Irish League 1937/38

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Irish League 1937/38
master Belfast Celtic
Cup winners Belfast Celtic
Teams 14th
Games 182 + 2 play-off games
Gates 797  (ø 4.33 per game)
← Irish League 1936/37

The Irish League 1937/38 was the 44th season of the highest Northern Irish football league . Belfast Celtic became champions for the eleventh time.

mode

The 14 teams from the previous season were qualified. They played against each other twice on a total of 26 match days. The two clubs with equal points at the top of the table determined the champions in two play-off games. The losing team, Derry City, was runner-up for the fourth time in a row.

societies

Clubs of the Irish League 1937/38
society city
Linfield FC Belfast
Cliftonville FC Belfast
Glentoran FC Belfast
Belfast Celtic Belfast
Distillery FC Belfast
Derry City Derry
Ards FC Newtownards
Ballymena United Ballymena
Bangor FC Bangor
Coleraine FC Coleraine
Glenavon FC Lurgan
Larne FC Larne
Newry Town Newry
Portadown FC Portadown

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Quota Points
 1. Belfast Celtic (M, P)  26th  18th  5  3 088:240 3.67 41:11
 2. Derry City  26th  20th  1  5 081:400 2.03 41:11
 3. Portadown FC  26th  16  5  5 067:320 2.09 37:15
 4th Linfield FC  26th  16  5  5 078:380 2.05 37:15
 5. Ballymena United  26th  14th  5  7th 072:550 1.31 33:19
 6th Glentoran FC  26th  15th  2  9 064:570 1.12 32:20
 7th Newry Town  26th  10  6th  10 063:490 1.29 26:26
 8th. Distillery FC  26th  10  6th  10 051:610 0.84 26:26
 9. Ards FC  26th  7th  4th  15th 043:660 0.65 18:34
10. Glenavon FC  26th  6th  5  15th 036:650 0.55 17:35
11. Bangor FC  26th  7th  2  17th 039:620 0.63 16:36
12. Larne FC  26th  6th  3  17th 048:870 0.55 15:37
13. Coleraine FC  26th  5  5  16 040:750 0.53 15:37
14th Cliftonville FC  26th  2  6th  18th 027:860 0.31 10:42
  • Northern Irish champion
    • (M) reigning Northern Irish champion
    (P) reigning Northern Irish cup winner

    Crosstab

    1937/38 BCT DCY POR LIN BLM GLT NEW DIS ARD GLV BAN LAR COL CLI
    1. Belfast Celtic 6: 1 4-0 2: 1 3: 1 6: 1 1: 1 3: 3 6-0 6-0 4-0 5: 1 4: 1 8-0
    2. Derry City 1-0 3-0 7: 1 9: 1 3-0 3: 1 3-0 3-0 2-0 4: 1 7: 1 4-0 4-0
    3. Portadown FC 3: 3 2: 1 1: 1 4: 2 1: 3 4: 1 6-0 2-0 2-0 3-0 3-0 4: 2 5-0
    4th Linfield FC 0: 2 6: 1 2: 5 1: 1 5: 2 4: 1 2: 2 6-0 3: 2 4: 1 6: 3 8-0 1: 1
    5. Ballymena United 1-0 5-0 1: 1 2: 2 0: 1 2: 2 5: 1 1: 4 7: 2 2: 1 3: 2 6: 2 3: 1
    6th Glentoran FC 1: 4 3: 3 1: 2 2-0 1: 2 4: 2 5: 3 2-0 2-0 1: 5 3: 2 1: 1 3: 2
    7th Newry Town 3: 3 4: 1 0-0 0: 2 5: 2 2: 3 1: 2 4: 1 4: 1 5-0 4-0 5-0 6-0
    8th. Distillery FC 1-0 1: 3 2: 1 1: 5 4: 4 3: 1 1: 2 3: 1 2: 1 3: 2 5: 2 4: 1 0-0
    9. Ards FC 1: 4 2: 5 2: 2 0: 3 1: 3 3: 4 6: 2 1: 1 1: 3 2: 1 3-0 2: 1 6-0
    10. Glenavon FC 1: 1 1: 4 0: 2 1: 3 2-0 0: 4 2: 4 2: 1 4: 1 3: 2 3: 4 0: 3 2: 2
    11. Bangor FC 1: 2 1: 2 1: 2 1: 2 0: 3 2: 1 2-0 3: 3 1: 3 1: 2 4: 3 2: 1 3: 2
    12. Larne FC 0: 4 2: 3 3: 2 0: 4 2: 6 3: 8 2: 1 4: 2 1: 1 1: 1 3-0 1: 1 3: 1
    13. Coleraine FC 0: 3 1: 2 0: 2 0: 4 3: 6 2: 4 2: 2 2-0 3: 1 2: 2 1: 1 3: 2 8: 2
    14th Cliftonville FC 1: 4 1: 2 0: 8 0: 2 1: 3 1: 3 1: 1 1: 3 1: 1 1: 1 1: 3 4: 3 3-0

    Masters Finals

      Result  
    Derry City 2: 2 a.d. Belfast Celtic
    Derry City 1: 3 Belfast Celtic

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