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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 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

Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1955%E2%80%9356_Irish_League
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