Premiership

GUIDE TO THE SPLIT

11 Mar 2025
football

It’s heating up in the business end of the season and there is still all to play as the split schedule has now been confirmed.

The NI Football League can confirm the ‘post-split’ fixture schedule formula, but with two full rounds of fixtures, the race to make the top six in the Sports Direct Premiership has never been closer!

The Gibson Cup, automatic European qualification, European Playoffs, automatic relegation and Promotion-Relegation Play-offs are all on the line for the final five rounds of unmissable games in the Sports Direct Premiership and Playr-Fit Championship this April.

Note that the venues for these final matches shall be determined by the previous meetings in the initial 33 matches.

Sports Direct Premiership ‘split’ fixtures will be confirmed on Monday 24 March 2025 following the conclusion of Dungannon Swifts v Linfield.

Playr-Fit Championship fixtures will be confirmed on the evening of Saturday 22 March 2025.

Section A

Matchday 34 – Tuesday 1 April 2025
1 v 5
2 v 4
3 v 6

Matchday 35 – weekend of 4/5 April 2025
1 v 3
2 v 5
4 v 6

Matchday 36 – weekend of 11/12 April 2025
1 v 4
2 v 6
3 v 5

Matchday 37 – weekend of 18/19 April 2025
1 v 2
3 v 4
5 v 6

Match 38 – Saturday 26 April 2025 (kick-off time TBC)
1 v 6
2 v 3
4 v 5

Section B

Matchday 34 – Tuesday 1 April 2025
7 v 11
8 v 10
9 v 12

Matchday 35 – weekend of 4/5 April 2025
7 v 9
8 v 11
10 v 12

Matchday 36 – weekend of 11/12 April 2025
7 v 10
8 v 12
9 v 11

Matchday 37 – weekend of 18/19 April 2025
7 v 8
9 v 10
11 v 12

Match 38 – Saturday 26 April 2025 (kick-off time TBC)
7 v 12
8 v 9
10 v 11