1928–29 Irish League

Irish League
Season	1928–29
Champions	Belfast Celtic; 7th Irish title
Matches played	182
Goals scored	873 (4.8 per match)
Top goalscorer	Joe Bambrick (43 goals)
	← 1927–28 1929–30 →

Belfast

Ards

Ballymena

Belfast teams : Belfast Celtic
Cliftonville
Distillery
Glentoran
Linfield
Queen's Island

Location of teams in the 1928–29 Irish League

Location of the Belfast-based teams in the Irish League 1928-29

The 1928–29 Irish League was the 35th 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.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Result
1	Belfast Celtic (C)	26	22	4	0	116	23	5.043	48	Champions
2	Linfield	26	19	1	6	88	44	2.000	39
3	Glentoran	26	15	3	8	82	62	1.323	33
4	Distillery	26	15	2	9	71	58	1.224	32
5	Coleraine	26	13	4	9	63	53	1.189	30
6	Ballymena	26	10	8	8	64	54	1.185	28
7	Bangor	26	10	6	10	49	54	0.907	26
8	Glenavon	26	8	8	10	61	63	0.968	24
9	Ards	26	9	5	12	55	64	0.859	23
10	Newry Town	26	9	4	13	47	58	0.810	22
11	Portadown	26	10	2	14	52	76	0.684	22
12	Larne	26	8	4	14	51	72	0.708	20
13	Cliftonville	26	3	4	19	32	73	0.438	10
14	Queen's Island	26	2	3	21	53	130	0.408	7	Not re-elected

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	ARD	BAN	BLM	BCE	CLI	COL	DIS	GLV	GLT	LAR	LIN	NEW	POR	QIS
Ards		2–1	1–2	2–6	4–1	5–1	0–1	1–1	4–3	4–0	2–4	1–1	1–2	3–2
Bangor	3–0		2–2	0–0	2–1	2–2	3–1	3–3	1–3	2–1	1–3	4–2	4–2	2–0
Ballymena	4–2	1–2		0–3	4–0	3–3	5–3	2–2	3–0	2–0	4–2	0–1	1–3	7–3
Belfast Celtic	3–0	7–2	3–2		4–0	3–2	6–1	1–1	6–0	7–1	5–0	7–1	6–0	5–0
Cliftonville	1–1	0–1	3–2	0–5		1–3	0–1	0–1	2–4	3–4	1–5	2–2	1–2	4–2
Coleraine	2–2	2–1	0–0	1–4	4–2		5–3	4–1	5–2	1–2	2–0	1–2	3–1	4–3
Distillery	6–3	1–0	5–1	0–1	2–0	2–1		3–2	2–3	2–1	2–3	4–1	7–3	5–0
Glenavon	3–2	2–2	1–1	1–3	5–1	2–0	3–4		3–4	0–1	2–3	3–2	3–1	5–4
Glentoran	3–1	4–0	2–2	2–2	4–1	2–3	2–2	7–3		4–5	2–1	5–1	1–2	10–3
Larne	2–3	4–4	2–2	2–7	2–2	2–0	1–3	2–2	2–3		0–4	4–3	3–4	2–3
Linfield	6–1	4–1	6–0	2–2	3–0	0–2	3–2	4–1	4–3	1–2		3–1	5–1	8–1
Newry Town	1–2	2–1	2–2	1–3	1–2	3–0	6–3	1–1	0–1	2–1	3–4		2–0	4–2
Portadown	1–4	3–4	3–5	0–7	2–1	2–3	3–3	3–2	2–4	2–1	1–2	1–0		2–2
Queen's Island	4–4	2–1	0–7	2–10	3–3	3–9	2–3	4–8	2–4	2–4	2–8	1–2	1–6

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

References

Northern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF)

NIFL Premiership seasons
Irish League	1890–91 1891–92 1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–00 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03
Irish Premier League	2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08
IFA Premiership	2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13
NIFL Premiership	2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Belfast & District League (wartime)	1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19
Northern Regional League (wartime)	1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47

1928–29 in Northern Irish football
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Domestic leagues
Domestic cups	Irish Cup Gold Cup City Cup County Antrim Shield Belfast Charity Cup
Related to national team	British Home Championship

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Domestic cups	Austria England France Luxembourg Northern Ireland Norway '28 '29 Palestine Portugal Republic of Ireland Scotland Spain '28 '29 Wales