1937–38 Irish League

Annual soccer tournament

Football league season

Irish LeagueSeason| 1937–38

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Champions| Belfast Celtic
11th Irish title
Matches played| 182
Goals scored| 797 (4.38 per match)

← 1936–37

1938–39 →

Belfast

Ards

Ballymena United

Bangor

Coleraine

Derry City

Glenavon

Larne

Newry Town

Portadown

Belfast teams : Belfast Celtic
Cliftonville
Distillery
Glentoran
Linfield

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Location of teams in the Irish League from 1934–40

Belfast Celtic

Cliftonville

Distillery

Glentoran

Linfield

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Location of Belfast-based teams in the Irish League from 1934–40

The 1937–38 Irish League was the 44th edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Northern Irish football. The league comprised 14 teams, and Belfast Celtic won the championship after a play-off with Derry City.

## League standings

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Result

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1  | Belfast Celtic (C) | 26  | 18  | 5  | 3  | 88  | 24  | 3.667  | 41  | Champions
2  | Derry City | 26  | 20  | 1  | 5  | 81  | 40  | 2.025  | 41  |
3  | Portadown | 26  | 16  | 5  | 5  | 67  | 32  | 2.094  | 37
4  | Linfield | 26  | 16  | 5  | 5  | 78  | 38  | 2.053  | 37
5  | Ballymena United | 26  | 14  | 5  | 7  | 72  | 55  | 1.309  | 33
6  | Glentoran | 26  | 15  | 2  | 9  | 64  | 57  | 1.123  | 32
7  | Newry Town | 26  | 10  | 6  | 10  | 63  | 49  | 1.286  | 26
8  | Distillery | 26  | 10  | 6  | 10  | 51  | 61  | 0.836  | 26
9  | Ards | 26  | 7  | 4  | 15  | 43  | 66  | 0.652  | 18
10  | Glenavon | 26  | 6  | 5  | 15  | 36  | 65  | 0.554  | 17
11  | Bangor | 26  | 7  | 2  | 17  | 39  | 62  | 0.629  | 16
12  | Larne | 26  | 6  | 3  | 17  | 48  | 87  | 0.552  | 15
13  | Coleraine | 26  | 5  | 5  | 16  | 40  | 75  | 0.533  | 15
14  | Cliftonville | 26  | 2  | 6  | 18  | 27  | 86  | 0.314  | 10

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

## Results

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Home \ Away  | ARD | BAN | BLM | BCE | CLI | COL | DER | DIS | GLV | GLT | LAR | LIN | NEW | POR

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Ards |  | 2–1  | 1–3  | 1–4  | 6–0  | 2–1  | 2–5  | 1–1  | 1–3  | 3–4  | 3–0  | 0–3  | 6–2  | 2–2
Bangor | 1–3  |  | 0–3  | 1–2  | 3–2  | 2–1  | 1–2  | 3–3  | 1–2  | 2–1  | 4–3  | 1–2  | 2–0  | 1–2
Ballymena United | 1–4  | 2–1  |  | 1–0  | 3–1  | 6–2  | 5–0  | 5–1  | 7–2  | 0–1  | 3–2  | 2–2  | 2–2  | 1–1
Belfast Celtic | 6–0  | 4–0  | 3–1  |  | 8–0  | 4–1  | 6–1  | 3–3  | 6–0  | 6–1  | 5–1  | 2–1  | 1–1  | 4–0
Cliftonville | 1–1  | 1–3  | 1–3  | 1–4  |  | 3–0  | 1–2  | 1–3  | 1–1  | 1–3  | 4–3  | 0–2  | 1–1  | 0–8
Coleraine | 3–1  | 1–1  | 3–6  | 0–3  | 8–2  |  | 1–2  | 2–0  | 2–2  | 2–4  | 3–2  | 0–4  | 2–2  | 0–2
Derry City | 3–0  | 4–1  | 9–1  | 1–0  | 4–0  | 4–0  |  | 3–0  | 2–0  | 3–0  | 7–1  | 7–1  | 3–1  | 3–0
Distillery | 3–1  | 3–2  | 4–4  | 1–0  | 0–0  | 4–1  | 1–3  |  | 2–1  | 3–1  | 5–2  | 1–5  | 1–2  | 2–1
Glenavon | 4–1  | 3–2  | 2–0  | 1–1  | 2–2  | 0–3  | 1–4  | 2–1  |  | 0–4  | 3–4  | 1–3  | 2–4  | 0–2
Glentoran | 2–0  | 1–5  | 1–2  | 1–4  | 3–2  | 1–1  | 3–3  | 5–3  | 2–0  |  | 3–2  | 2–0  | 4–2  | 1–2
Larne | 1–1  | 3–0  | 2–6  | 0–4  | 3–1  | 1–1  | 2–3  | 4–2  | 1–1  | 3–8  |  | 0–4  | 2–1  | 3–2
Linfield | 6–0  | 4–1  | 1–1  | 0–2  | 1–1  | 8–0  | 6–1  | 2–2  | 3–2  | 5–2  | 6–3  |  | 4–1  | 2–5
Newry Town | 4–1  | 5–0  | 5–2  | 3–3  | 6–0  | 5–0  | 4–1  | 1–2  | 4–1  | 2–3  | 4–0  | 0–2  |  | 0–0
Portadown | 2–0  | 3–0  | 4–2  | 3–3  | 5–0  | 4–2  | 2–1  | 6–0  | 2–0  | 1–3  | 3–0  | 1–1  | 4–1  |

Source: Irish League Archive
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

### Test match

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16 February 1938

Belfast Celtic| 2–2| Derry City

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The Oval, Belfast

### Replay

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25 April 1938

Belfast Celtic| 3–1| Derry City

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Windsor Park, Belfast

## References

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* Northern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF)

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