1956–57 Irish League

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The 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.

Irish League
Season1956–57
ChampionsGlenavon
2nd Irish title
Matches played132
Goals scored599 (4.54 per match)
Top goalscorerJimmy Jones (33)
Location of Belfast-based teams in the Irish League from 1949–1972

League standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification
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

Results

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Home \ Away ARD BAN BLM CLI COL CRU DIS DER GLV GLT LIN POR
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.

References

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