1926–27 Irish League

The 1926–27 Irish League was the 33rd edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Northern Irish football. The league comprised 12 teams, and Belfast Celtic won the championship.

Irish League

Season	1926–27
Champions	Belfast Celtic 5th Irish title
Matches played	132
Goals scored	551 (4.17 per match)
Top goalscorer	Joe Bambrick (28)
← 1925–26 1927–28 →

Belfast

Ards

Barn

Glenavon

Larne

Newry Town

Portadown

Belfast teams : Belfast Celtic
Cliftonville
Distillery
Glentoran
Linfield
Queen's Island

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Location of teams in the 1926–27 Irish League

Belfast Celtic

Cliftonville

Distillery

Glentoran

Queen's Island

Linfield

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Location of the Belfast-based teams in the Irish League 1926-27

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Result
1	Belfast Celtic (C)	22	15	7	0	66	26	2.538	37	Champions
2	Queen's Island	22	12	6	4	46	34	1.353	30
3	Distillery	22	12	5	5	56	36	1.556	29
4	Glentoran	22	11	5	6	56	48	1.167	27
5	Ards	22	9	7	6	42	42	1.000	25
6	Larne	22	10	4	8	55	50	1.100	24
7	Linfield	22	8	6	8	41	35	1.171	22
8	Portadown	22	7	4	11	50	48	1.042	18
9	Cliftonville	22	7	3	12	32	40	0.800	17
10	Newry Town	22	6	5	11	39	48	0.813	17
11	Glenavon	22	4	3	15	33	57	0.579	11
12	Barn	22	2	3	17	35	87	0.402	7

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	ARD	BAR	BCE	CLI	DIS	GLV	GLT	LAR	LIN	NEW	POR	QIS
Ards		4–1	1–6	0–1	3–0	0–1	3–2	2–1	2–1	4–2	3–3	1–1
Barn	1–3		2–6	0–4	3–7	3–2	2–6	2–1	2–2	3–3	3–8	2–3
Belfast Celtic	1–1	4–1		1–0	3–0	3–1	4–1	3–1	4–2	7–2	0–0	1–0
Cliftonville	4–1	3–1	1–1		0–1	4–1	0–2	0–2	1–3	0–1	2–6	2–1
Distillery	2–2	4–0	1–2	5–3		5–1	3–2	4–0	1–0	2–1	5–1	1–2
Glenavon	2–2	5–0	2–4	3–2	1–4		2–3	3–1	0–1	1–4	0–4	1–1
Glentoran	2–2	3–2	3–3	3–2	1–1	3–1		2–4	3–1	3–2	3–2	1–3
Larne	5–1	4–1	3–3	1–1	6–6	3–0	2–6		3–1	2–1	4–2	3–3
Linfield	4–1	3–0	2–2	4–0	1–1	3–3	0–1	3–0		2–1	3–1	1–3
Newry Town	0–0	2–2	0–4	2–0	1–1	3–2	1–1	2–4	4–2		2–0	3–4
Portadown	0–3	5–1	1–1	1–2	0–1	1–0	5–2	3–5	2–2	2–1		0–1
Queen's Island	2–3	5–3	1–3	0–0	3–1	3–1	3–3	1–0	0–0	2–1	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)