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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17 Nov	Bangor	3 - 0	Newry City A	2:00pm
22 Nov	Ards	-	Limavady Uni	7:45pm
22 Nov	Institute	-	Armagh City	7:45pm
22 Nov	Newry City A	-	Dundela	7:45pm
23 Nov	Annagh Unite	-	Ballyclare C	3:00pm
23 Nov	H and W Weld	-	Bangor	3:00pm
23 Nov	Newington	-	Ballinamalla	3:00pm
29 Nov	Newry City A	-	Annagh Unite	7:45pm
30 Nov	Ballinamalla	-	Dundela	3:00pm
30 Nov	Ballyclare C	-	Institute	3:00pm
Results
16 Nov	Armagh City	3 - 0	H and W Weld
16 Nov	Dundela	3 - 1	Newington
16 Nov	Institute	2 - 4	Ards
16 Nov	Ballyclare C	1 - 4	Ballinamalla
16 Nov	Limavady Uni	2 - 1	Annagh Unite
12 Nov	Ballinamalla	P - P	H and W Weld
12 Nov	Limavady Uni	0 - 3	Bangor
09 Nov	H and W Weld	3 - 1	Institute
09 Nov	Ballinamalla	1 - 2	Limavady Uni
09 Nov	Dundela	1 - 3	Bangor

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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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