1957–58 Irish League
# 1957–58 Irish League

The 1957–58 Irish League was the 57th edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Northern Irish football. The league comprised 12 teams, and Ards won the championship.

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Ards (C) | 22 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 68 | 32 | 2.125 | 36 | Qualification for the European Cup preliminary round |
| 2 | Glenavon | 22 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 67 | 35 | 1.914 | 34 | |
| 3 | Ballymena United | 22 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 51 | 41 | 1.244 | 28 | |
| 4 | Glentoran | 22 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 50 | 38 | 1.316 | 25 | |
| 5 | Linfield | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 68 | 48 | 1.417 | 25 | |
| 6 | Bangor | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 40 | 48 | 0.833 | 21 | |
| 7 | Coleraine | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 53 | 59 | 0.898 | 21 | |
| 8 | Derry City | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 40 | 44 | 0.909 | 20 | |
| 9 | Portadown | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 43 | 48 | 0.896 | 17 | |
| 10 | Distillery | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 36 | 53 | 0.679 | 16 | |
| 11 | Crusaders | 22 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 38 | 57 | 0.667 | 15 | |
| 12 | Cliftonville | 22 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 35 | 86 | 0.407 | 6 | |

## Results

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