1932–33 Irish League

The 1932–33 Irish League was the 39th 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	1932–33
Champions	Belfast Celtic 8th Irish title
Matches played	182
Goals scored	857 (4.71 per match)
Top goalscorer	Joe Bambrick (40)
← 1931–32 1933–34 →

Belfast

Ards

Ballymena

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 1929–34

Belfast Celtic

Cliftonville

Distillery

Glentoran

Linfield

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Location of Belfast-based teams in the Irish League from 1929–34

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Result
1	Belfast Celtic (C)	26	19	3	4	81	34	2.382	41	Champions
2	Distillery	26	18	3	5	75	47	1.596	39
3	Linfield	26	17	4	5	83	34	2.441	38
4	Derry City	26	16	1	9	59	39	1.513	33
5	Glentoran	26	14	4	8	74	61	1.213	32
6	Bangor	26	13	2	11	60	56	1.071	28
7	Coleraine	26	11	5	10	69	50	1.380	27
8	Ballymena	26	11	4	11	56	58	0.966	26
9	Glenavon	26	7	4	15	56	59	0.949	18
10	Portadown	26	8	2	16	37	72	0.514	18
11	Larne	26	8	1	17	55	88	0.625	17
12	Ards	26	6	5	15	51	83	0.614	17
13	Cliftonville	26	5	6	15	54	74	0.730	16
14	Newry Town	26	5	4	17	47	102	0.461	14

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	ARD	BAN	BLM	BCE	CLI	COL	DER	DIS	GLV	GLT	LAR	LIN	NEW	POR
Ards		2–1	0–4	1–1	2–2	1–2	1–0	5–6	3–2	4–4	2–3	1–1	6–0	1–1
Bangor	1–4		5–3	1–3	3–1	3–2	0–1	0–1	1–1	0–3	3–2	1–1	6–1	1–2
Ballymena	8–2	1–3		1–1	1–1	2–1	3–1	1–3	3–1	2–3	2–1	0–1	2–1	5–1
Belfast Celtic	4–0	4–1	7–2		5–1	3–2	5–1	4–1	2–1	4–1	1–3	1–2	5–1	6–2
Cliftonville	3–4	2–6	6–1	1–3		2–2	0–4	1–1	1–2	5–2	4–2	4–2	5–5	5–1
Coleraine	5–0	4–2	3–0	1–1	3–1		0–2	2–1	3–2	1–2	4–1	4–5	1–2	11–1
Derry City	2–0	0–1	1–0	1–3	3–1	3–0		3–7	2–1	2–2	4–0	2–0	8–0	1–0
Distillery	5–0	5–3	2–2	2–0	2–1	1–0	2–1		6–4	3–4	2–0	2–1	5–3	5–1
Glenavon	2–1	3–1	0–1	2–3	4–1	4–4	2–3	2–4		1–1	4–0	1–2	5–1	1–2
Glentoran	7–5	2–5	6–1	2–4	4–0	0–2	3–5	1–1	2–1		5–0	1–5	7–1	2–1
Larne	6–3	5–6	2–2	2–6	3–2	4–3	0–1	1–3	4–3	2–4		1–4	9–2	0–5
Linfield	6–0	1–2	2–0	1–2	4–0	2–2	4–1	4–0	4–3	4–2	9–0		6–1	5–0
Newry Town	4–1	2–3	3–5	0–3	3–3	4–4	2–1	1–5	2–3	1–2	3–1	2–2		1–0
Portadown	3–2	0–1	1–4	1–0	2–1	1–3	2–6	2–0	1–1	1–2	1–2	1–5	4–1

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

References

• Northern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF)