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1958–59 Irish League

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Irish League
Season1958–59
ChampionsLinfield
24th Irish title
Matches played132
Goals scored574 (4.35 per match)
Top goalscorerJackie Milburn (26)
Location of Belfast-based teams in the Irish League from 1949–1971

The 1958–59 Irish League was the 58th edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Northern Irish football. The league comprised 12 teams, and Linfield won the championship.

League standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification
1 Linfield (C) 22 17 0 5 69 27 2.556 34 Qualification for the European Cup preliminary round
2 Glenavon 22 14 3 5 66 32 2.063 31
3 Glentoran 22 11 5 6 56 41 1.366 27
4 Portadown 22 12 2 8 60 35 1.714 26
5 Ballymena United 22 12 2 8 51 46 1.109 26
6 Crusaders 22 10 5 7 46 40 1.150 25
7 Ards 22 10 3 9 53 51 1.039 23
8 Coleraine 22 9 4 9 47 45 1.044 22
9 Distillery 22 5 7 10 49 63 0.778 17
10 Bangor 22 6 2 14 30 47 0.638 14
11 Derry City 22 6 2 14 27 55 0.491 14
12 Cliftonville 22 2 1 19 20 92 0.217 5
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 1–0 1–4 7–0 5–3 1–2 3–5 3–1 2–3 2–3 0–3 1–0
Bangor 2–3 0–2 1–0 5–0 0–3 1–1 3–0 0–2 3–2 2–3 4–3
Ballymena United 3–3 2–0 5–0 4–2 4–1 4–2 2–3 0–0 2–3 2–1 1–3
Cliftonville 1–5 2–4 4–1 0–3 1–3 3–1 0–3 2–5 0–2 0–4 1–8
Coleraine 1–2 3–3 4–0 6–1 4–0 2–2 2–0 2–1 1–1 4–0 1–2
Crusaders 5–1 3–0 0–2 3–0 0–1 4–4 2–5 2–3 2–1 3–2 3–1
Distillery 1–1 2–0 3–4 5–1 4–4 2–2 3–1 1–2 2–6 2–3 0–3
Derry City 0–6 1–0 1–4 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–3 1–6 0–4 1–4 2–1
Glenavon 2–3 2–1 3–1 6–0 3–0 1–1 7–0 2–2 7–1 3–6 2–3
Glentoran 1–1 3–1 4–0 8–3 3–2 3–3 3–3 2–0 1–2 2–1 0–1
Linfield 5–1 4–0 5–0 9–0 3–1 1–2 3–0 2–0 2–0 4–2 1–0
Portadown 6–1 5–0 3–4 2–0 6–0 1–1 5–3 3–2 1–4 1–1 2–3
Source: Irish League Archive
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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