1929–30 Irish League

Irish League
Season1929–30
ChampionsLinfield
15th Irish title
Matches played182
Goals scored873 (4.8 per match)
Top goalscorerJoe Bambrick (50)
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Location of teams in the Irish League from 1929–34
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Location of Belfast-based teams in the Irish League from 1929–34

The 1929–30 Irish League was the 36th 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 19 4 3 94 46 2.043 42 Champions
2 Glentoran 26 16 4 6 79 53 1.491 36
3 Coleraine 26 14 4 8 66 47 1.404 32
4 Belfast Celtic 26 13 4 9 68 57 1.193 30
5 Ballymena 26 13 3 10 65 46 1.413 29
6 Bangor 26 12 5 9 61 58 1.052 29
7 Derry City 26 12 5 9 52 55 0.945 29
8 Glenavon 26 12 3 11 70 63 1.111 27
9 Distillery 26 12 3 11 65 61 1.066 27
10 Portadown 26 7 7 12 68 90 0.756 21
11 Newry Town 26 9 1 16 51 66 0.773 19
12 Ards 26 6 6 14 47 77 0.610 18
13 Larne 26 5 3 18 47 77 0.610 13
14 Cliftonville 26 5 2 19 40 77 0.519 12
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away ARD BAN BLM BCE CLI COL DER DIS GLV GLT LAR LIN NEW POR
Ards 4–4 0–2 1–2 2–1 2–3 1–2 1–1 3–5 1–5 2–1 1–3 3–2 4–2
Bangor 2–0 3–1 3–1 6–3 1–1 0–3 2–1 3–3 2–3 2–3 1–0 2–0 4–3
Ballymena 1–3 4–0 1–1 7–1 0–1 4–0 6–3 5–0 2–1 3–1 1–4 3–0 2–2
Belfast Celtic 6–1 1–2 4–3 7–2 1–1 4–0 1–5 4–3 1–2 4–1 2–5 1–4 5–1
Cliftonville 2–3 0–0 0–2 1–1 4–2 4–2 1–2 2–5 2–3 1–2 0–3 1–5 4–3
Coleraine 6–1 2–0 2–1 3–5 3–0 1–2 2–5 5–1 1–2 7–5 0–0 4–1 8–0
Derry City 2–2 3–2 1–1 3–1 4–3 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–2 2–1 2–6 2–0 5–2
Distillery 6–3 0–2 3–1 2–3 3–1 2–0 4–2 2–0 2–5 3–0 2–5 4–3 3–3
Glenavon 4–1 5–2 3–1 4–4 1–0 1–3 2–3 2–3 2–1 3–1 7–1 6–1 2–2
Glentoran 6–1 6–6 1–2 4–0 5–2 2–3 2–0 4–3 2–1 4–3 3–3 5–2 3–3
Larne 3–3 2–5 1–2 1–3 1–2 2–4 2–2 3–1 1–2 0–1 1–5 3–1 3–1
Linfield 2–2 3–1 4–7 3–1 1–0 7–1 2–0 4–2 5–3 3–1 7–1 6–1 3–3
Newry Town 3–1 1–3 2–0 0–2 2–3 1–0 2–3 2–0 3–1 3–2 2–2 2–4 5–0
Portadown 1–1 5–3 5–3 1–3 2–0 1–3 6–5 4–2 3–4 4–4 5–3 1–5 5–3
Source: Irish League Archive
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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