Irish League 2002-03
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Overview
There were two divisions, one of 12 teams and one of 8, and GlentoranGlentoran F.C.
Glentoran F.C. is a semi-professional, football club in Northern Ireland. The club was founded in 1882 and plays its home games at the Oval in east Belfast. Club colours are green, red, and black.Glentoran's biggest rivals are Linfield...
won the championship.
Championship play-off
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | Glentoran Glentoran F.C. Glentoran F.C. is a semi-professional, football club in Northern Ireland. The club was founded in 1882 and plays its home games at the Oval in east Belfast. Club colours are green, red, and black.Glentoran's biggest rivals are Linfield... |
38 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 78 | 22 | 90 |
| 2 | Portadown Portadown F.C. Portadown F.C. is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club which plays in the IFA Premiership.The club was founded in the late 1880s and joined the Irish League in 1924. It is based in Portadown in County Armagh and plays its home games at Shamrock Park... |
38 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 89 | 36 | 80 |
| 3 | Coleraine Coleraine F.C. Coleraine F.C. is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club, playing in the IFA Premiership. The club, founded in 1927, hails from Coleraine, County Londonderry and plays its home matches at the Showgrounds. Club colours are blue and white... |
38 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 66 | 38 | 73 |
| 4 | Linfield Linfield F.C. Linfield F.C. , is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club, whose home ground is Windsor Park in Belfast, which is also the home of the Northern Ireland international team.... |
38 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 70 | 41 | 63 |
| 5 | Omagh Town Omagh Town F.C. Omagh Town Football and Athletic Club was a Northern Irish association football club that was based in Omagh, County Tyrone. Founded in 1962, the club played in the Irish Football League from 1990 up until its closure in 2005. They won the North West Senior Cup on six occasions and competed in the... |
38 | 15 | 6 | 17 | 47 | 57 | 51 |
| 6 | Institute Institute F.C. Institute F.C. is a Northern Irish intermediate football club who play in IFA Championship 1.The club, founded in 1905, are based in the Drumahoe area of Derry and play their home matches at the Riverside Stadium in the YMCA Grounds... |
38 | 12 | 6 | 20 | 44 | 75 | 42 |
Relegation play-off
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 7 | Ards Ards F.C. Ards F.C. is an intermediate, Northern Irish football club playing in IFA Championship 1. The club, founded in 1900, is from Newtownards, but plays its home matches at Dixon Park in Ballyclare, which it shares with Ballyclare Comrades... |
38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 27 | 39 | 46 |
| 8 | Lisburn Distillery Lisburn Distillery F.C. Lisburn Distillery is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club playing in the IFA Premiership. The club, founded in 1880, originated in west Belfast, where it was based at Grosvenor Park at Distillery Street off the Grosvenor Road until 1971... |
38 | 12 | 6 | 20 | 39 | 49 | 42 |
| 9 | Cliftonville Cliftonville F.C. Cliftonville Football & Athletic Club is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club playing in the IFA Premiership. Founded on 20 September 1879 by John McCredy McAlery in the suburb of Cliftonville in north Belfast, it is the oldest football club in Ireland and celebrated its 130th... |
38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 37 | 43 | 41 |
| 10 | Glenavon Glenavon F.C. Glenavon F.C. is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club playing in the IFA Premiership. The club, founded in 1889, hails from Lurgan and plays its home matches at Mourneview Park... |
38 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 41 | 67 | 36 |
| 11 | Crusaders Crusaders F.C. Crusaders Football Club is a semi-professional, Northern Irish association football club, playing in the IFA Premiership. The club, founded in 1898, hails from Belfast and plays its home matches at Seaview. Club colours are red and black. The current manager is Stephen Baxter, appointed in 2005... |
38 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 26 | 61 | 36 |
| 12 | Newry Town Newry City F.C. Newry City is an intermediate, Northern Irish football club playing in IFA Championship 1. The club, founded in 1923, is based in Newry, County Down and plays its home matches at The Showgrounds. Club colours are blue and white... |
38 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 33 | 69 | 31 |
First Division
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | Dungannon Swifts Dungannon Swifts F.C. Dungannon Swifts F.C. is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club playing in the IFA 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... |
28 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 61 | 32 | 60 |
| 2 | Ballymena United Ballymena United F.C. Ballymena United, is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club playing in the IFA Premiership. The club hails from the town of Ballymena, County Antrim and plays its home matches at Ballymena Showgrounds. Club colours are sky blue and white. Away Colours are Red and BlackThe club was... |
28 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 71 | 40 | 54 |
| 3 | Limavady United | 28 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 53 | 37 | 50 |
| 4 | Larne Larne F.C. Larne F.C. is an intermediate, Northern Irish football club playing in IFA Championship 1. The club, founded in 1889, hails from Larne and plays its home matches at Inver Park. Club colours are red and white... |
28 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 35 | 30 | 43 |
| 5 | Bangor Bangor F.C. Bangor Football Club is an intermediate, Northern Irish football club playing in IFA Championship 1. The club, founded in 1918, hails from Bangor and plays its home matches at Clandeboye Park. Club colours are gold and royal blue... |
28 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 40 | 39 | 41 |
| 6 | Carrick Rangers | 28 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 44 | 76 | 28 |
| 7 | Ballyclare Comrades Ballyclare Comrades F.C. Ballyclare Comrades is an intermediate, Northern Irish football club playing in IFA Championship 2. The club was founded in 1919 by veterans of the 1914–18 War, most of them from "C" Company of the 12th Royal Irish Rifles - a battalion made up entirely of East Antrim men, who fought at the Somme... |
28 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 36 | 65 | 22 |
| 8 | Armagh City Armagh City F.C. Armagh City F.C. is an intermediate, Northern Irish football club playing in the IFA Championship 2. The club, founded in 1964 as Milford Everton, and originally hailed from the village of Milford, just outside Armagh city, but changed their name in 1988 on relocation to Armagh... |
28 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 37 | 58 | 18 |