1930–31 Irish League
# 1930–31 Irish League

The 1930–31 Irish League was the 37th edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Northern Irish football. The league comprised 14 teams, with Glentoran winning the championship.

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Result |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Glentoran (C) | 26 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 96 | 39 | 2.462 | 47 | Champions |
| 2 | Linfield | 26 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 73 | 42 | 1.738 | 38 | |
| 3 | Belfast Celtic | 26 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 75 | 52 | 1.442 | 36 | |
| 4 | Distillery | 26 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 82 | 46 | 1.783 | 34 | |
| 5 | Ballymena | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 75 | 50 | 1.500 | 31 | |
| 6 | Ards | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 68 | 69 | 0.986 | 27 | |
| 7 | Derry City | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 50 | 61 | 0.820 | 24 | |
| 8 | Cliftonville | 26 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 54 | 70 | 0.771 | 24 | |
| 9 | Portadown | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 63 | 73 | 0.863 | 19 | |
| 10 | Bangor | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 62 | 75 | 0.827 | 19 | |
| 11 | Glenavon | 26 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 47 | 75 | 0.627 | 19 | |
| 12 | Coleraine | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 48 | 56 | 0.857 | 18 | |
| 13 | Larne | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 44 | 74 | 0.595 | 18 | |
| 14 | Newry Town | 26 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 45 | 100 | 0.450 | 10 | |

## Results

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