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28-618: In its current format, it was founded in 2008 as the Premier Intermediate League for members of the previous IFA Intermediate League that met the new stricter membership criteria, though was marketed as the IFA Championship . In 2009, it was extended to two divisions: Championship 1 and Championship 2 with promotion and relegation between the two. In 2013, the Championship and Premiership became part of

56-746: A Premier Division and First Division, each with eight clubs and automatic promotion and relegation introduced. In 2003 the Irish Football League was wound up, with the top division becoming the Irish Premier League and the second division becoming the Irish First Division. This continued for five seasons, until the NIFL Championship was created. Under reforms agreed by the NIFL clubs in 2014, from 2016,

84-645: A challenge cup to be played for annually, the committee to propose the laws of the competition. The following eight football clubs founded the Scottish Football Association: The chief executive of the Scottish Football Association oversees the development of football in Scotland and the administration of disciplinary matters, and is also responsible for the general organisation of the national side. One of

112-407: A meeting on 13 March 1873. Furthermore, Kilmarnock sent a letter stating their willingness to join. That day, these eight clubs formed the Scottish Football Association, and resolved that: The clubs here represented form themselves into an association for the promotion of football according to the rules of The Football Association and that the clubs connected with this association subscribe for

140-787: A permanent seat on the International Football Association Board (IFAB) which is responsible for the Laws of the Game . It is based at Hampden Park in Glasgow. In addition, the Scottish Football Museum is located there. The Scottish Football Association is responsible for the operation of the Scotland national football team , the annual Scottish Cup and several other duties important to

168-517: A platinum-level licence, while two others ( Hibernian and St Johnstone ) hold gold-level licences. All clubs in the Scottish Professional Football League are required to be licensed at bronze level, Highland Football League , and Lowland Football League are required to be licensed at entry level or above. The Scottish Football Association established a number of performance schools around Scotland in 2012 with

196-775: A promise to play the replay in Dublin and scheduled the rematch again for Belfast. Shelbourne refused to comply and forfeited the Cup. Such was the anger over the issue that the Leinster Football Association broke away from the IFA and formed its own national association. Those behind the FAI believed that football should be regulated by a federation based in the Irish Free State's capital, Dublin ; they also accused

224-612: Is responsible for the laws of the game. The IFA continues to have responsibility for the running of the Northern Irish national team . The Northern Ireland Women's Football Association (NIWFA) is the IFA's women's football arm. It runs a Women's Cup, Women's League, a range of underage football camps and the Northern Ireland women's national football team . In April 2014, Northern Ireland's Minister for Culture, Arts and Leisure Carál Ní Chuilín threatened to cut

252-725: The B Division from 1951 to 1995, the Irish League First Division from 1995 to 2003, the Irish First Division from 2003 to 2008, and the IFA Championship from 2008 to 2013. The B Division of the Irish League was founded in 1951, and originally consisted of the reserve teams of the senior Irish League clubs alongside some of the top intermediate clubs. It effectively replaced the Irish Intermediate League , which had been

280-697: The Belfast area, as the organising body for the sport across all of Ireland. A meeting was called by Cliftonville of other football clubs that followed the rules set out by the Scottish Football Association (SFA). At that meeting, on 18 November of that year, seven clubs formed the IFA, making it the fourth oldest national football association in the world (after those of England , Scotland and Wales ). The founding members were: Alexander , Avoniel , Cliftonville, Distillery , Knock , Moyola Park and Oldpark . The IFA's first decision

308-609: The FAI de jure organising rights over the 26 counties of the Republic, with the IFA restricted to Northern Ireland. From the 1950s onwards, the IFA no longer claimed it was the association for the whole of Ireland. In 1960, the association moved to Windsor Avenue in south Belfast, in a building once occupied by Thomas Andrews . The IFA moved again in 2016 to its current location at the National Football Stadium at Windsor Park, Belfast. The IFA continued to regulate

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336-507: The IFA of neglecting the development of the game in the South. The IFA's supporters argued that the federation should be based where the game was mainly played – namely Ulster , and its principal city Belfast . Both associations claimed to represent the whole of the island, each competing internationally under the name "Ireland" and selecting players from both the rival national leagues, which also split at this time. Interventions by FIFA gave

364-532: The IFA's funding unless it stopped treating women's football as "an after thought". Scottish Football Association The Scottish Football Association (also known as the Scottish FA and the SFA ; Scottish Gaelic : Comann Ball-coise na h-Alba ) is the governing body of football in Scotland and has the ultimate responsibility for the control and development of football in Scotland . Members of

392-562: The Irish League Cup, and the Championship 2 League Cup was abolished. Irish Football Association The Irish Football Association ( IFA ) is the governing body for association football in Northern Ireland . It organised the Ireland national football team from 1880 to 1950, which after 1954, became the Northern Ireland national football team . The IFA was formed on 18 November 1880 by seven football clubs mostly in

420-720: The Northern Ireland Football League, independent of the Irish Football Association (IFA). Under reforms agreed by NIFL clubs in 2014, Championship 1 acquired senior status from the 2016–17 season onwards, continuing as the NIFL Championship. Championship 2 became the NIFL Premier Intermediate League , retaining its intermediate status. The second level in Northern Irish football was known as

448-577: The SFA include clubs in Scotland , affiliated national associations as well as local associations. It was formed in 1873, making it the second oldest national football association in the world. It is not to be confused with the Scottish Football Union , which is the name that the SRU was known by until the 1920s. The Scottish Football Association is a member of both UEFA and FIFA and holds

476-486: The aim of developing footballing talent in young people and at grassroots level. The programme is for under-12 players, and will provide them with 800 hours of additional coaching. As of June 2023 , seven performance schools exist: As of June 2023, 124 clubs are full members of the Scottish Football Association, comprising: The Scottish Football Association has affiliated to it the following seven national associations: There are 10 local associations affiliated and

504-492: The current Championship 1 will acquire senior status, continuing as the NIFL Championship, while Championship 2 will continue as the Premier Intermediate League , retaining its intermediate status and will thus become the top intermediate league in Northern Ireland. In 1982, a knockout competition was introduced, known as the B Division Knockout Cup . It was discontinued after 2002, but a new Intermediate League Cup

532-487: The de facto second tier league below the Irish League since 1915. The Irish Intermediate League continued alongside the B Division until 1954 when it ceased to exist and its remaining clubs joined the B Division. The B Division was split geographically into North and South sections in 1974 (with a play-off to determine the winners in 1974–75 and 1975–76), and then into Section 1 (containing the intermediate clubs) and Section 2 (the reserve teams of senior clubs) in 1977. There

560-532: The functioning of the game in Scotland. Following the formation of Scotland's earliest football clubs in the 1860s, football experienced a rapid growth but there was no formal structure, and matches were often arranged in a haphazard and irregular fashion. Queen's Park , a Glasgow club founded in 1867, took the lead, and following an advertisement in a Glasgow newspaper in 1873, representatives from seven clubs – Queen's Park, Clydesdale , Vale of Leven , Dumbreck , Third Lanark , Eastern and Granville – attended

588-667: The game in Northern Ireland, and all results obtained by the Irish national side and records in the Irish Football League and the cup competition stand as Northern Irish records. Therefore, Along with the other Home Nations ' associations (the English FA , the Scottish Football Association , and the Football Association of Wales ), the IFA sits on the International Football Association Board , which

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616-491: The games in these leagues, as well as dealing with player registrations and disciplinary issues. The Scottish Football Association encourages quality of governance in football clubs through a system of club licence awards. All SFA member clubs are assessed annually in four areas (ground, first team, youth team, and governance) and, if appropriate, awarded a licence at platinum, gold, silver, bronze or entry level. As of June 2023, only Celtic and Rangers have been awarded

644-430: The most prominent roles of the chief executive is to hire and dismiss Scotland national football team managers . As well as the Scotland national football team , the Scottish Football Association is also currently responsible for organising the Scotland national football B team , as well as men's national teams at under-21 , under-19 , under-18 and under-17 levels. There was also a semi-professional team , but this

672-582: Was disbanded in 2008. In women's football, there is the full Scotland women's national football team , under-19 and under-17 teams. In Futsal , there is a full national side . The Scottish Football Association organises the Scottish Cup and the Scottish Youth Cup . Although the SFA are not involved in the day-to-day operation of the Scottish Professional Football League or other league competitions, they do appoint referees to officiate

700-571: Was established as a rival association to regulate the game in what was to become the Irish Free State . The immediate cause of the split lay in a bitter dispute over the venue for the replay of an Irish Cup match in 1921 involving Glentoran of Belfast and Shelbourne of Dublin . When the first cup match was drawn in Belfast, because of the Irish war of independence , the IFA reneged on

728-422: Was no promotion to the senior Irish League, although clubs could be elected to the senior league; Larne were elected in 1972 to replace Derry City , Carrick Rangers and Newry City were elected in 1983 when the Irish League expanded from 12 to 14 clubs, and Ballyclare Comrades and Omagh Town in 1990 when the league expanded to 16 clubs. A new second tier was created in 1995 when the Irish League split into

756-501: Was played between 2004 and 2008. In 2008–09, there was no knockout competition for Championship clubs, who participated with Premiership clubs in the Irish League Cup . In the 2009–10 season only, while Championship 1 clubs continued to participate in the Irish League Cup, a Championship 2 League Cup was inaugurated for those in Championship 2. From 2010–11 onwards, all Championship clubs from divisions 1 and 2 also competed in

784-531: Was to form an annual challenge cup competition similar to the FA Cup and Scottish Cup competitions, called the Irish Cup . Two years later, Ireland played its first international against England , losing 13–0 (which remains a record for both teams; a record win for England, and a record loss for (Northern) Ireland). Shortly after the partition of Ireland , in 1921, the Football Association of Ireland (FAI)

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