1957–58 Irish League

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Irish League
Season	1957–58
Champions	Ards 1st Irish title
Matches played	132
Goals scored	589 (4.46 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jackie Milburn (29)
← 1956–57 1958–59 →

Belfast

Belfast teams : Cliftonville
Crusaders
Distillery
Glentoran
Linfield

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Location of teams in the Irish League from 1949–1972

1957–58 Irish League is located in Greater Belfast

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

The 1957–58 Irish League was the 57th edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Northern Irish football. The league comprised 12 teams, and Ards won the championship.

League standings[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification
1	Ards (C)	22	16	4	2	68	32	2.125	36	Qualification for the European Cup preliminary round
2	Glenavon	22	17	0	5	67	35	1.914	34
3	Ballymena United	22	13	2	7	51	41	1.244	28
4	Glentoran	22	12	1	9	50	38	1.316	25
5	Linfield	22	11	3	8	68	48	1.417	25
6	Bangor	22	9	3	10	40	48	0.833	21
7	Coleraine	22	8	5	9	53	59	0.898	21
8	Derry City	22	8	4	10	40	44	0.909	20
9	Portadown	22	7	3	12	43	48	0.896	17
10	Distillery	22	5	6	11	36	53	0.679	16
11	Crusaders	22	7	1	14	38	57	0.667	15
12	Cliftonville	22	2	2	18	35	86	0.407	6

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results[edit]

Home \ Away	ARD	BAN	BLM	CLI	COL	CRU	DIS	DER	GLV	GLT	LIN	POR
Ards		5–2	3–0	7–2	3–4	6–1	2–2	2–1	3–4	5–1	3–0	3–2
Bangor	1–2		0–2	5–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	4–0	1–2	2–0	1–2	2–0
Ballymena United	1–1	1–3		4–0	2–2	4–2	3–2	2–1	3–2	5–1	3–1	1–0
Cliftonville	3–4	1–1	2–4		4–4	4–3	3–2	0–2	0–1	2–6	1–7	1–2
Coleraine	1–3	6–1	4–2	2–1		1–3	1–2	1–0	2–8	2–1	4–3	2–3
Crusaders	1–4	1–2	5–2	4–2	2–4		2–3	2–4	1–0	0–1	2–6	0–3
Distillery	1–1	2–3	0–5	3–2	2–2	0–1		2–2	2–4	1–3	1–0	0–6
Derry City	0–1	4–1	1–2	6–1	2–2	2–1	2–2		2–3	0–1	3–2	2–2
Glenavon	0–3	5–0	2–1	6–3	2–1	1–0	3–0	7–1		5–1	2–3	5–2
Glentoran	0–1	3–0	3–1	7–0	5–1	5–2	3–2	5–1	0–1		0–2	2–1
Linfield	4–4	5–3	5–1	4–1	3–3	2–3	3–3	0–2	4–1	3–1		3–4
Portadown	1–2	3–3	1–2	2–1	5–3	0–1	0–3	1–2	2–3	1–1	2–6

Source: Irish League Archive
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References[edit]

Northern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF)

v t e 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 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
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

v t e 1957–58 in European football (UEFA)
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Domestic leagues	Albania '57 '58 Austria Belgium Bulgaria '57 '58 Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '57 '58 Finland '57 '58 France East Germany '57 '58 West Germany (Finals) Greece Hungary Iceland '57 '58 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland '57 '58 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '57 '58 Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania '57 '58 Bulgaria Denmark England Faroe Islands '57 '58 Finland '57 '58 France East Germany '57 '58 West Germany Greece Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '57 '58 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '57 '58 Spain Switzerland Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	Scotland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (Final) Mitropa Cup Danube Cup

Association football in Northern Ireland

Irish Football Association - Northern Ireland Women's Football Association

National teams

Leagues

Men	NIFL Premiership NIFL Championship NIFL Premier Intermediate League Ballymena & Provincial Football League Mid-Ulster Football League Northern Amateur Football League NIFL Premiership Development League
Women	Women's Premiership Championship 1 Championship 2

Domestic cups

Men	Irish Cup NI Football League Cup Scottish Challenge Cup NIFL Charity Shield County Antrim Shield Mid-Ulster Cup North West Senior Cup Irish Intermediate Cup Steel & Sons Cup Bob Radcliffe Cup Craig Memorial Cup
Women	IFA Women's Challenge Cup NIFL Women's Premiership League Cup All-Island Cup

Defunct leagues

Defunct cups

Awards

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1957–58 Irish League

League standings[edit]

Results[edit]

References[edit]

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