Mid-Ulster Football League
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| Country | Northern Ireland |
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| Founded | 1997 |
| Divisions | 6 |
| Number of teams | 27 |
| Level on pyramid | 4 and 5 (Intermediate A and Intermediate B only) |
| Promotion to | NIFL Premier Intermediate League |
| Domestic cup(s) |
Irish Cup IFA Intermediate Cup |
| Current champions | Newry City A.F.C. (2015–16) |
| Most championships |
Dollingstown Warrenpoint Town (3) |
 2016-17 Mid-Ulster Football League
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The Daily Mirror Mid-Ulster Football League, or simply referred to as the Mid-Ulster League, is an association football league in Northern Ireland. It contains 12 divisions. These comprise two intermediate sections: the Intermediate A and Intermediate B divisions; four junior sections: Division 1, Division 2, Division 3 and Division 4;Reserve Championship and four reserve sections: Reserve 1, Reserve 2 and Reserve 3 and Reserve 4
Intermediate A
Intermediate B
The league season lasts from August to May with each club playing the others twice, once at their home ground and once at that of their opponents. Teams receive three points for a win and one point for a draw. No points are awarded for a loss. Teams are ranked by total points, then goal difference, and then goals scored.
For the 2016–17 season there are 13 clubs, each playing a total of 24 games. The league champions can be promoted to NIFL Premier Intermediate League, providing they meet the admission requirements. Normally the two lowest placed teams are relegated to the Intermediate B division, or lowest three placed teams if the division receives a team relegated from the NIFL Premier Intermediate League and fails to promote a team in return.
For the 2016–17 season there are 14 clubs, each playing a total of 26 games. The two highest placed teams are promoted into the Intermediate A division. If the Intermediate A division receives a team relegated from the NIFL Premier Intermediate League and fails to promote a team in return, it will relegate three teams to the Intermediate B division, requiring the team finishing bottom of the Intermediate B division to be relegated to Junior Division 1.
Note, The stated policy of the Mid-Ulster Football League Committee is to reduce the number of Intermediate teams to 26 in total, with 12 in the Intermediate A division and 14 in the Intermediate B division, and this is to happen at the end of the 2016-17 season. This new policy is also due to the fixture demands of clubs entering at least six cup competitions nationally, regionally and domestically, demands which may include a clubs’ backed initiative where the MUFL have successfully lobbied for reinstatement of leading MUFA-affiliated Intermediate A teams into the Mid Ulster Cup.
The Mid-Ulster Football League Committee have for some time expressed their concerns about potential sterility at the bottom of the Intermediate B division. In order to offset this, the Committee are; with effect from the end of the 2016-17 season; opening up the possibility of promotion and relegation between those teams finishing in the top 1 or 2 places of Junior Division 1; providing of course that they meet the Intermediate ground criteria; and those teams finishing in the bottom 1 or 2 places of the Intermediate B division. A Club finishing in the upper echelon of Division 1 may also be considered for promotion to the Intermediate B division, providing that they meet the Intermediate ground criteria, with the bottom 2 teams of the Intermediate B division having to apply for re-election. The Mid-Ulster Football League Committee have further determined that with immediate effect Junior teams, whether internal or external to the MUFL, can not be parachuted into Intermediate football and that, in accordance with the wishes of the National Association, Intermediate football may only be obtained via the natural processes of the pyramid system.
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