# Football NI

> Northern Ireland football statistics, fixtures, results, and live match updates. (iPhone/iPad app by Irish Football Association Ltd.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/football-ni/id1636686499 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Irish Football Association Ltd](https://appshunter.io/developer/1636686501)
- Category: Sports, Entertainment
- Price: Free
- Rating: 5.00/5 from 7 App Store ratings · 56 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 16.0 · 69 MB
- Languages: American English, Bosnian, Croatian, Danish, Faroese, French (France), Greek, Icelandic, Lithuanian, Macedonian and 3 more
- Released: 2022-11-17
- Data updated: 2026-09-09
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/football-ni/id1636686499/reviews.md

## What is Football NI?

Summary: This app contains statistics for every affiliated football competition in Northern Ireland
The Football NI app will keep you up to date with fixtures, results, team line-ups, match statistics, league tables and more for every affiliated football competition in Northern Ireland.  
 
You can use the Football NI app to track your favourite teams, players or matches and check their stats. You can also receive notifications whenever a match event related to your “favourites”, such as a goal, booking, or the final whistle, is recorded onto the IrishFA COMET system. 
 
Match information that can be accessed via the Football NI app includes: 
* Team starting line-ups, substitutes, coaches, and team officials. 
* Chronological timeline of match events including goals, yellow and red cards, substitutions, start and end times of each half, extra time, and penalties. 
* Additional match information such as the match officials, the playing venue, attendance, and team kits. 
* Ability to follow LIVE matches in real-time mode. 
Competition information that can be accessed via the Football NI app includes: 
* Results of matches that have already been played including the team line-ups, match events timeline, match officials, the playing venues, attendance, and team kits. 
* Upcoming fixtures.  
* League tables. 
* Form tables. 
* Competition statistics including top goal scorers, yellow cards, and red cards. 
Player information that can be accessed via the Football NI app includes: 
* Previous appearances with full match data including the team line-ups, match events timeline, match officials, the playing venues, attendance, and team kits. 
* Easy to understand colour coding of the match outcome for the player’s team (Green = Win, Yellow = Draw, Red = Loss). 
* Personalised player statistics grouped by competition including appearances, minutes played, goals scored, yellow cards and red cards. 
* Animated confetti view of player’s goals and other match events send direct to the device which can then be shared with friends. 
Team information that can be accessed via the Football NI app includes: 
* Results of previous matches, with full match data including team line-ups, match events timeline, match officials, the playing venues, attendance, and team kits. 
* Upcoming fixtures. 
* Easy to understand colour coding of the match outcome (Green = Win, Yellow = Draw, Red = Loss). 
* Contact details of the team.
Selecting your favourites via the Football NI app: 
* Add Match to favourites for quick access and to receive notifications of all events during that match. 
* Add Team to favourites for quick access, and to receive notifications of all events on all matches of that team. 
* Add Player to favourites for quick access, and to receive notification of all events on all matches where that player is in the line-up.  
* Add Competition to favourites for quick access. 
Receiving real-time notifications via the Football NI app:  
* Get push notifications in real-time mode to your device. 
* Turn on/off push notifications for your favourite matches, players, and teams. 
* All match event details are contained within the notification: minute, event type (goal, substitution, yellow card, red card, final whistle), player, club and logo.

## Key features

- Live match tracking
- Detailed match statistics
- League and form tables
- Player and team stats
- Real-time notifications
- Favorite team/player tracking

## What do users think of Football NI?

Overall sentiment: mixed

**Pros**

- 👍 Great app for NI teams
- 👍 Brilliant for score updates
- 👍 Very helpful and keeps track of scores
- 👍 Great app, shows every league
- 👍 Fantastic and easy to use
- 👍 Good for my team
- 👍 Great app for local football
- 👍 Excellent app in many ways
- 👍 Great app showing kid’s matches
- 👍 Overall great app

**Cons**

- 😠 Annoying advert at the bottom
- 😠 Massive advert is annoying
- 😠 Ads keep coming back
- 🐌 Slow to open
- 🐌 Slow score updates
- 🐌 Slow in keeping up with final scores
- 🐌 Quite slow hard to operate
- 🐌 Posts scores hours after games
- 🐌 Notifications delayed
- 🐌 Very late updates

**Commonly reported bugs**

- 🐛 N/A for youth players
- 🐛 Unreported match details
- 🐛 Putting N/A instead of young players’ names
- 🐛 Youth players names not showing
- 🐛 Player names not showing on lineups
- 🐛 Too many N/A’s
- 🐛 Incorrect score reported
- 🐛 Wrong information, scores are wrong
- 🐛 U18 mess up, details removed
- 🐛 App doesn’t work, can’t search for self

**Most requested features**

- 💡 Stats for teams during the season
- 💡 Search by league
- 💡 Search further back than previous week
- 💡 Add player photos back
- 💡 Add Craigavon City players back
- 💡 See stats
- 💡 Include opt-in for U18 player data sharing
- 💡 Bring back player names
- 💡 Give kids back access to their own stats
- 💡 Add transfer window and loan players

## Recent user reviews (10 of 56)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/football-ni/id1636686499/reviews.md

### 4/5 — Great app

*2026-08-21, version 1.1.36*

Apart from that w⚓️ of an advert at the bottom

### 5/5 — George G.

*2026-08-14, version 1.1.36*

Great site right all the way down the leagues!!

### 5/5 — Football NI App

*2026-07-24, version 1.1.36*

Some job hai

### 5/5 — Some updates

*2026-05-14, version 1.1.23*

Some refreshing updates would be, stats not just for league but for teams during the season when you go on them

### 5/5 — So good

*2026-03-10, version 1.1.23*

Hi

### 5/5 — Class app

*2026-02-24, version 1.1.23*

good app for ni teams

### 5/5 — I think it is one of the best apps for Northern Ireland football

*2026-02-21, version 1.1.23*

It’s really really helpful

### 5/5 — Football ni

*2026-01-31, version 1.1.23*

Brilliant for score updates , times and venues
Totally recommend

### 5/5 — .

*2026-01-11, version 1.1.23*

Very helpful and keeps track of correct scores

### 4/5 — Not bad

*2025-10-31, version 1.1.23*

Is a decent app, but having N/A for youth players is annoying, the children want to see their achievements, goals scored etc beside their name and photo, surely this can be sorted, even if it was an account where you can only see your own child’s

## Frequently asked questions about Football NI

### What kind of football information does this app provide?

This app provides comprehensive statistics for every affiliated football competition in Northern Ireland. You can access fixtures, results, team line-ups, detailed match statistics, league tables, and form tables.

### Can I follow specific teams or players?

Yes, you can track your favorite teams, players, or matches. The app allows you to add them to your favorites for quick access and receive real-time notifications for events related to them.

### Is this app free to use?

Yes, the app is available for free. There are no advertisements or in-app purchases mentioned, suggesting a completely free experience for users.

### What match details are available?

Match information includes team starting line-ups, substitutes, coaches, a chronological timeline of events (goals, cards, substitutions), match officials, venue, attendance, and team kits. You can also follow live matches in real-time.

### What are the benefits of adding matches, teams, or players to favorites?

Adding items to favorites provides quick access and enables you to receive real-time push notifications for all related events. This includes goals, bookings, final whistles, and other significant match occurrences.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.1.36 — 2026-07-21

Fixes and improvements

### 1.1.35 — 2026-06-02

Formations
Fixes and improvements

### 1.1.23 — 2025-08-09

Fixes and improvements

### 1.1.19 — 2025-08-08

Fixes and improvements

### 1.1.16 — 2025-04-16

Fixes and improvements

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