1949–50 Irish League

The 1949–50 Irish League was the 49th 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 a play-off with Glentoran.

Irish League

Season	1949–50
Champions	Linfield 20th Irish title
Matches played	132
Goals scored	520 (3.94 per match)
Top goalscorer	Sammy Hughes (23)
← 1948–49 1950–51 →

Belfast

Ards

Ballymena United

Bangor

Coleraine

Derry City

Glenavon

Portadown

Belfast teams : Cliftonville
Crusaders
Distillery
Glentoran
Linfield

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Location of teams in the Irish League from 1949–1972

Cliftonville

Crusaders

Distillery

Glentoran

Linfield

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

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Result
1	Linfield (C)	22	17	4	1	64	27	2.370	38	Champions
2	Glentoran	22	18	2	2	70	25	2.800	38
3	Distillery	22	13	3	6	48	31	1.548	29
4	Derry City	22	12	5	5	44	29	1.517	29
5	Glenavon	22	10	4	8	51	38	1.342	24
6	Ards	22	7	6	9	34	38	0.895	20
7	Bangor	22	8	3	11	38	36	1.056	19
8	Ballymena United	22	5	5	12	29	49	0.592	15
9	Portadown	22	3	9	10	33	52	0.635	15
10	Coleraine	22	5	4	13	38	61	0.623	14
11	Crusaders	22	4	5	13	37	69	0.536	13
12	Cliftonville	22	3	4	15	34	65	0.523	10

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	ARD	BAN	BLM	CLI	COL	CRU	DIS	DER	GLV	GLT	LIN	POR
Ards		2–2	1–1	0–0	3–1	5–2	2–2	0–1	0–2	3–4	0–2	1–1
Bangor	1–2		3–0	1–3	2–1	1–2	2–3	2–3	0–1	0–4	0–2	7–0
Ballymena United	0–0	1–2		6–0	4–1	1–3	0–3	1–1	1–1	1–5	1–3	1–2
Cliftonville	6–0	1–2	2–2		1–3	2–7	1–4	0–3	2–4	0–6	1–4	3–3
Coleraine	1–0	2–4	0–1	3–0		2–2	1–3	3–6	6–4	0–5	2–3	3–2
Crusaders	2–6	0–4	0–1	0–5	2–2		1–1	0–4	4–1	0–4	2–2	2–3
Distillery	1–2	1–1	2–1	4–1	3–1	2–1		1–2	5–1	1–4	0–2	1–0
Derry City	1–3	2–0	5–1	3–0	0–0	2–0	2–4		0–1	1–1	2–2	1–0
Glenavon	3–0	0–1	3–1	2–2	4–0	9–0	3–2	6–2		2–3	1–2	1–1
Glentoran	2–1	1–0	5–0	4–2	2–1	4–2	2–3	2–0	3–1		2–3	2–1
Linfield	3–1	4–2	6–1	2–1	7–2	4–1	1–0	1–2	2–0	1–1		2–2
Portadown	0–2	1–1	1–3	2–1	3–3	4–4	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–4	3–6

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

Test match

10 May 1950

Linfield	2–0	Glentoran

Solitude, Belfast

References

• Northern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF)