1956–57 Irish League

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Irish League
Season1956–1957
ChampionsGlenavon
2nd Irish title
Matches played132
Goals scored599 (4.54 per match)
Top goalscorerJimmy Jones (33)
← 1955-56
1957–58 →
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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 1956–57 comprised 12 teams, and Glenavon won the championship.

League standings[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification
1 Glenavon (C) 22 16 3 3 71 22 3.227 35 Qualification for the European Cup preliminary round
2 Linfield 22 14 6 2 67 32 2.094 34
3 Glentoran 22 13 4 5 56 39 1.436 30
4 Ards 22 12 4 6 65 34 1.912 28
5 Coleraine 22 11 3 8 54 51 1.059 25
6 Distillery 22 9 4 9 47 62 0.758 22
7 Bangor 22 7 6 9 47 44 1.068 20
8 Crusaders 22 9 2 11 38 46 0.826 20
9 Derry City 22 8 3 11 41 52 0.788 19
10 Portadown 22 5 6 11 47 66 0.712 16
11 Ballymena United 22 3 3 16 35 72 0.486 9
12 Cliftonville 22 2 2 18 31 79 0.392 6
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champion

Results[]

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

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