1952–53 Irish League: Difference between revisions

Irish League
Season	1952–53
Champions	Glentoran; 10th Irish title
Matches played	132
Goals scored	461 (3.49 per match)
Top goalscorer	Sammy Hughes (28)
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1952–53 Irish League is located in Northern Ireland

Belfast

Belfast teams : Cliftonville
Crusaders
Distillery
Glentoran
Linfield

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Location of teams in the Irish League from 1949–1972

1952–53 Irish League is located in Greater Belfast

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

The 1952–53 Irish League was the 52nd edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Northern Irish football. The league comprised of 12 teams, and Glentoran won the championship.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Result
1	Glentoran (C)	22	14	5	3	59	25	2.360	33	Champions
2	Linfield	22	12	7	3	47	18	2.611	31
3	Ballymena United	22	13	3	6	57	34	1.676	29
4	Glenavon	22	11	3	8	49	39	1.256	25
5	Distillery	22	9	5	8	26	27	0.963	23
6	Coleraine	22	8	6	8	40	43	0.930	22
7	Crusaders	22	7	7	8	39	36	1.083	21
8	Ards	22	7	7	8	32	35	0.914	21
9	Cliftonville	22	8	3	11	37	61	0.607	19
10	Portadown	22	6	7	9	28	35	0.800	19
11	Derry City	22	5	3	14	27	47	0.574	13
12	Bangor	22	3	2	17	20	61	0.328	8

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

Northern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF)

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-The '''[[IFA Premiership|Irish League]] in season 1952–53''' comprised 12 teams, and [[Glentoran F.C.|Glentoran]] won the championship.
+The '''1952–53 Irish League''' was the 52nd edition of the [[Northern Ireland Football League|Irish League]], the highest level of league competition in [[Northern Irish]] [[association football|football]]. The league comprised of 12 teams, and [[Glentoran F.C.|Glentoran]] won the championship.
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