1933–34 Irish League

Irish League
Season	1933–34
Champions	Linfield; 17th Irish title
Matches played	182
Goals scored	718 (3.95 per match)
	← 1932–33 1934–35 →

Belfast

Belfast teams : Belfast Celtic
Cliftonville
Distillery
Glentoran
Linfield

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Location of teams in the Irish League from 1929–34

1933–34 Irish League is located in Greater Belfast

Location of Belfast-based teams in the Irish League from 1929–34

The 1933–34 Irish League was the 40th 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	22	2	2	88	21	4.190	46	Champions
2	Belfast Celtic	26	17	3	6	74	42	1.762	37
3	Glentoran	26	16	3	7	59	36	1.639	35
4	Distillery	26	14	3	9	61	41	1.488	31
5	Ballymena	26	12	6	8	59	46	1.283	30
6	Ards	26	11	5	10	47	46	1.022	27
7	Portadown	26	10	5	11	41	52	0.788	25
8	Glenavon	26	10	4	12	45	54	0.833	24
9	Derry City	26	8	7	11	37	38	0.974	23
10	Cliftonville	26	11	0	15	50	78	0.641	22
11	Bangor	26	7	4	15	43	58	0.741	18
12	Coleraine	26	7	3	16	40	61	0.656	17
13	Newry Town	26	5	6	15	37	71	0.521	16
14	Larne	26	4	5	17	37	74	0.500	13

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	ARD	BAN	BLM	BCE	CLI	COL	DER	DIS	GLV	GLT	LAR	LIN	NEW	POR
Ards		2–0	2–1	2–2	3–2	2–0	2–2	3–2	4–0	0–2	1–0	1–4	5–1	2–0
Bangor	3–2		2–3	2–2	3–4	1–2	1–1	3–5	2–1	3–2	2–2	1–4	3–0	3–2
Ballymena	2–2	5–0		2–1	1–4	4–2	2–1	4–2	3–3	3–1	4–2	2–4	7–0	1–0
Belfast Celtic	3–3	0–1	3–2		5–1	5–2	3–2	3–0	2–0	4–0	6–1	2–5	3–2	3–1
Cliftonville	0–2	2–1	0–3	2–4		2–1	4–1	0–4	3–2	0–2	2–1	0–6	2–3	4–2
Coleraine	2–1	3–2	0–0	2–3	4–2		2–1	2–4	1–2	1–3	4–2	2–2	4–1	0–1
Derry City	2–0	2–0	2–2	0–1	5–1	1–0		0–1	3–3	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–2	2–3
Distillery	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–2	5–1	3–3	3–0		2–2	0–1	3–1	1–2	6–1	0–1
Glenavon	2–1	1–0	7–2	3–2	1–2	5–1	0–1	1–6		2–1	0–0	0–2	3–1	2–1
Glentoran	6–2	5–2	1–1	4–2	2–5	3–1	1–0	3–0	1–0		4–0	0–3	3–0	3–3
Larne	1–3	3–2	0–3	1–5	2–4	4–1	0–0	2–4	1–2	1–4		3–3	5–3	2–2
Linfield	5–0	2–1	3–0	3–1	3–0	2–0	2–1	3–0	8–1	0–1	8–1		1–0	5–0
Newry Town	1–1	0–3	2–2	0–6	6–2	3–0	1–1	2–2	2–1	1–1	1–2	0–2		1–1
Portadown	1–0	2–2	1–0	0–1	6–1	2–0	3–3	0–3	2–1	0–4	2–0	1–6	4–3

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

References

Northern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF)

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v t e 1933–34 in European football
« 1932–33 1934–35 »
Domestic leagues	Albania '33 '34 Austria Belgium Bulgaria '33 '34 Czechoslovakia Denmark England Estonia '33 '34 Finland '33 '34 France Germany (Finals) Greece Hungary Iceland '33 '34 Italy Latvia '33 '34 Lithuania '33 '34 Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Palestine Poland '33 '34 Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey '33 '34
Domestic cups	Austria England France Hungary Luxembourg Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '33 '34 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Spain '33 '34 Switzerland Wales
International competitions	Mitropa Cup '33 '34