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Ballymena & Provincial Football League

Association football league in Northern Ireland

Association football league in Northern Ireland

FieldValue
image[[File:Ballymena & Provincial Football League logo.png200px]]
countryNorthern Ireland
founded1948
teams53 (11 in Premier)
promotionNIFL Premier Intermediate League
levels4 (Premier only)
domest_cupIrish Cup
IFA Intermediate Cup
championsStrabane Athletic (2024–25)
most successful clubMoyola Park (6 titles)

IFA Intermediate Cup

The Ballymena and Provincial Football League is a regional football league in Northern Ireland. The league has a Premier Division with intermediate status and three junior divisions: Junior Divisions 1, 2 and 3.

History

The league was formed as the Ballymena and District Junior League in 1948, with twelve founding members, including Moyola Park F.C., the only original member club that still retains membership through its reserve team. In 1983, the name was changed to the Ballymena and District Premier League, and in 1990, intermediate status was granted to the top division and the league was renamed as the Ballymena and Provincial Intermediate League. The league subsequently changed its name again to the current Ballymena and Provincial Football League.

In 2023, the league announced a re-structure of the league in order to expand into two tiers (a Division One and Division Two) for the start of the 2024–25 season.

Intermediate clubs in membership (2025–26)

Currently, eighteen teams play in the Intermediate Division. The league champions can be promoted to NIFL Premier Intermediate League, providing they meet the admittance requirements.

Cups

Cups that are currently available only to clubs in the Ballymena & Provincial Intermediate Leagues are:

  • Crawford Cup;
  • McReynolds Cup;
  • O'Gorman Cup;
  • Canada Trophy;
  • Linda Welshman Memorial Cup;

Teams in the junior divisions can play in the Irish Junior Cup.

List of champions

SeasonChampions
1948-49Moyola Park
1949-50Moyola Park
1951-1959unknown
1959-60Moyola Park/Ballymoney United
1961-1973unknown
1973-74Moyola Park
1976-1976unknown
1976-77Moyola Park
1977-78Moyola Park
1979–2006unknown
2006–07Raceview
2007–08Ballynure Old Boys
2008–09Coleraine Crusaders
2009–10Raceview
2010–11Brantwood
2011–12Raceview
2012–13Newtowne
2013–14Brantwood
2014–15Ballynure Old Boys
2015–16Newtowne
2016–17Coagh United
2017–18Glebe Rangers
2018–19Bangor
2021–22St James' Swifts
2022–23Coagh United
2023–24Strabane Athletic
2024–25Strabane Athletic

Source: nifootball

References

References

  1. [http://ballymenaprovincialleague.niclubs.co.uk/league-rules Ballymena & Provincial Football League Rules]{{Dead link. (November 2018)
  2. "Ballymena & Provincial League History".
  3. (28 July 2023). "General League Announcement". Ballymena & Provincial FootbalL League.
  4. "Tables - Ballymena & Provincial Football League".
  5. (2008-10-03). "Cups". Ni Football.
  6. "Moyola Park. Club history.".
  7. [http://nifootball.co.uk/leagues/tables/bpil-premier-division nifootball]
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