Irish League 1958/59

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Irish League 1958/59
master Linfield FC
European Cup of
National Champions		 Linfield FC
Cup winners Glenavon FC
Teams 12
Games 132
Gates 574  (ø 4.35 per game)
Top scorer Jackie Milburn ( Linfield FC )
← Irish League 1957/58

The Irish League 1958/59 was the 58th season of the highest Northern Irish football league . Linfield FC were champions for the 24th time.

mode

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

societies

Clubs of the Irish League 1958/59
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  22nd  17th  0  5 069:270 2.56 34:10
 2. Glenavon FC  22nd  14th  3  5 066:320 2.06 31:13
 3. Glentoran FC  22nd  11  5  6th 056:410 1.37 27:17
 4th Portadown FC  22nd  12  2  8th 060:350 1.71 26:18
 5. Ballymena United (P)  22nd  12  2  8th 051:460 1.11 26:18
 6th Crusaders FC  22nd  10  5  7th 046:400 1.15 25:19
 7th Ards FC (M)  22nd  10  3  9 053:510 1.04 23:21
 8th. Coleraine FC  22nd  9  4th  9 047:450 1.04 22:22
 9. Distillery FC  22nd  5  7th  10 049:630 0.78 17:27
10. Bangor FC  22nd  6th  2  14th 030:470 0.64 14:30
11. Derry City  22nd  6th  2  14th 027:550 0.49 14:30
12. Cliftonville FC  22nd  2  1  19th 020:920 0.22 05:39
  • Northern Irish champion and participation in the 1959/60 European Cup
    • (M) reigning Northern Irish champion
    (P) reigning Northern Irish cup winner

    Crosstab

    1958/59 LIN GLV GLT POR BLM CRU ARD COL DIS BAN DCY CLI
    1. Linfield FC 2-0 4: 2 1-0 5-0 1: 2 5: 1 3: 1 3-0 4-0 2-0 9-0
    2. Glenavon FC 3: 6 7: 1 2: 3 3: 1 1: 1 2: 3 3-0 7-0 2: 1 2: 2 6-0
    3. Glentoran FC 2: 1 1: 2 0: 1 4-0 3: 3 1: 1 3: 2 3: 3 3: 1 2-0 8: 3
    4th Portadown FC 2: 3 1: 4 1: 1 3: 4 1: 1 6: 1 6-0 5: 3 5-0 3: 2 2-0
    5. Ballymena United 2: 1 0-0 2: 3 1: 3 4: 1 3: 3 4: 2 4: 2 2-0 2: 3 5-0
    6th Crusaders FC 3: 2 2: 3 2: 1 3: 1 0: 2 5: 1 0: 1 4: 4 3-0 2: 5 3-0
    7th Ards FC 0: 3 2: 3 2: 3 1-0 1: 4 1: 2 5: 3 3: 5 1-0 3: 1 7-0
    8th. Coleraine FC 4-0 2: 1 1: 1 1: 2 4-0 4-0 1: 2 2: 2 3: 3 2-0 6: 1
    9. Distillery FC 2: 3 1: 2 2: 6 0: 3 3: 4 2: 2 1: 1 4: 4 2-0 3: 1 5: 1
    10. Bangor FC 2: 3 0: 2 3: 2 4: 3 0: 2 0: 3 2: 3 5-0 1: 1 3-0 1-0
    11. Derry City 1: 4 1: 6 0: 4 2: 1 1: 4 2: 1 0: 6 0: 1 1: 3 1-0 1: 1
    12. Cliftonville FC 0: 4 2: 5 0: 2 1: 8 4: 1 1: 3 1: 5 0: 3 3: 1 2: 4 0: 3

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