1953–54 Irish League
# 1953–54 Irish League

The 1953–54 Irish League was the 53rd 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 | 56 | 26 | 2.154 | 36 | Champions |
| 2 | Glentoran | 22 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 67 | 34 | 1.971 | 35 | |
| 3 | Glenavon | 22 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 68 | 45 | 1.511 | 28 | |
| 4 | Ballymena United | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 47 | 40 | 1.175 | 27 | |
| 5 | Crusaders | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 60 | 49 | 1.224 | 26 | |
| 6 | Bangor | 22 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 34 | 42 | 0.810 | 22 | |
| 7 | Coleraine | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 49 | 52 | 0.942 | 22 | |
| 8 | Distillery | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 45 | 36 | 1.250 | 21 | |
| 9 | Ards | 22 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 32 | 53 | 0.604 | 14 | |
| 10 | Derry City | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 36 | 50 | 0.720 | 13 | |
| 11 | Portadown | 22 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 34 | 60 | 0.567 | 12 | |
| 12 | Cliftonville | 22 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 26 | 67 | 0.388 | 8 | |

## Results

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