1955–56 Irish League

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Irish League
Season1955–1956
ChampionsLinfield
23rd Irish title
Matches played132
Goals scored574 (4.35 per match)
Top goalscorerJimmy Jones (26)
← 1954-55
1956–57 →
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Location of teams in the 1949–71 Irish League
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Location of the Belfast-based teams in the Irish League 1949-71

The Irish League in season 1955–56 comprised 12 teams, and Linfield won the championship.

League standings[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Result
1 Linfield (C) 22 19 2 1 56 16 3.500 40 Champions
2 Glenavon 22 14 1 7 77 38 2.026 29
3 Bangor 22 11 5 6 69 54 1.278 27
4 Coleraine 22 10 5 7 56 46 1.217 25
5 Glentoran 22 10 4 8 43 40 1.075 24
6 Distillery 22 7 7 8 39 40 0.975 21
7 Ards 22 9 2 11 44 45 0.978 20
8 Portadown 22 7 4 11 43 57 0.754 18
9 Derry City 22 6 4 12 42 54 0.778 16
10 Crusaders 22 6 4 12 36 53 0.679 16
11 Cliftonville 22 5 4 13 33 62 0.532 14
12 Ballymena United 22 7 0 15 36 69 0.522 14
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champion

Results[]

Home \ Away ARD BAN BLM CLI COL CRU DIS DER GLV GLT LIN POR
Ards 2–4 4–3 3–2 1–1 5–2 3–2 1–2 1–0 2–3 0–1 4–0
Bangor 1–1 6–2 4–2 4–4 8–3 2–2 4–1 4–6 4–2 0–4 2–3
Ballymena United 3–2 2–3 1–2 0–4 2–1 3–1 1–3 1–4 4–1 1–3 1–4
Cliftonville 1–6 0–1 3–1 1–2 1–1 1–4 3–3 1–7 0–1 0–4 0–0
Coleraine 1–0 3–4 5–1 4–1 1–2 2–1 3–1 1–2 2–3 1–1 4–2
Crusaders 3–0 1–1 6–0 1–1 2–2 0–1 3–2 2–1 2–3 2–5 1–0
Distillery 1–2 2–2 5–1 0–3 5–2 3–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–3 2–2
Derry City 3–1 2–1 1–2 5–2 2–2 4–1 2–2 1–4 1–2 1–2 1–1
Glenavon 6–0 3–1 3–1 1–2 9–6 5–1 3–1 5–2 4–4 0–1 4–0
Glentoran 2–1 2–3 2–3 3–4 0–1 2–1 0–0 4–2 4–2 1–1 0–1
Linfield 2–1 4–3 1–2 4–1 2–1 3–0 5–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 2–0
Portadown 2–4 3–7 5–1 6–2 2–4 3–1 2–2 5–1 1–7 1–4 0–3
Source:[citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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