1927–28 Irish League

Football league season
Irish League
Season1927–28
ChampionsBelfast Celtic
6th Irish title
Matches played182
Goals scored820 (4.51 per match)
← 1926–27
1928–29 →
1927–28 Irish League is located in Northern Ireland
Belfast
Belfast
Barn
Barn
Coleraine
Coleraine
Glenavon
Glenavon
Larne
Larne
Portadown
Portadown
Belfast teams : Ards Bangor Belfast Celtic Cliftonville Distillery Glentoran Linfield Queen's Island
Belfast teams : Ards
Bangor
Belfast Celtic
Cliftonville
Distillery
Glentoran
Linfield
Queen's Island
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Location of teams in the 1927–28 Irish League
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Location of the Belfast-based teams in the Irish League 1927-28

The 1927–28 Irish League was the 34th edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Northern Irish football. The league comprised 14 teams, and Belfast Celtic won the championship.

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Result
1 Belfast Celtic (C) 26 20 5 1 101 35 2.886 45 Champions
2 Linfield 26 18 5 3 88 34 2.588 41
3 Newry Town 26 13 7 6 55 30 1.833 33
4 Larne 26 13 4 9 63 55 1.145 30
5 Glentoran 26 12 5 9 63 65 0.969 29
6 Coleraine 26 12 3 11 57 60 0.950 27
7 Distillery 26 9 7 10 45 44 1.023 25
8 Portadown 26 10 3 13 61 58 1.052 23
9 Glenavon 26 9 5 12 63 68 0.926 23
10 Bangor 26 9 5 12 57 69 0.826 23
11 Ards 26 8 5 13 54 69 0.783 21
12 Queen's Island 26 5 7 14 46 70 0.657 17
13 Barn 26 5 4 17 38 91 0.418 14 Withdrew
14 Cliftonville 26 5 3 18 29 72 0.403 13
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away ARD BAN BAR BCE CLI COL DIS GLV GLT LAR LIN NEW POR QIS
Ards 1–1 3–1 1–4 3–1 0–1 3–3 4–3 5–2 1–2 1–1 0–0 3–1 7–1
Bangor 4–3 3–1 2–6 2–3 3–1 1–1 5–1 0–2 4–3 1–5 2–1 2–4 2–4
Barn 1–3 2–0 0–8 2–1 2–6 2–1 2–4 3–2 1–1 1–1 1–3 1–2 5–3
Belfast Celtic 8–3 5–3 6–0 5–1 2–1 2–2 4–0 6–2 7–0 1–1 3–2 1–1 3–3
Cliftonville 0–2 1–1 3–2 0–2 2–0 0–2 1–4 0–2 3–3 1–3 0–2 2–1 2–1
Coleraine 3–0 1–3 6–1 3–2 4–1 0–3 5–3 5–4 3–2 1–4 1–2 5–2 2–0
Distillery 2–0 3–0 6–1 0–3 3–2 4–0 1–3 1–1 2–2 3–2 1–1 1–2 2–3
Glenavon 2–0 2–4 3–3 3–4 7–1 2–2 2–1 2–2 4–3 3–5 0–0 1–1 0–2
Glentoran 0–0 5–4 4–0 0–2 5–2 3–1 4–1 3–2 2–1 1–5 1–1 3–1 3–2
Larne 5–2 3–2 7–1 1–3 2–0 0–2 3–0 4–2 3–2 1–3 2–0 4–3 2–1
Linfield 8–4 8–4 2–0 2–2 5–1 7–0 0–0 3–0 6–1 3–4 3–0 2–1 1–0
Newry Town 5–3 2–2 6–2 0–1 3–0 4–0 4–0 3–5 6–1 0–0 1–0 4–1 4–1
Portadown 7–2 0–1 5–1 4–5 5–0 1–1 2–0 3–2 2–4 3–2 1–4 0–1 2–4
Queen's Island 3–0 1–1 2–2 0–6 1–1 3–3 1–2 2–3 4–4 1–3 1–4 0–0 2–6
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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