1958–59 Irish League
Football league season
Season | 1958–59 |
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Champions | Linfield 24th Irish title |
Matches played | 132 |
Goals scored | 574 (4.35 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Jackie Milburn (26) |
← 1957–58 1959–60 → |
Belfast
Ards
Bangor
Coleraine
Glenavon
Portadown
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Location of teams in the Irish League from 1949–1972class=notpageimage|
Location of Belfast-based teams in the Irish League from 1949–1971The 1958–59 Irish League was the 58th 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 | Qualification |
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1 | Linfield (C) | 22 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 69 | 27 | 2.556 | 34 | Qualification for the European Cup preliminary round |
2 | Glenavon | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 66 | 32 | 2.063 | 31 | |
3 | Glentoran | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 56 | 41 | 1.366 | 27 | |
4 | Portadown | 22 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 60 | 35 | 1.714 | 26 | |
5 | Ballymena United | 22 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 51 | 46 | 1.109 | 26 | |
6 | Crusaders | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 46 | 40 | 1.150 | 25 | |
7 | Ards | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 53 | 51 | 1.039 | 23 | |
8 | Coleraine | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 47 | 45 | 1.044 | 22 | |
9 | Distillery | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 49 | 63 | 0.778 | 17 | |
10 | Bangor | 22 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 30 | 47 | 0.638 | 14 | |
11 | Derry City | 22 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 27 | 55 | 0.491 | 14 | |
12 | Cliftonville | 22 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 20 | 92 | 0.217 | 5 |
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions
(C) Champions
Results
Home \ Away | ARD | BAN | BLM | CLI | COL | CRU | DIS | DER | GLV | GLT | LIN | POR |
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Ards | 1–0 | 1–4 | 7–0 | 5–3 | 1–2 | 3–5 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 1–0 | |
Bangor | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 4–3 | |
Ballymena United | 3–3 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–3 | |
Cliftonville | 1–5 | 2–4 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 2–5 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 1–8 | |
Coleraine | 1–2 | 3–3 | 4–0 | 6–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | |
Crusaders | 5–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 4–4 | 2–5 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | |
Distillery | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–4 | 5–1 | 4–4 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–6 | 2–3 | 0–3 | |
Derry City | 0–6 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–6 | 0–4 | 1–4 | 2–1 | |
Glenavon | 2–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 6–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 7–0 | 2–2 | 7–1 | 3–6 | 2–3 | |
Glentoran | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 8–3 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | |
Linfield | 5–1 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 9–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | |
Portadown | 6–1 | 5–0 | 3–4 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 5–3 | 3–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–3 |
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.
References
- Northern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF)
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