1954–55 Irish League
# 1954–55 Irish League

The 1954–55 Irish League was the 54th 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 | Result |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Linfield (C) | 22 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 46 | 21 | 2.190 | 36 | Champions |
| 2 | Glenavon | 22 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 61 | 27 | 2.259 | 36 | |
| 3 | Cliftonville | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 50 | 38 | 1.316 | 24 | |
| 4 | Ards | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 53 | 45 | 1.178 | 24 | |
| 5 | Coleraine | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 46 | 46 | 1.000 | 24 | |
| 6 | Glentoran | 22 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 54 | 46 | 1.174 | 23 | |
| 7 | Bangor | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 43 | 53 | 0.811 | 20 | |
| 8 | Distillery | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 35 | 44 | 0.795 | 18 | |
| 9 | Crusaders | 22 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 29 | 48 | 0.604 | 16 | |
| 10 | Portadown | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 39 | 53 | 0.736 | 15 | |
| 11 | Derry City | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 31 | 49 | 0.633 | 15 | |
| 12 | Ballymena United | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 35 | 52 | 0.673 | 13 | |

## Results

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