1949–50 Irish League

Irish League
Season1949–50
ChampionsLinfield
20th Irish title
Matches played132
Goals scored520 (3.94 per match)
Top goalscorerSammy Hughes (23)
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Location of teams in the Irish League from 1949–1972
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Location of Belfast-based teams in the Irish League from 1949–1972

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.

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

Linfield2–0Glentoran

References