1937–38 Irish League

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The 1937–38 Irish League was the 44th 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 after a play-off with Derry City.

Irish League
Season1937–38
ChampionsBelfast Celtic
11th Irish title
Matches played182
Goals scored797 (4.38 per match)
Location of Belfast-based teams in the Irish League from 1934–40

League standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Result
1 Belfast Celtic (C) 26 18 5 3 88 24 3.667 41 Champions
2 Derry City 26 20 1 5 81 40 2.025 41
3 Portadown 26 16 5 5 67 32 2.094 37
4 Linfield 26 16 5 5 78 38 2.053 37
5 Ballymena United 26 14 5 7 72 55 1.309 33
6 Glentoran 26 15 2 9 64 57 1.123 32
7 Newry Town 26 10 6 10 63 49 1.286 26
8 Distillery 26 10 6 10 51 61 0.836 26
9 Ards 26 7 4 15 43 66 0.652 18
10 Glenavon 26 6 5 15 36 65 0.554 17
11 Bangor 26 7 2 17 39 62 0.629 16
12 Larne 26 6 3 17 48 87 0.552 15
13 Coleraine 26 5 5 16 40 75 0.533 15
14 Cliftonville 26 2 6 18 27 86 0.314 10
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results

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

Test match

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Belfast Celtic2–2Derry City

Replay

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References

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