1947–48 Irish League

Irish League
Season	1947–48
Champions	Belfast Celtic; 14th Irish title
Matches played	132
Goals scored	521 (3.95 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jimmy Jones (28)
	← 1939–40 (official); 1946–47 (unofficial) 1948–49 →

Belfast

Ards

Belfast teams : Belfast Celtic
Cliftonville
Distillery
Glentoran
Linfield

Location of teams in the 1947–48 Irish League

1947–48 Irish League is located in Greater Belfast

Belfast Celtic

Cliftonville

Distillery and Glentoran

Linfield

Location of Belfast-based teams in the 1947–48 Irish League

The 1947–48 Irish League was the 47th edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Northern Irish football. The league comprised 12 teams, and Belfast Celtic won the championship.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Result
1	Belfast Celtic (C)	22	19	1	2	84	26	3.231	39	Champions
2	Linfield	22	15	5	2	55	19	2.895	35
3	Ballymena United	22	10	7	5	52	38	1.368	27
4	Distillery	22	12	2	8	35	32	1.094	26
5	Glentoran	22	9	8	5	44	29	1.517	26
6	Coleraine	22	8	6	8	48	46	1.043	22
7	Glenavon	22	8	6	8	45	45	1.000	22
8	Ards	22	7	4	11	37	54	0.685	18
9	Cliftonville	22	7	4	11	36	47	0.766	18
10	Bangor	22	6	4	12	36	55	0.655	16
11	Portadown	22	3	3	16	31	60	0.517	9
12	Derry City	22	2	2	18	18	70	0.257	6

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	ARD	BAN	BLM	BCE	CLI	COL	DIS	DER	GLV	GLT	LIN	POR
Ards		1–2	2–2	2–5	1–3	3–2	1–2	4–1	2–4	1–1	2–1	3–0
Bangor	1–2		3–7	2–5	1–1	2–2	3–2	4–0	2–5	2–3	1–4	1–3
Ballymena United	0–1	2–0		4–3	5–2	3–2	2–1	6–0	4–2	1–1	1–2	5–2
Belfast Celtic	6–0	3–2	2–0		3–0	5–2	5–0	5–1	3–1	0–0	3–0	6–2
Cliftonville	3–4	2–3	1–1	2–4		0–1	2–0	3–0	3–3	2–1	0–0	2–1
Coleraine	1–1	3–0	4–0	1–8	4–0		0–2	3–0	2–2	2–2	1–2	5–2
Distillery	2–0	3–1	2–2	0–2	3–0	0–2		2–0	2–0	2–2	0–4	1–0
Derry City	6–2	0–2	1–1	1–5	1–3	2–5	0–2		1–2	2–3	0–7	1–0
Glenavon	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–3	3–2	2–2	0–2	4–0		0–5	1–1	5–1
Glentoran	4–1	4–0	2–2	1–3	3–1	3–0	0–2	4–0	1–3		0–2	1–1
Linfield	3–1	1–1	3–1	3–1	3–1	2–2	4–1	2–0	4–1	1–1		3–0
Portadown	4–2	1–2	1–1	1–4	2–3	5–2	2–4	1–1	1–3	1–2	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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1947–48 in European football
« 1946–47 1948–49 »
Domestic leagues	Albania '47 '48 Austria Belgium Bulgaria '47 '48 Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '47 '48 Finland '47 '48 France Germany (Soviet Zone, Western Zones, Finals) Greece Hungary Iceland '47 '48 Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland '47 '48 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '47 '48 Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey (National Division '47, Football Championship '47) Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania '48 Austria Bulgaria '47 '48 Cyprus England France Greece Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '47 '48 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '47 '48 Spain Sweden '47 '48 Switzerland Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	Scotland
Super cups	Turkey '47