4 Ruairi Duffy Armagh City 7


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References
  1. "NIFL Premier Intermediate Venues 2021-2022". Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  2. "Rules and Regulations". NIFL. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  3. "STATEMENT: 30 APRIL 2020". Northern Ireland Football League. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
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