Talk:NIFL Premiership

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Irish Premiership replaces Irish Premier League 2008[edit]

Whoever is attempting to delete this page. Please stop.

The Irish Premiership is the senior league in Northern Ireland and should have its own page. The Irish Premier League ceased to exist in 2008 and has been superseded by the Irish Premiership. The "Irish Premier League" page should redirect to the "Irish Premiership" page. All relevant information on the "Irish Premier League" page is already included in the "Irish Premiership" page.Mooretwin (talk) 13:22, 26 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Absolutely CHELSEA-CELTIC-LINFIELD WE SURRENDER —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.26.34.29 (talk) 17:32, 20 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It is not the Irish Premiership[edit]

The correct title for this league is the "JJB Sports Premiership" which is operated by the "Irish Football Association Premiership Limited."

The sponsored name is recognised in the text. Mooretwin (talk) 22:30, 14 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Also the "Irish League" did not come into existance until 1901/2. From season 1890/1 to 1900/1 the was a league know as the "Belfast & District League" operated. The was not an Irish League. Winners of this league cannot be classed as winners of the Irish League and therefore trophy counts in this article should be amended. Source: http://www.rsssf.com/tablesn/nilhist.html Mr Parker (talk) 13:12, 11 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

There's no evidence for that claim. RSSSF provides no source. No histories of Irish football refer to the league under that name, or to any change of name in 1901. Mooretwin (talk) 22:25, 14 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

There are several reference books of that period as well as the Belfast Telegraph and Belfast Newsletter that will confirm the status of that League at the time. RSSSF is a recognised worldwide source for such material. Mr Parker (talk) 07:45, 15 October 2008 (UTC))[reply]

You'll need to quote from the reference books. RSSSF simply lists as "Belfast & District" but gives no source. The league is recognised by FIFA as being the national league of Ireland: not a "Belfast & district league". It may have consisted mostly of teams from Belfast and district, and may have been described as such in the press, but there is no evidence that this was its status, nor its correct name. Mooretwin (talk) 14:39, 15 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Cliftonville's home games at Windsor[edit]

This point would be better made on the Cliftonville F.C. page. Certainly not appropriate to make such a point in the middle of the article text, in the honours section. Over the years, other clubs played home games away from home, e.g. the Army teams played all theirs away from home, Derry City at Coleraine, Glentoran played at Grosvenor Park, Ards at various grounds, etc. In the context of a 100+ year history, the Cliftonville-at-Windsor scenario is insufficiently notable for inclusion here. Mooretwin (talk) 22:30, 14 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

There is a major distinction. Those clubs had a choice or could have changed the situation. Cliftonville had no such luxury and Linfield were 'gifted' an advantage over the other teams in the league for 28 years and Cliftonville were not only at a disadvantage to Linfield but the rest of the league too. It is a important historical part of the history of the Irish League. There also needs to be a complete review of the history section of this document as it pays little or no regard to significant events in the history of the Irish League. Some might say there has been a glossing over, or even a whitewash.Mr Parker (talk) 07:53, 15 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Feel free to propose and write a section to include matters you consider to have been "glossed over" - that is what Wikipedia is about - but I suggest that the matters about which you refer would be better dealt with in a history section in Association football in Northern Ireland, in the same way as there is such a section in Association football in the Republic of Ireland. This article has been written largely in conformity with other national-league articles and concentrates on football - past winners, records, etc. Mooretwin (talk) 14:39, 15 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Glentoran Play in County Down[edit]

Belfast (like London) is not a county, but a city contained in other counties. The most successful club, Linfield, are a Belfast club but also a County Antrim club. The second most succcessful club, Glentoran, are a Belast club and also a County Down club, therefore Ards were not the first club from County Down to win the Irish League. Mercia McMahon (talk) 13:08, 17 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Belfast was (and possibly still is) a county borough, and not part of counties Antrim or Down. Hence Ards was the first team from Down to win the championship. Mooretwin (talk) 14:02, 17 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

What is this 1/2 a Title nonsense?[edit]

Why have Distillery & Cliftonville, who had a shared title, recorded as only winning half a title? That is a complete nonsense. It is factually and historically incorrect. It smacks of 'wee man' syndrome. It is not normal practice on here to record titles in that manner eg check the Scottish League re Rangers. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mr Parker~enwiki (talk • contribs) 10:40, 5 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Calculating a simple average = "academic"?[edit]

"Every team had played 31 of 38 games, so the application of points per game was academic."

Come on, the only thing that was done was to calculate points per game! No adjustments for strengths of schedule or anything fancy, really just points/games. The referenced BBC article is almost pure satire:

"...have been awarded the Gibson Cup via a mathematical formula"
"...decided via a mathematical formula produced by an independent stats company - 21st Club"

I wonder what 21st Club charged the Irish League for that kind of "sophisticated" calculation. The most expensive part were probably the shiny PPT slides outlining/justifying the "formula".2003:CC:8706:5B00:F465:2BAF:D68D:6900 (talk) 00:08, 12 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]