1933–34 Irish League

The 1933–34 Irish League was the 40th edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Northern Irish football. The league comprised 14 teams, and Linfield won the championship.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Result
1	Linfield (C)	26	22	2	2	88	21	4.190	46	Champions
2	Belfast Celtic	26	17	3	6	74	42	1.762	37
3	Glentoran	26	16	3	7	59	36	1.639	35
4	Distillery	26	14	3	9	61	41	1.488	31
5	Ballymena	26	12	6	8	59	46	1.283	30
6	Ards	26	11	5	10	47	46	1.022	27
7	Portadown	26	10	5	11	41	52	0.788	25
8	Glenavon	26	10	4	12	45	54	0.833	24
9	Derry City	26	8	7	11	37	38	0.974	23
10	Cliftonville	26	11	0	15	50	78	0.641	22
11	Bangor	26	7	4	15	43	58	0.741	18
12	Coleraine	26	7	3	16	40	61	0.656	17
13	Newry Town	26	5	6	15	37	71	0.521	16
14	Larne	26	4	5	17	37	74	0.500	13

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results

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

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 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 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

1933–34 in Northern Irish football
« 1932–33 1934–35 »
Domestic leagues
Domestic cups	Irish Cup Gold Cup City Cup County Antrim Shield Belfast Charity Cup
Related to national team	British Home Championship

1933–34 in European football
« 1932–33 1934–35 »
Domestic leagues	Albania '33 '34 Austria Belgium Bulgaria '33 '34 Czechoslovakia Denmark England Estonia '33 '34 Finland '33 '34 France Germany (Finals) Greece Hungary Iceland '33 '34 Italy Latvia '33 '34 Lithuania '33 '34 Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Palestine Poland '33 '34 Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey '33 '34 Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Austria England France Hungary Luxembourg Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '33 '34 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Spain '33 '34 Switzerland Wales
International competitions	Mitropa Cup '33 '34