Northern Ireland - Final League Tables 1890-1998 (original) (raw)

IRISH LEAGUE 1890/91
1. Linfield Belfast 14 12 1 1 89-18 25

  1. Ulster Belfast 14 9 3 2 72-39 21
  2. Distillery Belfast 14 9 1 4 46-37 19
  3. Cliftonville Belfast 14 7 3 4 37-46 17
  4. Glentoran Belfast 14 6 1 7 40-38 13
  5. Oldpark Belfast 14 4 2 8 22-48 10
  1. Clarence Belfast 14 3 1 10 21-49 7
  2. Milford Everton 14 0 0 14 10-62 0

Champions: Linfield Belfast
Cup Final: Linfield Belfast-Ulster Belfast 4-2
Promoted: Lancashire Fusiliers, Ligoneil, Milltown
and Y.M.C.A. (all Belfast)

337 goals = 6.018 goals/match.

IRISH LEAGUE 1891/92
1. Linfield Belfast 16 15 0 1 106-14 30

  1. Ulster Belfast 16 12 0 4 61-34 24
  2. Lancashire Fusiliers 15 11 1 3 56-29 23
  3. Glentoran Belfast 15 9 2 4 80-40 20
  4. Distillery Belfast(-2) 10 7 0 3 40-17 12
  5. Cliftonville Belfast 13 4 2 7 28-36 10
  1. Milltown Belfast 15 4 0 11 12-77 8
  2. Ligoneil Belfast 15 3 0 12 22-70 6
  3. Oldpark Belfast 16 2 0 14 11-73 4
  4. Belfast YMCA 9 0 1 8 14-40 1

NB: Distillery and YMCA withdrew during the season

Champions: Linfield Belfast
Cup Final: Linfield Belfast-Black Watch Regiment 7-0
Promoted: Derry Olympic (Londonderry)
Left League: Lancashire Fusiliers

430 goals = 6.143 goals/match.

IRISH LEAGUE 1892/93
1. Linfield Belfast 10 8 2 0 27- 7 18

  1. Cliftonville Belfast 10 7 1 2 28-18 15
  2. Distillery Belfast 10 4 3 3 32-21 11
  3. Glentoran Belfast 10 5 1 4 16-16 11
  4. Ulster Belfast 10 2 0 8 8-30 4
  1. Derry Olympic Londonderry 10 0 1 9 7-26 1

Champions: Linfield Belfast
Cup Final: Linfield Belfast-Cliftonville Belfast 5-1
Promoted: Ligoneil Belfast

118 goals = 3.933 goals/match.

IRISH LEAGUE 1893/94
1. Glentoran Belfast 10 8 0 2 31-10 16

  1. Linfield Belfast 10 6 2 2 36-15 14
  2. Cliftonville Belfast 10 4 2 4 22-25 10
  3. Distillery Belfast 10 4 1 5 23-24 9
  1. Ulster Belfast 10 4 0 6 24-33 8
  2. Ligoneil Belfast 10 1 1 8 10-39 3

Champions: Glentoran Belfast
Cup Final: Distillery Belfast-Linfield Belfast 2-2
Distillery Belfast-Linfield Belfast 3-2 (replay)

146 goals = 4.867 goals/match.

IRISH LEAGUE 1894/95
1. Linfield Belfast 6 4 2 0 18- 6 10

  1. Distillery Belfast 6 3 1 2 13-13 7
  2. Glentoran Belfast 6 1 2 3 9-14 4
  3. Cliftonville Belfast 6 1 1 4 10-17 3

No promotion or relegation.

Champions: Linfield Belfast
Cup Final: Linfield Belfast-Bohemian Dublin 10-1

50 goals = 4.167 goals/match.

IRISH LEAGUE 1895/96
1. Distillery Belfast 6 3 2 1 17-12 8

  1. Cliftonville Belfast 6 3 2 1 14- 9 8
  2. Linfield Belfast 6 2 1 3 10-14 5
  3. Glentoran Belfast 6 1 1 4 13-19 3

Playoff: Distillery Belfast-Cliftonville Belfast 2-1

Champions: Distillery Belfast
Cup Final: Distillery Belfast-Glentoran Belfast 3-1
Promoted: North Staffordshire and Belfast Celtic

54 goals = 4.500 goals/match.

IRISH LEAGUE 1896/97
1. Glentoran Belfast 10 8 1 1 24-10 17

  1. Cliftonville Belfast 10 4 3 3 22-20 11
  2. Linfield Belfast 10 4 3 3 34-24 11
  3. Distillery Belfast 10 3 3 4 17-23 9
  4. North Staffordshire 10 2 4 4 17-23 8
  5. Belfast Celtic 10 1 2 7 11-25 4

No promotion or relegation.

Champions: Glentoran Belfast
Cup Final: Cliftonville Belfast-Sherwood Foresters 3-1

125 goals = 4.167 goals/match.

IRISH LEAGUE 1897/98
1. Linfield Belfast 10 8 1 1 22-10 17

  1. Cliftonville Belfast 10 6 1 3 23-17 13
  2. Glentoran Belfast 10 6 1 3 31-12 13
  3. Belfast Celtic 10 3 1 6 15-19 7
  4. Distillery Belfast 10 2 1 7 13-28 5
  5. North Staffordshire 10 2 1 7 13-31 5

No promotion or relegation.

Champions: Linfield Belfast
Cup Final: Linfield Belfast-St.Columb's Hall Celtic 2-0

117 goals = 3.900 goals/match.

IRISH LEAGUE 1898/99
1. Distillery Belfast 10 7 1 2 23-17 15

  1. Linfield Belfast 10 7 1 2 21- 8 15
  2. Cliftonville Belfast 10 6 0 4 19-12 12
  3. Glentoran Belfast 10 6 0 4 17-12 12
  4. Belfast Celtic 10 2 2 6 15-25 6
  1. North Staffordshire 10 0 0 10 11-32 0

Playoff: Distillery Belfast-Linfield Belfast 2-0

Champions: Distillery Belfast
Cup Final: Linfield Belfast-Glentoran Belfast 1-0
Promoted: Royal Scots Regiment (Belfast)

106 goals = 3.533 goals/match.

IRISH LEAGUE 1899/00
1. Belfast Celtic 9 6 1 2 19-11 13

  1. Linfield Belfast 9 4 4 1 21-10 12
  2. Distillery Belfast 10 4 4 2 17-13 12
  3. Cliftonville Belfast 10 3 4 3 19-22 10
  4. Royal Scots Regiment 7 2 1 4 10-17 5
  5. Glentoran Belfast 9 0 2 7 9-22 2

Champions: Belfast Celtic
Cup Final: Cliftonville Belfast-Bohemian Dublin 2-1
Promoted: Derry Celtic Londonderry
Left League: Royal Scots Regiment

95 goals = 3.519 goals/match.

IRISH LEAGUE 1900/01
1. Distillery Belfast 10 7 2 1 33-10 16

  1. Glentoran Belfast 10 7 1 2 24-13 15
  2. Belfast Celtic 10 4 2 4 13-13 10
  3. Cliftonville Belfast 10 3 4 3 17-18 10
  4. Linfield Belfast 10 3 2 5 10-12 8
  5. Derry Celtic Londonderry 10 0 1 9 12-43 1

Champions: Distillery Belfast
Cup Final: Cliftonville Belfast-Freebooters Dublin 1-0
Promoted: Ulster Belfast and St.Columb's Court Londonderry

109 goals = 3.633 goals/match.

DIVISION A IRELAND 1901/02
1. Linfield Belfast 14 12 0 2 38-10 24

  1. Glentoran Belfast 14 10 1 3 43-22 21
  2. Distillery Belfast 14 8 3 3 38-20 19
  3. Cliftonville Belfast 14 7 2 5 24-14 16
  4. Belfast Celtic 14 4 4 6 22-25 12
  5. Derry Celtic Londonderry 14 5 2 7 23-26 12
  6. Ulster Belfast 14 2 3 9 22-44 7
  1. St.Columb's Court 14 0 1 13 13-62 1

Champions: Linfield Belfast
Cup Final: Linfield Belfast-Distillery Belfast 5-1
Promoted: Bohemian Dublin

223 goals = 3.982 goals/match.

DIVISION A IRELAND 1902/03
1. Distillery Belfast 14 9 2 3 34-20 20

  1. Linfield Belfast 14 8 3 3 38-16 19
  2. Glentoran Belfast 14 7 3 4 30-18 17
  3. Belfast Celtic 14 7 2 5 35-23 16
  4. Derry Celtic Londonderry 14 4 4 6 27-31 12
  5. Cliftonville Belfast(-2) 14 5 3 6 17-21 11
  6. Bohemian Dublin 14 3 3 8 22-36 9
  1. Ulster Belfast 14 3 0 11 13-51 6

Champions: Distillery Belfast
Cup Final: Distillery Belfast-Bohemian Dublin 3-1
Promoted: KOSB Regiment Belfast

216 goals = 3.857 goals/match.

DIVISION A IRELAND 1903/04
1. Linfield Belfast 14 12 2 0 47- 9 26

  1. Distillery Belfast 14 8 4 2 35-13 20
  2. Glentoran Belfast 14 7 6 1 20-10 20
  3. Belfast Celtic 14 5 2 7 24-17 12
  4. Cliftonville Belfast 14 5 2 7 22-31 12
  5. Bohemian Dublin 14 4 3 7 24-33 11
  6. Derry Celtic Londonderry 14 3 2 9 17-26 8
  1. KOSB Regiment Belfast 14 1 1 12 11-61 3

Champions: Linfield Belfast
Cup Final: Linfield Belfast-Derry Celtic Londonderry 5-1
Promoted: Shelbourne Dublin

200 goals = 3.571 goals/match.

DIVISION A IRELAND 1904/05
1. Glentoran Belfast 14 9 3 2 22-12 21

  1. Belfast Celtic 14 9 3 2 21-10 21
  2. Linfield Belfast 14 6 4 4 18-12 16
  3. Distillery Belfast 14 6 3 5 16-11 15
  4. Cliftonville Belfast 14 6 1 7 17-17 13
  5. Shelbourne Dublin 14 5 3 6 15-17 13
  6. Derry Celtic Londonderry 14 1 5 8 12-31 7
  7. Bohemian Dublin 14 2 2 10 15-26 6

Championship Playoff: Glentoran-Belfast Celtic 3-1

No promotion or relegation.

Champions: Glentoran Belfast
Cup Final: Distillery Belfast-Shelbourne Dublin 3-0

136 goals = 2.429 goals/match.

DIVISION A IRELAND 1905/06
1. Cliftonville Belfast 14 7 5 2 19- 8 19 1. Distillery Belfast 14 8 3 3 20-13 19

  1. Linfield Belfast 14 7 3 4 21-14 17
  2. Belfast Celtic 14 6 3 5 20-18 15
  3. Bohemian Dublin 14 5 2 7 17-20 12
  4. Shelbourne Dublin 14 5 2 7 16-18 12
  5. Derry Celtic Londonderry 14 4 3 7 13-22 11
  6. Glentoran Belfast 14 2 3 9 13-26 7

Playoff: Cliftonville Belfast-Distillery Belfast 0-0,3-3

No promotion or relegation.

Champions: Cliftonville and Distillery (both Belfast)
Cup Final: Shelbourne Dublin-Belfast Celtic 2-0

139 goals = 2.482 goals/match.

DIVISION A IRELAND 1906/07
1. Linfield Belfast 14 10 3 1 30- 9 23

  1. Shelbourne Dublin 14 8 3 3 27-21 19
  2. Distillery Belfast 14 6 4 4 27-22 16
  3. Cliftonville Belfast 14 4 6 4 18-16 14
  4. Bohemian Dublin 14 4 5 5 19-22 13
  5. Belfast Celtic 14 4 3 7 18-25 11
  6. Glentoran Belfast 14 2 5 7 18-25 9
  7. Derry Celtic Londonderry 14 2 3 9 11-28 7

No promotion or relegation.

Champions: Linfield Belfast
Cup Final: Cliftonville Belfast-Shelbourne Dublin 0-0
Cliftonville Belfast-Shelbourne Dublin 1-0 (replay)

168 goals = 3.000 goals/match.

DIVISION A IRELAND 1907/08
1. Linfield Belfast 14 10 2 2 31-15 22

  1. Cliftonville Belfast 14 6 5 3 22-16 17
  2. Glentoran Belfast 14 7 3 4 27-23 17
  3. Distillery Belfast 14 6 2 6 21-21 14
  4. Shelbourne Dublin 14 6 2 6 22-17 14
  5. Belfast Celtic 14 6 1 7 21-20 13
  6. Derry Celtic Londonderry 14 4 1 9 16-30 9
  7. Bohemian Dublin 14 2 2 10 13-31 6

No promotion or relegation.

Champions: Linfield Belfast
Cup Final: Bohemian Dublin-Shelbourne Dublin 0-0
Bohemian Dublin-Shelbourne Dublin 3-1 (replay)

173 goals = 3.089 goals/match.

DIVISION A IRELAND 1908/09
1. Linfield Belfast 14 10 1 3 27-13 21

  1. Glentoran Belfast 14 8 3 3 29-22 19
  2. Shelbourne Dublin 14 7 0 7 20-20 14
  3. Distillery Belfast 14 6 1 7 22-19 13
  4. Bohemian Dublin 12 6 1 5 27-24 13
  5. Belfast Celtic 13 4 2 7 21-32 10
  6. Cliftonville Belfast 13 4 2 7 17-19 10
  7. Derry Celtic Londonderry 14 4 0 10 12-26 8

No promotion or relegation.

Champions: Linfield Belfast
Cup Final: Cliftonville Belfast-Bohemian Dublin 0-0
Cliftonville Belfast-Bohemian Dublin 2-1 (replay)

175 goals = 3.241 goals/match.

DIVISION A IRELAND 1909/10
1. Cliftonville Belfast 14 8 4 2 25-15 20

  1. Belfast Celtic 14 9 0 5 25-13 18
  2. Linfield Belfast 14 5 5 4 19-20 15
  3. Distillery Belfast 14 5 3 6 14-13 13
  4. Derry Celtic Londonderry 14 4 5 5 19-21 13
  5. Bohemian Dublin 14 4 3 7 20-31 11
  6. Glentoran Belfast 14 5 1 8 23-23 11
  7. Shelbourne Dublin 14 2 7 5 15-24 11

No promotion or relegation.

Champions: Cliftonville Belfast
Cup Final: Distillery Belfast-Cliftonville Belfast 1-0

160 goals = 2.857 goals/match.

DIVISION A IRELAND 1910/11
1. Linfield Belfast 14 9 4 1 29-11 22

  1. Glentoran Belfast 14 10 2 2 39-12 22
  2. Belfast Celtic 14 5 5 4 21-19 15
  3. Cliftonville Belfast 14 5 4 5 16-22 14
  4. Derry Celtic Londonderry 14 5 4 5 21-29 14
  5. Shelbourne Dublin 14 3 4 7 15-31 10
  6. Distillery Belfast 14 2 5 7 13-19 9
  1. Bohemian Dublin 14 1 4 9 14-25 6

Playoff: Linfield Belfast-Glentoran Belfast 3-2

Champions: Linfield Belfast
Cup Final: Shelbourne Dublin-Bohemian Dublin 2-1
Promoted: Glenavon Lurgan

168 goals = 3.000 goals/match.

DIVISION A IRELAND 1911/12
1. Glentoran Belfast 14 11 2 1 45-13 24

  1. Distillery Belfast 14 9 3 2 32-14 21
  2. Belfast Celtic 14 7 6 1 21-11 20
  3. Linfield Belfast 14 6 4 4 25-16 16
  4. Derry Celtic Londonderry 14 5 1 8 16-29 11
  5. Shelbourne Dublin 14 2 3 9 12-33 7
  6. Cliftonville Belfast 14 3 1 10 14-36 7
  7. Glenavon Lurgan 14 2 2 10 17-30 6

Champions: Glentoran Belfast
Cup winners: Linfield Belfast (after the 3 other semifinalists (Cliftonville, Glentoran and Shelbourne) temporarily withdrew from the IFA)
Promoted: Bohemian and Tritonville (both Dublin)

182 goals = 3.250 goals/match.

DIVISION A IRELAND 1912/13
1. Glentoran Belfast 18 12 2 4 37-16 26

  1. Distillery Belfast 18 11 2 5 34-17 24
  2. Linfield Belfast 18 9 5 4 29-23 23
  3. Glenavon Lurgan 18 9 2 7 25-17 20
  4. Cliftonville Belfast 18 8 3 7 23-23 19
  5. Bohemian Dublin 18 8 2 8 31-28 18
  6. Belfast Celtic 18 7 4 7 24-26 18
  7. Shelbourne Dublin 18 7 4 7 20-23 18
  1. Derry Celtic Londonderry 18 3 3 12 17-39 9
  2. Tritonville Dublin 18 2 1 15 27-55 5

Champions: Glentoran Belfast
Cup Final: Linfield Belfast-Glentoran Belfast 2-0

267 goals = 2.967 goals/match.

DIVISION A IRELAND 1913/14
1. Linfield Belfast 14 11 2 1 32-13 24

  1. Glentoran Belfast 14 8 3 3 32-18 19
  2. Belfast Celtic 14 8 1 5 19-18 17
  3. Distillery Belfast 14 6 4 4 14-12 16
  4. Shelbourne Dublin 14 6 2 6 16-10 14
  5. Glenavon Lurgan 14 4 2 8 12-23 10
  6. Bohemian Dublin 14 2 2 10 19-36 6
  7. Cliftonville Belfast 14 3 0 11 15-29 6

No promotion or relegation.

Champions: Linfield Belfast
Cup Final: Glentoran Belfast-Linfield Belfast 3-1

159 goals = 2.839 goals/match.

DIVISION A IRELAND 1914/15
1. Belfast Celtic 14 10 3 1 24- 7 23

  1. Glentoran Belfast 14 9 3 2 27-10 21
  2. Linfield Belfast 14 6 5 3 27-18 17
  3. Distillery Belfast 14 7 1 6 23-16 15
  4. Shelbourne Dublin 14 6 3 5 17-12 15
  5. Glenavon Lurgan 14 3 5 6 24-28 11
  6. Cliftonville Belfast 14 4 1 9 13-29 9
  7. Bohemian Dublin 14 0 1 13 10-45 1

Champions: Belfast Celtic
Cup Final: Linfield Belfast-Belfast Celtic 1-0

165 goals = 2.946 goals/match.

DIVISION A IRELAND 1915/16

NB: unofficial competition due to First World War

  1. Linfield 10 7 2 1 17- 4 16
  2. Glentoran 10 5 4 1 20-10 14
  3. Distillery 10 5 2 3 18- 9 12
  4. Belfast United 10 3 3 4 14-13 9
  5. Cliftonville 10 2 4 4 7-14 8
  6. Glenavon 10 0 1 9 7-33 1

DIVISION A IRELAND 1916/17

NB: unofficial competition due to First World War

  1. Glentoran 10 7 3 0 28-16 17
  2. Distillery 10 5 4 1 23-14 14
  3. Linfield 10 5 3 2 19-12 13
  4. Cliftonville 10 3 3 4 9-10 9
  5. Glenavon 10 1 2 7 13-28 4
  6. Belfast United 10 0 3 7 7-19 3

DIVISION A IRELAND 1917/18

NB: unofficial competition due to First World War

  1. Linfield 10 8 2 0 30- 5 18
  2. Glentoran 10 7 2 1 18- 5 16
  3. Distillery 10 4 2 4 14-14 10
  4. Cliftonville 10 1 4 5 9-16 6
  5. Belfast United 10 2 2 6 11-17 6
  6. Glenavon 10 2 0 8 5-30 4

DIVISION A IRELAND 1918/19

NB: unofficial competition due to First World War

  1. Belfast Celtic 10 7 1 2 15- 7 15
  2. Linfield 10 7 1 2 15- 8 15
  3. Glentoran 10 5 1 4 11- 9 11
  4. Distillery 10 2 4 4 11-12 8
  5. Belfast United 10 2 2 6 12-19 6
  6. Cliftonville 10 1 3 6 7-16 5

Championship Playoff: Belfast Celtic-Linfield 1-0

DIVISION A IRELAND 1919/20
1. Belfast Celtic 14 10 3 1 27- 6 23

  1. Distillery Belfast 14 7 6 1 26- 9 20
  2. Glentoran Belfast 14 8 3 3 29-10 19
  3. Shelbourne Dublin 14 3 7 4 16-21 13
  4. Linfield Belfast 14 4 4 6 8-11 12
  5. Glenavon Lurgan 14 3 4 7 21-28 10
  6. Cliftonville Belfast 14 2 5 7 11-22 9
  7. Bohemian Dublin 14 2 2 10 7-38 6

Shelbourne and Bohemian leave Division A to play in the League of Ireland.

Champions: Belfast Celtic
Cup winners: Shelbourne Dublin (no final as both Glentoran and Belfast Celtic were disqualified after their semifinal was abandoned)
Left League: Belfast Celtic

145 goals = 2.589 goals/match.

DIVISION A NORTHERN IRELAND 1920/21
1. Glentoran Belfast 8 7 0 1 20- 6 14

  1. Glenavon Lurgan 8 5 2 1 14- 8 12
  2. Linfield Belfast 8 3 3 2 8- 6 9
  3. Cliftonville Belfast 8 1 1 6 5-15 3
  4. Distillery Belfast 8 1 0 7 7-19 2

Champions: Glentoran Belfast
Cup Final: Glentoran Belfast-Glenavon Lurgan 2-0
Promoted: Queen's Island Belfast

54 goals = 2.700 goals/match.

DIVISION A NORTHERN IRELAND 1921/22
1. Linfield Belfast 10 7 3 0 18- 6 17

  1. Glentoran Belfast 10 5 3 2 14- 7 13
  2. Distillery Belfast 10 5 1 4 18-17 11
  3. Glenavon Lurgan 10 3 2 5 11-14 8
  4. Queen's Island Belfast 10 3 2 5 9-16 8
  5. Cliftonville Belfast 10 1 1 8 3-13 3

No promotion or relegation.

Champions: Linfield Belfast
Cup Final: Linfield Belfast-Glenavon Lurgan 2-0

73 goals = 2.433 goals/match.

DIVISION A NORTHERN IRELAND 1922/23
1. Linfield Belfast 10 7 2 1 20- 5 16

  1. Queen's Island Belfast 10 5 2 3 17-21 12
  2. Glentoran Belfast 10 4 3 3 14- 9 11
  3. Distillery Belfast 10 4 2 4 12-13 10
  4. Cliftonville Belfast 10 2 2 6 11-19 6
  5. Glenavon Lurgan 10 2 1 7 12-19 5

Champions: Linfield Belfast
Cup Final: Linfield Belfast-Glentoran Belfast 2-0
Promoted: Barn Carrickfergus, FC Larne, Newry Town
and Ards Newtownards

86 goals = 2.867 goals/match.

DIVISION A NORTHERN IRELAND 1923/24
1. Queen's Island Belfast(-2) 18 12 4 2 48-18 26

  1. Distillery Belfast 18 7 6 5 32-30 20
  2. Linfield Belfast 18 8 4 6 31-27 20
  3. Glenavon Lurgan 18 5 10 3 27-30 20
  4. Glentoran Belfast 18 9 1 8 32-23 19
  5. Cliftonville Belfast 18 6 6 6 24-24 18
  6. Barn Carrickfergus 18 6 4 8 23-29 16
  7. FC Larne 18 6 4 8 33-43 16
  8. Ards Newtownards 18 5 4 9 18-30 14
  9. Newry Town 18 2 5 11 25-39 9

Champions: Queen's Island Belfast
Cup Final: Queen's Island Belfast-Willowfield Belfast 1-0
Promoted: Belfast Celtic and FC Portadown

293 goals = 3.256 goals/match.

DIVISION A NORTHERN IRELAND 1924/25
1. Glentoran Belfast 22 17 3 2 53-18 37

  1. Queen's Island Belfast 22 13 6 3 48-23 32
  2. Belfast Celtic 22 11 5 6 36-31 27
  3. FC Portadown 22 10 5 7 42-35 25
  4. Glenavon Lurgan 22 11 2 9 45-36 24
  5. Linfield Belfast 22 10 2 10 34-31 22
  6. Ards Newtownards 22 8 2 12 39-41 18
  7. FC Larne 22 7 4 11 30-47 18
  8. Barn Carrickfergus 22 6 4 12 29-40 16
  9. Cliftonville Belfast 22 6 4 12 21-32 16
  10. Distillery Belfast 22 6 4 12 31-40 16
  11. Newry Town 22 5 3 14 33-67 13

No promotion or relegation.

Champions: Glentoran Belfast
Cup Final: Distillery Belfast-Glentoran Belfast 2-1

441 goals = 3.341 goals/match.

DIVISION A NORTHERN IRELAND 1925/26
1. Belfast Celtic 22 16 1 5 52-38 33

  1. Glentoran Belfast 22 13 4 5 53-31 30
  2. FC Larne 22 11 5 6 45-33 27
  3. Ards Newtownards 22 11 4 7 56-42 26
  4. Distillery Belfast 22 10 5 7 37-35 25
  5. Queen's Island Belfast 22 9 5 8 42-37 23
  6. Glenavon Lurgan 22 10 3 9 36-37 23
  7. Linfield Belfast 22 8 5 9 47-46 21
  8. FC Portadown 22 7 7 8 43-41 21
  9. Newry Town 22 5 5 12 33-53 15
  10. Cliftonville Belfast 22 4 6 12 29-39 14
  11. Barn Carrickfergus 22 2 2 18 25-66 6

No promotion or relegation.

Champions: Belfast Celtic
Cup Final: Belfast Celtic-Linfield Belfast 3-2

498 goals = 3.773 goals/match.

DIVISION A NORTHERN IRELAND 1926/27
1. Belfast Celtic 22 15 7 0 66-26 37

  1. Queen's Island Belfast 22 12 6 4 46-34 30
  2. Distillery Belfast 22 12 5 5 56-36 29
  3. Glentoran Belfast 22 11 5 6 56-48 27
  4. Ards Newtownards 22 9 7 6 42-42 25
  5. FC Larne 22 10 4 8 55-50 24
  6. Linfield Belfast 22 8 6 8 41-35 22
  7. FC Portadown 22 7 4 11 50-48 18
  8. Cliftonville Belfast 22 7 3 12 32-40 17
  9. Newry Town 22 6 5 11 39-48 17
  10. Glenavon Lurgan 22 4 3 15 33-57 11
  11. Barn Carrickfergus 22 2 3 17 35-87 7

Champions: Belfast Celtic
Cup Final: Ards Newtownards-Cliftonville Belfast 3-2
Promoted: FC Bangor and FC Coleraine

551 goals = 4.174 goals/match.

DIVISION A NORTHERN IRELAND 1927/28
1. Belfast Celtic 26 20 5 1 101-35 45

  1. Linfield Belfast 26 18 5 3 88-34 41
  2. Newry Town 26 13 7 6 55-30 33
  3. FC Larne 26 13 4 9 63-55 30
  4. Glentoran Belfast 26 12 5 9 63-65 29
  5. FC Coleraine 26 12 3 11 57-60 27
  6. Distillery Belfast 26 9 7 10 45-44 25
  7. FC Portadown 26 10 3 13 61-58 23
  8. Glenavon Lurgan 26 9 5 12 63-68 23
  9. FC Bangor 26 9 5 12 57-69 23
  10. Ards Newtownards 26 8 5 13 54-69 21
  11. Queen's Island Belfast 26 5 7 14 46-70 17
  12. Barn Carrickfergus 26 5 4 17 38-91 14
  13. Cliftonville Belfast 26 5 3 18 29-72 13

Champions: Belfast Celtic
Cup Final: Willowfield Belfast-FC Larne 1-0
Promoted: FC Ballymena
Left Div.A: Barn Carrickfergus

820 goals = 4.505 goals/match.

DIVISION A NORTHERN IRELAND 1928/29
1. Belfast Celtic 26 22 4 0 116-23 48

  1. Linfield Belfast 26 19 1 6 88-44 39
  2. Glentoran Belfast 26 15 3 8 82-62 33
  3. Distillery Belfast 26 15 2 9 71-58 32
  4. FC Coleraine 26 13 4 9 63-53 30
  5. FC Ballymena 26 10 8 8 64-54 28
  6. FC Bangor 26 10 6 10 49-54 26
  7. Glenavon Lurgan 26 8 8 10 61-63 24
  8. Ards Newtownards 26 9 5 12 55-64 23
  9. Newry Town 26 9 4 13 47-58 22
  10. FC Portadown 26 10 2 14 52-76 22
  11. FC Larne 26 8 4 14 51-72 20
  12. Cliftonville Belfast 26 3 4 19 32-73 10
  1. Queen's Island Belfast 26 2 3 21 53-130 7

Champions: Belfast Celtic
Cup Final: FC Ballymena-Belfast Celtic 2-1
Promoted: Derry City Londonderry

884 goals = 4.857 goals/match.

DIVISION A NORTHERN IRELAND 1929/30
1. Linfield Belfast 26 19 4 3 94-46 42

  1. Glentoran Belfast 26 16 4 6 79-53 36
  2. FC Coleraine 26 14 4 8 66-47 32
  3. Belfast Celtic 26 13 4 9 68-57 30
  4. FC Ballymena 26 13 3 10 65-46 29
  5. FC Bangor 26 12 5 9 61-58 29
  6. Derry City Londonderry 26 12 5 9 52-55 29
  7. Glenavon Lurgan 26 12 3 11 70-63 27
  8. Distillery Belfast 26 12 3 11 65-61 27
  9. FC Portadown 26 7 7 12 68-90 21
  10. Newry Town 26 9 1 16 51-66 19
  11. Ards Newtownards 26 6 6 14 47-77 18
  12. FC Larne 26 5 3 18 47-77 13
  13. Cliftonville Belfast 26 5 2 19 40-77 12

No promotion or relegation.

Champions: Linfield Belfast
Cup Final: Linfield Belfast-FC Ballymena 4-3

873 goals = 4.797 goals/match.

DIVISION A NORTHERN IRELAND 1930/31
1. Glentoran Belfast 26 22 3 1 96-39 47

  1. Linfield Belfast 26 16 6 4 73-42 38
  2. Belfast Celtic 26 16 4 6 75-52 36
  3. Distillery Belfast 26 15 4 7 82-46 34
  4. FC Ballymena 26 13 5 8 75-50 31
  5. Ards Newtownards 26 11 5 10 68-69 27
  6. Derry City Londonderry 26 10 4 12 50-61 24
  7. Cliftonville Belfast 26 11 2 13 54-70 24
  8. FC Portadown 26 7 5 14 63-73 19
  9. FC Bangor 26 7 5 14 62-75 19
  10. Glenavon Lurgan 26 8 3 15 47-75 19
  11. FC Coleraine 26 6 6 14 48-56 18
  12. FC Larne 26 6 6 14 44-74 18
  13. Newry Town 26 4 2 20 45-100 10

No promotion or relegation.

Champions: Glentoran Belfast
Cup Final: Linfield Belfast-FC Ballymena 3-0

882 goals = 4.846 goals/match.

DIVISION A NORTHERN IRELAND 1931/32
1. Linfield Belfast 26 19 3 4 77-34 41

  1. Derry City Londonderry 26 16 6 4 61-30 38
  2. Belfast Celtic 26 14 5 7 56-35 33
  3. FC Coleraine 26 13 6 7 67-54 32
  4. Glentoran Belfast 26 12 7 7 73-54 31
  5. FC Ballymena 26 12 5 9 67-41 29
  6. Cliftonville Belfast 26 11 5 10 59-55 27
  7. Distillery Belfast 26 8 7 11 57-68 23
  8. FC Portadown 26 8 6 12 54-63 22
  9. Newry Town 26 9 4 13 43-53 22
  10. FC Larne 26 6 7 13 47-85 19
  11. Ards Newtownards 26 7 4 15 52-82 18
  12. Glenavon Lurgan 26 6 5 15 42-74 17
  13. FC Bangor 26 3 6 17 41-68 12

No promotion or relegation.

Champions: Linfield Belfast
Cup Final: Glentoran Belfast-Linfield Belfast 2-1

796 goals = 4.374 goals/match.

DIVISION A NORTHERN IRELAND 1932/33
1. Belfast Celtic 26 19 3 4 81-34 41

  1. Distillery Belfast 26 18 3 5 75-47 39
  2. Linfield Belfast 26 17 4 5 83-34 38
  3. Derry City Londonderry 26 16 1 9 59-39 33
  4. Glentoran Belfast 26 14 4 8 74-61 32
  5. FC Bangor 26 13 2 11 60-56 28
  6. FC Coleraine 26 11 5 10 69-50 27
  7. FC Ballymena 26 11 4 11 56-58 26
  8. Glenavon Lurgan 26 7 4 15 56-59 18
  9. FC Portadown 26 8 2 16 37-72 18
  10. FC Larne 26 8 1 17 55-88 17
  11. Ards Newtownards 26 6 5 15 51-83 17
  12. Cliftonville Belfast 26 5 6 15 54-74 16
  13. Newry Town 26 5 4 17 47-102 14

No promotion or relegation.

Champions: Belfast Celtic
Cup Final: Glentoran Belfast-Distillery Belfast 1-1,1-1,3-1

857 goals = 4.709 goals/match.

DIVISION A NORTHERN IRELAND 1933/34
1. Linfield Belfast 26 22 2 2 88-21 46

  1. Belfast Celtic 26 17 3 6 74-42 37
  2. Glentoran Belfast 26 16 3 7 59-36 35
  3. Distillery Belfast 26 14 3 9 61-41 31
  4. FC Ballymena 26 12 6 8 59-46 30
  5. Ards Newtownards 26 11 5 10 47-46 27
  6. FC Portadown 26 10 5 11 41-52 25
  7. Glenavon Lurgan 26 10 4 12 45-54 24
  8. Derry City Londonderry 26 8 7 11 37-38 23
  9. Cliftonville Belfast 26 11 0 15 50-78 22
  10. FC Bangor 26 7 4 15 43-58 18
  11. FC Coleraine 26 7 3 16 40-61 17
  12. Newry Town 26 5 6 15 37-71 16
  13. FC Larne 26 4 5 17 37-74 13

No promotion or relegation.

Champions: Linfield Belfast
Cup Final: Linfield Belfast-Cliftonville Belfast 5-0
Name Change: FC Ballymena wordt Ballymena United

718 goals = 3.945 goals/match.

DIVISION A NORTHERN IRELAND 1934/35
1. Linfield Belfast 26 21 4 1 76-19 46

  1. Derry City Londonderry 26 18 4 4 64-32 40
  2. Belfast Celtic 26 17 3 6 96-36 37
  3. Glentoran Belfast 26 16 4 6 70-42 36
  4. FC Portadown 26 14 5 7 56-38 33
  5. Distillery Belfast 26 11 5 10 47-44 27
  6. FC Larne 26 11 5 10 48-52 27
  7. Glenavon Lurgan 26 7 7 12 43-55 21
  8. Newry Town 26 9 1 16 63-73 19
  9. Ballymena United 26 7 5 14 48-65 19
  10. Cliftonville Belfast 26 8 3 15 45-69 19
  11. FC Coleraine 26 7 2 17 43-66 16
  12. Ards Newtownards 26 5 3 18 45-91 13
  13. FC Bangor 26 2 7 17 36-98 11

No promotion or relegation.

Champions: Linfield Belfast
Cup Final: Glentoran Belfast-FC Larne 0-0,0-0,1-0

780 goals = 4.286 goals/match.

DIVISION A NORTHERN IRELAND 1935/36
1. Belfast Celtic 26 20 3 3 66-23 43

  1. Derry City Londonderry 26 18 5 3 71-36 41
  2. Linfield Belfast 26 17 4 5 72-28 38
  3. Newry Town 26 14 5 7 80-50 33
  4. Glentoran Belfast 26 12 3 11 57-50 27
  5. Distillery Belfast 26 11 5 10 51-52 27
  6. FC Larne 26 11 4 11 49-65 26
  7. FC Portadown 26 9 5 12 53-58 23
  8. Cliftonville Belfast 26 9 5 12 49-61 23
  9. Ballymena United 26 7 5 14 41-59 19
  10. FC Bangor 26 8 3 15 47-72 19
  11. Glenavon Lurgan 26 6 5 15 40-56 17
  12. FC Coleraine 26 5 5 16 28-44 15
  13. Ards Newtownards 26 5 3 18 44-94 13

No promotion or relegation.

Champions: Belfast Celtic
Cup Final: Linfield Belfast-Derry City 0-0,2-1

748 goals = 4.110 goals/match.

DIVISION A NORTHERN IRELAND 1936/37
1. Belfast Celtic 26 20 4 2 86-21 44

  1. Derry City Londonderry 26 20 3 3 85-37 43
  2. Linfield Belfast 26 20 2 4 85-25 42
  3. FC Portadown 26 14 4 8 49-38 32
  4. FC Larne 26 13 2 11 63-57 28
  5. Newry Town 26 12 3 11 59-48 27
  6. Glentoran Belfast 26 11 3 12 65-65 25
  7. Cliftonville Belfast 26 9 6 11 56-64 24
  8. Glenavon Lurgan 26 10 1 15 56-59 21
  9. FC Bangor 26 8 3 15 40-80 19
  10. Ards Newtownards 26 8 2 16 42-73 18
  11. FC Coleraine 26 6 5 15 24-61 17
  12. Distillery Belfast 26 6 2 18 36-65 14
  13. Ballymena United 26 4 2 20 34-87 10

No promotion or relegation.

Champions: Belfast Celtic
Cup Final: Belfast Celtic-Linfield Belfast 3-0

780 goals = 4.286 goals/match.

DIVISION A NORTHERN IRELAND 1937/38
1. Belfast Celtic 26 18 5 3 88-24 41

  1. Derry City Londonderry 26 20 1 5 81-40 41
  2. FC Portadown 26 16 5 5 67-32 37
  3. Linfield Belfast 26 16 5 5 78-38 37
  4. Ballymena United 26 14 5 7 72-55 33
  5. Glentoran Belfast 26 15 2 9 64-57 32
  6. Newry Town 26 10 6 10 63-49 26
  7. Distillery Belfast 26 10 6 10 51-61 26
  8. Ards Newtownards 26 7 4 15 43-66 18
  9. Glenavon Lurgan 26 6 5 15 36-65 17
  10. FC Bangor 26 7 2 17 39-62 16
  11. FC Larne 26 6 3 17 48-87 15
  12. FC Coleraine 26 5 5 16 40-75 15
  13. Cliftonville Belfast 26 2 6 18 27-86 10

Playoff: Derry City Londonderry-Belfast Celtic 2-2 and 1-3

No promotion or relegation.

Champions: Belfast Celtic
Cup Final: Belfast Celtic-FC Bangor 0-0,2-0

797 goals = 4.379 goals/match.

DIVISION A NORTHERN IRELAND 1938/39
1. Belfast Celtic 26 19 2 5 97-32 40

  1. Ballymena United 26 15 5 6 63-54 35
  2. Derry City Londonderry 26 15 3 8 84-47 33
  3. FC Portadown 26 15 3 8 84-56 33
  4. Linfield Belfast 26 14 2 10 58-40 30
  5. Glentoran Belfast 26 14 1 11 65-69 29
  6. Glenavon Lurgan 26 12 4 10 67-57 28
  7. Ards Newtownards 26 11 6 9 63-66 28
  8. Newry Town 26 9 8 9 43-48 26
  9. Distillery Belfast 26 9 4 13 53-56 22
  10. FC Larne 26 8 4 14 45-73 20
  11. FC Bangor 26 6 7 13 37-71 19
  12. Cliftonville Belfast 26 5 2 19 38-81 12
  13. FC Coleraine 26 3 3 20 40-87 9

No promotion or relegation.

Champions: Belfast Celtic
Cup Final: Linfield Belfast-Ballymena United 2-0

837 goals = 4.599 goals/match.

DIVISION A NORTHERN IRELAND 1939/40
1. Belfast Celtic 26 20 5 1 91-18 45

  1. FC Portadown 26 18 5 3 86-37 41
  2. Glentoran Belfast 26 19 1 6 104-46 39
  3. Ballymena United 26 15 4 7 82-52 34
  4. Linfield Belfast 26 14 5 7 63-47 33
  5. Derry City Londonderry 26 14 2 10 73-46 30
  6. Glenavon Lurgan 26 13 3 10 69-68 29
  7. FC Coleraine 26 11 2 13 47-68 24
  8. Ards Newtownards 26 9 2 15 49-72 20
  9. FC Bangor 26 8 3 15 44-77 19
  10. Distillery Belfast 26 6 3 17 53-70 15
  11. Newry Town 26 5 5 16 32-86 15
  12. FC Larne 26 4 5 17 36-83 13
  13. Cliftonville Belfast 26 3 1 22 40-99 7

Champions: Belfast Celtic
Cup Final: Ballymena United-Glenavon Lurgan 2-0

869 goals = 4.775 goals/match.

DIVISION A NORTHERN IRELAND 1940/41

NB: unofficial competition due to Second World War

  1. Belfast Celtic 27 19 4 4 104-32 42
  2. Portadown 27 17 4 6 92-58 38
  3. Glentoran 28 16 5 7 99-57 37
  4. Linfield 27 14 4 9 67-51 32
  5. Distillery 27 13 5 10 77-57 31
  6. Derry City 28 8 3 17 48-100 19
  7. Glenavon 27 6 4 17 40-95 16
  8. Cliftonville 28 2 1 25 40-117 5

Glenavon vs Linfield and Portadown vs Belfast Celtic not played.

DIVISION A NORTHERN IRELAND 1941/42

NB: unofficial competition due to Second World War

  1. Belfast Celtic 20 12 6 2 57-23 30
  2. Linfield 20 11 7 2 64-38 29
  3. Glentoran 20 11 3 6 59-37 25
  4. Distillery 20 6 6 8 41-38 18
  5. Derry City 20 3 5 12 23-73 11
  6. Cliftonville 20 2 3 15 29-64 7

DIVISION A NORTHERN IRELAND 1942/43

NB: unofficial competition due to Second World War

  1. Linfield 20 14 2 4 55-26 30
  2. Belfast Celtic 20 13 3 4 50-42 29
  3. Distillery 20 10 2 8 42-34 22
  4. Glentoran 20 7 2 11 54-56 16
  5. Derry City 20 6 3 11 32-51 15
  6. Cliftonville 20 3 2 15 26-70 8

DIVISION A NORTHERN IRELAND 1943/44

NB: unofficial competition due to Second World War

  1. Belfast Celtic 19 12 5 2 55-21 29
  2. Linfield 18 11 3 4 57-38 25
  3. Distillery 20 10 3 7 52-47 23
  4. Glentoran 20 8 1 11 49-50 17
  5. Cliftonville 20 5 1 14 29-51 11
  6. Derry City 19 5 1 13 35-70 11

Belfast Celtic vs Linfield and Derry City vs Linfield not played.

DIVISION A NORTHERN IRELAND 1944/45

NB: unofficial competition due to Second World War

  1. Linfield 20 15 4 1 81-24 34
  2. Belfast Celtic 20 13 5 2 54-27 31
  3. Derry City 20 8 3 9 41-53 19
  4. Distillery 20 8 1 11 44-58 17
  5. Glentoran 20 7 1 12 55-67 15
  6. Cliftonville 20 2 0 18 23-69 4

DIVISION A NORTHERN IRELAND 1945/46

NB: unofficial competition due to (aftermath of) Second World War

  1. Linfield 20 17 0 3 79-27 34
  2. Belfast Celtic 20 14 4 2 58-20 32
  3. Distillery 20 7 5 8 47-52 19
  4. Glentoran 20 5 6 9 46-58 16
  5. Derry City 20 5 1 14 48-72 11
  6. Cliftonville 20 2 4 14 24-73 8

DIVISION A NORTHERN IRELAND 1946/47

NB: unofficial competition due to (aftermath of) Second World War

  1. Belfast Celtic 28 21 2 5 95-40 44
  2. Glentoran 28 20 2 6 93-46 42
  3. Linfield 28 20 1 7 93-45 41
  4. Coleraine 28 10 5 13 54-75 25
  5. Ballymena United 28 8 7 13 52-76 23
  6. Distillery 28 9 2 17 59-69 20
  7. Derry City 28 9 2 17 53-80 20
  8. Cliftonville 28 3 3 22 46-114 9

DIVISION A NORTHERN IRELAND 1947/48
1. Belfast Celtic 22 19 1 2 84-26 39

  1. Linfield Belfast 22 15 5 2 55-19 35
  2. Ballymena United 22 10 7 5 52-38 27
  3. Distillery Belfast 22 12 2 8 35-32 26
  4. Glentoran Belfast 22 9 8 5 44-29 26
  5. FC Coleraine 22 8 6 8 48-46 22
  6. Glenavon Lurgan 22 8 6 8 45-45 22
  7. Ards Newtownards 22 7 4 11 37-54 18
  8. Cliftonville Belfast 22 7 4 11 36-47 18
  9. FC Bangor 22 6 4 12 36-55 16
  10. FC Portadown 22 3 3 16 31-60 9
  11. Derry City Londonderry 22 2 2 18 18-70 6

No promotion or relegation.

Champions: Belfast Celtic
Cup Final: Linfield Belfast-FC Coleraine 3-0

521 goals = 3.947 goals/match.

DIVISION A NORTHERN IRELAND 1948/49
1. Linfield Belfast 22 16 4 2 58-21 36

  1. Belfast Celtic 22 14 3 5 69-32 31
  2. Glentoran Belfast 22 13 3 6 45-28 29
  3. Cliftonville Belfast 22 9 5 8 44-38 23
  4. FC Bangor 22 8 5 9 43-45 21
  5. Distillery Belfast 22 9 3 10 51-56 21
  6. FC Portadown 22 8 4 10 41-48 20
  7. Glenavon Lurgan 22 6 8 8 35-43 20
  8. Derry City Londonderry 22 8 3 11 40-52 19
  9. Ballymena United 22 6 7 9 39-58 19
  10. Ards Newtownards 22 7 2 13 46-49 16
  11. FC Coleraine 22 4 1 17 25-66 9

Champions: Linfield Belfast
Cup Final: Derry City Londonderry-Glentoran Belfast 3-1
Promoted: Crusaders Belfast
Left Division A: Belfast Celtic

536 goals = 4.061 goals/match.

DIVISION A NORTHERN IRELAND 1949/50
1. Linfield Belfast 22 17 4 1 64-27 38

  1. Glentoran Belfast 22 18 2 2 70-25 38
  2. Distillery Belfast 22 13 3 6 48-31 29
  3. Derry City Londonderry 22 12 5 5 44-29 29
  4. Glenavon Lurgan 22 10 4 8 51-38 24
  5. Ards Newtownards 22 7 6 9 34-38 20
  6. FC Bangor 22 8 3 11 38-36 19
  7. Ballymena United 22 5 5 12 29-49 15
  8. FC Portadown 22 3 9 10 33-52 15
  9. FC Coleraine 22 5 4 13 38-61 14
  10. Crusaders Belfast 22 4 5 13 37-69 13
  11. Cliftonville Belfast 22 3 4 15 34-65 10

Playoff: Linfield Belfast-Glentoran Belfast 2-0

No promotion or relegation.

Champions: Linfield Belfast
Cup Final: Linfield Belfast-Distillery Belfast 2-1

520 goals = 3.939 goals/match.

DIVISION A NORTHERN IRELAND 1950/51
1. Glentoran Belfast 22 18 2 2 66-21 38

  1. Linfield Belfast 22 15 4 3 57-24 34
  2. Glenavon Lurgan 22 14 3 5 58-31 31
  3. FC Coleraine 22 13 2 7 55-35 28
  4. FC Portadown 22 12 1 9 55-35 25
  5. Distillery Belfast 22 9 4 9 45-44 22
  6. Crusaders Belfast 22 8 5 9 42-51 21
  7. Cliftonville Belfast 22 7 2 13 42-60 16
  8. Derry City Londonderry 22 6 4 12 27-50 16
  9. Ballymena United 22 5 4 13 30-54 14
  10. FC Bangor 22 4 3 15 28-62 11
  11. Ards Newtownards 22 3 2 17 28-66 8

No promotion or relegation.

Champions: Glentoran Belfast
Cup Final: Glentoran Belfast-Ballymena United 3-1

533 goals = 4.038 goals/match.

DIVISION A NORTHERN IRELAND 1951/52
1. Glenavon Lurgan 22 17 3 2 67-19 37

  1. Distillery Belfast 22 9 9 4 35-28 27
  2. FC Coleraine 22 11 5 6 44-33 27
  3. Glentoran Belfast 22 12 3 7 57-39 27
  4. Ballymena United 22 7 8 7 41-44 22
  5. FC Portadown 22 8 5 9 43-39 21
  6. Ards Newtownards 22 8 4 10 43-49 20
  7. Derry City Londonderry 22 7 5 10 33-44 19
  8. Crusaders Belfast 22 7 4 11 32-51 18
  9. Linfield Belfast 22 5 7 10 29-34 17
  10. FC Bangor 22 6 5 11 27-51 17
  11. Cliftonville Belfast 22 4 4 14 27-47 12

No promotion or relegation.

Champions: Glenavon Lurgan
Cup Final: Ards Newtownards-Glentoran Belfast 1-0

478 goals = 3.621 goals/match.

DIVISION A NORTHERN IRELAND 1952/53
1. Glentoran Belfast 22 14 5 3 59-25 33

  1. Linfield Belfast 22 12 7 3 47-18 31
  2. Ballymena United 22 13 3 6 57-34 29
  3. Glenavon Lurgan 22 11 3 8 49-39 25
  4. Distillery Belfast 22 9 5 8 26-27 23
  5. FC Coleraine 22 8 6 8 40-43 22
  6. Crusaders Belfast 22 7 7 8 39-36 21
  7. Ards Newtownards 22 7 7 8 32-35 21
  8. Cliftonville Belfast 22 8 3 11 37-61 19
  9. FC Portadown 22 6 7 9 28-35 19
  10. Derry City Londonderry 22 5 3 14 27-47 13
  11. FC Bangor 22 3 2 17 20-61 8

No promotion or relegation.

Champions: Glentoran Belfast
Cup Final: Linfield Belfast-FC Coleraine 5-0

461 goals = 3.492 goals/match.

DIVISION A NORTHERN IRELAND 1953/54
1. Linfield Belfast 22 15 6 1 56-26 36

  1. Glentoran Belfast 22 17 1 4 67-34 35
  2. Glenavon Lurgan 22 13 2 7 68-45 28
  3. Ballymena United 22 11 5 6 47-40 27
  4. Crusaders Belfast 22 11 4 7 60-49 26
  5. FC Bangor 22 10 2 10 34-42 22
  6. FC Coleraine 22 8 6 8 49-52 22
  7. Distillery Belfast 22 8 5 9 45-36 21
  8. Ards Newtownards 22 6 2 14 32-53 14
  9. Derry City Londonderry 22 5 3 14 36-50 13
  10. FC Portadown 22 5 2 15 34-60 12
  11. Cliftonville Belfast 22 3 2 17 26-67 8

No promotion or relegation.

Champions: Linfield Belfast
Cup Final: Derry City-Glentoran Belfast 2-2,0-0,1-0

554 goals = 4.197 goals/match.

DIVISION A NORTHERN IRELAND 1954/55
1. Linfield Belfast 22 15 6 1 46-21 36

  1. Glenavon Lurgan 22 16 4 2 61-27 36
  2. Cliftonville Belfast 22 10 4 8 50-38 24
  3. Ards Newtownards 22 9 6 7 53-45 24
  4. FC Coleraine 22 11 2 9 46-46 24
  5. Glentoran Belfast 22 11 1 10 54-46 23
  6. FC Bangor 22 8 4 10 43-53 20
  7. Distillery Belfast 22 7 4 11 35-44 18
  8. Crusaders Belfast 22 7 2 13 29-48 16
  9. FC Portadown 22 5 5 12 39-53 15
  10. Derry City Londonderry 22 6 3 13 31-49 15
  11. Ballymena United 22 4 5 13 35-52 13

No promotion or relegation.

Champions: Linfield Belfast
Cup Final: FC Dundela Belfast-Glenavon Lurgan 3-0

522 goals = 3.955 goals/match.

DIVISION A NORTHERN IRELAND 1955/56
1. Linfield Belfast 22 19 2 1 56-16 40

  1. Glenavon Lurgan 22 14 1 7 77-38 29
  2. FC Bangor 22 11 5 6 69-54 27
  3. FC Coleraine 22 10 5 7 56-46 25
  4. Glentoran Belfast 22 10 4 8 43-40 24
  5. Distillery Belfast 22 7 7 8 39-40 21
  6. Ards Newtownards 22 9 2 11 44-45 20
  7. FC Portadown 22 7 4 11 43-57 18
  8. Derry City Londonderry 22 6 4 12 42-54 16
  9. Crusaders Belfast 22 6 4 12 36-53 16
  10. Cliftonville Belfast 22 5 4 13 33-62 14
  11. Ballymena United 22 7 0 15 36-69 14

No promotion or relegation.

Champions: Linfield Belfast
Cup Final: Distillery Belfast-Glentoran Belfast 2-2,0-0,1-0

574 goals = 4.348 goals/match.

DIVISION A NORTHERN IRELAND 1956/57
1. Glenavon Lurgan 22 16 3 3 71-22 35

  1. Linfield Belfast 22 14 6 2 67-32 34
  2. Glentoran Belfast 22 13 4 5 56-39 30
  3. Ards Newtownards 22 12 4 6 65-34 28
  4. FC Coleraine 22 11 3 8 54-51 25
  5. Distillery Belfast 22 9 4 9 47-62 22
  6. FC Bangor 22 7 6 9 47-44 20
  7. Crusaders Belfast 22 9 2 11 38-46 20
  8. Derry City Londonderry 22 8 3 11 41-52 19
  9. FC Portadown 22 5 6 11 47-66 16
  10. Ballymena United 22 3 3 16 35-72 9
  11. Cliftonville Belfast 22 2 2 18 31-79 6

No promotion or relegation.

Champions: Glenavon Lurgan
Cup Final: Glenavon Lurgan-Derry City Londonderry 2-0

599 goals = 4.538 goals/match.

DIVISION A NORTHERN IRELAND 1957/58
1. Ards Newtownards 22 16 4 2 68-32 36

  1. Glenavon Lurgan 22 17 0 5 67-35 34
  2. Ballymena United 22 13 2 7 51-41 28
  3. Glentoran Belfast 22 12 1 9 50-38 25
  4. Linfield Belfast 22 11 3 8 68-48 25
  5. FC Bangor 22 9 3 10 40-48 21
  6. FC Coleraine 22 8 5 9 53-59 21
  7. Derry City Londonderry 22 8 4 10 40-44 20
  8. FC Portadown 22 7 3 12 43-48 17
  9. Distillery Belfast 22 5 6 11 36-53 16
  10. Crusaders Belfast 22 7 1 14 38-57 15
  11. Cliftonville Belfast 22 2 2 18 35-86 6

No promotion or relegation.

Champions: Ards Newtownards
Cup Final: Ballymena United-Linfield Belfast 2-0

589 goals = 4.462 goals/match.

DIVISION A NORTHERN IRELAND 1958/59
1. Linfield Belfast 22 17 0 5 69-27 34

  1. Glenavon Lurgan 22 14 3 5 66-32 31
  2. Glentoran Belfast 22 11 5 6 56-41 27
  3. FC Portadown 22 12 2 8 60-35 26
  4. Ballymena United 22 12 2 8 51-46 26
  5. Crusaders Belfast 22 10 5 7 46-40 25
  6. Ards Newtownards 22 10 3 9 53-51 23
  7. FC Coleraine 22 9 4 9 47-45 22
  8. Distillery Belfast 22 5 7 10 49-63 17
  9. FC Bangor 22 6 2 14 30-47 14
  10. Derry City Londonderry 22 6 2 14 27-55 14
  11. Cliftonville Belfast 22 2 1 19 20-92 5

No promotion or relegation.

Champions: Linfield Belfast
Cup Final: Glenavon Lurgan-Ballymena United 1-1,2-0

574 goals = 4.348 goals/match.

DIVISION A NORTHERN IRELAND 1959/60
1. Glenavon Lurgan 22 17 1 4 67-28 35

  1. Glentoran Belfast 22 14 4 4 60-31 32
  2. Distillery Belfast 22 12 5 5 55-38 29
  3. Linfield Belfast 22 12 5 5 63-46 29
  4. Ballymena United 22 10 3 9 49-46 23
  5. Crusaders Belfast 22 9 5 8 43-44 23
  6. FC Portadown 22 7 8 7 35-40 22
  7. Ards Newtownards 22 8 3 11 37-47 19
  8. FC Bangor 22 7 4 11 39-45 18
  9. Derry City Londonderry 22 6 3 13 41-44 15
  10. FC Coleraine 22 6 3 13 35-62 15
  11. Cliftonville Belfast 22 2 0 20 22-75 4

No promotion or relegation.

Champions: Glenavon Lurgan
Cup Final: Linfield Belfast-Ards Newtownards 5-1

546 goals = 4.136 goals/match.

DIVISION A NORTHERN IRELAND 1960/61
1. Linfield Belfast 22 14 4 4 65-34 32

  1. FC Portadown 22 12 8 2 56-31 32
  2. Ards Newtownards 22 14 3 5 66-39 31
  3. Glentoran Belfast 22 13 2 7 58-26 28
  4. Ballymena United 22 11 5 6 51-38 27
  5. Glenavon Lurgan 22 10 5 7 51-42 25
  6. Crusaders Belfast 22 8 7 7 30-29 23
  7. Distillery Belfast 22 10 2 10 63-61 22
  8. FC Bangor 22 4 5 13 48-69 13
  9. FC Coleraine 22 5 3 14 46-68 13
  10. Derry City Londonderry 22 5 2 15 31-68 12
  11. Cliftonville Belfast 22 3 0 19 33-93 6

Playoff: Linfield Belfast-FC Portadown 3-2

No promotion or relegation.

Champions: Linfield Belfast
Cup Final: Glenavon Lurgan-Linfield Belfast 5-1

598 goals = 4.530 goals/match.

DIVISION A NORTHERN IRELAND 1961/62
1. Linfield Belfast 22 14 3 5 62-32 31

  1. FC Portadown 22 14 3 5 56-32 31
  2. Ballymena United 22 11 7 4 47-32 29
  3. Ards Newtownards 22 11 5 6 46-38 27
  4. Glenavon Lurgan 22 9 8 5 62-43 26
  5. Crusaders Belfast 22 11 3 8 42-43 25
  6. Glentoran Belfast 22 10 5 7 45-35 25
  7. Distillery Belfast 22 8 4 10 56-62 20
  8. FC Coleraine 22 7 4 11 37-39 18
  9. Derry City Londonderry 22 3 8 11 22-38 14
  10. FC Bangor 22 5 3 14 31-56 13
  11. Cliftonville Belfast 22 0 5 17 17-73 5

Playoff: Linfield Belfast-FC Portadown 3-1

No promotion or relegation.

Champions: Linfield Belfast
Cup Final: Linfield Belfast-FC Portadown 4-0
Fairs Cup: Glentoran Belfast

523 goals = 3.962 goals/match.

DIVISION A NORTHERN IRELAND 1962/63
1. Distillery Belfast 22 13 5 4 57-30 31

  1. Linfield Belfast 22 10 9 3 40-24 29
  2. FC Portadown 22 9 10 3 45-25 28
  3. Glentoran Belfast 22 11 6 5 49-27 28
  4. Ballymena United 22 7 11 4 41-42 25
  5. Crusaders Belfast 22 11 2 9 47-42 24
  6. FC Coleraine 22 8 8 6 34-33 24
  7. Glenavon Lurgan 22 9 5 8 44-31 23
  8. Derry City Londonderry 22 8 5 9 34-38 21
  9. Ards Newtownards 22 5 3 14 30-54 13
  10. Cliftonville Belfast 22 2 5 15 24-56 9
  11. FC Bangor 22 2 5 15 22-65 9

No promotion or relegation.

Champions: Distillery Belfast
Cup Final: Linfield Belfast-Distillery Belfast 2-1
Fairs Cup: Glentoran Belfast

467 goals = 3.538 goals/match.

DIVISION A NORTHERN IRELAND 1963/64
1. Glentoran Belfast 22 14 5 3 59-29 33

  1. FC Coleraine 22 14 4 4 40-25 32
  2. Derry City Londonderry 22 13 3 6 59-33 29
  3. Linfield Belfast 22 12 4 6 53-38 28
  4. FC Portadown 22 12 3 7 49-36 27
  5. Ballymena United 22 11 2 9 55-52 24
  6. Distillery Belfast 22 9 5 8 63-46 23
  7. Glenavon Lurgan 22 10 1 11 51-50 21
  8. Crusaders Belfast 22 8 2 12 40-41 18
  9. Ards Newtownards 22 7 3 12 45-58 17
  10. FC Bangor 22 2 2 18 26-76 6
  11. Cliftonville Belfast 22 2 2 18 24-80 6

No promotion or relegation.

Champions: Glentoran Belfast
Cup Final: Derry City Londonderry-Glentoran Belfast 2-0

564 goals = 4.273 goals/match.

DIVISION A NORTHERN IRELAND 1964/65
1. Derry City Londonderry 22 15 5 2 62-32 35

  1. FC Coleraine 22 13 4 5 54-26 30
  2. Crusaders Belfast 22 11 5 6 46-32 27
  3. Glenavon Lurgan 22 12 2 8 61-35 26
  4. Linfield Belfast 22 10 5 7 54-40 25
  5. Ballymena United 22 10 5 7 50-44 25
  6. Glentoran Belfast 22 9 6 7 33-38 24
  7. FC Bangor 22 7 4 11 42-44 18
  8. Distillery Belfast 22 8 2 12 41-44 18
  9. FC Portadown 22 5 8 9 33-37 18
  10. Ards Newtownards 22 5 6 11 34-55 16
  11. Cliftonville Belfast 22 1 0 21 17-100 2

No promotion or relegation.

Champions: Derry City Londonderry
Cup Final: FC Coleraine-Glenavon Lurgan 2-1
Fairs Cup: Glentoran Belfast

527 goals = 3.992 goals/match.

DIVISION A NORTHERN IRELAND 1965/66
1. Linfield Belfast 22 14 6 2 68-23 34

  1. Derry City Londonderry 22 15 2 5 61-33 32
  2. Glentoran Belfast 22 15 2 5 50-29 32
  3. Ballymena United 22 11 6 5 51-33 28
  4. Glenavon Lurgan 22 11 3 8 62-38 25
  5. FC Coleraine 22 10 5 7 52-36 25
  6. Crusaders Belfast 22 9 3 10 49-47 21
  7. FC Portadown 22 7 3 12 43-53 17
  8. Distillery Belfast 22 5 6 11 39-52 16
  9. Ards Newtownards 22 4 6 12 29-54 14
  10. FC Bangor 22 5 4 13 26-59 14
  11. Cliftonville Belfast 22 1 4 17 23-96 6

No promotion or relegation.

Champions: Linfield Belfast
Cup Final: Glentoran Belfast-Linfield Belfast 2-0

553 goals = 4.189 goals/match.

DIVISION A NORTHERN IRELAND 1966/67
1. Glentoran Belfast 22 14 6 2 67-35 34

  1. Linfield Belfast 22 14 5 3 70-37 33
  2. Derry City Londonderry 22 11 5 6 51-42 27
  3. FC Coleraine 22 10 5 7 53-42 25
  4. Crusaders Belfast 22 11 2 9 63-60 24
  5. Glenavon Lurgan 22 9 5 8 50-39 23
  6. Ballymena United 22 9 5 8 54-45 23
  7. Ards Newtownards 22 7 7 8 37-38 21
  8. FC Portadown 22 8 4 10 46-48 20
  9. Distillery Belfast 22 6 5 11 44-53 17
  10. FC Bangor 22 3 3 16 35-95 9
  11. Cliftonville Belfast 22 2 4 16 23-59 8

No promotion or relegation.

Champions: Glentoran Belfast
Cup Final: Crusaders Belfast-Glentoran Belfast 3-1
Fairs Cup: Linfield Belfast

593 goals = 4.492 goals/match.

DIVISION A NORTHERN IRELAND 1967/68
1. Glentoran Belfast 22 17 3 2 79-24 37

  1. Linfield Belfast 22 16 4 2 85-32 36
  2. FC Coleraine 22 15 5 2 76-33 35
  3. Ards Newtownards 22 14 2 6 51-34 30
  4. Derry City Londonderry 22 11 1 10 51-54 23
  5. Glenavon Lurgan 22 9 4 9 51-45 22
  6. Ballymena United 22 8 3 11 55-63 19
  7. Crusaders Belfast 22 5 8 9 57-59 18
  8. FC Portadown 22 8 1 13 34-57 17
  9. Distillery Belfast 22 6 1 15 33-62 13
  10. FC Bangor 22 3 3 16 39-89 9
  11. Cliftonville Belfast 22 2 1 19 26-85 5

No promotion or relegation.

Champions: Glentoran Belfast
Cup Final: Crusaders Belfast-Linfield Belfast 2-0
Fairs Cup: Linfield Belfast

637 goals = 4.826 goals/match.

DIVISION A NORTHERN IRELAND 1968/69
1. Linfield Belfast 22 17 1 4 61-19 35

  1. Derry City Londonderry 22 15 2 5 57-27 32
  2. Glentoran Belfast 22 13 4 5 42-22 30
  3. FC Coleraine 22 13 3 6 43-30 29
  4. Ards Newtownards 22 12 5 5 48-34 29
  5. Crusaders Belfast 22 12 5 5 47-34 29
  6. Ballymena United 22 9 5 8 48-41 23
  7. Distillery Belfast 22 6 4 12 39-51 16
  8. Glenavon Lurgan 22 6 2 14 32-52 14
  9. FC Bangor 22 5 2 15 22-51 12
  10. Cliftonville Belfast 22 3 5 14 24-58 11
  11. FC Portadown 22 2 0 20 15-59 4

No promotion or relegation.

Champions: Linfield Belfast
Cup Final: Ards Newtownards-Distillery Belfast 0-0,4-2
Fairs Cup: Glentoran Belfast and FC Coleraine

478 goals = 3.621 goals/match.

DIVISION A NORTHERN IRELAND 1969/70
1. Glentoran Belfast 22 14 6 2 46-17 34

  1. FC Coleraine 22 12 3 7 50-31 27
  2. Ards Newtownards 22 10 7 5 41-26 27
  3. Linfield Belfast 22 11 5 6 48-36 27
  4. Derry City Londonderry 22 11 5 6 38-31 27
  5. FC Portadown 22 11 3 8 42-37 25
  6. Glenavon Lurgan 22 7 8 7 32-36 22
  7. FC Bangor 22 6 7 9 32-36 19
  8. Crusaders Belfast 22 8 3 11 42-52 19
  9. Ballymena United 22 5 6 11 24-42 16
  10. Distillery Belfast 22 5 5 12 25-45 15
  11. Cliftonville Belfast 22 1 4 17 20-51 6

No promotion or relegation.

Champions: Glentoran Belfast
Cup Final: Linfield Belfast-Ballymena United 2-1
Fairs Cup: FC Coleraine

440 goals = 3.333 goals/match.

DIVISION A NORTHERN IRELAND 1970/71
1. Linfield Belfast 22 18 2 2 58-16 38

  1. Glentoran Belfast 22 16 3 3 52-17 35
  2. Distillery Belfast 22 13 4 5 51-29 30
  3. FC Coleraine 22 12 2 8 43-32 26
  4. Ballymena United 22 8 7 7 34-28 23
  5. Ards Newtownards 22 8 5 9 30-37 21
  6. Crusaders Belfast 22 7 6 9 24-45 20
  7. FC Bangor 22 7 5 10 21-34 19
  8. Derry City Londonderry 22 7 5 10 45-46 19
  9. Glenavon Lurgan 22 5 3 14 39-55 13
  10. Cliftonville Belfast 22 3 6 13 26-53 12
  11. FC Portadown 22 2 4 16 24-55 8

No promotion or relegation.

Champions: Linfield Belfast
Cup Final: Distillery Belfast-Derry City Londonderry 3-0
Fairs Cup: Glentoran Belfast

447 goals = 3.387 goals/match.

DIVISION A NORTHERN IRELAND 1971/72
1. Glentoran Belfast 22 14 5 3 50-17 33

  1. FC Portadown 22 13 4 5 49-25 30
  2. Ards Newtownards 22 12 5 5 49-30 29
  3. Linfield Belfast 22 10 7 5 48-29 27
  4. Crusaders Belfast 22 10 5 7 36-35 25
  5. FC Coleraine 22 9 7 6 51-40 25
  6. Ballymena United 22 8 5 9 34-34 21
  7. Distillery Belfast 22 7 7 8 34-44 21
  8. Glenavon Lurgan 22 7 6 9 36-40 20
  9. Derry City Londonderry 22 4 8 10 41-55 16
  10. FC Bangor 22 2 5 15 28-62 9
  11. Cliftonville Belfast 22 2 4 16 19-64 8

No promotion or relegation.

Champions: Glentoran Belfast
Cup Final: FC Coleraine-FC Portadown 2-1

475 goals = 3.598 goals/match.

DIVISION A NORTHERN IRELAND 1972/73
1. Crusaders Belfast 22 14 4 4 50-22 32

  1. Ards Newtownards 22 13 5 4 49-22 31
  2. FC Portadown 22 12 5 5 37-27 29
  3. FC Coleraine 22 13 2 7 51-31 28
  4. Linfield Belfast 22 12 3 7 38-29 27
  5. Glenavon Lurgan 22 10 3 9 33-28 23
  6. Distillery Belfast 22 9 4 9 40-47 22
  7. Glentoran Belfast 22 9 3 10 48-40 21
  8. Ballymena United 22 7 5 10 26-35 19
  9. FC Bangor 22 5 8 9 28-32 18
  10. Cliftonville Belfast 22 3 1 18 18-66 7
  11. FC Larne 22 2 3 17 28-67 7

Because of the internal unrest, several clubs refused to play in Londonderry. Because of this, Derry City were forced to leave the league in November 1972. They were replaced by FC Larne.

No promotion or relegation.

Champions: Crusaders Belfast
Cup Final: Glentoran Belfast-Linfield Belfast 3-2
UEFA Cup: Ards Newtownards

446 goals = 3.379 goals/match.

DIVISION A NORTHERN IRELAND 1973/74
1. FC Coleraine 22 16 3 3 41-20 35

  1. FC Portadown 22 13 4 5 51-20 30
  2. Crusaders Belfast 22 14 2 6 48-32 30
  3. Linfield Belfast 22 10 6 6 46-25 26
  4. Glenavon Lurgan 22 11 2 9 33-35 24
  5. Ballymena United 22 10 3 9 34-26 23
  6. FC Bangor 22 10 3 9 40-28 23
  7. Ards Newtownards 22 9 4 9 42-37 22
  8. Glentoran Belfast 22 8 2 12 28-39 18
  9. FC Larne 22 7 3 12 31-50 17
  10. Cliftonville Belfast 22 3 3 16 20-56 9
  11. Distillery Belfast 22 2 3 17 24-70 7

No promotion or relegation.

Champions: FC Coleraine
Cup Final: Ards Newtownards-Ballymena United 2-1
UEFA Cup: FC Portadown

438 goals = 3.318 goals/match.

DIVISION A NORTHERN IRELAND 1974/75
1. Linfield Belfast 22 17 3 2 53-23 37

  1. FC Coleraine 22 15 2 5 58-25 32
  2. Glentoran Belfast 22 14 3 5 52-30 31
  3. Ballymena United 22 10 7 5 43-25 27
  4. Crusaders Belfast 22 11 5 6 46-30 27
  5. FC Bangor 22 8 6 8 37-35 22
  6. FC Portadown 22 8 5 9 29-37 21
  7. FC Larne 22 9 1 12 38-37 19
  8. Ards Newtownards 22 7 3 12 28-43 17
  9. Glenavon Lurgan 22 5 3 14 31-62 13
  10. Cliftonville Belfast 22 3 4 15 19-54 10
  11. Distillery Belfast 22 2 4 16 20-53 8

No promotion or relegation.

Champions: Linfield Belfast
Cup Final: FC Coleraine-Linfield Belfast 1-1,0-0,1-0
UEFA Cup: Glentoran Belfast

454 goals = 3.439 goals/match.

DIVISION A NORTHERN IRELAND 1975/76
1. Crusaders Belfast 22 15 6 1 51-19 36

  1. Glentoran Belfast 22 14 4 4 48-22 32
  2. FC Coleraine 22 13 5 4 42-27 31
  3. Linfield Belfast 22 11 5 6 43-25 27
  4. FC Bangor 22 9 7 6 28-27 25
  5. Ballymena United 22 8 5 9 36-35 21
  6. Ards Newtownards 22 7 5 10 32-43 19
  7. FC Portadown 22 7 3 12 34-39 17
  8. Cliftonville Belfast 22 6 4 12 32-46 16
  9. FC Larne 22 6 3 13 32-45 15
  10. Glenavon Lurgan 22 4 7 11 24-44 15
  11. Distillery Belfast 22 3 4 15 24-54 10

No promotion or relegation.

Champions: Crusaders Belfast
Cup Final: Carrick Rangers-Linfield Belfast 2-1
UEFA Cup: Glentoran Belfast

426 goals = 3.227 goals/match.

DIVISION A NORTHERN IRELAND 1976/77
1. Glentoran Belfast 22 17 2 3 50-19 36

  1. Glenavon Lurgan 22 14 3 5 40-25 31
  2. Linfield Belfast 22 12 4 6 39-21 28
  3. FC Larne 22 12 3 7 42-33 27
  4. FC Coleraine 22 12 3 7 40-29 27
  5. Crusaders Belfast 22 9 5 8 39-33 23
  6. Ards Newtownards 22 10 1 11 34-39 21
  7. FC Portadown 22 8 2 12 36-37 18
  8. Ballymena United 22 5 5 12 20-34 15
  9. Distillery Belfast 22 5 5 12 25-44 15
  10. FC Bangor 22 4 5 13 23-43 13
  11. Cliftonville Belfast 22 4 2 16 20-51 10

No promotion or relegation.

Champions: Glentoran Belfast
Cup Final: Coleraine-Linfield Belfast 4-1
UEFA Cup: Glenavon Lurgan

408 goals = 3.091 goals/match.

DIVISION A NORTHERN IRELAND 1977/78
1. Linfield Belfast 22 19 2 1 65-22 40

  1. Glentoran Belfast 22 15 4 3 59-22 34
  2. Glenavon Lurgan 22 13 2 7 41-30 28
  3. Cliftonville Belfast 22 10 5 7 34-38 25
  4. FC Portadown 22 8 5 9 42-34 21
  5. FC Larne 22 10 1 11 31-31 21
  6. Ards Newtownards 22 9 3 10 38-41 21
  7. FC Coleraine 22 8 3 11 34-41 19
  8. Distillery Belfast 22 6 4 12 32-59 16
  9. Crusaders Belfast 22 6 3 13 24-46 15
  10. FC Bangor 22 5 4 13 22-36 14
  11. Ballymena United 22 4 2 16 22-44 10

No promotion or relegation.

Champions: Linfield Belfast
Cup Final: Linfield Belfast-Ballymena United 3-1
UEFA Cup: Glentoran Belfast

444 goals = 3.364 goals/match.

DIVISION A NORTHERN IRELAND 1978/79
1. Linfield Belfast 22 14 6 2 46-21 34

  1. Glenavon Lurgan 22 11 6 5 42-30 28
  2. Ards Newtownards 22 11 5 6 47-34 27
  3. Glentoran Belfast 22 9 8 5 36-33 26
  4. FC Portadown 22 10 5 7 35-27 25
  5. FC Larne 22 10 4 8 42-35 24
  6. Cliftonville Belfast 22 7 7 8 31-29 21
  7. FC Coleraine 22 7 6 9 29-30 20
  8. Crusaders Belfast 22 6 8 8 30-33 20
  9. FC Bangor 22 5 8 9 28-40 18
  10. Ballymena United 22 4 6 12 25-46 14
  11. Distillery Belfast 22 2 3 17 19-52 7

No promotion or relegation.

Champions: Linfield Belfast
Cup Final: Cliftonville Belfast-Portadown 3-2
UEFA Cup: Glenavon Lurgan
Relocation: Distillery move to Lisburn

410 goals = 3.106 goals/match.

DIVISION A NORTHERN IRELAND 1979/80
1. Linfield Belfast 22 19 1 2 59-17 39

  1. Ballymena United 22 12 6 4 52-23 30
  2. Glentoran Belfast 22 10 7 5 34-27 27
  3. Cliftonville Belfast 22 10 6 6 29-16 26
  4. Crusaders Belfast 22 11 2 9 32-24 24
  5. FC Portadown 22 10 3 9 36-37 23
  6. FC Coleraine 22 9 4 9 46-48 22
  7. Distillery Lisburn 22 7 4 11 22-48 18
  8. Glenavon Lurgan 22 5 6 11 19-30 16
  9. FC Bangor 22 6 4 12 27-50 16
  10. Ards Newtownards 22 4 5 13 26-39 13
  11. FC Larne 22 3 4 15 17-40 10

No promotion or relegation.

Champions: Linfield Belfast
Cup Final: Linfield Belfast-Crusaders Belfast 2-0
UEFA Cup: Ballymena United

399 goals = 3.023 goals/match.

DIVISION A NORTHERN IRELAND 1980/81
1. Glentoran Belfast 22 15 7 0 59-26 37

  1. Linfield Belfast 22 16 3 3 57-15 35
  2. Ballymena United 22 12 4 6 33-21 28
  3. Crusaders Belfast 22 9 6 7 28-26 24
  4. Ards Newtownards 22 9 6 7 35-40 24
  5. Glenavon Lurgan 22 7 8 7 37-37 22
  6. FC Larne 22 9 4 9 26-26 22
  7. FC Portadown 22 8 5 9 30-34 21
  8. FC Coleraine 22 5 8 9 28-36 18
  9. Cliftonville Belfast 22 5 5 12 20-37 15
  10. FC Bangor 22 4 5 13 35-54 13
  11. Distillery Lisburn 22 1 3 18 18-54 5

No promotion or relegation.

Champions: Glentoran Belfast
Cup Final: Ballymena United-Glenavon Lurgan 1-0
UEFA Cup: Linfield Belfast

406 goals = 3.076 goals/match.

DIVISION A NORTHERN IRELAND 1981/82
1. Linfield Belfast 22 17 3 2 59-19 37

  1. Glentoran Belfast 22 16 1 5 61-22 33
  2. FC Coleraine 22 14 3 5 63-31 31
  3. Crusaders Belfast 22 11 4 7 36-31 26
  4. Cliftonville Belfast 22 9 6 7 33-28 24
  5. FC Portadown 22 11 2 9 29-29 24
  6. Ballymena United 22 6 8 8 25-30 20
  7. Distillery Lisburn 22 7 4 11 30-44 18
  8. Glenavon Lurgan 22 4 7 11 30-52 15
  9. Ards Newtownards 22 5 4 13 18-47 14
  10. FC Larne 22 5 3 14 27-42 13
  11. FC Bangor 22 3 3 16 20-56 9

No promotion or relegation.

Champions: Linfield Belfast
Cup Final: Linfield Belfast-FC Coleraine 2-1
UEFA Cup: Glentoran Belfast

431 goals = 3.265 goals/match.

DIVISION A NORTHERN IRELAND 1982/83
1. Linfield Belfast 22 15 5 2 43-13 35

  1. Glentoran Belfast 22 14 2 6 49-21 30
  2. FC Coleraine 22 11 6 5 44-25 28
  3. FC Portadown 22 10 6 6 29-17 26
  4. Crusaders Belfast 22 11 3 8 35-26 25
  5. Cliftonville Belfast 22 10 4 8 30-24 24
  6. Ards Newtownards 22 9 4 9 40-41 22
  7. Ballymena United 22 8 4 10 32-41 20
  8. Distillery Lisburn 22 7 4 11 23-46 18
  9. Glenavon Lurgan 22 6 4 12 26-37 16
  10. FC Larne 22 6 3 13 31-40 15
  11. FC Bangor 22 1 3 18 17-68 5

Champions: Linfield Belfast
Cup Final: Glentoran Belfast-Linfield Belfast 1-1
Glentoran Belfast-Linfield Belfast 2-1 (replay)
UEFA Cup: FC Coleraine

Elected: Newry Town and Carrick Rangers

399 goals = 3.023 goals/match.

DIVISION A NORTHERN IRELAND 1983/84
1. Linfield Belfast 26 22 1 3 76-23 45

  1. Glentoran Belfast 26 18 6 2 65-19 42
  2. Cliftonville Belfast 26 12 7 7 28-23 31
  3. Ards Newtownards 26 9 11 6 32-26 29
  4. FC Coleraine 26 11 6 9 44-34 28
  5. Ballymena United 26 10 8 8 32-30 28
  6. Glenavon Lurgan 26 10 7 9 41-33 27
  7. Crusaders Belfast 26 11 5 10 38-41 27
  8. Distillery Lisburn 26 11 4 11 35-42 26
  9. FC Portadown 26 9 6 11 28-31 24
  10. Newry Town 26 8 3 15 30-48 19
  11. FC Bangor 26 4 6 16 24-57 14
  12. FC Larne(-2) 26 7 1 18 25-58 15
  13. Carrick Rangers 26 3 3 20 24-57 9

No promotion or relegation.

Champions: Linfield Belfast
Cup Final: Ballymena United-Carrick Rangers 4-1
UEFA Cup: Glentoran Belfast

522 goals = 2.868 goals/match.

DIVISION A NORTHERN IRELAND 1984/85
1. Linfield Belfast 26 17 5 4 70-22 39

  1. FC Coleraine 26 14 8 4 56-31 36
  2. Glentoran Belfast 26 14 6 6 53-26 34
  3. FC Portadown 26 13 4 9 33-29 30
  4. Cliftonville Belfast 26 10 8 8 37-36 28
  5. Crusaders Belfast 26 9 10 7 34-37 28
  6. Glenavon Lurgan 26 11 4 11 45-53 26
  7. Ballymena United 26 9 7 10 37-36 25
  8. Distillery Lisburn 26 8 8 10 35-41 24
  9. FC Larne 26 10 2 14 37-47 22
  10. Ards Newtownards 26 8 5 13 32-40 21
  11. Newry Town 26 7 6 13 39-57 20
  12. FC Bangor 26 5 9 12 24-39 19
  13. Carrick Rangers 26 3 6 17 24-62 12

No promotion or relegation.

Champions: Linfield Belfast
Cup Final: Glentoran Belfast-Linfield Belfast 1-1
Glentoran Belfast-Linfield Belfast 1-0 (replay)
UEFA Cup: FC Coleraine

556 goals = 3.055 goals/match.

DIVISION A NORTHERN IRELAND 1985/86
1. Linfield Belfast 26 20 3 3 59-16 43

  1. FC Coleraine 26 16 3 7 51-31 35
  2. Ards Newtownards 26 12 7 7 37-19 31
  3. Glentoran Belfast 26 14 3 9 42-26 31
  4. Crusaders Belfast 26 13 5 8 42-34 31
  5. FC Larne 26 10 8 8 49-34 28
  6. Ballymena United 26 10 7 9 43-30 27
  7. Cliftonville Belfast 26 8 9 9 31-34 25
  8. Distillery Lisburn 26 9 6 11 30-49 24
  9. FC Portadown 26 10 3 13 22-32 23
  10. Glenavon Lurgan 26 5 11 10 26-36 21
  11. FC Bangor 26 6 6 14 31-45 18
  12. Newry Town 26 6 5 15 28-59 17
  13. Carrick Rangers 26 2 6 18 12-58 10

No promotion or relegation.

Champions: Linfield Belfast
Cup Final: Glentoran Belfast-FC Coleraine 2-1
UEFA Cup: FC Coleraine

503 goals = 2.764 goals/match.

DIVISION A NORTHERN IRELAND 1986/87
1. Linfield Belfast 26 18 3 5 50-15 57

  1. FC Coleraine 26 16 5 5 65-26 53
  2. Ards Newtownards 26 14 6 6 47-31 48
  3. FC Larne 26 11 9 6 38-24 42
  4. Newry Town 26 12 6 8 42-40 42
  5. Ballymena United 26 11 8 7 45-42 41
  6. Glentoran Belfast(-8) 26 14 6 6 54-30 40
  7. Cliftonville Belfast 26 8 9 9 34-29 33
  8. Glenavon Lurgan 26 8 8 10 32-27 32
  9. FC Bangor 26 8 2 16 28-52 26
  10. Crusaders Belfast(-4) 26 8 5 13 37-54 25
  11. Carrick Rangers 26 6 5 15 27-53 23
  12. FC Portadown 26 3 11 12 22-45 20
  13. Distillery Lisburn 26 2 3 21 21-74 9

No promotion or relegation.

Champions: Linfield Belfast
Cup Final: Glentoran Belfast-FC Larne 1-0
UEFA Cup: FC Coleraine

542 goals = 2.978 goals/match.

DIVISION A NORTHERN IRELAND 1987/88
1. Glentoran Belfast 26 19 5 2 48-15 62

  1. Linfield Belfast 26 19 3 4 51-15 60
  2. FC Coleraine 26 16 4 6 53-28 52
  3. Newry Town 26 15 5 6 34-22 50
  4. FC Larne 26 12 4 10 35-35 40
  5. Glenavon Lurgan 26 11 5 10 28-27 38
  6. Ballymena United 26 9 9 8 34-34 36
  7. FC Portadown 26 10 5 11 31-27 35
  8. Crusaders Belfast 26 8 6 12 29-35 30
  9. Cliftonville Belfast 26 6 8 12 18-38 26
  10. Ards Newtownards 26 6 7 13 29-38 25
  11. FC Bangor 26 7 4 15 24-47 25
  12. Carrick Rangers 26 5 5 16 25-44 20
  13. Distillery Lisburn 26 3 2 21 19-53 11

No promotion or relegation.

Champions: Glentoran Belfast
Cup Final: Glentoran Belfast-Glenavon Lurgan 1-0
UEFA Cup: Linfield Belfast

458 goals = 2.516 goals/match.

DIVISION A NORTHERN IRELAND 1988/89
1. Linfield Belfast 26 21 2 3 58-19 65

  1. Glentoran Belfast 26 17 4 5 60-29 55
  2. FC Coleraine 26 15 5 6 42-23 50
  3. FC Bangor 26 12 9 5 42-30 45
  4. Glenavon Lurgan 26 13 5 8 47-34 44
  5. FC Portadown 26 10 9 7 29-19 39
  6. Cliftonville Belfast 26 9 9 8 42-30 36
  7. Carrick Rangers 26 11 3 12 29-40 36
  8. Ballymena United 26 6 11 9 33-41 29
  9. FC Larne 26 6 10 10 38-38 28
  10. Newry Town 26 7 5 14 33-43 26
  11. Crusaders Belfast 26 5 5 16 22-47 20
  12. Ards Newtownards 26 4 6 16 25-54 18
  13. Distillery Lisburn 26 3 3 20 20-73 12

No promotion or relegation.

Champions: Linfield Belfast
Cup Final: Ballymena United-FC Larne 1-0
UEFA Cup: Glentoran Belfast

520 goals = 2.857 goals/match.

DIVISION A NORTHERN IRELAND 1989/90
1. FC Portadown 26 16 7 3 42-17 55

  1. Glenavon Lurgan 26 16 6 4 52-26 54
  2. Glentoran Belfast 26 12 8 6 43-24 44
  3. Linfield Belfast 26 14 2 10 54-40 44
  4. Ballymena United 26 12 7 7 37-25 43
  5. FC Bangor 26 11 5 10 26-22 38
  6. Newry Town 26 11 4 11 42-37 37
  7. Cliftonville Belfast 26 9 8 9 37-39 35
  8. FC Larne 26 8 7 11 29-38 31
  9. Carrick Rangers 26 8 6 12 33-36 30
  10. FC Coleraine 26 8 6 12 36-44 30
  11. Ards Newtownards 26 5 6 15 25-44 21
  12. Crusaders Belfast 26 4 8 14 27-55 20
  13. Distillery Lisburn 26 4 8 14 27-63 20

Champions: FC Portadown
Cup Final: Glentoran Belfast-FC Portadown 3-0
UEFA Cup: Glenavon Lurgan

Elected: Ballyclare Comrades and Omagh Town

510 goals = 2.802 goals/match.

DIVISION A NORTHERN IRELAND 1990/91
1. FC Portadown 30 22 5 3 61-22 71

  1. FC Bangor 30 19 4 7 52-29 61
  2. Glentoran Belfast 30 18 6 6 50-32 60
  3. Glenavon Lurgan 30 17 6 7 63-38 57
  4. Newry Town 30 15 5 10 50-42 50
  5. Cliftonville Belfast 30 14 7 9 59-41 49
  6. Linfield Belfast 30 12 10 8 40-34 46
  7. Ballymena United 30 12 8 10 49-46 44
  8. Ards Newtownards 30 12 7 11 47-40 43
  9. Crusaders Belfast 30 11 9 10 53-46 42
  10. Distillery Lisburn 30 10 5 15 47-57 35
  11. Omagh Town 30 10 4 16 48-66 34
  12. FC Larne 30 8 6 16 41-59 30
  13. Ballyclare Comrades 30 5 6 19 33-68 21
  14. Carrick Rangers 30 4 5 21 30-58 17
  15. FC Coleraine 30 2 5 23 25-70 11

No promotion or relegation.

Champions: FC Portadown
Cup Final: FC Portadown-Glenavon Lurgan 2-1
UEFA Cup: FC Bangor

748 goals = 3.117 goals/match.

DIVISION A NORTHERN IRELAND 1991/92
1. Glentoran Belfast 30 24 5 1 78-26 77

  1. FC Portadown 30 21 2 7 59-19 65
  2. Linfield Belfast 30 17 9 4 58-23 60
  3. FC Larne 30 16 7 7 54-31 55
  4. Glenavon Lurgan 30 16 4 10 54-36 52
  5. Crusaders Belfast 30 14 5 11 55-37 47
  6. Ards Newtownards 30 10 11 9 50-46 41
  7. Omagh Town 30 10 6 14 52-58 36
  8. FC Bangor(-3) 30 11 6 13 45-52 36
  9. Ballymena United 30 8 11 11 37-50 35
  10. Ballyclare Comrades 30 8 8 14 37-64 32
  11. Cliftonville Belfast 30 7 10 13 27-34 31
  12. FC Coleraine 30 7 8 15 35-57 29
  13. Newry Town 30 8 5 17 28-57 29
  14. Distillery Lisburn 30 5 7 18 31-56 22
  15. Carrick Rangers 30 2 8 20 24-78 14

No promotion or relegation.

Champions: Glentoran Belfast
Cup Final: Glenavon Lurgan-Linfield Belfast 2-1
UEFA Cup: FC Portadown

724 goals = 3.017 goals/match.

DIVISION A NORTHERN IRELAND 1992/93
1. Linfield Belfast 30 20 6 4 49-15 66

  1. Crusaders Belfast 30 21 3 6 53-27 66
  2. FC Bangor 30 20 4 6 61-32 64
  3. FC Portadown 30 18 9 3 70-26 63
  4. Distillery Lisburn 30 20 2 8 61-36 62
  5. Glenavon Lurgan 30 14 6 10 48-36 48
  6. Glentoran Belfast 30 13 8 9 70-40 47
  7. Ards Newtownards 30 12 9 9 45-45 45
  8. Carrick Rangers 30 12 2 16 50-73 38
  9. Ballymena United 30 10 6 14 41-51 36
  10. Cliftonville Belfast 30 10 3 17 42-48 33
  11. Omagh Town 30 9 5 16 38-57 32
  12. FC Larne 30 9 3 18 41-59 30
  13. Newry Town 30 5 5 20 30-72 20
  14. FC Coleraine 30 5 3 22 28-63 18
  15. Ballyclare Comrades 30 2 6 22 28-75 12

No promotion or relegation.

Champions: Linfield Belfast
Cup Final: FC Bangor-Ards Newtownards 1-1,1-1,1-0
UEFA Cup: Crusaders Belfast

755 goals = 3.146 goals/match.

DIVISION A NORTHERN IRELAND 1993/94
1. Linfield Belfast 30 21 7 2 63-22 70

  1. FC Portadown 30 20 8 2 76-21 68
  2. Glenavon Lurgan 30 21 5 4 69-29 68
  3. Crusaders Belfast 30 17 7 6 53-30 58
  4. FC Bangor 30 14 3 13 45-49 45
  5. Ards Newtownards 30 13 2 15 59-55 41
  6. Distillery Lisburn 30 11 8 11 41-40 41
  7. Cliftonville Belfast(-3) 30 11 10 9 41-32 40
  8. Glentoran Belfast 30 10 7 13 46-43 37
  9. FC Coleraine 30 10 7 13 41-50 37
  10. Ballymena United 30 9 6 15 37-55 33
  11. Ballyclare Comrades 30 9 6 15 35-57 33
  12. Carrick Rangers 30 6 7 17 42-81 25
  13. Newry Town 30 5 9 16 26-52 24
  14. Omagh Town 30 6 5 19 32-58 23
  15. FC Larne 30 5 7 18 30-62 22

No promotion or relegation.

Champions: Linfield Belfast
Cup Final: Linfield Belfast-FC Bangor 2-0
UEFA Cup: FC Portadown

736 goals = 3.067 goals/match.

DIVISION A NORTHERN IRELAND 1994/95
1. Crusaders Belfast 30 20 7 3 58-25 67

  1. Glenavon Lurgan 30 18 6 6 76-40 60
  2. FC Portadown 30 15 5 10 59-41 50
  3. Ards Newtownards 30 15 5 10 55-42 50
  4. Glentoran Belfast 30 14 8 8 53-41 50
  5. Cliftonville Belfast 30 13 11 6 44-32 50
  6. FC Coleraine 30 12 13 5 52-39 49
  7. Linfield Belfast 30 11 11 8 48-34 44
  8. Omagh Town 30 10 12 8 42-38 42
  9. Distillery Lisburn 30 12 6 12 45-47 42
  10. FC Bangor 30 8 14 8 42-38 38
  11. Ballymena United 30 7 8 15 43-53 29
  12. Carrick Rangers 30 6 7 17 43-77 25
  13. Ballyclare Comrades 30 6 6 18 41-63 24
  14. Newry Town 30 4 9 17 34-74 21
  15. FC Larne 30 3 4 23 18-69 13

The league is split into two division for the 1995/96 season. The final placings in 1993/94 and 1994/95 were used to determine which teams qualify for the Premier Division: Crusaders Belfast, Glenavon Lurgan, FC Portadown, Ards Newtownards, Glentoran Belfast, Cliftonville Belfast, Linfield Belfast and FC Bangor. The remaining clubs will play in Division One in 1995/96.

Champions: Crusaders Belfast
Cup Final: Linfield Belfast-Carrick Rangers Carrickfergus 3-1
UEFA Cup: Glenavon Lurgan

753 goals = 3.138 goals/match.

PREMIER DIVISION NORTHERN IRELAND 1995/96

  1. FC Portadown 28 16 8 4 61-41 56
  1. Crusaders Belfast 28 15 7 6 45-32 52
  2. Glentoran Belfast 28 13 7 8 56-38 46
  3. Glenavon Lurgan 28 13 5 10 47-32 44
  4. Linfield Belfast 28 11 8 9 35-36 41
  5. Cliftonville Belfast 28 6 11 11 28-49 29
  6. Ards Newtownards 28 6 7 15 29-43 25
  1. FC Bangor 28 3 5 20 24-54 14

Champions: FC Portadown
Cup Final: Glentoran Belfast-Glenavon Lurgan 1-0
UEFA Cup: Crusaders Belfast
Promoted: FC Coleraine

325 goals = 2.902 goals/match.

PREMIER DIVISION NORTHERN IRELAND 1996/97

  1. Crusaders Belfast 28 12 10 6 39-26 46
  1. FC Coleraine 28 10 13 5 37-31 43
  2. Glentoran Belfast 28 10 11 7 36-30 41
  3. FC Portadown 28 10 8 10 36-32 38
  4. Linfield Belfast 28 10 8 10 35-33 38
  5. Glenavon Lurgan 28 8 11 9 35-34 35
  6. Cliftonville Belfast 28 7 9 12 23-38 30
  7. Ards Newtownards 28 5 10 13 33-50 25

Champions: Crusaders Belfast
Cup Final: Glenavon Lurgan-Cliftonville Belfast 1-0
UEFA Cup: FC Coleraine
Promoted: Ballymena United and Omagh Town

274 goals = 2.446 goals/match.

PREMIER DIVISION NORTHERN IRELAND 1997/98

  1. Cliftonville Belfast 36 20 8 8 49-37 68
  1. Linfield Belfast 36 17 13 6 50-19 64
  2. FC Portadown 36 17 9 10 50-38 60
  3. Glentoran Belfast 36 17 8 11 52-34 59
  4. Ballymena United 36 14 9 13 55-55 51
  5. Crusaders Belfast 36 13 12 11 51-51 51
  6. FC Coleraine 36 11 10 15 41-48 43
  7. Glenavon Lurgan 36 9 12 15 47-56 39
  8. Omagh Town 36 7 10 19 43-68 31
  1. Ards Newtownards 36 4 11 21 31-63 23

Champions: Cliftonville Belfast
Cup Final: Glentoran Belfast-Glenavon Lurgan 1-0 UEFA Cup: Linfield Belfast
Promoted: Newry Town

469 goals = 2.606 goals/match

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