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Name
Northern Irish Championship

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Established
2008 (17 years old)

First Recorded Event
2019-08-03

Current Season
2024-2025

Level Below
Northern Irish Premier Intermediate League

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Soccer

Location
Northern Ireland

Gender
Male

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14 Mar	Armagh City	-	Institute	7:45pm
14 Mar	Ballyclare C	-	Limavady Uni	7:45pm
14 Mar	Bangor	-	Newington	7:45pm
14 Mar	Newry City A	-	Dundela	7:45pm
15 Mar	Annagh Unite	-	Ballinamalla	3:00pm
15 Mar	H and W Weld	-	Ards	3:00pm
18 Mar	Dundela	-	Annagh Unite	7:45pm
18 Mar	Institute	-	Ards	7:45pm
18 Mar	Bangor	-	H and W Weld	7:45pm
22 Mar	Ards	-	Ballyclare C	3:00pm
Results
11 Mar	Ballinamalla	0 - 1	H and W Weld
08 Mar	Dundela	4 - 2	Armagh City
08 Mar	Newington	3 - 1	Ballyclare C
08 Mar	Ards	2 - 0	Annagh Unite
08 Mar	Institute	0 - 0	Bangor
08 Mar	Ballinamalla	1 - 1	Newry City A
08 Mar	Limavady Uni	0 - 0	H and W Weld
04 Mar	Newry City A	2 - 0	Ards
01 Mar	Institute	1 - 0	Ballinamalla
01 Mar	Newington	1 - 2	Limavady Uni

Description

The Northern Ireland Football League Championship (known as the Bluefin Sport Championship for sponsorship reasons) is the second level of the Northern Ireland Football League, the national football league in Northern Ireland. Clubs in the Championship can be promoted to the highest national division - the NIFL Premiership, and relegated to the third level - the NIFL Premier Intermediate League.

It was founded in 2008 as the Premier Intermediate League for members of the previous IFA Intermediate League that met the new stricter membership criteria, though was marketed as the IFA Championship. In 2009, it was extended to two divisions: Championship 1 and Championship 2 with promotion and relegation between the two. In 2013, the Championship and IFA Premiership were replaced by a single Northern Ireland Football League, independent of the Irish Football Association (IFA).

Under reforms agreed by the NIFL clubs in 2014, from 2016–17, Championship 1 acquired senior status, continuing as the NIFL Championship, while Championship 2 continued as the Premier Intermediate League, retaining its intermediate status.

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