1955–56 Irish League

Irish League
Season	1955–56
Champions	Linfield; 23rd Irish title
Matches played	132
Goals scored	574 (4.35 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jimmy Jones (26)
	← 1954–55 1956–57 →

Belfast

Belfast teams : Cliftonville
Crusaders
Distillery
Glentoran
Linfield

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Location of teams in the Irish League from 1949–1972

1955–56 Irish League is located in Greater Belfast

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

The 1955–56 Irish League was the 55th 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.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Result
1	Linfield (C)	22	19	2	1	56	16	3.500	40	Champions
2	Glenavon	22	14	1	7	77	38	2.026	29
3	Bangor	22	11	5	6	69	54	1.278	27
4	Coleraine	22	10	5	7	56	46	1.217	25
5	Glentoran	22	10	4	8	43	40	1.075	24
6	Distillery	22	7	7	8	39	40	0.975	21
7	Ards	22	9	2	11	44	45	0.978	20
8	Portadown	22	7	4	11	43	57	0.754	18
9	Derry City	22	6	4	12	42	54	0.778	16
10	Crusaders	22	6	4	12	36	53	0.679	16
11	Cliftonville	22	5	4	13	33	62	0.532	14
12	Ballymena United	22	7	0	15	36	69	0.522	14

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	ARD	BAN	BLM	CLI	COL	CRU	DIS	DER	GLV	GLT	LIN	POR
Ards		2–4	4–3	3–2	1–1	5–2	3–2	1–2	1–0	2–3	0–1	4–0
Bangor	1–1		6–2	4–2	4–4	8–3	2–2	4–1	4–6	4–2	0–4	2–3
Ballymena United	3–2	2–3		1–2	0–4	2–1	3–1	1–3	1–4	4–1	1–3	1–4
Cliftonville	1–6	0–1	3–1		1–2	1–1	1–4	3–3	1–7	0–1	0–4	0–0
Coleraine	1–0	3–4	5–1	4–1		1–2	2–1	3–1	1–2	2–3	1–1	4–2
Crusaders	3–0	1–1	6–0	1–1	2–2		0–1	3–2	2–1	2–3	2–5	1–0
Distillery	1–2	2–2	5–1	0–3	5–2	3–0		2–1	2–1	0–0	1–3	2–2
Derry City	3–1	2–1	1–2	5–2	2–2	4–1	2–2		1–4	1–2	1–2	1–1
Glenavon	6–0	3–1	3–1	1–2	9–6	5–1	3–1	5–2		4–4	0–1	4–0
Glentoran	2–1	2–3	2–3	3–4	0–1	2–1	0–0	4–2	4–2		1–1	0–1
Linfield	2–1	4–3	1–2	4–1	2–1	3–0	5–0	3–1	1–0	1–0		2–0
Portadown	2–4	3–7	5–1	6–2	2–4	3–1	2–2	5–1	1–7	1–4	0–3

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

References

Northern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF)

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Irish Premier League	2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08
IFA Premiership	2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13
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Domestic cups	Belgium Bulgaria Denmark England Finland '55 '56 France East Germany '56 West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '55 '56 Luxembourg Northern Ireland Norway '55 '56 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania '55 '56 Scotland Soviet Union '55 Spain Switzerland Wales Yugoslavia '55
League cups	Scotland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (Group stage) Mitropa Cup