1952–53 League of Ireland

Football league season

League of Ireland
Season	1952–53
Champions	Shelbourne (6th title)
Matches played	132
Goals scored	484 (3.67 per match)
Top goalscorer	Shay Gibbons (22 goals)
Biggest home win	Cork Athletic 6–1 Bohemians Drumcondra 6–1 Bohemians Shelbourne 6–1 Cork Athletic
Biggest away win	Bohemians 3–7 St Patrick's Athletic
Highest scoring	Bohemians 3–7 St Patrick's Athletic
← 1951–52 1953–54 →

The 1952–53 League of Ireland was the 32nd season of senior football in the Republic of Ireland.

St Patrick's Athletic were the defending champions.

Changes from 1951–52

No new teams were elected to the League.

Dublin

Bray

Cork

Dundalk

Sligo

Limerick

Waterford

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Locations of the 1952–53 League of Ireland teams

Shelbourne won their sixth title.

Source: RSSSF, foot.dk

Home \ Away	BOH	CAT	DRU	DUN	EVE	LIM	SHM	SHE	SLI	STP	TRA	WAT
Bohemians	—	1–2	1–3	0–4	1–1	2–0	2–1	0–3	2–0	3–7	4–2	0–0
Cork Athletic	6–1	—	3–3	2–0	2–1	2–2	0–1	2–0	1–4	2–1	1–2	4–2
Drumcondra	6–1	1–1	—	2–1	0–1	3–0	1–0	1–1	3–1	0–0	1–1	4–4
Dundalk	5–1	1–0	2–2	—	3–2	2–1	0–0	2–2	0–4	1–1	5–2	4–0
Evergreen United	2–1	1–0	3–1	5–0	—	2–2	0–3	1–2	1–1	1–3	1–2	4–2
Limerick	4–3	1–4	1–1	6–3	2–0	—	4–1	2–4	2–0	2–2	1–1	2–1
Shamrock Rovers	1–0	6–2	4–3	2–2	2–1	1–2	—	2–0	2–0	2–0	3–0	1–2
Shelbourne	2–1	6–1	2–3	2–0	3–1	3–0	1–2	—	4–1	1–0	1–1	4–0
Sligo Rovers	4–1	1–2	2–2	2–2	1–1	2–1	0–2	2–2	—	1–1	3–1	4–3
St Patrick's Athletic	2–0	6–2	1–2	4–2	2–3	3–0	3–1	1–1	3–3	—	1–2	4–1
Transport	1–1	2–0	2–4	2–1	1–0	2–3	1–1	1–2	0–4	3–3	—	5–1
Waterford	2–1	4–2	1–3	3–5	1–4	2–1	3–2	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	—

Source: extratime.ie
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Shay Gibbons	St Patrick's Athletic	22
2	Jim Rowe	Drumcondra	16
3	Liam Coll	Sligo Rovers	13
	Rory Dwyer	Shelbourne
	Dessie Glynn	Drumcondra
	Mick Lipper	Transport
7	Seán McCarthy	Evergreen United	11
7	Joe Martin	Dundalk	11
9	Paddy Collopy	Limerick	10
9	Tom McCabe	Dundalk	10

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Domestic leagues	Albania '52 '53 Austria Belgium Bulgaria '52 '53 Cyprus Czechoslovakia '52 '53 Denmark England Faroe Islands '52 '53 Finland '52 '53 France East Germany West Germany (Finals) Greece Hungary '52 '53 Iceland '52 '53 Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland '52 '53 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania '52 '53 Scotland Soviet Union '52 '53 Spain Sweden Switzerland Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania '52 '53 Bulgaria Cyprus England France East Germany West Germany Greece Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Northern Ireland Norway '52 '53 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '52 '53 Spain Sweden '53 Switzerland Wales Yugoslavia '52 '53
League cups	Scotland