1958–59 Irish League

Irish League
Season	1958–59
Champions	Linfield; 24th Irish title
Matches played	132
Goals scored	574 (4.35 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jackie Milburn (26)
	← 1957–58 1959–60 →

Belfast

Belfast teams : Cliftonville
Crusaders
Distillery
Glentoran
Linfield

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Location of teams in the Irish League from 1949–1972

1958–59 Irish League is located in Greater Belfast

Location of Belfast-based teams in the Irish League from 1949–1971

The 1958–59 Irish League was the 58th 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	Qualification
1	Linfield (C)	22	17	0	5	69	27	2.556	34	Qualification for the European Cup preliminary round
2	Glenavon	22	14	3	5	66	32	2.063	31
3	Glentoran	22	11	5	6	56	41	1.366	27
4	Portadown	22	12	2	8	60	35	1.714	26
5	Ballymena United	22	12	2	8	51	46	1.109	26
6	Crusaders	22	10	5	7	46	40	1.150	25
7	Ards	22	10	3	9	53	51	1.039	23
8	Coleraine	22	9	4	9	47	45	1.044	22
9	Distillery	22	5	7	10	49	63	0.778	17
10	Bangor	22	6	2	14	30	47	0.638	14
11	Derry City	22	6	2	14	27	55	0.491	14
12	Cliftonville	22	2	1	19	20	92	0.217	5

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	ARD	BAN	BLM	CLI	COL	CRU	DIS	DER	GLV	GLT	LIN	POR
Ards		1–0	1–4	7–0	5–3	1–2	3–5	3–1	2–3	2–3	0–3	1–0
Bangor	2–3		0–2	1–0	5–0	0–3	1–1	3–0	0–2	3–2	2–3	4–3
Ballymena United	3–3	2–0		5–0	4–2	4–1	4–2	2–3	0–0	2–3	2–1	1–3
Cliftonville	1–5	2–4	4–1		0–3	1–3	3–1	0–3	2–5	0–2	0–4	1–8
Coleraine	1–2	3–3	4–0	6–1		4–0	2–2	2–0	2–1	1–1	4–0	1–2
Crusaders	5–1	3–0	0–2	3–0	0–1		4–4	2–5	2–3	2–1	3–2	3–1
Distillery	1–1	2–0	3–4	5–1	4–4	2–2		3–1	1–2	2–6	2–3	0–3
Derry City	0–6	1–0	1–4	1–1	0–1	2–1	1–3		1–6	0–4	1–4	2–1
Glenavon	2–3	2–1	3–1	6–0	3–0	1–1	7–0	2–2		7–1	3–6	2–3
Glentoran	1–1	3–1	4–0	8–3	3–2	3–3	3–3	2–0	1–2		2–1	0–1
Linfield	5–1	4–0	5–0	9–0	3–1	1–2	3–0	2–0	2–0	4–2		1–0
Portadown	6–1	5–0	3–4	2–0	6–0	1–1	5–3	3–2	1–4	1–1	2–3

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

References

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 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

v t e 1958–59 in European football (UEFA)
« 1957–58 1959–60 »
Domestic leagues	Albania '58 '59 Austria Belgium Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Denmark '58 '59 England Faroe Islands '58 '59 Finland '58 '59 France East Germany '58 '59 West Germany (Finals) Greece Hungary Iceland '58 '59 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland '58 '59 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '58 '59 Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania '58 Austria Bulgaria Cyprus Denmark England Faroe Islands '58 '59 Finland '58 '59 France East Germany '58 '59 West Germany Greece Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '58 '59 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '58 Spain Switzerland Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	Scotland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup