1953–54 Irish League

Irish League
Season	1953–54
Champions	Linfield; 21st Irish title
Matches played	132
Goals scored	554 (4.2 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jimmy Jones (32 goals)
	← 1952–53 1954–55 →

Belfast

Ards

Ballymena United

Belfast teams : Cliftonville
Crusaders
Distillery
Glentoran
Linfield

Location of teams in the Irish League from 1949–1972

Location of Belfast-based teams in the Irish League from 1949–1972

The 1953–54 Irish League was the 53rd 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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Result
1	Linfield (C)	22	15	6	1	56	26	2.154	36	Champions
2	Glentoran	22	17	1	4	67	34	1.971	35
3	Glenavon	22	13	2	7	68	45	1.511	28
4	Ballymena United	22	11	5	6	47	40	1.175	27
5	Crusaders	22	11	4	7	60	49	1.224	26
6	Bangor	22	10	2	10	34	42	0.810	22
7	Coleraine	22	8	6	8	49	52	0.942	22
8	Distillery	22	8	5	9	45	36	1.250	21
9	Ards	22	6	2	14	32	53	0.604	14
10	Derry City	22	5	3	14	36	50	0.720	13
11	Portadown	22	5	2	15	34	60	0.567	12
12	Cliftonville	22	3	2	17	26	67	0.388	8

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	ARD	BAN	BLM	CLI	COL	CRU	DIS	DER	GLV	GLT	LIN	POR
Ards		1–3	1–2	4–2	1–4	3–2	1–0	3–2	3–4	0–4	1–2	4–1
Bangor	0–2		2–1	1–0	5–1	4–2	1–0	2–1	1–3	2–0	1–1	3–0
Ballymena United	2–0	2–0		2–0	5–1	1–2	1–1	5–2	4–4	1–4	2–2	1–4
Cliftonville	3–2	4–2	0–3		1–6	2–3	1–3	2–3	1–5	1–6	1–4	0–2
Coleraine	1–1	1–1	1–2	5–2		3–3	3–2	2–1	3–0	1–1	1–1	3–2
Crusaders	2–0	4–0	1–1	4–0	0–6		4–0	5–3	1–3	1–3	4–5	4–2
Distillery	2–2	6–0	4–0	1–2	5–2	3–3		3–2	5–2	2–3	0–1	2–2
Derry City	6–1	2–0	1–3	1–1	4–2	1–3	1–1		0–0	2–3	0–2	3–1
Glenavon	4–2	3–1	1–2	2–0	6–1	2–4	0–1	5–1		5–3	4–2	4–0
Glentoran	2–0	3–2	4–1	5–1	4–1	5–3	2–1	1–0	5–3		0–2	4–1
Linfield	4–0	3–0	3–3	1–1	4–0	1–1	2–1	3–0	2–1	3–2		2–1
Portadown	1–0	2–3	2–3	2–1	1–1	1–4	1–2	2–0	3–7	1–3	2–6

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 1928–29 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 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

1953–54 in Northern Irish football
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Domestic leagues
Domestic cups	Irish Cup Gold Cup City Cup Ulster Cup County Antrim Shield
Related to national team	British Home Championship

1953–54 in European football
« 1952–53 1954–55 »
Domestic leagues	Albania '53 '54 Austria Belgium Bulgaria '53 '54 Cyprus Czechoslovakia '53 '54 Denmark England Faroe Islands '53 '54 Finland '53 '54 France East Germany West Germany (Finals) Greece Hungary '53 '54 Iceland '53 '54 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Norway Poland '53 '54 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania '53 '54 Scotland Soviet Union '53 '54 Spain Sweden Switzerland Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania '53 '54 Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus England France East Germany West Germany Greece Israel Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Northern Ireland Norway '53 '54 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania '53 '54 San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '53 '54 Spain Sweden '53 Switzerland Wales Yugoslavia '53 '54
League cups	Scotland