1936–37 Irish League

Irish League
Season	1936–37
Champions	Belfast Celtic; 10th Irish title
Matches played	182
Goals scored	780 (4.29 per match)
	← 1935–36 1937–38 →

Belfast

Belfast teams : Belfast Celtic
Cliftonville
Distillery
Glentoran
Linfield

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Location of teams in the Irish League from 1934–40

1936–37 Irish League is located in Greater Belfast

Location of Belfast-based teams in the Irish League from 1934–40

The 1936–37 Irish League was the 43rd 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	4	2	86	21	4.095	44	Champions
2	Derry City	26	20	3	3	85	37	2.297	43
3	Linfield	26	20	2	4	85	25	3.400	42
4	Portadown	26	14	4	8	49	38	1.289	32
5	Larne	26	13	2	11	63	57	1.105	28
6	Newry Town	26	12	3	11	59	48	1.229	27
7	Glentoran	26	11	3	12	65	65	1.000	25
8	Cliftonville	26	9	6	11	56	64	0.875	24
9	Glenavon	26	10	1	15	56	59	0.949	21
10	Bangor	26	8	3	15	40	80	0.500	19
11	Ards	26	8	2	16	42	73	0.575	18
12	Coleraine	26	6	5	15	24	61	0.393	17
13	Distillery	26	6	2	18	36	65	0.554	14
14	Ballymena United	26	4	2	20	34	87	0.391	10

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	ARD	BAN	BLM	BCE	CLI	COL	DER	DIS	GLV	GLT	LAR	LIN	NEW	POR
Ards		0–1	6–1	0–5	3–1	1–1	4–5	3–1	0–4	2–0	5–0	2–6	0–2	1–3
Bangor	1–1		2–0	0–8	1–1	2–1	1–6	4–0	4–3	1–4	1–3	1–7	2–1	1–3
Ballymena United	4–1	2–5		0–2	1–3	1–0	1–4	3–1	1–3	4–4	1–3	0–7	1–3	1–3
Belfast Celtic	10–0	5–0	4–0		4–2	5–0	4–2	2–1	1–0	2–2	2–1	4–0	4–1	1–3
Cliftonville	4–2	0–2	4–1	0–1		3–1	2–2	7–4	3–0	3–3	5–3	0–2	2–6	3–3
Coleraine	0–2	0–0	1–0	0–6	2–0		1–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	2–2	0–3	2–1	2–1
Derry City	3–1	5–2	2–0	2–1	4–0	4–0		5–2	5–2	4–1	4–1	2–1	6–1	4–0
Distillery	2–1	2–1	2–2	1–2	1–1	1–2	1–3		4–1	1–0	2–3	0–4	0–3	1–3
Glenavon	1–2	4–0	5–2	1–5	4–6	3–2	3–1	4–1		0–1	5–0	2–3	3–1	2–0
Glentoran	2–1	6–1	8–2	2–4	1–0	5–3	4–5	0–5	5–2		2–4	2–3	4–2	2–3
Larne	9–1	4–3	1–2	1–1	3–4	4–0	0–2	2–1	3–1	4–2		0–3	4–1	3–0
Linfield	3–1	7–2	4–0	1–2	2–0	4–1	2–2	5–0	3–0	5–1	2–0		4–0	1–2
Newry Town	4–1	5–1	5–3	0–0	7–1	7–0	1–0	3–1	3–2	1–2	0–3	0–0		1–2
Portadown	0–1	2–1	4–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–2	0–1	2–0	3–1	5–2	1–3	0–0

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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Domestic leagues	Albania '36 '37 Austria Belgium Bulgaria '36 '37 Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Estonia Finland '36 '37 France Germany (Finals) Greece Hungary Iceland '36 '37 Italy Latvia '36 '37–'38 Lithuania '36 '37 Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Palestine Poland '36 '37 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '36 '37 Sweden Switzerland Turkey (National Division '37) Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Austria England France Germany '36 '37 Italy Latvia '36 '37 Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '36 '37 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Spain '36 Soviet Union '36 '37 Switzerland Wales
International competitions	Mitropa Cup '36 '37