1938–39 Irish League

Irish League
Season	1938–39
Champions	Belfast Celtic; 12th Irish title
Matches played	182
Goals scored	837 (4.6 per match)
	← 1937–38 1939–40 →

Belfast

Belfast teams : Belfast Celtic
Cliftonville
Distillery
Glentoran
Linfield

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Location of teams in the Irish League from 1934–40

1938–39 Irish League is located in Greater Belfast

Location of Belfast-based teams in the Irish League from 1934–40

The 1938–39 Irish League was the 45th 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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Result
1	Belfast Celtic (C)	26	19	2	5	97	32	3.031	40	Champions
2	Ballymena United	26	15	5	6	63	54	1.167	35
3	Derry City	26	15	3	8	84	47	1.787	33
4	Portadown	26	15	3	8	84	56	1.500	33
5	Linfield	26	14	2	10	58	40	1.450	30
6	Glentoran	26	14	1	11	65	69	0.942	29
7	Glenavon	26	12	4	10	67	57	1.175	28
8	Ards	26	11	6	9	63	66	0.955	28
9	Newry Town	26	9	8	9	43	48	0.896	26
10	Distillery	26	9	4	13	53	56	0.946	22
11	Larne	26	8	4	14	45	73	0.616	20
12	Bangor	26	6	7	13	37	71	0.521	19
13	Cliftonville	26	5	2	19	38	81	0.469	12
14	Coleraine	26	3	3	20	40	87	0.460	9

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	ARD	BAN	BLM	BCE	CLI	COL	DER	DIS	GLV	GLT	LAR	LIN	NEW	POR
Ards		2–0	2–6	2–3	5–2	4–4	3–1	4–2	4–2	2–1	3–2	4–1	4–2	3–3
Bangor	1–1		3–3	1–3	3–0	0–0	1–5	1–1	2–2	2–4	0–0	3–2	2–3	4–3
Ballymena United	1–1	2–3		0–8	7–2	4–0	1–0	3–0	1–1	1–0	7–3	2–1	1–0	2–4
Belfast Celtic	8–1	10–1	1–2		3–0	8–1	3–4	2–0	3–1	4–3	6–1	1–2	4–1	2–1
Cliftonville	4–3	1–2	0–3	1–10		5–2	1–5	3–2	2–3	4–3	1–4	0–3	0–0	0–2
Coleraine	2–5	2–0	1–2	0–1	0–4		1–3	1–2	4–1	3–5	2–3	2–4	1–1	3–1
Derry City	5–0	8–0	3–5	2–2	2–1	4–1		5–0	3–2	4–0	5–0	1–1	0–0	6–2
Distillery	2–0	7–1	0–0	1–0	2–1	5–2	1–4		1–2	4–5	6–0	0–2	3–3	2–2
Glenavon	2–4	1–1	7–0	2–1	2–1	5–2	3–2	5–1		2–3	4–3	6–2	2–2	5–2
Glentoran	2–1	3–2	1–3	1–6	4–2	4–0	4–2	2–0	4–3		3–1	3–2	0–0	2–9
Larne	2–2	1–0	2–2	1–1	4–0	4–3	4–2	0–2	3–0	2–5		1–4	0–1	3–2
Linfield	1–0	4–1	1–2	1–2	0–0	4–0	2–4	1–0	3–2	2–1	5–0		4–1	5–0
Newry Town	1–1	1–2	3–1	0–2	4–3	3–1	4–3	1–5	1–2	5–1	3–1	1–0		2–2
Portadown	6–2	2–1	7–2	2–3	3–0	5–2	5–1	6–4	2–0	3–1	4–0	3–1	3–0

Source: Irish League Archive
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

Northern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF)

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Irish Premier League	2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08
IFA Premiership	2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13
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Belfast & District League (wartime)	1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19
Northern Regional League (wartime)	1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47

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Domestic leagues	Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Estonia Finland '38 '39 France Germany (Finals) Greece Hungary Iceland '38 '39 Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Palestine '38–'39 39 Poland '38 '39 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '38 '39 Sweden Switzerland Turkey (National Division '38 '39) Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Bulgaria '38 '39 Cyprus England Estonia '38 '39 France Germany '38 '39 Greece Italy Latvia '38 '39 Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '38 '39 Palestine Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '38 '39 Spain '39 Switzerland Wales
International competitions	Mitropa Cup '38 '39