The Isle of Man Premier League (also known as the Canada Life Premier League for sponsorship reasons) is the highest division of the Isle of Man Football League and the highest overall in the Isle of Man football league system. The Premier League, which was introduced for the 2007–08 season, was previously known as the First Division. Each year, the top finishing club is crowned league champion, and the two lowest placed clubs are relegated to Division Two.
In 2018–19 season, St Marys were the division champions and St Georges were the runners-up. St Johns United and Braddan were relegated to Division Two, finishing 12th and 13th place respectively.
History The Isle of Man Premier League was introduced for the 2007–08 season.
Structure of the league Competition The league comprises 13 clubs. Over the course of a season, which runs annually from August to the following May, a club plays each of the others in the same division twice (a double round-robin system), once at their home and once at that of their opponents. This makes for a total of 24 games played each season. Clubs gain three points for a win, one for a draw and none for a defeat. Clubs are ranked by total points, then goal difference, and then goals scored. At the end of the season, the first placed club in the league is crowned Premier League champions.
Promotion and relegation A system of promotion and relegation exists between the Premier League and Division Two. At the end of each season the two lowest placed clubs in the Premier League are relegated to Division two, and the top two placed clubs from Division Two are promoted to the Premier League.
Current members
The following 13 clubs are competing in the Premier League during the 2019–20 season. ClubFinishing position last seasonLocationStadiumCapacityCastletown Metropolitan10thCastletownCastletown Football StadiumCorinthians4thDouglasNobles ParkDouglas Athletic6thDouglasGroves RoadDouglas HSOB7thOnchanDHSOB Football GroundDouglas Royal11thDouglasNobles ParkLaxey9thLaxeyLaxey Football Ground1,000Marown8thCrosbyMemorial Playing FieldsPeel3rdPeel Peel A.F.C Football GroundPulrose United2nd in Division Two (Promoted)DouglasGroves Road StadiumRamsey1st in Division Two (Promoted)RamseyBallacloan StadiumRushen United5thPort ErinCroit Lowey1,500St Georges2ndDouglasThe CampsiteSt Marys1stDouglasThe Bowl3,000
Results League champions and runners-up SeasonChampionsRunners-up2007–08Castletown 69Peel 582008–09St Georges 58Peel 572009–10Castletown 63St Marys 582010–11Castletown 68Douglas High School Old Boys 602011–12St Georges 70Castletown 582012–13Castletown 65Laxey 522013–14St Georges 70St Marys 532014–15St Georges 66Peel 622015–16St Georges 70Peel 652016–17St Georges 69Corinthians 552017–18St Georges 64Peel 562018–19St Marys 59St Georges 522019–20Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.2020–21Corinthians 70Rushen United 562021–22Ayre United 56Rushen United 47
Relegated teams (from Premier League to Division Two) SeasonClubs2007–08Douglas Royal (11), St Johns United (14)2008–09Ayre United (14), Colby (17)2009–10Union Mills (3), St Johns United (13)2010–11Douglas Royal (7), Michael United (13)2011–12Ayre United (3), Ramsey YCOB (11)2012–13Marown (7), Gymnasium (13)2013–14Castletown Metropolitan (8), Ramsey YCOB (9)2014–15Michael United (3), Gymnasium (9)2015–16Ramsey YCOB (5), Marown (15)2016–17Ayre United (-1), Union Mills (7)2017–18Ramsey (11), Colby (11)2018–19St Johns United (13), Braddan (0)2019–20cancelled due to COVID-192020–21Douglas Athletic (15), St Johns United (12)
Top scorers SeasonTop scorerClubGoals2007–08 Callum MorrisseySt Georges372008–09 Callum MorrisseySt Georges302009–10 Steven PriestnalSt Marys292010–11 Steven PriestnalSt Marys282011–12 Josh KellyRushen United312012–13 Steven PriestnalSt Marys372013–14 Ciaran McNultySt Georges302014–15 Josh KellyPeel 402015–16 Ciaran McNultySt Georges402016–17 Ashley WebsterPeel 362017–18 Ciaran McNultySt Georges452018–19 Sean DoyleCorinthians39
See also List of association football competitions Isle of Man Football League Football in the Isle of Man
References
External links Results Website