# 2021–22 NIFL Premier Intermediate League

The 2021–22 NIFL Premier Intermediate League (known as the Lough 41 Premier Intermediate League for sponsorship reasons) was the fifth season of the NIFL Premier Intermediate League, the third tier of the Northern Ireland Football League - the national football league in Northern Ireland.
The Premier Intermediate League returned after a one-year hiatus, following the cancellation of the 2020–21 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Northern Ireland. Annagh United were the reigning champions from the 2019–20 season, and were promoted to the NIFL Championship. The season began on 17 August 2021 and concluded on 7 May 2022.

## Teams

| Club | Stadium | Location | Capacity |
| Armagh City | Holm Park | Armagh | 2,000 |
| Banbridge Town | Crystal Park | Banbridge | 1,500 |
| Bangor | Clandeboye Park | Bangor | 1,895 (500 seated) |
| Dollingstown | Planter's Park | Dollingstown | 1,000 |
| Limavady United | The Showgrounds | Limavady | 1,500 (274 seated) |
| Lisburn Distillery | New Grosvenor Stadium | Ballyskeagh | 7,000 (540 seated) |
| Moyola Park | Mill Meadow | Castledawson | 1,000 |
| Newington | Solitude | Belfast | 3,054 (all seated) |
| Portstewart | Mullaghacall | Portstewart | 1,000 |
| PSNI | The Dub | Belfast | 1,000 (330 seated) |
| Tobermore United | Fortwilliam Park | Tobermore | 2,000 (100 seated) |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Newington (C, P) | 25 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 67 | 28 | +39 | 57 | Promotion to the NIFL Championship |
| 2 | Bangor | 25 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 48 | 27 | +21 | 50 | Qualification for the NIFL Championship play-off |
| 3 | Armagh City | 25 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 48 | 34 | +14 | 46 | |
| 4 | Limavady United | 25 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 47 | 27 | +20 | 43 | |
| 5 | Banbridge Town | 25 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 25 | +3 | 41 | |
| 6 | Dollingstown | 25 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 46 | 34 | +12 | 40 | |
| 7 | Portstewart | 24 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 42 | 28 | +14 | 32 | |
| 8 | Lisburn Distillery | 24 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 38 | 39 | −1 | 32 | |
| 9 | Moyola Park | 24 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 31 | 54 | −23 | 20 | |
| 10 | PSNI | 24 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 27 | 72 | −45 | 16 | |
| 11 | Tobermore United | 24 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 16 | 70 | −54 | 7 | |
* ↑ Teams played each other twice (20 matches), before the league was split into two groups (the top six and the bottom five).

## Results
### Matches 1–20

During matches 1–20 each team played every other team twice (home and away).
| Home \ Away | ARM | BAB | BAG | DOL | LIM | LIS | MOY | NEW | POR | PSN | TOB |
| Armagh City | — | 1–2 | | 6–1 | | | 5–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 5–1 | |
| Banbridge Town | | — | | | | | | | | | |
| Bangor | | | — | | | | | | | | |
| Dollingstown | 0–2 | | 1–4 | — | | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 |
| Limavady United | 3–4 | | | | — | 2–1 | | | 2–0 | | 3–0 |
| Lisburn Distillery | 1–0 | | 0–2 | | | — | 0–0 | | | 2–1 | |
| Moyola Park | | 1–0 | | | 0–3 | 1–4 | — | | 2–0 | 9–2 | |
| Newington | 2–2 | | 2–3 | | 2–0 | | | — | | 7–0 | |
| Portstewart | | | 0–1 | 6–1 | 0–1 | | | | — | | 0–0 |
| PSNI | | 2–1 | | | 1–2 | 0–3 | | | | — | 0–0 |
| Tobermore United | | 0–0 | 0–1 | | 1–2 | | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | | — |