Football league season
Season | 1957β58 |
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Champions | Ards 1st Irish title |
Matches played | 132 |
Goals scored | 589 (4.46 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Jackie Milburn (29) |
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Location of Belfast-based teams in theββIrish League from 1949β1972
The 1957β58 Irish League was the 57th edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Northern Irish football. The league comprised 12 teams. And Ards won the "championship."
League standingsβ»
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ards (C) | 22 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 68 | 32 | 2.125 | 36 | Qualification for the European Cup preliminary round |
2 | Glenavon | 22 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 67 | 35 | 1.914 | 34 | |
3 | Ballymena United | 22 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 51 | 41 | 1.244 | 28 | |
4 | Glentoran | 22 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 50 | 38 | 1.316 | 25 | |
5 | Linfield | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 68 | 48 | 1.417 | 25 | |
6 | Bangor | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 40 | 48 | 0.833 | 21 | |
7 | Coleraine | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 53 | 59 | 0.898 | 21 | |
8 | Derry City | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 40 | 44 | 0.909 | 20 | |
9 | Portadown | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 43 | 48 | 0.896 | 17 | |
10 | Distillery | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 36 | 53 | 0.679 | 16 | |
11 | Crusaders | 22 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 38 | 57 | 0.667 | 15 | |
12 | Cliftonville | 22 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 35 | 86 | 0.407 | 6 |
Resultsβ»
Home \ Away | ARD | BAN | BLM | CLI | COL | CRU | DIS | DER | GLV | GLT | LIN | POR |
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Ards | 5β2 | 3β0 | 7β2 | 3β4 | 6β1 | 2β2 | 2β1 | 3β4 | 5β1 | 3β0 | 3β2 | |
Bangor | 1β2 | 0β2 | 5β1 | 2β1 | 1β1 | 2β1 | 4β0 | 1β2 | 2β0 | 1β2 | 2β0 | |
Ballymena United | 1β1 | 1β3 | 4β0 | 2β2 | 4β2 | 3β2 | 2β1 | 3β2 | 5β1 | 3β1 | 1β0 | |
Cliftonville | 3β4 | 1β1 | 2β4 | 4β4 | 4β3 | 3β2 | 0β2 | 0β1 | 2β6 | 1β7 | 1β2 | |
Coleraine | 1β3 | 6β1 | 4β2 | 2β1 | 1β3 | 1β2 | 1β0 | 2β8 | 2β1 | 4β3 | 2β3 | |
Crusaders | 1β4 | 1β2 | 5β2 | 4β2 | 2β4 | 2β3 | 2β4 | 1β0 | 0β1 | 2β6 | 0β3 | |
Distillery | 1β1 | 2β3 | 0β5 | 3β2 | 2β2 | 0β1 | 2β2 | 2β4 | 1β3 | 1β0 | 0β6 | |
Derry City | 0β1 | 4β1 | 1β2 | 6β1 | 2β2 | 2β1 | 2β2 | 2β3 | 0β1 | 3β2 | 2β2 | |
Glenavon | 0β3 | 5β0 | 2β1 | 6β3 | 2β1 | 1β0 | 3β0 | 7β1 | 5β1 | 2β3 | 5β2 | |
Glentoran | 0β1 | 3β0 | 3β1 | 7β0 | 5β1 | 5β2 | 3β2 | 5β1 | 0β1 | 0β2 | 2β1 | |
Linfield | 4β4 | 5β3 | 5β1 | 4β1 | 3β3 | 2β3 | 3β3 | 0β2 | 4β1 | 3β1 | 3β4 | |
Portadown | 1β2 | 3β3 | 1β2 | 2β1 | 5β3 | 0β1 | 0β3 | 1β2 | 2β3 | 1β1 | 2β6 |
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.