1936–37 Irish League

Annual soccer tournament
Football league season
Irish League
Season1936–37
ChampionsBelfast Celtic
10th Irish title
Matches played182
Goals scored780 (4.29 per match)
← 1935–36
1937–38 →
1936–37 Irish League is located in Northern Ireland
Belfast
Belfast
Ards
Ards
Bangor
Bangor
Coleraine
Coleraine
Glenavon
Glenavon
Larne
Larne
Portadown
Portadown
Belfast teams : Belfast Celtic Cliftonville Distillery Glentoran Linfield
Belfast teams : Belfast Celtic
Cliftonville
Distillery
Glentoran
Linfield
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Location of teams in the Irish League from 1934–40
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Location of Belfast-based teams in the Irish League from 1934–40

The 1936–37 Irish League was the 43rd 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 standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Result
1 Belfast Celtic (C) 26 20 4 2 86 21 4.095 44 Champions
2 Derry City 26 20 3 3 85 37 2.297 43
3 Linfield 26 20 2 4 85 25 3.400 42
4 Portadown 26 14 4 8 49 38 1.289 32
5 Larne 26 13 2 11 63 57 1.105 28
6 Newry Town 26 12 3 11 59 48 1.229 27
7 Glentoran 26 11 3 12 65 65 1.000 25
8 Cliftonville 26 9 6 11 56 64 0.875 24
9 Glenavon 26 10 1 15 56 59 0.949 21
10 Bangor 26 8 3 15 40 80 0.500 19
11 Ards 26 8 2 16 42 73 0.575 18
12 Coleraine 26 6 5 15 24 61 0.393 17
13 Distillery 26 6 2 18 36 65 0.554 14
14 Ballymena United 26 4 2 20 34 87 0.391 10
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away ARD BAN BLM BCE CLI COL DER DIS GLV GLT LAR LIN NEW POR
Ards 0–1 6–1 0–5 3–1 1–1 4–5 3–1 0–4 2–0 5–0 2–6 0–2 1–3
Bangor 1–1 2–0 0–8 1–1 2–1 1–6 4–0 4–3 1–4 1–3 1–7 2–1 1–3
Ballymena United 4–1 2–5 0–2 1–3 1–0 1–4 3–1 1–3 4–4 1–3 0–7 1–3 1–3
Belfast Celtic 10–0 5–0 4–0 4–2 5–0 4–2 2–1 1–0 2–2 2–1 4–0 4–1 1–3
Cliftonville 4–2 0–2 4–1 0–1 3–1 2–2 7–4 3–0 3–3 5–3 0–2 2–6 3–3
Coleraine 0–2 0–0 1–0 0–6 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–2 0–3 2–1 2–1
Derry City 3–1 5–2 2–0 2–1 4–0 4–0 5–2 5–2 4–1 4–1 2–1 6–1 4–0
Distillery 2–1 2–1 2–2 1–2 1–1 1–2 1–3 4–1 1–0 2–3 0–4 0–3 1–3
Glenavon 1–2 4–0 5–2 1–5 4–6 3–2 3–1 4–1 0–1 5–0 2–3 3–1 2–0
Glentoran 2–1 6–1 8–2 2–4 1–0 5–3 4–5 0–5 5–2 2–4 2–3 4–2 2–3
Larne 9–1 4–3 1–2 1–1 3–4 4–0 0–2 2–1 3–1 4–2 0–3 4–1 3–0
Linfield 3–1 7–2 4–0 1–2 2–0 4–1 2–2 5–0 3–0 5–1 2–0 4–0 1–2
Newry Town 4–1 5–1 5–3 0–0 7–1 7–0 1–0 3–1 3–2 1–2 0–3 0–0 1–2
Portadown 0–1 2–1 4–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–2 0–1 2–0 3–1 5–2 1–3 0–0
Source: Irish League Archive
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

  • Northern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF)
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