1956–57 Irish League

Irish League 1956–57 Glenavon2nd Irish title 132 599 Jimmy Jones (33 goals) 1955–56 1957–58 UK Northern Ireland right 350 Location of teams in the Irish League from 1949–1972 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 : CliftonvilleCrusadersDistilleryGlentoranLinfield Greater Belfast 350 right Location of Belfast-based teams in the Irish League from 1949–1972 Greater Belfast 54.619250 -5.947383 left Cliftonville Greater Belfast 54.62428 -5.922017 top Crusaders 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 1956–57 Irish League was the 56th edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Northern Irish football. The league comprised 12 teams, and Glenavon won the championship. League standings main WDL 5 Qualification 2 y C green1 Qualification for the European Cup preliminary round C GLV Glenavon LIN Linfield ARD Ards GLT Glentoran COL Coleraine DIS Distillery BAN Bangor DER Derry City CRU Crusaders POR Portadown BAL Ballymena United CLI Cliftonville 16 3 3 71 22 14 6 2 67 32 13 4 5 66 33 13 4 5 56 39 11 3 8 54 51 9 4 9 47 62 7 6 9 47 44 8 3 11 41 52 8 2 12 37 47 5 6 11 47 66 3 3 16 35 72 2 2 18 31 79 complete rsssf.com Results main FBR grey ARD BAN BLM CLI COL CRU DIS DER GLV GLT LIN POR Glenavon 3–2 3–1 1–0 4–0 8–1 3–0 2–0 7–1 5–0 5–0 6–1 Linfield 0–2 2–2 2–2 3–1 1–1 2–1 4–0 3–2 3–2 3–1 5–1 Glentoran 2–1 1–3 1–0 3–2 3–0 3–1 3–1 4–0 5–4 7–2 2–1 Ards 1–2 1–1 3–3 5–1 8–1 5–4 3–1 4–2 4–1 2–1 4–3 Coleraine 5–2 3–3 3–1 2–1 2–3 4–2 2–5 2–1 4–2 4–1 2–2 Distillery 1–3 1–4 2–2 3–1 1–5 3–2 2–2 2–0 2–2 5–1 2–0 Bangor 0–4 4–2 1–1 0–3 2–3 6–1 1–1 5–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 Crusaders 2–1 0–5 3–1 0-1 2–3 0–2 0–1 3–1 4–2 3–1 4–1 Derry City 2–2 3–4 2–1 0–2 2–0 4–1 1–1 4–1 2–2 3–0 4–1 Portadown 1–3 0–4 2–3 4–4 2–1 5–3 2–2 2–1 2–4 3–3 4–1 Ballymena United 0–4 1–6 1–3 0–5 1–1 2–4 2–3 5–2 1–2 6–1 4–3 Cliftonville 1–1 1–4 2–4 0–7 3–4 1–6 2–6 0–2 4–1 1–3 2–1 complete Irish League Archive References Northern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF) Association football Northern Ireland Category:NIFL Premiership seasons Category:1956–57 in Northern Ireland association football North