1954–55 Irish League

Football league season
Irish League
Season1954–55
ChampionsLinfield
22nd Irish title
Matches played132
Goals scored522 (3.95 per match)
Top goalscorerFay Coyle (20)
← 1953–54
1955–56 →
1954–55 Irish League is located in Northern Ireland
Belfast
Belfast
Ards
Ards
Bangor
Bangor
Coleraine
Coleraine
Glenavon
Glenavon
Portadown
Portadown
Belfast teams : Cliftonville Crusaders Distillery Glentoran Linfield
Belfast teams : Cliftonville
Crusaders
Distillery
Glentoran
Linfield
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Location of teams in the Irish League from 1949–1972
1954–55 Irish League is located in Greater Belfast
Cliftonville
Cliftonville
Crusaders
Crusaders
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Location of Belfast-based teams in the Irish League from 1949–1972

The 1954–55 Irish League was the 54th edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Northern Irish football. The league comprised 12 teams, and Linfield won the championship.

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Result
1 Linfield (C) 22 15 6 1 46 21 2.190 36 Champions
2 Glenavon 22 16 4 2 61 27 2.259 36
3 Cliftonville 22 10 4 8 50 38 1.316 24
4 Ards 22 9 6 7 53 45 1.178 24
5 Coleraine 22 11 2 9 46 46 1.000 24
6 Glentoran 22 11 1 10 54 46 1.174 23
7 Bangor 22 8 4 10 43 53 0.811 20
8 Distillery 22 7 4 11 35 44 0.795 18
9 Crusaders 22 7 2 13 29 48 0.604 16
10 Portadown 22 5 5 12 39 53 0.736 15
11 Derry City 22 6 3 13 31 49 0.633 15
12 Ballymena United 22 4 5 13 35 52 0.673 13
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away ARD BAN BLM CLI COL CRU DIS DER GLV GLT LIN POR
Ards 5–1 4–3 4–5 6–1 4–0 4–0 4–2 0–1 3–1 1–3 3–3
Bangor 1–1 2–2 0–5 2–2 3–1 2–1 2–1 1–4 2–3 2–2 2–0
Ballymena United 2–2 1–3 2–3 4–2 2–0 2–2 2–1 2–3 0–4 2–3 3–3
Cliftonville 1–1 5–1 1–0 1–2 0–1 2–0 5–1 0–4 1–2 1–1 3–3
Coleraine 4–1 2–5 3–0 3–2 3–0 4–0 4–2 1–3 1–1 2–1 2–0
Crusaders 2–2 2–3 1–3 1–4 1–2 5–1 0–0 0–4 1–5 2–3 2–0
Distillery 2–3 0–2 3–1 2–1 1–3 5–3 4–0 2–2 1–3 1–1 3–1
Derry City 0–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 5–2 0–2 1–0 1–2 2–1 1–2 1–1
Glenavon 4–0 4–2 3–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 3–1 7–4 3–1 1–1 5–3
Glentoran 3–2 5–3 4–1 1–3 3–1 1–2 1–4 6–1 2–5 1–2 4–2
Linfield 2–2 3–2 2–0 2–0 2–1 3–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 5–2
Portadown 4–0 2–1 2–1 4–5 5–1 0–2 0–2 0–3 1–1 3–2 0–2
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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