Irish League 1939/40

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Irish League 1939/40
master Belfast Celtic
Cup winners Ballymena FC
Teams 14th
Games 182
Gates 869  (ø 4.77 per game)
← Irish League 1938/39

The Irish League 1939/40 was the 46th season of the highest Northern Irish football league and also the last before a seven - year war - related interruption. Belfast Celtic became champions for the fifth time in a row and for the 13th time.

mode

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 1939/40
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)  26th  20th  5  1 091:180 5.06 45: 70
 2. Portadown FC  26th  18th  5  3 086:370 2.32 41:11
 3. Glentoran FC  26th  19th  1  6th 104: 460 2.26 39:13
 4th Ballymena United  26th  15th  4th  7th 082:520 1.58 34:18
 5. Linfield FC (P)  26th  14th  5  7th 063:470 1.34 33:19
 6th Derry City  26th  14th  2  10 073:460 1.59 30:22
 7th Glenavon FC  26th  13  3  10 069:680 1.01 29:23
 8th. Coleraine FC  26th  11  2  13 047:680 0.69 24:28
 9. Ards FC  26th  9  2  15th 049:720 0.68 20:32
10. Bangor FC  26th  8th  3  15th 044:770 0.57 19:33
11. Distillery FC  26th  6th  3  17th 053:700 0.76 15:37
12. Newry Town  26th  5  5  16 032:860 0.37 15:37
13. Larne FC  26th  4th  5  17th 036:830 0.43 13:39
14th Cliftonville FC  26th  3  1  22nd 040:990 0.40 07:45
  • Northern Irish champion
    • (M) reigning Northern Irish champion
    (P) reigning Northern Irish cup winner

    Crosstab

    1939/40 BCT POR GLT BLM LIN DCY GLV COL ARD BAN DIS NEW LAR CLI
    1. Belfast Celtic 0-0 4: 2 3: 3 5-0 3-0 4: 2 6: 1 3-0 6-0 4-0 12: 0 0-0 6: 2
    2. Portadown FC 1-0 2: 2 4: 2 3: 3 3: 1 6-0 1-0 3: 1 6: 1 3: 2 7-0 4: 2 6: 2
    3. Glentoran FC 0: 3 0: 3 4: 2 3: 2 6: 1 6: 1 4: 1 8: 1 5: 1 6: 2 6: 1 6: 2 8: 2
    4th Ballymena United 1: 5 2: 1 2: 3 2: 1 4: 1 2: 2 6: 1 5-0 6-0 4-0 8: 2 5: 1 4: 3
    5. Linfield FC 0: 2 0: 5 1: 2 2: 1 1-0 5: 5 3: 1 4-0 1: 1 3: 1 3-0 3: 1 5: 1
    6th Derry City 0-0 3: 5 3: 2 5: 2 1: 2 9-0 0-0 6: 2 5: 2 2: 1 4: 1 6-0 6: 1
    7th Glenavon FC 0: 3 2: 3 4: 3 4: 2 3: 3 0: 1 3-0 5: 1 6: 2 2: 1 2-0 3: 2 8: 1
    8th. Coleraine FC 1: 3 2: 1 3: 7 2: 4 0: 4 2: 1 1: 4 3: 1 5: 1 5: 4 3: 1 3: 1 4: 1
    9. Ards FC 3: 3 5: 4 2: 1 0: 2 2: 3 1: 3 0: 1 5-0 3: 1 1: 4 1: 1 7: 1 3: 1
    10. Bangor FC 1: 3 1: 2 0: 4 2: 2 2-0 1: 3 5: 1 4: 2 2: 5 1-0 4: 1 4: 1 3: 1
    11. Distillery FC 1: 3 1: 1 2: 3 3: 3 1: 3 1: 3 4: 2 1: 3 1: 2 3: 1 7-0 5: 2 4: 1
    12. Newry Town 0: 1 1: 1 1: 9 1: 3 3: 4 2-0 3: 2 1: 1 2-0 3-0 1: 1 1: 1 3: 1
    13. Larne FC 0: 2 2: 7 0: 2 2: 4 1: 1 2: 8 0: 5 0: 1 4-0 1: 1 4: 1 2: 1 1-0
    14th Cliftonville FC 0: 7 2: 4 0: 2 0: 1 1: 6 2: 1 1: 2 1: 2 1: 3 2: 3 7: 2 3: 2 3: 3

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