Irish League 1948/49

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Irish League 1948/49
master Linfield FC
Cup winners Derry City
Teams 12
Games 132
Gates 536  (ø 4.06 per game)
Top scorer Billy Simpson (Linfield FC)
← Irish League 1947/48

The Irish League 1948/49 was the 48th season of the highest Northern Irish football league . Linfield FC were champions for the 19th time.

mode

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

Retreat from Belfast Celtic

On Boxing Day , the rival teams from Linfield FC (Protestants) and Belfast Celtic (Catholics) met at Windsor Park . This derby alone created a potentially dangerous mood. In a duel between Celtic's Jimmy Jones and Linfield's Bob Bryson , the Linfielder player was injured and had to be carried off the pitch. At halftime, the audience was told over loudspeakers that Bryson was hospitalized with a broken leg.

After Linfielder's late equalization, there were tumultuous scenes shortly before the final whistle, as a result of which the Celtic player Jones, who was involved in the momentous duel with Bryson, was surrounded by Linfield fanatics. When Jones was released, he also had a broken leg.

The club's board decided at the end of the season to withdraw its team from the league for safety reasons.

societies

Clubs of the Irish League 1948/49
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. Linfield FC (P)  22nd  16  4th  2 058:210 2.76 36: 80
 2. Belfast Celtic (M)  22nd  14th  3  5 069:320 2.16 31:13
 3. Glentoran FC  22nd  13  3  6th 045:280 1.61 29:15
 4th Cliftonville FC  22nd  9  5  8th 044:380 1.16 23:21
 5. Bangor FC  22nd  8th  5  9 043:450 0.96 21:23
 6th Distillery FC  22nd  9  3  10 051:560 0.91 21:23
 7th Portadown FC  22nd  8th  4th  10 041:480 0.85 20:24
 8th. Glenavon FC  22nd  6th  8th  8th 035:430 0.81 20:24
 9. Derry City  22nd  8th  3  11 040:520 0.77 19:25
10. Ballymena United  22nd  6th  7th  9 039:580 0.67 19:25
11. Ards FC  22nd  7th  2  13 046:490 0.94 16:28
12. Coleraine FC  22nd  4th  1  17th 025:660 0.38 09:35
  • Northern Irish champion
  • retreat
    • (M) reigning Northern Irish champion
    (P) reigning Northern Irish cup winner

    Crosstab

    1948/49 LIN BCT GLT CLI BAN DIS POR GLV DCY BLM ARD COL
    1. Linfield FC 1: 1 2-0 0-0 1: 2 5: 2 3: 1 1: 1 3-0 4: 2 5: 1 3: 1
    2. Belfast Celtic 0: 1 0: 3 4: 3 3-0 10: 2 5: 1 3: 1 8-0 3: 2 4: 3 4-0
    3. Glentoran FC 1: 4 0-0 2-0 2: 1 4: 1 2: 1 7: 1 2: 2 4: 2 2-0 3: 2
    4th Cliftonville FC 1: 3 2: 5 1-0 2: 2 2: 1 5-0 5: 2 1: 1 1: 1 3: 2 6-0
    5. Bangor FC 3: 3 0: 1 3-0 2: 1 5: 2 2: 3 1: 1 4: 1 2: 2 2: 3 1-0
    6th Distillery FC 3: 2 1: 2 2: 1 0: 1 5-0 2: 2 2-0 2: 3 6: 2 2: 1 2-0
    7th Portadown FC 1: 2 2: 4 1: 4 2: 1 2: 4 5-0 3: 1 0: 1 2-0 2: 1 2: 1
    8th. Glenavon FC 0: 3 1-0 1: 2 2: 2 4: 2 2: 2 2: 2 4: 1 2: 2 1: 2 4: 1
    9. Derry City 1: 3 4: 3 0: 1 2: 1 3: 1 2: 2 3: 2 1: 2 1: 2 2: 3 7: 1
    10. Ballymena United 0: 3 0: 5 1: 1 3: 4 1: 1 7: 5 1: 1 0-0 3: 2 1-0 5: 2
    11. Ards FC 0: 4 4: 4 2: 1 1: 2 2: 4 0: 1 2: 2 0: 2 3: 1 8-0 7-0
    12. Coleraine FC 0: 2 1-0 1: 3 3-0 3: 1 0: 6 2: 4 1: 1 1: 2 1: 2 4: 1

    Web links

    Individual evidence

    1. ↑ Belfast Celtic fans will always have a special place in their hearts for Jimmy Jones. In: Belfast Telegraph. February 14, 2014, accessed February 17, 2019 .
    2. ^ The History of the Grand Old Team. In: belfastceltic.org. Retrieved February 17, 2019 .