Irish League 1955/56

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Irish League 1955/56
master Linfield FC
Cup winners Distillery FC
Teams 12
Games 132
Gates 574  (ø 4.35 per game)
Top scorer Jimmy Jones ( Glenavon FC )
← Irish League 1954/55

The Irish League 1955/56 was the 55th season of the highest Northern Irish football league . Linfield FC were champions for the 23rd time.

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

societies

Irish League clubs 1955/56
society city
Linfield FC Belfast
Cliftonville FC Belfast
Glentoran FC Belfast
Crusaders FC 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 (M)  22nd  19th  2  1 056:160 3.50 40: 40
 2. Glenavon FC  22nd  14th  1  7th 077:380 2.03 29:15
 3. Bangor FC  22nd  11  5  6th 069:540 1.28 27:17
 4th Coleraine FC  22nd  10  5  7th 056:460 1.22 25:19
 5. Glentoran FC  22nd  10  4th  8th 043:400 1.08 24:20
 6th Distillery FC  22nd  7th  7th  8th 039:400 0.98 21:23
 7th Ards FC  22nd  9  2  11 044:450 0.98 20:24
 8th. Portadown FC  22nd  7th  4th  11 043:570 0.75 18:26
 9. Derry City  22nd  6th  4th  12 042:540 0.78 16:28
10. Crusaders FC  22nd  6th  4th  12 036:530 0.68 16:28
11. Cliftonville FC  22nd  5  4th  13 033:620 0.53 14:30
12. Ballymena United  22nd  7th  0  15th 036:690 0.52 14:30
  • Northern Irish champion
    • (M) reigning Northern Irish champion

    Crosstab

    1955/56 LIN GLV BAN COL GLT DIS ARD POR DCY CRU CLI BLM
    1. Linfield FC 1-0 4: 3 2: 1 1-0 5-0 2: 1 2-0 3: 1 3-0 4: 1 1: 2
    2. Glenavon FC 0: 1 3: 1 9: 6 4: 4 3: 1 6-0 4-0 5: 2 5: 1 1: 2 3: 1
    3. Bangor FC 0: 4 4: 6 4: 4 4: 2 2: 2 1: 1 2: 3 4: 1 8: 3 4: 2 6: 2
    4th Coleraine FC 1: 1 1: 2 3: 4 2: 3 2: 1 1-0 4: 2 3: 1 1: 2 4: 1 5: 1
    5. Glentoran FC 1: 1 4: 2 2: 3 0: 1 0-0 2: 1 0: 1 4: 2 2: 1 3: 4 2: 3
    6th Distillery FC 1: 3 2: 1 2: 2 5: 2 0-0 1: 2 2: 2 2: 1 3-0 0: 3 5: 1
    7th Ards FC 0: 1 1-0 2: 4 1: 1 2: 3 3: 2 4-0 1: 2 5: 2 3: 2 4: 3
    8th. Portadown FC 0: 3 1: 7 3: 7 2: 4 1: 4 2: 2 2: 4 5: 1 3: 1 6: 2 5: 1
    9. Derry City 1: 2 1: 4 2: 1 2: 2 1: 2 2: 2 3: 1 1: 1 4: 1 5: 2 1: 2
    10. Crusaders FC 2: 5 2: 1 1: 1 2: 2 2: 3 0: 1 3-0 1-0 3: 2 1: 1 6-0
    11. Cliftonville FC 0: 4 1: 7 0: 1 1: 2 0: 1 1: 4 1: 6 0-0 3: 3 1: 1 3: 1
    12. Ballymena United 1: 3 1: 4 2: 3 0: 4 4: 1 3: 1 3: 2 1: 4 1: 3 2: 1 1: 2

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