1939–40 Irish League

Irish League
Season	1939–40
Champions	Belfast Celtic; 13th Irish title
Matches played	182
Goals scored	869 (4.77 per match)
	← 1938–39 1947–48 (official); 1940–41 (unofficial) →

Belfast

Belfast teams : Belfast Celtic
Cliftonville
Distillery
Glentoran
Linfield

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Location of teams in the Irish League from 1934–40

1939–40 Irish League is located in Greater Belfast

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

The 1939–40 Irish League was the 46th 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	91	18	5.056	45	Champions
2	Portadown	26	18	5	3	86	37	2.324	41
3	Glentoran	26	19	1	6	104	46	2.261	39
4	Ballymena United	26	15	4	7	82	52	1.577	34
5	Linfield	26	14	5	7	63	47	1.340	33
6	Derry City	26	14	2	10	73	46	1.587	30
7	Glenavon	26	13	3	10	69	68	1.015	29
8	Coleraine	26	11	2	13	47	68	0.691	24
9	Ards	26	9	2	15	49	72	0.681	20
10	Bangor	26	8	3	15	44	77	0.571	19
11	Distillery	26	6	3	17	53	70	0.757	15
12	Newry Town	26	5	5	16	32	86	0.372	15
13	Larne	26	4	5	17	36	83	0.434	13
14	Cliftonville	26	3	1	22	40	99	0.404	7

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	ARD	BAN	BLM	BCE	CLI	COL	DER	DIS	GLV	GLT	LAR	LIN	NEW	POR
Ards		3–1	0–2	3–3	3–1	5–0	1–3	1–4	0–1	2–1	7–1	2–3	1–1	5–4
Bangor	2–5		2–2	1–3	3–1	4–2	1–3	1–0	5–1	0–4	4–1	2–0	4–1	1–2
Ballymena United	5–0	6–0		1–5	4–3	6–1	4–1	4–0	2–2	2–3	5–1	2–1	8–2	2–1
Belfast Celtic	3–0	6–0	3–3		6–2	6–1	3–0	4–0	4–2	4–2	0–0	5–0	12–0	0–0
Cliftonville	1–3	2–3	0–1	0–7		1–2	2–1	7–2	1–2	0–2	3–3	1–6	3–2	2–4
Coleraine	3–1	5–1	2–4	1–3	4–1		2–1	5–4	1–4	3–7	3–1	0–4	3–1	2–1
Derry City	6–2	5–2	5–2	0–0	6–1	0–0		2–1	9–0	3–2	6–0	1–2	4–1	3–5
Distillery	1–2	3–1	3–3	1–3	4–1	1–3	1–3		4–2	2–3	5–2	1–3	7–0	1–1
Glenavon	5–1	6–2	4–2	0–3	8–1	3–0	0–1	2–1		4–3	3–2	3–3	2–0	2–3
Glentoran	8–1	5–1	4–2	0–3	8–2	4–1	6–1	6–2	6–1		6–2	3–2	6–1	0–3
Larne	4–0	1–1	2–4	0–2	1–0	0–1	2–8	4–1	0–5	0–2		1–1	2–1	2–7
Linfield	4–0	1–1	2–1	0–2	5–1	3–1	1–0	3–1	5–5	1–2	3–1		3–0	0–5
Newry Town	2–0	3–0	1–3	0–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–2	1–9	1–1	3–4		1–1
Portadown	3–1	6–1	4–2	1–0	6–2	1–0	3–1	3–2	6–0	2–2	4–2	3–3	7–0

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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Belfast & District League (wartime)	1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19
Northern Regional League (wartime)	1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47

v t e 1939–40 in European football
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Domestic leagues	Austria Bohemia and Moravia Bulgaria Cyprus Denmark England Estonia Finland '39 '40 Germany (Finals) Greece Hungary Iceland '39 '40 Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Palestine Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Slovakia Soviet Union '39 '40 Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey (National Division '39 '40, Football Championship '40) Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Bulgaria '39 '40 Cyprus Estonia France Germany '39 '40 Greece Hungary Italy Latvia '39 Luxembourg Malta Northern Ireland Norway '39 '40 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Spain '39 '40 Switzerland
International competitions	Mitropa Cup '39 '40