1954–55 Irish League

Irish League
Season	1954–55
Champions	Linfield; 22nd Irish title
Matches played	132
Goals scored	522 (3.95 per match)
Top goalscorer	Fay Coyle (20)
	← 1953–54 1955–56 →

Belfast

Belfast teams : Cliftonville
Crusaders
Distillery
Glentoran
Linfield

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Location of teams in the Irish League from 1949–1972

1954–55 Irish League is located in Greater Belfast

Location of Belfast-based teams in the Irish League from 1949–1972

The 1954–55 Irish League was the 54th 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 after winning a playoff against Glenavon.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Result
1	Linfield (C)	22	15	6	1	46	21	2.190	36	Champions
2	Glenavon	22	16	4	2	61	27	2.259	36
3	Cliftonville	22	10	4	8	50	38	1.316	24
4	Ards	22	9	6	7	53	45	1.178	24
5	Coleraine	22	11	2	9	46	46	1.000	24
6	Glentoran	22	11	1	10	54	46	1.174	23
7	Bangor	22	8	4	10	43	53	0.811	20
8	Distillery	22	7	4	11	35	44	0.795	18
9	Crusaders	22	7	2	13	29	48	0.604	16
10	Portadown	22	5	5	12	39	53	0.736	15
11	Derry City	22	6	3	13	31	49	0.633	15
12	Ballymena United	22	4	5	13	35	52	0.673	13

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results

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

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

Test match

25 May 1955

Linfield	2–0	Glenavon

The Oval, Belfast

References

Northern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF)

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