1950–51 Irish League

The 1950–51 Irish League was the 50th edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Northern Irish football. The league comprised 12 teams, and Glentoran won the championship.

Irish League

Season	1950–51
Champions	Glentoran 9th Irish title
Matches played	132
Goals scored	533 (4.04 per match)
Top goalscorer	Sammy Hughes Walter Allen (23 goals each)
← 1949–50 1951–52 →

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	Glentoran (C)	22	18	2	2	66	21	3.143	38	Champions
2	Linfield	22	15	4	3	57	24	2.375	34
3	Glenavon	22	14	3	5	58	31	1.871	31
4	Coleraine	22	13	2	7	55	35	1.571	28
5	Portadown	22	12	1	9	55	35	1.571	25
6	Distillery	22	9	4	9	45	44	1.023	22
7	Crusaders	22	8	5	9	42	51	0.824	21
8	Cliftonville	22	7	2	13	42	60	0.700	16
9	Derry City	22	6	4	12	27	50	0.540	16
10	Ballymena United	22	5	4	13	30	54	0.556	14
11	Bangor	22	4	3	15	28	62	0.452	11
12	Ards	22	3	2	17	28	66	0.424	8

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	ARD	BAN	BLM	CLI	COL	CRU	DIS	DER	GLV	GLT	LIN	POR
Ards		3–0	1–1	3–0	1–3	1–2	3–5	1–2	1–2	1–5	0–3	3–2
Bangor	1–1		4–1	4–3	1–5	0–3	1–2	2–2	0–1	1–6	3–5	1–4
Ballymena United	4–2	0–2		4–0	2–3	1–2	2–2	2–1	1–5	0–2	3–2	0–2
Cliftonville	3–1	4–0	2–0		2–3	3–2	2–3	2–0	1–0	0–4	0–2	4–4
Coleraine	5–0	3–1	3–0	6–1		6–1	0–3	4–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–0
Crusaders	8–1	1–2	3–3	4–4	4–2		1–1	3–2	1–4	1–1	1–1	1–0
Distillery	2–1	6–0	1–2	2–3	2–2	2–0		3–1	1–4	1–4	0–1	3–1
Derry City	3–2	1–1	3–1	3–2	1–0	0–1	1–1		0–3	1–2	0–6	1–0
Glenavon	4–0	2–0	4–0	4–2	6–2	4–0	6–2	1–1		1–3	1–1	2–7
Glentoran	7–2	2–1	2–0	5–3	3–2	4–1	2–1	4–1	3–0		1–1	3–0
Linfield	3–0	3–2	1–1	3–0	2–1	6–0	4–2	3–2	3–1	2–1		4–2
Coleraine	1–0	4–1	7–2	3–1	3–0	3–2	3–0	6–0	1–2	0–2	2–1

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

References

• Northern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF)