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1951–52 Irish League

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Irish League
Season1951–52
ChampionsGlenavon
1st Irish title
Matches played132
Goals scored478 (3.62 per match)
Top goalscorerJimmy Jones (27)
Location of Belfast-based teams in the Irish League from 1949–1972

The 1951–52 Irish League was the 51st edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Northern Irish football. The league comprised 12 teams, and Glenavon won the championship.

League standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Result
1 Glenavon (C) 22 17 3 2 67 19 3.526 37 Champions
2 Distillery 22 9 9 4 35 28 1.250 27
3 Coleraine 22 11 5 6 44 33 1.333 27
4 Glentoran 22 12 3 7 57 39 1.462 27
5 Ballymena United 22 7 8 7 41 44 0.932 22
6 Portadown 22 8 5 9 43 39 1.103 21
7 Ards 22 8 4 10 43 49 0.878 20
8 Derry City 22 7 5 10 33 44 0.750 19
9 Crusaders 22 7 4 11 32 51 0.627 18
10 Linfield 22 5 7 10 29 34 0.853 17
11 Bangor 22 6 5 11 27 51 0.529 17
12 Cliftonville 22 4 4 14 27 47 0.574 12
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results

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Home \ Away ARD BAN BLM CLI COL CRU DIS DER GLV GLT LIN POR
Ards 1–2 4–1 0–0 3–5 3–0 2–2 4–1 3–4 1–3 3–1 1–2
Bangor 2–3 5–4 2–1 1–1 0–2 0–0 1–1 0–3 1–1 1–6 3–2
Ballymena United 3–1 4–0 2–1 1–1 3–1 3–3 2–1 0–1 2–2 2–0 0–2
Cliftonville 4–3 1–0 2–2 1–3 2–1 1–2 2–2 1–4 2–3 0–1 2–1
Coleraine 0–1 4–2 5–1 3–1 7–2 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–3
Crusaders 1–3 5–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 3–0 0–3 0–1 0–5 2–1
Distillery 4–3 2–0 2–2 1–1 0–0 1–2 2–2 1–0 3–0 2–2 2–1
Derry City 4–0 0–1 2–2 3–0 3–2 2–3 0–2 0–3 3–1 2–1 2–1
Glenavon 1–1 1–0 2–1 6–2 5–0 5–0 1–2 5–0 8–3 5–0 2–2
Glentoran 8–1 6–0 1–3 3–1 3–2 4–1 3–0 4–0 1–2 4–3 2–2
Linfield 0–0 1–2 2–2 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–3 1–0 1–1
Portadown 1–2 2–2 5–0 3–2 1–0 5–5 2–1 2–3 1–2 1–3 2–1
Source: Irish League Archive
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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