1928–29 Irish League

Irish League
Season1928–29
ChampionsBelfast Celtic
7th Irish title
Matches played182
Goals scored873 (4.8 per match)
Top goalscorerJoe Bambrick (43)
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Location of teams in the 1928–29 Irish League
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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.

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