1956–57 Irish League
Football league season
Season | 1956–57 |
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Champions | Glenavon 2nd Irish title |
Matches played | 132 |
Goals scored | 599 (4.54 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Jimmy Jones (33) |
← 1955–56 1957–58 → |
![1956–57 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 : Cliftonville Crusaders 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 Irish League from 1949–1972class=notpageimage|
Location of Belfast-based teams in the Irish League from 1949–1972The 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
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Glenavon (C) | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 71 | 22 | 3.227 | 35 | Qualification for the European Cup preliminary round |
2 | Linfield | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 67 | 32 | 2.094 | 34 | |
3 | Ards | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 66 | 33 | 2.000 | 30 | |
4 | Glentoran | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 56 | 39 | 1.436 | 30 | |
5 | Coleraine | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 54 | 51 | 1.059 | 25 | |
6 | Distillery | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 47 | 62 | 0.758 | 22 | |
7 | Bangor | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 47 | 44 | 1.068 | 20 | |
8 | Derry City | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 41 | 52 | 0.788 | 19 | |
9 | Crusaders | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 37 | 47 | 0.787 | 18 | |
10 | Portadown | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 47 | 66 | 0.712 | 16 | |
11 | Ballymena United | 22 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 35 | 72 | 0.486 | 9 | |
12 | Cliftonville | 22 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 31 | 79 | 0.392 | 6 |
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions
(C) Champions
Results
Home \ Away | ARD | BAN | BLM | CLI | COL | CRU | DIS | DER | GLV | GLT | LIN | POR |
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Ards | 5–4 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 8–1 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 4–1 | |
Bangor | 0–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 5–0 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | |
Ballymena United | 0–5 | 2–3 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–6 | 6–1 | |
Cliftonville | 0–7 | 2–6 | 2–1 | 3–4 | 0–2 | 1–6 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 1–4 | 1–3 | |
Coleraine | 2–1 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–5 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 4–2 | |
Crusaders | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–5 | 4–2 | |
Distillery | 3–1 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 1–5 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 2–2 | |
Derry City | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–4 | 2–2 | |
Glenavon | 1–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 6–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 8–1 | 7–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 5–0 | |
Glentoran | 1–0 | 3–1 | 7–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 5–4 | |
Linfield | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 | |
Portadown | 4–4 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 5–3 | 2–4 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 0–4 |
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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