Football league season
Season | 1938β39 |
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Champions | Belfast Celtic 12th Irish title |
Matches played | 182 |
Goals scored | 837 (4.6 per match) |
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Location of Belfast-based teams in theββIrish League from 1934β40
The 1938β39 Irish League was the 45th edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Northern Irish football. The league comprised 14 teams. And Belfast Celtic won the "championship."
League standingsβ»
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Result |
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1 | Belfast Celtic (C) | 26 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 97 | 32 | 3.031 | 40 | Champions |
2 | Ballymena United | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 63 | 54 | 1.167 | 35 | |
3 | Derry City | 26 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 84 | 47 | 1.787 | 33 | |
4 | Portadown | 26 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 84 | 56 | 1.500 | 33 | |
5 | Linfield | 26 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 58 | 40 | 1.450 | 30 | |
6 | Glentoran | 26 | 14 | 1 | 11 | 65 | 69 | 0.942 | 29 | |
7 | Glenavon | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 67 | 57 | 1.175 | 28 | |
8 | Ards | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 63 | 66 | 0.955 | 28 | |
9 | Newry Town | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 43 | 48 | 0.896 | 26 | |
10 | Distillery | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 53 | 56 | 0.946 | 22 | |
11 | Larne | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 45 | 73 | 0.616 | 20 | |
12 | Bangor | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 37 | 71 | 0.521 | 19 | |
13 | Cliftonville | 26 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 38 | 81 | 0.469 | 12 | |
14 | Coleraine | 26 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 40 | 87 | 0.460 | 9 |
Resultsβ»
Home \ Away | ARD | BAN | BLM | BCE | CLI | COL | DER | DIS | GLV | GLT | LAR | LIN | NEW | POR |
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Ards | 2β0 | 2β6 | 2β3 | 5β2 | 4β4 | 3β1 | 4β2 | 4β2 | 2β1 | 3β2 | 4β1 | 4β2 | 3β3 | |
Bangor | 1β1 | 3β3 | 1β3 | 3β0 | 0β0 | 1β5 | 1β1 | 2β2 | 2β4 | 0β0 | 3β2 | 2β3 | 4β3 | |
Ballymena United | 1β1 | 2β3 | 0β8 | 7β2 | 4β0 | 1β0 | 3β0 | 1β1 | 1β0 | 7β3 | 2β1 | 1β0 | 2β4 | |
Belfast Celtic | 8β1 | 10β1 | 1β2 | 3β0 | 8β1 | 3β4 | 2β0 | 3β1 | 4β3 | 6β1 | 1β2 | 4β1 | 2β1 | |
Cliftonville | 4β3 | 1β2 | 0β3 | 1β10 | 5β2 | 1β5 | 3β2 | 2β3 | 4β3 | 1β4 | 0β3 | 0β0 | 0β2 | |
Coleraine | 2β5 | 2β0 | 1β2 | 0β1 | 0β4 | 1β3 | 1β2 | 4β1 | 3β5 | 2β3 | 2β4 | 1β1 | 3β1 | |
Derry City | 5β0 | 8β0 | 3β5 | 2β2 | 2β1 | 4β1 | 5β0 | 3β2 | 4β0 | 5β0 | 1β1 | 0β0 | 6β2 | |
Distillery | 2β0 | 7β1 | 0β0 | 1β0 | 2β1 | 5β2 | 1β4 | 1β2 | 4β5 | 6β0 | 0β2 | 3β3 | 2β2 | |
Glenavon | 2β4 | 1β1 | 7β0 | 2β1 | 2β1 | 5β2 | 3β2 | 5β1 | 2β3 | 4β3 | 6β2 | 2β2 | 5β2 | |
Glentoran | 2β1 | 3β2 | 1β3 | 1β6 | 4β2 | 4β0 | 4β2 | 2β0 | 4β3 | 3β1 | 3β2 | 0β0 | 2β9 | |
Larne | 2β2 | 1β0 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 4β0 | 4β3 | 4β2 | 0β2 | 3β0 | 2β5 | 1β4 | 0β1 | 3β2 | |
Linfield | 1β0 | 4β1 | 1β2 | 1β2 | 0β0 | 4β0 | 2β4 | 1β0 | 3β2 | 2β1 | 5β0 | 4β1 | 5β0 | |
Newry Town | 1β1 | 1β2 | 3β1 | 0β2 | 4β3 | 3β1 | 4β3 | 1β5 | 1β2 | 5β1 | 3β1 | 1β0 | 2β2 | |
Portadown | 6β2 | 2β1 | 7β2 | 2β3 | 3β0 | 5β2 | 5β1 | 6β4 | 2β0 | 3β1 | 4β0 | 3β1 | 3β0 |
Source: Irish League Archive
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.