Irish League 1938/39

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Irish League 1938/39
master Belfast Celtic
Cup winners Linfield FC
Teams 14th
Games 182
Gates 837  (ø 4.6 per game)
← Irish League 1937/38

The Irish League 1938/39 was the 45th season of the highest Northern Irish football league . Belfast Celtic became champions for the twelfth time.

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The 14 teams from the previous season were qualified. They played against each other twice on a total of 26 match days.

societies

Irish League clubs 1938/39
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  19th  2  5 097:320 3.03 40:12
 2. Ballymena United  26th  15th  5  6th 063:540 1.17 35:17
 3. Derry City  26th  15th  3  8th 084:470 1.79 33:19
 4th Portadown FC  26th  15th  3  8th 084:560 1.50 33:19
 5. Linfield FC  26th  14th  2  10 058:400 1.45 30:22
 6th Glentoran FC  26th  14th  1  11 065:690 0.94 29:23
 7th Glenavon FC  26th  12  4th  10 067:570 1.18 28:24
 8th. Ards FC  26th  11  6th  9 063:660 0.95 28:24
 9. Newry Town  26th  9  8th  9 043:480 0.90 26:26
10. Distillery FC  26th  9  4th  13 053:560 0.95 22:30
11. Larne FC  26th  8th  4th  14th 045:730 0.62 20:32
12. Bangor FC  26th  6th  7th  13 037:710 0.52 19:33
13. Cliftonville FC  26th  5  2  19th 038:810 0.47 12:40
14th Coleraine FC  26th  3  3  20th 040:870 0.46 09:43
  • Northern Irish champion
    • (M) reigning Northern Irish champion
    (P) reigning Northern Irish cup winner

    Crosstab

    1938/39 BCT BLM DCY POR LIN GLT GLV ARD NEW DIS LAR BAN CLI COL
    1. Belfast Celtic 1: 2 3: 4 2: 1 1: 2 4: 3 3: 1 8: 1 4: 1 2-0 6: 1 10: 1 3-0 8: 1
    2. Ballymena United 0: 8 1-0 2: 4 2: 1 1-0 1: 1 1: 1 1-0 3-0 7: 3 2: 3 7: 2 4-0
    3. Derry City 2: 2 3: 5 6: 2 1: 1 4-0 3: 2 5-0 0-0 5-0 5-0 8-0 2: 1 4: 1
    4th Portadown FC 2: 3 7: 2 5: 1 3: 1 3: 1 2-0 6: 2 3-0 6: 4 4-0 2: 1 3-0 5: 2
    5. Linfield FC 1: 2 1: 2 2: 4 5-0 2: 1 3: 2 1-0 4: 1 1-0 5-0 4: 1 0-0 4-0
    6th Glentoran FC 1: 6 1: 3 4: 2 2: 9 3: 2 4: 3 2: 1 0-0 2-0 3: 1 3: 2 4: 2 4-0
    7th Glenavon FC 2: 1 7-0 3: 2 5: 2 6: 2 2: 3 2: 4 2: 2 5: 1 4: 3 1: 1 2: 1 5: 2
    8th. Ards FC 2: 3 2: 6 3: 1 3: 3 4: 1 2: 1 4: 2 4: 2 4: 2 3: 2 2-0 5: 2 4: 4
    9. Newry Town 0: 2 3: 1 4: 3 2: 2 1-0 5: 1 1: 2 1: 1 1: 5 3: 1 1: 2 4: 3 3: 1
    10. Distillery FC 1-0 0-0 1: 4 2: 2 0: 2 4: 5 1: 2 2-0 3: 3 6-0 7: 1 2: 1 5: 2
    11. Larne FC 1: 1 2: 2 4: 2 3: 2 1: 4 2: 5 3-0 2: 2 0: 1 0: 2 1-0 4-0 4: 3
    12. Bangor FC 1: 3 3: 3 1: 5 4: 3 3: 2 2: 4 2: 2 1: 1 2: 3 1: 1 0-0 3-0 0-0
    13. Cliftonville FC 1:10 0: 3 1: 5 0: 2 0: 3 4: 3 2: 3 4: 3 0-0 3: 2 1: 4 1: 2 5: 2
    14th Coleraine FC 0: 1 1: 2 1: 3 3: 1 2: 4 3: 5 4: 1 2: 5 1: 1 1: 2 2: 3 2-0 0: 4

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