1935–36 Irish League

The 1935–36 Irish League was the 42nd 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.

Irish League

Season	1935–36
Champions	Belfast Celtic 9th Irish title
Matches played	182
Goals scored	748 (4.11 per match)
← 1934–35 1936–37 →

Belfast

Ards

Ballymena United

Bangor

Coleraine

Derry City

Glenavon

Larne

Newry Town

Portadown

Belfast teams : Belfast Celtic
Cliftonville
Distillery
Glentoran
Linfield

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Location of teams in the Irish League from 1934–40

Belfast Celtic

Cliftonville

Distillery

Glentoran

Linfield

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

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Result
1	Belfast Celtic (C)	26	20	3	3	66	23	2.870	43	Champions
2	Derry City	26	18	5	3	71	36	1.972	41
3	Linfield	26	17	4	5	72	28	2.571	38
4	Newry Town	26	14	5	7	80	50	1.600	33
5	Glentoran	26	12	3	11	57	50	1.140	27
6	Distillery	26	11	5	10	51	52	0.981	27
7	Larne	26	11	4	11	49	65	0.754	26
8	Portadown	26	9	5	12	53	58	0.914	23
9	Cliftonville	26	9	5	12	49	61	0.803	23
10	Ballymena United	26	7	5	14	41	59	0.695	19
11	Bangor	26	8	3	15	47	72	0.653	19
12	Glenavon	26	6	5	15	40	56	0.714	17
13	Coleraine	26	5	5	16	28	44	0.636	15
14	Ards	26	5	3	18	44	94	0.468	13

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results

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

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

References

• Northern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF)