1935–36 Irish League
# 1935–36 Irish League

The 1935–36 Irish League was the 42nd edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Northern Irish football. The league comprised 14 teams, and Belfast Celtic won the championship.

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Result |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Belfast Celtic (C) | 26 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 66 | 23 | 2.870 | 43 | Champions |
| 2 | Derry City | 26 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 71 | 36 | 1.972 | 41 | |
| 3 | Linfield | 26 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 72 | 28 | 2.571 | 38 | |
| 4 | Newry Town | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 80 | 50 | 1.600 | 33 | |
| 5 | Glentoran | 26 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 57 | 50 | 1.140 | 27 | |
| 6 | Distillery | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 51 | 52 | 0.981 | 27 | |
| 7 | Larne | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 49 | 65 | 0.754 | 26 | |
| 8 | Portadown | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 53 | 58 | 0.914 | 23 | |
| 9 | Cliftonville | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 49 | 61 | 0.803 | 23 | |
| 10 | Ballymena United | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 41 | 59 | 0.695 | 19 | |
| 11 | Bangor | 26 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 47 | 72 | 0.653 | 19 | |
| 12 | Glenavon | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 40 | 56 | 0.714 | 17 | |
| 13 | Coleraine | 26 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 28 | 44 | 0.636 | 15 | |
| 14 | Ards | 26 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 44 | 94 | 0.468 | 13 | |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ARD | BAN | BLM | BCE | CLI | COL | DER | DIS | GLV | GLT | LAR | LIN | NEW | POR |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ards | | 5–1 | 1–5 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–7 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 0–4 | 2–3 | 2–2 |
| Bangor | 0–3 | | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 8–2 |
| Ballymena United | 1–1 | 4–3 | | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 |
| Belfast Celtic | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | | 4–2 | 1–0 | 2–6 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 9–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 |
| Cliftonville | 6–0 | 2–1 | 5–4 | 0–4 | | 0–1 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 1–7 | 5–1 | 2–0 |
| Coleraine | 6–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | | 2–4 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–4 |
| Derry City | 8–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | | 6–0 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Distillery | 4–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 3–2 | | 5–2 | 4–2 | 6–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–5 |
| Glenavon | 3–1 | 3–4 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 1–2 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| Glentoran | 9–6 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 6–0 | 1–2 | 2–5 | 1–1 |
| Larne | 3–2 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 2–4 | 4–1 | 1–6 | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Linfield | 5–1 | 7–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 8–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | | 4–3 | 2–0 |
| Newry Town | 7–1 | 8–1 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 6–1 | 3–3 | 2–3 | 5–0 | 2–1 | | 4–2 |
| Portadown | 4–3 | 4–3 | 8–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 0–4 | 6–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | |
