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2022 Women's Premiership (Northern Ireland) ...
The 2022 Northern Irish Women's Premiership, known as the Danske Bank Women's Premiership for sponsorship reasons was the 19th season of the top-tier women's football league in Northern Ireland. Glentoran were the defending champions. Cliftonville won their first league title. Teams and locations The following teams made up the 2022 season. ''Teams are listed in alphabetical order.'' League table For the 2022 season, no team was relegated as the league was to increase to ten teams from the 2023 season onwards. Results References External links Womens PremiershipNIFL Women's Premiership {{Women's Premiership (Northern Ireland) Women's Premiership (Northern Ireland) Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ; ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland. It has been #Descriptions, variously described as a country, province or region. Northern Ireland shares Repub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women's Premiership (Northern Ireland)
The Women's Premiership is the top level women's football league of Northern Irish league football. The league was called the NIWFA Division League 1 until 2003 and Premier League until 2015. In 2016, it was rebranded the Women's Premiership and is run by NIFL/ Irish League since. Ten teams play a double round robin to crown the champion, which qualifies for a spot in the UEFA Women's Champions League. The tenth place gets relegated to the Women's Championship 1, the ninth place plays a two-legged relegation playoff against the runner up of the Women's Championship. History In women's football the first league season was played out in 1977. Organised by the Northern Ireland Women's Football Association (NIWFA) the league was simply called the NIWFA Division League 1. In 2004 the Division 1 was replaced by the Women's Premier League. In 2016, after 40 years of administering and developing women's football locally, the league was rebranded the Women's Premiership and is run now ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solitude (football Ground)
Solitude is a football stadium in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is the oldest football stadium in Ireland, and the home ground of Ireland's oldest football club, Cliftonville. The stadium holds 6,224, but is currently restricted to 2,530 under safety legislation. The stadium was built in 1890 and has undergone several renovations. In 2002, a new stand was built at one end of the ground to house visiting supporters, and in 2008, a new stand was completed behind the goal at the east end of the ground. A synthetic 3G pitch was installed to replace the previous grass surface in 2010. History Solitude was opened in 1890 after Cliftonville moved across the road from Oldpark Avenue. The ground holds the distinction of having the first ever penalty in International Football taken there. Previously consisting of two pitches (the second of which was sold off and now contains housing), Solitude is the oldest football ground in Ireland. Solitude has hosted a number of cup finals and inte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sion Swifts Ladies F
Sion may refer to * an alternative transliteration of Zion People * Sion (name) or Siôn, a Welsh and other given name and surname, including a list of people and fictional characters with the name * Shion or Sion, a Japanese given name Places France * Sion, Gers, France * Sion, Saxon-Sion, Meurthe-et-Moselle department, France * Sion-les-Mines, Loire-Atlantique department, France * Sion-sur-l'Océan, Vendee department, France * Mont Sion, namesake of the Priory of Sion India * Sion, Mumbai, India **Sion Causeway ** Sion Creek **Sion Hillock Fort **Sion railway station (India) Switzerland * Sion, Switzerland ** Sion District ** Sion Airport ** Sion railway station (Switzerland) ** Roman Catholic Diocese of Sion ** Sion Cathedral Elsewhere * Sion (Asia Minor), a former ancient city and bishopric, and present Latin Catholic titular see in Asian Turkey * Sion, Alberta, Canada * Sion Castle, Czech Republic * Sion, Netherlands Other uses * ''Sion'' (periodical), official ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023–24 UEFA Women's Champions League
The 2023–24 UEFA Women's Champions League was the 23rd edition of the European women's club football championship organised by UEFA, and the 15th edition since being rebranded as the UEFA Women's Champions League. It was the third edition to feature a 16-team group stage. The final was held at San Mamés Stadium in Bilbao, Spain. Barcelona were the defending champions and defended their title with a 2–0 win over Lyon in home-country venues. Association team allocation The association ranking based on the UEFA women's country coefficients was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association: *Associations 1–6 each had three teams qualify. *Associations 7–16 each had two teams qualify. *All other associations, if they entered, each had one team qualify. *The winners of the 2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League were given an additional entry if they did not qualify for the 2023–24 UEFA Women's Champions League through their domestic league. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strabane
Strabane (; ) is a town in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. Strabane had a population of 13,507 at the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census. This article contains quotations from this source, which is available under th Open Government Licence v3.0 © Crown copyright. It lies on the east bank of the River Foyle. It is roughly midway from Omagh, Derry and Letterkenny. The River Foyle marks Irish border, the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. On the other side of the river (across Lifford Bridge) is the smaller town of Lifford, which is the county town of County Donegal, Donegal. The River Mourne flows through the centre of the town and meets the River Finn (County Donegal), Finn to form the Foyle River. A large hill named Knockavoe, which marks the beginning of the Sperrins, Sperrin Mountains, forms the backdrop to the town. History Early history The locale was home to a group of northern Celts known as the Orighella as far back as the fourth cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cookstown
Cookstown (, ) is a town in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is the fourth-largest town in the county and had a population of 12,546 in the 2021 census. It, along with Magherafelt and Dungannon, is one of the main towns in the Mid-Ulster council area. It was founded around 1620 when the townlands in the area were leased by an English ecclesiastical lawyer, Dr. Alan Cooke, from the Archbishop of Armagh, who had been granted the lands after the Flight of the Earls during the Plantation of Ulster. It was one of the main centres of the linen industry west of the River Bann, and until 1956 the flax-related processes of spinning, weaving, bleaching and beetling were carried out in the town. History In 1609 land was leased to an English ecclesiastical lawyer, Dr Cooke, who fulfilled the covenants entered in the lease by building houses on the land. In 1628, King Charles I granted Letters Patent to Cooke permitting the holding of a twice-weekly market for livestock and f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bluebell Stadium
The Bluebell Stadium is a football stadium in Lisburn, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is the home stadium of local football team Ballymacash Rangers F.C. Renovation The new ground was a grass venue from 1984 until July 2020, when a new artificial surface was installed as part of a ground renovation. Notable matches The ground played host to the first ever Northern Ireland Football League Women's Premiership game in the city of Lisburn, Northern Ireland. The fixture took place between Lisburn Ladies and Sion Swifts Ladies F.C. on Wednesday 25 April 2022 in front of 106 people. Use by other teams The Bluebell Stadium is also used by Lisburn Ladies FC who played in the Northern Ireland Football League, Women's Premiership The Women's Premiership, also called the RFUW Premiership was the top level of women's rugby union in England until 2017. It was formed in 1990 and was run by the Rugby Football Union for Women. It was superseded in the 2017/18 season by Premi . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisburn
Lisburn ( ; ) is a city in Northern Ireland. It is southwest of Belfast city centre, on the River Lagan, which forms the boundary between County Antrim and County Down. First laid out in the 17th century by English and Welsh settlers, with the arrival of French Huguenots in the 18th century, the town developed as a global centre of the linen industry. In 2002, as part of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, Queen Elizabeth's Golden Jubilee celebrations, the predominantly Unionism in Ireland, unionist borough was granted City status in the United Kingdom#Northern Ireland, city status alongside the largely Irish nationalism, nationalist town of Newry. With a population of 45,370 in the 2011 Census. Lisburn was the third-largest city in Northern Ireland. In the 2016 reform of local government in Northern Ireland Lisburn was joined with the greater part of Castlereagh to form the Lisburn City and Castlereagh District. Name The town was originally known as Lisnagarvey, ''Lisnaga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Oval (Belfast)
The Oval (currently known as The BetMcLean Oval for sponsorship reasons) is a football stadium in Belfast, Northern Ireland, which has been home to Glentoran F.C. since 1892. In 1941, the stadium was severely damaged by aerial bombing during the Belfast blitz of World War II and was unusable until 1949. A new main stand was constructed in 1953. The stadium was refurbished with a new stand built in 2000, but requires consistent maintenance to fulfill health and safety requirements and its total capacity is currently restricted to 6,050. The Oval has occasionally hosted the final of the Irish Cup as well as hosting the final of the County Antrim Shield and the Setanta Cup. As of August 2021, the Oval has been sponsored by bookmakers A. McLeans in a five-year, £250,000 deal, with the name of the Oval becoming the BetMcLean Oval. History From 1882 to 1886, Glentoran used Ormeau Park as their home ground. They moved to Westbourne in Ballymacarrett for six years until 1892. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria (District Electoral Area)
Victoria was one of the Electoral wards of Belfast, nine district electoral areas (DEA) in Belfast, Northern Ireland, from 1985 to 2014, when it was mostly replaced by the Ormiston (District Electoral Area), Ormiston district. Located in the east of the city, the district elected seven members to Belfast City Council and contained the wards of Ballyhackamore; Belmont; Cherryvalley; Island; Knock; Stormont; and Sydenham. Victoria, along with wards from the neighbouring Pottinger (District Electoral Area), Pottinger district and Castlereagh Borough Council, formed the Belfast East constituency for the Belfast East (Assembly constituency), Northern Ireland Assembly and Belfast East (UK Parliament constituency), UK Parliament. The district was bounded to the west by the Victoria Channel, to the north by Belfast Lough, to the northeast by North Down Borough Council, to the south and east by Castlereagh Borough Council and to the southwest by the Newtownards Road. At each election t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium
The Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium () is a municipal football stadium in Derry, Northern Ireland. It is the home ground of League of Ireland team Derry City F.C., (temporarily) NIFL Championship team Institute, and also to NIWFA Championship Ladies Team Foyle Belles FC. Until September 2018, the stadium was known as the Brandywell Stadium before it was renamed to honour Ryan McBride. Football Location, features and history The stadium is situated on the Lone Moor Road just south-west of the Bogside in the Brandywell area and shares the road with another sports-ground, Celtic Park, the headquarters of the Derry GAA. The ground, which is within walking distance of the city centre, is more commonly referred to as 'the Brandywell', and is the home of Derry City FC. Previously it was the home of St Columb's Court and Derry Celtic. The ground, as well as the stadium, features a large grass training area, a club shop, a club house, from which the club and ticket offices o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derry
Derry, officially Londonderry, is the second-largest City status in the United Kingdom, city in Northern Ireland, and the fifth-largest on the island of Ireland. Located in County Londonderry, the city now covers both banks of the River Foyle. Cityside and the old walled city being on the west bank and Waterside, Derry, Waterside on the east, with two road bridges and one footbridge crossing the river in-between. The population of the city was 85,279 in the 2021 census, while the Derry Urban Area had a population of 105,066 in 2011. The district administered by Derry City and Strabane District Council contains both Londonderry Port and City of Derry Airport. Derry is close to the Irish border, border with County Donegal, with which it has had a close link for many centuries. The person traditionally seen as the founder of the original Derry is Saint , a holy man from , the old name for almost all of modern County Donegal, of which the west bank of the Foyle was a part befor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
