2021–22 NIFL Premier Intermediate League

Football league season

NIFL Premier Intermediate LeagueSeason| 2021–22

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Dates| 17 Aug 2021 – 7 May 2022
Champions| Newington
Promoted| Newington
Matches played| 72
Goals scored| 218 (3.03 per match)

← 2019–20

2022–23 →

Belfast

Armagh City

Banbridge Town

Bangor

Dollingstown

Limavady United

Distillery

Moyola Park

Portstewart

Tobermore United

Belfast teams : Newington
PSNI

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Locations of the 2021–22 NIFL Premier Intermediate teams

Newington

PSNI

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Locations of the Belfast-based 2021–22 NIFL Premier Intermediate teams

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.

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]

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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]

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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
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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

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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.

## External links

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* Official website

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