1939–40 Irish League

Irish League 1939–40 Belfast Celtic13th Irish title 182 869 1938–39 1947–48 (official)1940–41 (unofficial) UK Northern Ireland right 350 Location of teams in the Irish League from 1934–40 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 54.85013 -5.827303 top Larne UK Northern Ireland 54.16089 -6.332138 bottom Newry Town 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 Irish League from 1934–40 Greater Belfast 54.58892 -5.961671 left Belfast Celtic Greater Belfast 54.619250 -5.947383 left Cliftonville Greater Belfast 54.59285 -5.945363 top Distillery Greater Belfast 54.60270 -5.893478 right Glentoran Greater Belfast 54.57083 -5.963302 bottom Linfield The 1939–40 Irish League was the 46th edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Northern Irish football. The league comprised 14 teams, and Belfast Celtic won the championship. League standings main WDL 5 Result 2 y C green1 Champions C BCE Belfast Celtic POR Portadown GLT Glentoran BAL Ballymena United LIN Linfield DER Derry City GLV Glenavon COL Coleraine ARD Ards BAN Bangor DIS Distillery NEW Newry Town LAR Larne CLI Cliftonville 20 5 1 91 18 18 5 3 86 37 19 1 6 104 46 15 4 7 82 52 14 5 7 63 47 14 2 10 73 46 13 3 10 69 68 11 2 13 47 68 9 2 15 49 72 8 3 15 44 77 6 3 17 53 70 5 5 16 32 86 4 5 17 36 83 3 1 22 40 99 complete rsssf.com Results main FBR grey ARD BAN BLM BCE CLI COL DER DIS GLV GLT LAR LIN NEW POR Belfast Celtic 0–0 4–2 3–3 5–0 3–0 4–2 6–1 3–0 6–0 4–0 12–0 0–0 6–2 Portadown 1–0 2–2 4–2 3–3 3–1 6–0 1–0 3–1 6–1 3–2 7–0 4–2 6–2 Glentoran 0–3 0–3 4–2 3–2 6–1 6–1 4–1 8–1 5–1 6–2 6–1 6–2 8–2 Ballymena United 1–5 2–1 2–3 2–1 4–1 2–2 6–1 5–0 6–0 4–0 8–2 5–1 4–3 Linfield 0–2 0–5 1–2 2–1 1–0 5–5 3–1 4–0 1–1 3–1 3–0 3–1 5–1 Derry City 0–0 3–5 3–2 5–2 1–2 9–0 0–0 6–2 5–2 2–1 4–1 6–0 6–1 Glenavon 0–3 2–3 4–3 4–2 3–3 0–1 3–0 5–1 6–2 2–1 2–0 3–2 8–1 Coleraine 1–3 2–1 3–7 2–4 0–4 2–1 1–4 3–1 5–1 5–4 3–1 3–1 4–1 Ards 3–3 5–4 2–1 0–2 2–3 1–3 0–1 5–0 3–1 1–4 1–1 7–1 3–1 Bangor 1–3 1–2 0–4 2–2 2–0 1–3 5–1 4–2 2–5 1–0 4–1 4–1 3–1 Distillery 1–3 1–1 2–3 3–3 1–3 1–3 4–2 1–3 1–2 3–1 7–0 5–2 4–1 Newry Town 0–1 1–1 1–9 1–3 3–4 2–0 3–2 1–1 2–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 3–1 Larne 0–2 2–7 0–2 2–4 1–1 2–8 0–5 0–1 4–0 1–1 4–1 2–1 1–0 Cliftonville 0–7 2–4 0–2 0–1 1–6 2–1 1–2 1–2 1–3 2–3 7–2 3–2 3–3 complete Irish League Archive References Northern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF) Association football Northern Ireland Category:NIFL Premiership seasons North Category:1939–40 in Northern Ireland association football