Northern Irish Championship

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Name
Northern Irish Championship

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Established
2008 (16 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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20 Dec	Newington	-	Armagh City	8:00pm
21 Dec	Annagh Unite	-	Ards	3:00pm
21 Dec	Bangor	-	Ballinamalla	3:00pm
21 Dec	Dundela	-	Ballyclare C	2:00pm
21 Dec	Limavady Uni	-	H and W Weld	3:00pm
21 Dec	Newry City A	-	Institute	3:00pm
26 Dec	Armagh City	-	Annagh Unite	3:00pm
26 Dec	Ballinamalla	-	Newry City A	2:00pm
26 Dec	Bangor	-	Ards	3:00pm
26 Dec	Ballyclare C	-	Newington	3:00pm
Results
14 Dec	Armagh City	3 - 4	Dundela
14 Dec	Ards	0 - 1	Newry City A
14 Dec	Institute	3 - 1	Bangor
14 Dec	Ballyclare C	0 - 4	Limavady Uni
14 Dec	Ballinamalla	0 - 3	Annagh Unite
14 Dec	H and W Weld	1 - 0	Newington
10 Dec	Annagh Unite	2 - 0	H and W Weld
07 Dec	Armagh City	1 - 2	Ballyclare C
07 Dec	Limavady Uni	3 - 0	Newry City A
07 Dec	Ards	0 - 1	Ballinamalla

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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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