1947–48 Irish League
Football league season
Season | 1947–48 |
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Champions | Belfast Celtic 14th Irish title |
Matches played | 132 |
Goals scored | 521 (3.95 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Jimmy Jones (28) |
← 1939–40 (official) 1946–47 (unofficial) 1948–49 → |
![1947–48 Irish League is located in Northern Ireland](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/United_Kingdom_Northern_Ireland_adm_location_map.svg/350px-United_Kingdom_Northern_Ireland_adm_location_map.svg.png)
![Belfast](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png)
Belfast
![Ards](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png)
Ards
![Bangor](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png)
Bangor
![Coleraine](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png)
Coleraine
![Glenavon](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png)
Glenavon
![Portadown](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png)
Portadown
![Belfast teams : Belfast Celtic Cliftonville Distillery Glentoran Linfield](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/TransparentPlaceholder.png/8px-TransparentPlaceholder.png)
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Location of teams in the 1947–48 Irish Leagueclass=notpageimage|
Location of Belfast-based teams in the 1947–48 Irish LeagueThe 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
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Result |
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1 | Belfast Celtic (C) | 22 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 84 | 26 | 3.231 | 39 | Champions |
2 | Linfield | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 55 | 19 | 2.895 | 35 | |
3 | Ballymena United | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 52 | 38 | 1.368 | 27 | |
4 | Distillery | 22 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 35 | 32 | 1.094 | 26 | |
5 | Glentoran | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 44 | 29 | 1.517 | 26 | |
6 | Coleraine | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 48 | 46 | 1.043 | 22 | |
7 | Glenavon | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 45 | 45 | 1.000 | 22 | |
8 | Ards | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 37 | 54 | 0.685 | 18 | |
9 | Cliftonville | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 36 | 47 | 0.766 | 18 | |
10 | Bangor | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 36 | 55 | 0.655 | 16 | |
11 | Portadown | 22 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 31 | 60 | 0.517 | 9 | |
12 | Derry City | 22 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 18 | 70 | 0.257 | 6 |
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions
(C) Champions
Results
Home \ Away | ARD | BAN | BLM | BCE | CLI | COL | DIS | DER | GLV | GLT | LIN | POR |
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Ards | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–5 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | |
Bangor | 1–2 | 3–7 | 2–5 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 2–5 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 1–3 | |
Ballymena United | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 5–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 5–2 | |
Belfast Celtic | 6–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 5–2 | 5–0 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 6–2 | |
Cliftonville | 3–4 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | |
Coleraine | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–8 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 5–2 | |
Distillery | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 1–0 | |
Derry City | 6–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 1–3 | 2–5 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–7 | 1–0 | |
Glenavon | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 5–1 | |
Glentoran | 4–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | |
Linfield | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | |
Portadown | 4–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 |
Source: Irish League Archive
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
References
- Northern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF)
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