1950–51 Irish League

Irish League
Season	1950–51
Champions	Glentoran; 9th Irish title
Matches played	132
Goals scored	533 (4.04 per match)
Top goalscorer	Sammy Hughes; Walter Allen; (23 goals each)
	← 1949–50 1951–52 →

Belfast

Belfast teams : Cliftonville
Crusaders
Distillery
Glentoran
Linfield

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Location of teams in the Irish League from 1949–1972

1950–51 Irish League is located in Greater Belfast

Location of Belfast-based teams in the Irish League from 1949–1972

The 1950–51 Irish League was the 50th edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Northern Irish football. The league comprised 12 teams, and Glentoran won the championship.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Result
1	Glentoran (C)	22	18	2	2	66	21	3.143	38	Champions
2	Linfield	22	15	4	3	57	24	2.375	34
3	Glenavon	22	14	3	5	58	31	1.871	31
4	Coleraine	22	13	2	7	55	35	1.571	28
5	Portadown	22	12	1	9	55	35	1.571	25
6	Distillery	22	9	4	9	45	44	1.023	22
7	Crusaders	22	8	5	9	42	51	0.824	21
8	Cliftonville	22	7	2	13	42	60	0.700	16
9	Derry City	22	6	4	12	27	50	0.540	16
10	Ballymena United	22	5	4	13	30	54	0.556	14
11	Bangor	22	4	3	15	28	62	0.452	11
12	Ards	22	3	2	17	28	66	0.424	8

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	ARD	BAN	BLM	CLI	COL	CRU	DIS	DER	GLV	GLT	LIN	POR
Ards		3–0	1–1	3–0	1–3	1–2	3–5	1–2	1–2	1–5	0–3	3–2
Bangor	1–1		4–1	4–3	1–5	0–3	1–2	2–2	0–1	1–6	3–5	1–4
Ballymena United	4–2	0–2		4–0	2–3	1–2	2–2	2–1	1–5	0–2	3–2	0–2
Cliftonville	3–1	4–0	2–0		2–3	3–2	2–3	2–0	1–0	0–4	0–2	4–4
Coleraine	5–0	3–1	3–0	6–1		6–1	0–3	4–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–0
Crusaders	8–1	1–2	3–3	4–4	4–2		1–1	3–2	1–4	1–1	1–1	1–0
Distillery	2–1	6–0	1–2	2–3	2–2	2–0		3–1	1–4	1–4	0–1	3–1
Derry City	3–2	1–1	3–1	3–2	1–0	0–1	1–1		0–3	1–2	0–6	1–0
Glenavon	4–0	2–0	4–0	4–2	6–2	4–0	6–2	1–1		1–3	1–1	2–7
Glentoran	7–2	2–1	2–0	5–3	3–2	4–1	2–1	4–1	3–0		1–1	3–0
Linfield	3–0	3–2	1–1	3–0	2–1	6–0	4–2	3–2	3–1	2–1		4–2
Coleraine	1–0	4–1	7–2	3–1	3–0	3–2	3–0	6–0	1–2	0–2	2–1

Source: Irish League Archive
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

Northern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF)

v t e NIFL Premiership seasons
Irish League	1890–91 1891–92 1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–00 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03
Irish Premier League	2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08
IFA Premiership	2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13
NIFL Premiership	2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
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 1950–51 in European football
Domestic leagues	Albania '50 '51 Austria Belgium Bulgaria '50 '51 Cyprus Czechoslovakia '50 '51 Denmark England Faroe Islands '50 '51 Finland '50 '51 France East Germany West Germany (Finals) Greece Hungary '50 '51 Iceland '50 '51 Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland '50 '51 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania '50 '51 Scotland Soviet Union '50 '51 Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey (National Division '50, Football Championship '50 '51) Yugoslavia '50 '51
Domestic cups	Albania '50 '51 Bulgaria Cyprus England France Greece Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Northern Ireland Norway '50 '51 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '50 '51 Spain Sweden '50 '51 Switzerland Wales Yugoslavia '50 '51
League cups	Scotland
Super cups	Turkey '50
International competitions	Zentropa Cup