1950–51 Irish League

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The 1950–51 Irish League was the 50th edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Northern Irish football. The league comprised 12 teams, and Glentoran won the championship.

Irish League
Season1950–51
ChampionsGlentoran
9th Irish title
Matches played132
Goals scored533 (4.04 per match)
Top goalscorerSammy Hughes
Walter Allen
(23 goals each)
Location of Belfast-based teams in the Irish League from 1949–1972

League standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Result
1 Glentoran (C) 22 18 2 2 66 21 3.143 38 Champions
2 Linfield 22 15 4 3 57 24 2.375 34
3 Glenavon 22 14 3 5 58 31 1.871 31
4 Coleraine 22 13 2 7 55 35 1.571 28
5 Portadown 22 12 1 9 55 35 1.571 25
6 Distillery 22 9 4 9 45 44 1.023 22
7 Crusaders 22 8 5 9 42 51 0.824 21
8 Cliftonville 22 7 2 13 42 60 0.700 16
9 Derry City 22 6 4 12 27 50 0.540 16
10 Ballymena United 22 5 4 13 30 54 0.556 14
11 Bangor 22 4 3 15 28 62 0.452 11
12 Ards 22 3 2 17 28 66 0.424 8
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results

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

References

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