1951–52 Irish League

Irish League
Season	1951–52
Champions	Glenavon; 1st Irish title
Matches played	132
Goals scored	478 (3.62 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jimmy Jones (27)
	← 1950–51 1952–53 →

Belfast

Ards

Belfast teams : Cliftonville
Crusaders
Distillery
Glentoran
Linfield

Location of teams in the Irish League from 1949–1972

1951–52 Irish League is located in Greater Belfast

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

The 1951–52 Irish League was the 51st 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.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Result
1	Glenavon (C)	22	17	3	2	67	19	3.526	37	Champions
2	Distillery	22	9	9	4	35	28	1.250	27
3	Coleraine	22	11	5	6	44	33	1.333	27
4	Glentoran	22	12	3	7	57	39	1.462	27
5	Ballymena United	22	7	8	7	41	44	0.932	22
6	Portadown	22	8	5	9	43	39	1.103	21
7	Ards	22	8	4	10	43	49	0.878	20
8	Derry City	22	7	5	10	33	44	0.750	19
9	Crusaders	22	7	4	11	32	51	0.627	18
10	Linfield	22	5	7	10	29	34	0.853	17
11	Bangor	22	6	5	11	27	51	0.529	17
12	Cliftonville	22	4	4	14	27	47	0.574	12

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results

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

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