Category: Premier Intermediate League
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Bunched-up PIL summit and big twists tee up tense title hunt to go right to the wire
The Playr-Fit Premier Intermediate League promotion race took some fresh turns at the weekend, thus a climactic end to the campaign is in the pipeline with the prize of dining among the ranks of senior-status football in 2024/25. A couple of crunch clashes between top-five rivals, namely Armagh City’s hosting of leaders Limavady United and…
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Back-to-back victories inspire brighter days for Moyola Park after battling third-tier drop
A month makes a big difference in football – a statement that’s rung true for Playr-Fit Premier Intermediate League basement battler Moyola Park. February started with a whimper for the Castledawson club with defeats to the two main sides around them, but what followed were a couple of results that have painted a contrastingly different…
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Midweek goal blast across PIL delivers priceless results at both ends of the standings
Of the three Premier Intermediate League encounters to take place during midweek, each carried a potentially priceless significance at both ends of the table. In the division’s promotion hunt and relegation battle, the trio of matches taking place on Tuesday night all produced winners who will reap the rewards of three important points. A battle…
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Coagh United’s perfect January a major boost to Co Tyrone’s place in the Irish League
A few weeks can make a big difference in football – and that is something Coagh United can suitably attest to. After joining Rathfriland in achieving promotion through the three-team play-in last summer, the Co Tyrone outfit had yet to ignite in the league standings during 2023 and, having scooped up merely seven points from…
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Free-flowing new boys Rathfriland on track to establish themselves in Irish League long-term
A Friday night showdown takes place at Iveagh Park between two clubs with contrastingly differing lengths of historical archive in the NI Football League. Lisburn Distillery, one of the oldest football clubs on the island of Ireland, will face Irish League first-timers Rathfriland in the Playr-Fit Premier Intermediate League. Two clubs nicknamed the Whites, the…
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Gary Boyle’s return to Warrenpoint Town is the perfect move for all parties
Having departed his role as Newry City manager following the side’s 4-0 Boxing Day defeat to Glenavon, Gary Boyle is back in the game. The 36-year-old, who took up the mantle at The Showgrounds having served as his predecessor Darren Mullen’s long-time assistant in the summer of 2023, announced that he’d be stepping down as…
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Resurgent Armagh City sneaking in unsighted in their bid to leave a mark in PIL promotion race
The New Year’s Day clash at Milltown between Warrenpoint Town and Armagh City naturally saw much of the attention placed on the hosts. After all, reports had broken less than 24 hours earlier that ‘Point chief Barry Gray was about to swap one side of the Mourne Ultimatum for the other and take the vacant…
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Starting a cup competition between second and third-tier teams could save the PIL’s NIFL future
Finding the formula to better amalgamate the Premier Intermediate League with the top two tiers of the NI Football League has proved somewhat challenging. Progression into the senior-status ranks is, of course, the golden ticket, and the third-tier is the gateway to that. If you win the PIL, then from the following season, you will…
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