1957–58 Irish League

The 1957–58 Irish League was the 57th edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Northern Irish football. The league comprised 12 teams, and Ards won the championship.

Irish League

Season	1957–58
Champions	Ards 1st Irish title
Matches played	132
Goals scored	589 (4.46 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jackie Milburn (29)
← 1956–57 1958–59 →

Belfast

Ards

Ballymena United

Bangor

Coleraine

Derry City

Glenavon

Portadown

Belfast teams : Cliftonville
Crusaders
Distillery
Glentoran
Linfield

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Location of teams in the Irish League from 1949–1972

Cliftonville

Crusaders

Distillery

Glentoran

Linfield

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Location of Belfast-based teams in the Irish League from 1949–1972

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification
1	Ards (C)	22	16	4	2	68	32	2.125	36	Qualification for the European Cup preliminary round
2	Glenavon	22	17	0	5	67	35	1.914	34
3	Ballymena United	22	13	2	7	51	41	1.244	28
4	Glentoran	22	12	1	9	50	38	1.316	25
5	Linfield	22	11	3	8	68	48	1.417	25
6	Bangor	22	9	3	10	40	48	0.833	21
7	Coleraine	22	8	5	9	53	59	0.898	21
8	Derry City	22	8	4	10	40	44	0.909	20
9	Portadown	22	7	3	12	43	48	0.896	17
10	Distillery	22	5	6	11	36	53	0.679	16
11	Crusaders	22	7	1	14	38	57	0.667	15
12	Cliftonville	22	2	2	18	35	86	0.407	6

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	ARD	BAN	BLM	CLI	COL	CRU	DIS	DER	GLV	GLT	LIN	POR
Ards		5–2	3–0	7–2	3–4	6–1	2–2	2–1	3–4	5–1	3–0	3–2
Bangor	1–2		0–2	5–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	4–0	1–2	2–0	1–2	2–0
Ballymena United	1–1	1–3		4–0	2–2	4–2	3–2	2–1	3–2	5–1	3–1	1–0
Cliftonville	3–4	1–1	2–4		4–4	4–3	3–2	0–2	0–1	2–6	1–7	1–2
Coleraine	1–3	6–1	4–2	2–1		1–3	1–2	1–0	2–8	2–1	4–3	2–3
Crusaders	1–4	1–2	5–2	4–2	2–4		2–3	2–4	1–0	0–1	2–6	0–3
Distillery	1–1	2–3	0–5	3–2	2–2	0–1		2–2	2–4	1–3	1–0	0–6
Derry City	0–1	4–1	1–2	6–1	2–2	2–1	2–2		2–3	0–1	3–2	2–2
Glenavon	0–3	5–0	2–1	6–3	2–1	1–0	3–0	7–1		5–1	2–3	5–2
Glentoran	0–1	3–0	3–1	7–0	5–1	5–2	3–2	5–1	0–1		0–2	2–1
Linfield	4–4	5–3	5–1	4–1	3–3	2–3	3–3	0–2	4–1	3–1		3–4
Portadown	1–2	3–3	1–2	2–1	5–3	0–1	0–3	1–2	2–3	1–1	2–6

Source: Irish League Archive
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

• Northern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF)