1948–49_Irish_League

Irish League
Season	1948–49
Champions	Linfield; 19th Irish title
Matches played	132
Goals scored	536 (4.06 per match)
Top goalscorer	Billy Simpson (19)
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1948–49 Irish League

Football league season

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.

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Belfast

Belfast teams : Belfast Celtic
Cliftonville
Distillery
Glentoran
Linfield

Location of teams in the 1948–49 Irish League

Belfast Celtic

Cliftonville

Distillery and Glentoran

Linfield

Location of Belfast-based teams in the 1948–49 Irish League

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Result
1	Linfield (C)	22	16	4	2	58	21	2.762	36	Champions
2	Belfast Celtic	22	14	3	5	69	32	2.156	31	Withdrew, Folded
3	Glentoran	22	13	3	6	45	28	1.607	29
4	Cliftonville	22	9	5	8	44	38	1.158	23
5	Bangor	22	8	5	9	43	45	0.956	21
6	Distillery	22	9	3	10	51	56	0.911	21
7	Portadown	22	8	4	10	41	48	0.854	20
8	Glenavon	22	6	8	8	35	43	0.814	20
9	Derry City	22	8	3	11	40	52	0.769	19
10	Ballymena United	22	6	7	9	39	58	0.672	19
11	Ards	22	7	2	13	46	49	0.939	16
12	Coleraine	22	4	1	17	25	66	0.379	9

Home \ Away	ARD	BAN	BLM	BCE	CLI	COL	DIS	DER	GLV	GLT	LIN	POR
Ards		2–4	8–0	4–4	1–2	7–0	0–1	3–1	0–2	2–1	0–4	2–2
Bangor	2–3		2–2	0–1	2–1	1–0	5–2	4–1	1–1	3–0	3–3	2–3
Ballymena United	1–0	1–1		0–5	3–4	5–2	7–5	3–2	0–0	1–1	0–3	1–1
Belfast Celtic	4–3	3–0	3–2		4–3	4–0	10–2	8–0	3–1	0–3	0–1	5–1
Cliftonville	3–2	2–2	1–1	2–5		6–0	2–1	1–1	5–2	1–0	1–3	5–0
Coleraine	4–1	3–1	1–2	1–0	3–0		0–6	1–2	1–1	1–3	0–2	2–4
Distillery	2–1	5–0	6–2	1–2	0–1	2–0		2–3	2–0	2–1	3–2	2–2
Derry City	2–3	3–1	1–2	4–3	2–1	7–1	2–2		1–2	0–1	1–3	3–2
Glenavon	1–2	4–2	2–2	1–0	2–2	4–1	2–2	4–1		1–2	0–3	2–2
Glentoran	2–0	2–1	4–2	0–0	2–0	3–2	4–1	2–2	7–1		1–4	2–1
Linfield	5–1	1–2	4–2	1–1	0–0	3–1	5–2	3–0	1–1	2–0		3–1
Portadown	2–1	2–4	2–0	2–4	2–1	2–1	5–0	0–1	3–1	1–4	1–2

1948–49_Irish_League

1948–49 Irish League

League standings

Results

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