Irish League 1947/48

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Irish League 1947/48
master Belfast Celtic
Cup winners Linfield FC
Teams 12
Games 132
Gates 521  (ø 3.95 per game)
Top scorer Jimmy Jones (Belfast Celtic)
← Irish League 1939/40

The Irish League 1947/48 was the 47th season of the highest Northern Irish football league and also the first official championship after a seven - year war - related break. Belfast Celtic became champions for the 14th time.

mode

Twelve teams played against each other twice on a total of 22 match days.

societies

Clubs of the Irish League 1947/48
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
Portadown FC Portadown

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Quota Points
 1. Belfast Celtic (M)  22nd  19th  1  2 084:260 3.23 39: 50
 2. Linfield FC  22nd  15th  5  2 055:190 2.89 35: 90
 3. Ballymena United (P)  22nd  10  7th  5 052:380 1.37 27:17
 4th Glentoran FC  22nd  9  8th  5 044:290 1.52 26:18
 5. Distillery FC  22nd  12  2  8th 035:320 1.09 26:18
 6th Coleraine FC  22nd  8th  6th  8th 048:460 1.04 22:22
 7th Glenavon FC  22nd  8th  6th  8th 045:450 1.00 22:22
 8th. Cliftonville FC  22nd  7th  4th  11 036:470 0.77 18:26
 9. Ards FC  22nd  7th  4th  11 037:540 0.69 18:26
10. Bangor FC  22nd  6th  4th  12 036:550 0.65 16:28
11. Portadown FC  22nd  3  3  16 031:600 0.52 09:35
12. Derry City  22nd  2  2  18th 018:700 0.26 06:38
  • Northern Irish champion
    • (M) reigning Northern Irish champion
    (P) reigning Northern Irish cup winner

    Crosstab

    1947/48 BCT LIN BLM GLT DIS COL GLV CLI ARD BAN POR DCY
    1. Belfast Celtic 3-0 2-0 0-0 5-0 5: 2 3: 1 3-0 6-0 3: 2 6: 2 5: 1
    2. Linfield FC 3: 1 3: 1 1: 1 4: 1 2: 2 4: 1 3: 1 3: 1 1: 1 3-0 2-0
    3. Ballymena United 4: 3 1: 2 1: 1 2: 1 3: 2 4: 2 5: 2 0: 1 2-0 5: 2 6-0
    4th Glentoran FC 1: 3 0: 2 2: 2 0: 2 3-0 1: 3 3: 1 4: 1 4-0 1: 1 4-0
    5. Distillery FC 0: 2 0: 4 2: 2 2: 2 0: 2 2-0 3-0 2-0 3: 1 1-0 2-0
    6th Coleraine FC 1: 8 1: 2 4-0 2: 2 0: 2 2: 2 4-0 1: 1 3-0 5: 2 3-0
    7th Glenavon FC 1: 3 1: 1 1: 2 0: 5 0: 2 2: 2 3: 2 1: 1 1: 1 5: 1 4-0
    8th. Cliftonville FC 2: 4 0-0 1: 1 2: 1 2-0 0: 1 3: 3 3: 4 2: 3 2: 1 3-0
    9. Ards FC 2: 5 2: 1 2: 2 1: 1 1: 2 3: 2 2: 4 1: 3 1: 2 3-0 4: 1
    10. Bangor FC 2: 5 1: 4 3: 7 2: 3 3: 2 2: 2 2: 5 1: 1 1: 2 1: 3 4-0
    11. Portadown FC 1: 4 0: 3 1: 1 1: 2 2: 4 5: 2 1: 3 2: 3 4: 2 1: 2 1: 1
    12. Derry City 1: 5 0: 7 1: 1 2: 3 0: 2 2: 5 1: 2 1: 3 6: 2 0: 2 1-0

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