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Dungannon Swifts Football Club is a Northern Irish semi-professional football club playing in the NIFL Premiership.The club, founded in 1949, has risen from the Mid-Ulster league to the top tier in Northern Ireland since its election to the Irish League First Division in 1997.
The 2023–24 NIFL Premiership (known as the Sports Direct Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the 16th season of the NIFL Premiership (the highest level of league football in Northern Ireland), the 123rd season of Irish League football overall, and the 11th season of the league operating as part of the Northern Ireland Football League.
This inflicted Cliftonville's first League Cup defeat since December 2011, when they lost 2–1 to Coleraine in the semi-finals of the 2011–12 competition. Ballymena United were the eventual winners of the Cup, defeating Carrick Rangers 2–0 in the final to win the competition for the first time. [ 3 ]
Cliftonville Larne (via play-offs) Matches played: 228: Goals scored: 623 (2.73 per match) Top goalscorer: Jay Donnelly (25 goals) Biggest home win: Linfield 5–0 Dungannon Swifts (19 March 2022) Biggest away win: Warrenpoint Town 1–6 Glenavon (4 September 2021) Dungannon Swifts 0–5 Coleraine (11 September 2021) Dungannon Swifts 1–6 ...
The foundation of Cliftonville F.C. was announced on 20 September 1879 in notices in the Belfast News-Letter and Northern Whig, which asked "gentlemen desirous of becoming members" of the "Cliftonville Association Football Club (Scottish Association Rules)" to communicate with John McAlery, a young Belfast businessman and manager of the "Irish Tweed House", Royal Avenue, and later with ...
The 2022–23 season is Cliftonville's 122nd season in the top flight of the Northern Ireland Football League having never been relegated since the league's formation in 1890. In addition to the domestic league , they will also compete in the Irish Cup , the League Cup and the County Antrim Shield .
The first ever Irish League match to be broadcast live on television took place on 24 September 2007 when Sky Sports showed Cliftonville and Linfield draw 2–2 at Solitude. In 2008, the IFA took over responsibility for the Senior League under the name IFA Premiership , and the IFA Intermediate League was replaced by the IFA Championship .
The play-offs are one-off matches, with the higher-ranked teams given home advantage and extra time and penalties used to determine the winner if necessary. If the 2024–25 Irish Cup winners finish in the top three, the third-placed team will qualify automatically for the Conference League spot and the spot will be vacated.