1947–48 Irish League

Irish League 1947–48 Belfast Celtic14th Irish title 132 521 Jimmy Jones (28 goals) 1939–40 (official)1946–47 (unofficial) 1948–49 UK Northern Ireland right 350 Location of teams in the 1947–48 Irish League UK Northern Ireland 12 54.602945 -5.891278 Belfast top UK Northern Ireland 54.58743 -5.686841 bottom Ards UK Northern Ireland 54.87016 -6.265211 bottom Ballymena United UK Northern Ireland 54.65179 -5.684674 right Bangor UK Northern Ireland 55.13287 -6.659904 bottom Coleraine UK Northern Ireland 54.99045 -7.336228 bottom Derry City UK Northern Ireland 54.453889 -6.336389 top Glenavon UK Northern Ireland 54.41306 -6.457686 bottom Portadown UK Northern Ireland 55.32 -8.2 TransparentPlaceholder.png Belfast teams : Belfast CelticCliftonvilleDistilleryGlentoranLinfield Greater Belfast 350 right Location of Belfast-based teams in the 1947–48 Irish League Greater Belfast 54.58892 -5.961671 left Belfast Celtic Greater Belfast 54.619250 -5.947383 left Cliftonville Greater Belfast 54.59285 -5.945363 right Distillery and Glentoran Greater Belfast 54.57083 -5.963302 bottom Linfield The 1947–48 Irish League was the 47th edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Northern Irish football. The league comprised 12 teams, and Belfast Celtic won the championship. League standings main WDL 5 Result 2 y C green1 Champions C BCE Belfast Celtic LIN Linfield BAL Ballymena United DIS Distillery GLT Glentoran COL Coleraine GLV Glenavon ARD Ards CLI Cliftonville BAN Bangor POR Portadown DER Derry City 19 1 2 84 26 15 5 2 55 19 10 7 5 52 38 12 2 8 35 32 9 8 5 44 29 8 6 8 48 46 8 6 8 45 45 7 4 11 37 54 7 4 11 36 47 6 4 12 36 55 3 3 16 31 60 2 2 18 18 70 complete rsssf.com Results main FBR grey ARD BAN BLM BCE CLI COL DIS DER GLV GLT LIN POR Belfast Celtic 3–0 2–0 0–0 5–0 5–2 3–1 3–0 6–0 3–2 6–2 5–1 Linfield 3–1 3–1 1–1 4–1 2–2 4–1 3–1 3–1 1–1 3–0 2–0 Ballymena United 4–3 1–2 1–1 2–1 3–2 4–2 5–2 0–1 2–0 5–2 6–0 Glentoran 1–3 0–2 2–2 0–2 3–0 1–3 3–1 4–1 4–0 1–1 4–0 Distillery 0–2 0–4 2–2 2–2 0–2 2–0 3–0 2–0 3–1 1–0 2–0 Coleraine 1–8 1–2 4–0 2–2 0–2 2–2 4–0 1–1 3–0 5–2 3–0 Glenavon 1–3 1–1 1–2 0–5 0–2 2–2 3–2 1–1 1–1 5–1 4–0 Cliftonville 2–4 0–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 0–1 3–3 3–4 2–3 2–1 3–0 Ards 2–5 2–1 2–2 1–1 1–2 3–2 2–4 1–3 1–2 3–0 4–1 Bangor 2–5 1–4 3–7 2–3 3–2 2–2 2–5 1–1 1–2 1–3 4–0 Portadown 1–4 0–3 1–1 1–2 2–4 5–2 1–3 2–3 4–2 1–2 1–1 Derry City 1–5 0–7 1–1 2–3 0–2 2–5 1–2 1–3 6–2 0–2 1–0 complete Irish League Archive References Northern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF) Association football Northern Ireland Category:NIFL Premiership seasons North Category:1947–48 in Northern Ireland association football