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2024–25 NIFL Premier Intermediate League

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NIFL Premier Intermediate League
Season2024–25
Dates24 August 2024 – 2 May 2025
ChampionsWarrenpoint Town
PromotedQueen's University
Warrenpoint Town
RelegatedTobermore United
2025–26 →

The 2024–25 NIFL Premier Intermediate League (known as the Playr-Fit Premier Intermediate League for sponsorship reasons) was the eighth season of the NIFL Premier Intermediate League (the third tier of the Northern Ireland Football League - the national football league in Northern Ireland).

Teams

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The league consisted of fourteen teams; eleven teams remaining from the previous season, one team promoted from Level 4, and two teams relegated from the NIFL Championship.

The promoted team was the 2023–24 NIFL Premier Intermediate League play-off winners Oxford Sunnyside. They replaced the 2023–24 NIFL Premier Intermediate League bottom placed team PSNI.[1]

The relegated teams were 2023–24 NIFL Championship play-off losers Dergview and bottom-placed team Knockbreda. They replaced the 2023–24 NIFL Championship champions Limavady United and play-off winners Armagh City.[2][3]

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Locations of the 2024–25 NIFL Premier Intermediate teams
Club Stadium Location Capacity[4]
Ballymacash Rangers The Bluebell Stadium Lisburn 1,280
Banbridge Town Crystal Park Banbridge 1,500
Coagh United Hagan Park Coagh 1,000 (150 seated)
Dergview Darragh Park Castlederg 1,280
Dollingstown Planter's Park Dollingstown 1,000
Dergview Darragh Park Castlederg 1,280
Knockbreda Breda Park Belfast
Oxford Sunnyside Knockramer Park Lurgan 1,600
Knockbreda Breda Park Belfast
Portstewart Mullaghacall Portstewart 1,000
Queen's University Upper Malone Belfast 1,000 (330 seated)
Rathfriland Rangers Iveagh Park Rathfriland
Tobermore United Fortwilliam Park Tobermore 2,000 (100 seated)
Warrenpoint Town Milltown Warrenpoint 1,450

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Warrenpoint Town (C, P) 26 19 2 5 52 27 +25 59 Promotion to the NIFL Championship
2 Queen's University (O, P) 26 17 3 6 55 30 +25 54 Qualification for the NIFL Championship play-off
3 Rathfriland Rangers 26 16 1 9 59 30 +29 49
4 Dollingstown 26 15 4 7 59 35 +24 49
5 Ballymacash Rangers 26 11 6 9 44 37 +7 39
6 Oxford Sunnyside 26 11 6 9 51 51 0 39
7 Moyola Park 26 11 5 10 48 44 +4 38
8 Portstewart 26 10 4 12 33 48 −15 34
9 Knockbreda 26 8 7 11 43 52 −9 31
10 Lisburn Distillery 26 7 9 10 41 47 −6 30
11 Banbridge Town 26 7 8 11 32 41 −9 29
12 Dergview 26 8 2 16 32 59 −27 26
13 Coagh United 26 6 3 17 35 59 −24 21
14 Tobermore United (R) 26 4 4 18 30 54 −24 16 Relegation to Level 4
Source: NIFL Premier Intermediate
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[5]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated


Results

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Each team plays every other team twice (home and away).

Home \ Away BAL BAN COA DER DOL KNO LIS MOY OXF POR QUE RAT TOB WAR
Ballymacash Rangers — 1–1 0–2 2–1 1–2 0–2 2–2 1–0 1–1 1–3 0–2 1–3 3–0 0–1
Banbridge Town 1–3 — 1–0 3–0 2–1 2–2 1–2 2–3 2–2 1–2 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–3
Coagh United 1–2 2–2 — 4–2 0–2 4–2 3–1 2–1 1–2 2–2 2–1 1–2 1–1 0–3
Dergview 0–1 1–0 1–0 — 1–2 2–3 2–0 2–1 1–2 1–1 3–1 1–3 1–2 1–0
Dollingstown 4–1 2–1 2–1 3–0 — 5–1 3–3 0–1 2–2 0–1 1–3 2–3 2–1 3–0
Knockbreda 0–3 0–1 3–0 3–3 1–4 — 1–1 2–1 0–1 2–3 2–4 0–3 2–0 1–1
Lisburn Distillery 2–4 1–1 4–2 2–0 0–1 1–1 — 2–2 5–1 0–1 0–0 1–3 4–2 0–2
Moyola Park 1–1 2–1 5–1 2–3 3–3 2–3 3–3 — 5–0 0–0 0–2 0–3 3–0 3–2
Oxford Sunnyside 1–1 4–0 3–0 6–2 0–3 3–3 2–1 0–2 — 2–1 2–3 1–5 4–3 3–0
Portstewart 1–6 1–1 2–1 4–1 0–3 0–2 1–3 0–1 2–4 — 1–0 0–5 2–1 2–3
Queen's University 0–6 3–1 5–0 3–0 4–4 0–0 3–0 6–1 3–2 3–0 — 1–0 3–1 1–0
Rathfriland Rangers 0–1 0–0 3–1 6–0 3–0 5–3 0–2 2–3 1–0 3–2 1–2 — 2–1 0–1
Tobermore United 2–2 4–0 4–2 1–2 1–4 1–4 0–0 1–2 1–1 0–1 0–2 2–1 — 1–3
Warrenpoint Town 4–0 1–1 3–2 4–1 1–0 2–0 6–1 2–1 3–2 2–0 1–0 3–2 1–0 —
Source: NIFL 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.

NIFL Premier Intermediate League play-off

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The 2024–25 Ballymena & Provincial Football League champions will face the 2024–25 Mid-Ulster Football League champions in a two-legged play-off for the final place in the 2025–26 NIFL Premier Intermediate League.

References

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  1. ^ "Strabane miss out on promotion". Strabane Weekly News. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  2. ^ "TITLE DELIGHT FOR THE ROESIDERS!". NIF Football League. 23 April 2024. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  3. ^ "ARMAGH CITY WIN PROMOTION TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP". NIF Football League. 3 May 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  4. ^ "NIFL Premier Intermediate Venues 2021-2022". Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  5. ^ "Rules and Regulations". NIFL. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
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