2017–18 Isle of Man Premier League

Isle of Man Premier League
Season 2017-18
← 2016-17
2018-19 →

The 2017–18 Isle of Man Premier League (also known as the Canada Life Premier League for sponsorship reasons) will be the 11th season of the Premier League, the top league for association football clubs on the Isle of Man, since its establishment in 2007. The season is scheduled to start in August 2017 and finish in May 2018.

St Georges are the defending champion.[1] Braddan and Douglas Royal have entered as promoted teams from the 2016–17 Isle of Man Division Two.

Teams

Thirteen teams will compete in the league – the top eleven teams from the previous season, and two teams promoted from Division Two. The clubs to be promoted were Braddan and Douglas Royal. The two clubs who were relegated following the 2016–17 Isle of Man Premier League were Ayre United and Union Mills.

Stadia and locations

Club Position last season Location Stadium Capacity
Braddan 1st in Division Two (promoted) Douglas Cronkbourne Football Ground
Colby 9th Colby Station Road
Corinthians 2nd Douglas Ballafletcher Sports Ground
Douglas Athletic 10th Douglas Groves Road
Douglas HSOB 6th Onchan DHSOB Football Ground
Douglas Royal 2nd in Division Two (promoted) Douglas Ballafletcher Sports Ground
Laxey 8th Laxey Laxey Football Ground 1,000[2]
Peel 5th Peel Douglas Road Ground
Ramsey 11th Ramsey Ballacloan Stadium 3,000[3]
Rushen United 4th Port Erin Croit Lowey 1,500[4]
St George's 1st Douglas Glencrutchery Road
St John's United 7th St John's St John's Football Ground
St Mary's 3rd Douglas The Bowl 3,000[5]

Results

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Braddan (C)
2 Colby
3 Corinthians
4 Douglas Athletic
5 Douglas HSOB
6 Douglas Royal
7 Laxey
8 Peel
9 Ramsey
10 Rushen United
11 St Georges
12 St Johns United (R) Relegation to Isle of Man Division Two
13 St Marys (R)

Source: http://full-time.thefa.com/Index.do?league=9057188
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

References

  1. ↑ "St George's complete historic Grand Slam". Isle of Man. Retrieved 2017-05-22.
  2. ↑ klaiber-it.de, Timo Klaiber,. "Laxey Football Ground (Glen Road)". Europlan-Online. Retrieved 2017-05-19.
  3. ↑ klaiber-it.de, Timo Klaiber,. "Ballacloan Stadium". Europlan-Online. Retrieved 2017-05-19.
  4. ↑ klaiber-it.de, Timo Klaiber,. "Croit Lowey". Europlan-Online. Retrieved 2017-05-19.
  5. ↑ "Douglas Bowl stadium refurbishment begins". BBC News. 2010-07-21. Retrieved 2017-05-19.
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