1948–49 Irish League

Irish League 1948–49 Linfield19th Irish title 132 536 Billy Simpson (19 goals) 1947–48 1949–50 UK Northern Ireland right 350 Location of teams in the 1948–49 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 1948–49 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 1948–49 Irish League was the 48th edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Northern Irish football. The league comprised 12 teams, and Linfield won the championship. League standings main WDL 5 Result 2 y LIN Linfield BCE Belfast Celtic GLT Glentoran CLI Cliftonville BAN Bangor DIS Distillery POR Portadown GLV Glenavon DER Derry City BAL Ballymena United ARD Ards COL Coleraine 16 4 2 58 21 14 3 5 69 32 13 3 6 45 28 9 5 8 44 38 8 5 9 43 45 9 3 10 51 56 8 4 10 41 48 6 8 8 35 43 8 3 11 40 52 6 7 9 39 58 7 2 13 46 49 4 1 17 25 66 C green1 Champions C black1 Withdrew R complete rsssf.com Results main FBR grey ARD BAN BLM BCE CLI COL DIS DER GLV GLT LIN POR Linfield 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–2 5–2 3–1 1–1 3–0 4–2 5–1 3–1 Belfast Celtic 0–1 0–3 4–3 3–0 10–2 5–1 3–1 8–0 3–2 4–3 4–0 Glentoran 1–4 0–0 2–0 2–1 4–1 2–1 7–1 2–2 4–2 2–0 3–2 Cliftonville 1–3 2–5 1–0 2–2 2–1 5–0 5–2 1–1 1–1 3–2 6–0 Bangor 3–3 0–1 3–0 2–1 5–2 2–3 1–1 4–1 2–2 2–3 1–0 Distillery 3–2 1–2 2–1 0–1 5–0 2–2 2–0 2–3 6–2 2–1 2–0 Portadown 1–2 2–4 1–4 2–1 2–4 5–0 3–1 0–1 2–0 2–1 2–1 Glenavon 0–3 1–0 1–2 2–2 4–2 2–2 2–2 4–1 2–2 1–2 4–1 Derry City 1–3 4–3 0–1 2–1 3–1 2–2 3–2 1–2 1–2 2–3 7–1 Ballymena United 0–3 0–5 1–1 3–4 1–1 7–5 1–1 0–0 3–2 1–0 5–2 Ards 0–4 4–4 2–1 1–2 2–4 0–1 2–2 0–2 3–1 8–0 7–0 Coleraine 0–2 1–0 1–3 3–0 3–1 0–6 2–4 1–1 1–2 1–2 4–1 complete Irish League Archive External links Northern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF) Association football Northern Ireland 1948–49 1 North