Irish League 1948/49
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.
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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
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Clubs of the Irish League 1948/49
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society | city |
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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 |
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1. | Linfield FC (P) | 22nd | 16 | 4th | 2 | 58:21 | 2.76 | 36: 8 |
2. | Belfast Celtic (M) | 22nd | 14th | 3 | 5 | 69:32 | 2.16 | 31:13 |
3. | Glentoran FC | 22nd | 13 | 3 | 6th | 45:28 | 1.61 | 29:15 |
4th | Cliftonville FC | 22nd | 9 | 5 | 8th | 44:38 | 1.16 | 23:21 |
5. | Bangor FC | 22nd | 8th | 5 | 9 | 43:45 | 0.96 | 21:23 |
6th | Distillery FC | 22nd | 9 | 3 | 10 | 51:56 | 0.91 | 21:23 |
7th | Portadown FC | 22nd | 8th | 4th | 10 | 41:48 | 0.85 | 20:24 |
8th. | Glenavon FC | 22nd | 6th | 8th | 8th | 35:43 | 0.81 | 20:24 |
9. | Derry City | 22nd | 8th | 3 | 11 | 40:52 | 0.77 | 19:25 |
10. | Ballymena United | 22nd | 6th | 7th | 9 | 39:58 | 0.67 | 19:25 |
11. | Ards FC | 22nd | 7th | 2 | 13 | 46:49 | 0.94 | 16:28 |
12. | Coleraine FC | 22nd | 4th | 1 | 17th | 25:66 | 0.38 | 9:35 |
(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
- Northern Ireland - Final Tables pdf
- Final League Tables 1890-1998 (RSSSF)
- List of winners on eu-football
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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 .
- ^ The History of the Grand Old Team. In: belfastceltic.org. Retrieved February 17, 2019 .