1939–40 Irish League

Irish League
Season1939–40
ChampionsBelfast Celtic
13th Irish title
Matches played182
Goals scored869 (4.77 per match)
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Location of teams in the Irish League from 1934–40
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Location of Belfast-based teams in the Irish League from 1934–40

The 1939–40 Irish League was the 46th 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.

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Result
1 Belfast Celtic (C) 26 20 5 1 91 18 5.056 45 Champions
2 Portadown 26 18 5 3 86 37 2.324 41
3 Glentoran 26 19 1 6 104 46 2.261 39
4 Ballymena United 26 15 4 7 82 52 1.577 34
5 Linfield 26 14 5 7 63 47 1.340 33
6 Derry City 26 14 2 10 73 46 1.587 30
7 Glenavon 26 13 3 10 69 68 1.015 29
8 Coleraine 26 11 2 13 47 68 0.691 24
9 Ards 26 9 2 15 49 72 0.681 20
10 Bangor 26 8 3 15 44 77 0.571 19
11 Distillery 26 6 3 17 53 70 0.757 15
12 Newry Town 26 5 5 16 32 86 0.372 15
13 Larne 26 4 5 17 36 83 0.434 13
14 Cliftonville 26 3 1 22 40 99 0.404 7
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away ARD BAN BLM BCE CLI COL DER DIS GLV GLT LAR LIN NEW POR
Ards 3–1 0–2 3–3 3–1 5–0 1–3 1–4 0–1 2–1 7–1 2–3 1–1 5–4
Bangor 2–5 2–2 1–3 3–1 4–2 1–3 1–0 5–1 0–4 4–1 2–0 4–1 1–2
Ballymena United 5–0 6–0 1–5 4–3 6–1 4–1 4–0 2–2 2–3 5–1 2–1 8–2 2–1
Belfast Celtic 3–0 6–0 3–3 6–2 6–1 3–0 4–0 4–2 4–2 0–0 5–0 12–0 0–0
Cliftonville 1–3 2–3 0–1 0–7 1–2 2–1 7–2 1–2 0–2 3–3 1–6 3–2 2–4
Coleraine 3–1 5–1 2–4 1–3 4–1 2–1 5–4 1–4 3–7 3–1 0–4 3–1 2–1
Derry City 6–2 5–2 5–2 0–0 6–1 0–0 2–1 9–0 3–2 6–0 1–2 4–1 3–5
Distillery 1–2 3–1 3–3 1–3 4–1 1–3 1–3 4–2 2–3 5–2 1–3 7–0 1–1
Glenavon 5–1 6–2 4–2 0–3 8–1 3–0 0–1 2–1 4–3 3–2 3–3 2–0 2–3
Glentoran 8–1 5–1 4–2 0–3 8–2 4–1 6–1 6–2 6–1 6–2 3–2 6–1 0–3
Larne 4–0 1–1 2–4 0–2 1–0 0–1 2–8 4–1 0–5 0–2 1–1 2–1 2–7
Linfield 4–0 1–1 2–1 0–2 5–1 3–1 1–0 3–1 5–5 1–2 3–1 3–0 0–5
Newry Town 2–0 3–0 1–3 0–1 3–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 3–2 1–9 1–1 3–4 1–1
Portadown 3–1 6–1 4–2 1–0 6–2 1–0 3–1 3–2 6–0 2–2 4–2 3–3 7–0
Source: Irish League Archive
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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