1952–53 Irish League

The Irish League in season 1952–53 comprised 12 teams, and Glentoran won the championship.

Irish League
Season1952–1953
ChampionsGlentoran
10th Irish title
Matches played132
Goals scored461 (3.49 per match)
Top goalscorerSammy Hughes (28)
← 1951-52
Location of teams in the 1949–71 Irish League
Location of the Belfast-based teams in the Irish League 1949-71

League standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Result
1 Glentoran (C) 22 14 5 3 59 25 2.360 33 Champions
2 Linfield 22 12 7 3 47 18 2.611 31
3 Ballymena United 22 13 3 6 57 34 1.676 29
4 Glenavon 22 11 3 8 49 39 1.256 25
5 Distillery 22 9 5 8 26 27 0.963 23
6 Coleraine 22 8 6 8 40 43 0.930 22
7 Crusaders 22 7 7 8 39 36 1.083 21
8 Ards 22 7 7 8 32 35 0.914 21
9 Cliftonville 22 8 3 11 37 61 0.607 19
10 Portadown 22 6 7 9 28 35 0.800 19
11 Derry City 22 5 3 14 27 47 0.574 13
12 Bangor 22 3 2 17 20 61 0.328 8
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champion

Results
Home \ Away ARD BAN BLM CLI COL CRU DIS DER GLV GLT LIN POR
Ards 2–1 1–3 3–1 6–4 1–1 0–1 3–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–0
Bangor 2–2 1–2 1–2 0–3 0–3 1–0 0–0 2–5 0–2 2–1 3–2
Ballymena United 4–0 3–1 6–1 1–1 5–3 4–0 3–0 4–1 0–1 2–2 4–0
Cliftonville 2–1 4–1 1–4 3–2 3–1 3–2 1–0 2–1 2–4 1–4 1–4
Coleraine 2–2 3–1 2–1 4–0 1–1 1–2 0–3 2–1 2–5 0–2 2–1
Crusaders 2–1 5–2 1–2 4–2 2–2 3–0 4–0 1–2 4–2 1–1 2–2
Distillery 0–0 3–0 2–4 0–0 3–1 2–0 2–0 0–2 1–1 0–1 1–0
Derry City 1–3 4–1 3–1 2–2 0–2 3–0 2–2 2–4 2–3 1–3 3–0
Glenavon 4–3 3–0 5–2 4–4 0–2 2–0 0–1 5–1 0–3 2–2 3–2
Glentoran 3–0 6–0 4–1 7–1 2–2 2–0 1–3 2–0 1–1 3–1 4–1
Linfield 2–0 5–1 3–0 3–0 6–1 0–0 2–0 4–0 2–0 1–1 1–1
Portadown 0–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–4 2–1 1–0
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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