Irish League 1939-40
Encyclopedia
Overview
It was performed in 14 teams, and Belfast Celtic won the championship.League standings
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | Belfast Celtic | 26 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 91 | 18 | 45 |
| 2 | Portadown Portadown F.C. Portadown F.C. is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club which plays in the IFA Premiership.The club was founded in the late 1880s and joined the Irish League in 1924. It is based in Portadown in County Armagh and plays its home games at Shamrock Park... |
26 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 86 | 37 | 41 |
| 3 | Glentoran Glentoran F.C. Glentoran F.C. is a semi-professional, football club in Northern Ireland. The club was founded in 1882 and plays its home games at the Oval in east Belfast. Club colours are green, red, and black.Glentoran's biggest rivals are Linfield... |
26 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 104 | 46 | 39 |
| 4 | Ballymena United Ballymena United F.C. Ballymena United, is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club playing in the IFA Premiership. The club hails from the town of Ballymena, County Antrim and plays its home matches at Ballymena Showgrounds. Club colours are sky blue and white. Away Colours are Red and BlackThe club was... |
26 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 82 | 52 | 34 |
| 5 | Linfield Linfield F.C. Linfield F.C. , is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club, whose home ground is Windsor Park in Belfast, which is also the home of the Northern Ireland international team.... |
26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 63 | 47 | 33 |
| 6 | Derry City Derry City F.C. Derry City Football Club is a professional football club based in Derry, Northern Ireland. It plays in the League of Ireland Premier Division... |
26 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 73 | 46 | 30 |
| 7 | Glenavon Glenavon F.C. Glenavon F.C. is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club playing in the IFA Premiership. The club, founded in 1889, hails from Lurgan and plays its home matches at Mourneview Park... |
26 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 69 | 68 | 29 |
| 8 | Coleraine Coleraine F.C. Coleraine F.C. is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club, playing in the IFA Premiership. The club, founded in 1927, hails from Coleraine, County Londonderry and plays its home matches at the Showgrounds. Club colours are blue and white... |
26 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 47 | 68 | 24 |
| 9 | Ards Ards F.C. Ards F.C. is an intermediate, Northern Irish football club playing in IFA Championship 1. The club, founded in 1900, is from Newtownards, but plays its home matches at Dixon Park in Ballyclare, which it shares with Ballyclare Comrades... |
26 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 49 | 72 | 20 |
| 10 | Bangor Bangor F.C. Bangor Football Club is an intermediate, Northern Irish football club playing in IFA Championship 1. The club, founded in 1918, hails from Bangor and plays its home matches at Clandeboye Park. Club colours are gold and royal blue... |
26 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 44 | 77 | 19 |
| 11 | Distillery Lisburn Distillery F.C. Lisburn Distillery is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club playing in the IFA Premiership. The club, founded in 1880, originated in west Belfast, where it was based at Grosvenor Park at Distillery Street off the Grosvenor Road until 1971... |
26 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 53 | 70 | 15 |
| 12 | Newry Town Newry City F.C. Newry City is an intermediate, Northern Irish football club playing in IFA Championship 1. The club, founded in 1923, is based in Newry, County Down and plays its home matches at The Showgrounds. Club colours are blue and white... |
26 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 32 | 86 | 15 |
| 13 | Larne Larne F.C. Larne F.C. is an intermediate, Northern Irish football club playing in IFA Championship 1. The club, founded in 1889, hails from Larne and plays its home matches at Inver Park. Club colours are red and white... |
26 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 36 | 83 | 13 |
| 14 | Cliftonville Cliftonville F.C. Cliftonville Football & Athletic Club is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club playing in the IFA Premiership. Founded on 20 September 1879 by John McCredy McAlery in the suburb of Cliftonville in north Belfast, it is the oldest football club in Ireland and celebrated its 130th... |
26 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 40 | 99 | 7 |