1949–50 Irish League
# 1949–50 Irish League

The 1949–50 Irish League was the 49th 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 after a play-off with Glentoran.

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Result |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Linfield (C) | 22 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 64 | 27 | 2.370 | 38 | Champions |
| 2 | Glentoran | 22 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 70 | 25 | 2.800 | 38 | |
| 3 | Distillery | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 48 | 31 | 1.548 | 29 | |
| 4 | Derry City | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 44 | 29 | 1.517 | 29 | |
| 5 | Glenavon | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 51 | 38 | 1.342 | 24 | |
| 6 | Ards | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 34 | 38 | 0.895 | 20 | |
| 7 | Bangor | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 38 | 36 | 1.056 | 19 | |
| 8 | Ballymena United | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 29 | 49 | 0.592 | 15 | |
| 9 | Portadown | 22 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 33 | 52 | 0.635 | 15 | |
| 10 | Coleraine | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 38 | 61 | 0.623 | 14 | |
| 11 | Crusaders | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 37 | 69 | 0.536 | 13 | |
| 12 | Cliftonville | 22 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 34 | 65 | 0.523 | 10 | |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ARD | BAN | BLM | CLI | COL | CRU | DIS | DER | GLV | GLT | LIN | POR |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ards | | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Bangor | 1–2 | | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 7–0 |
| Ballymena United | 0–0 | 1–2 | | 6–0 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 1–3 | 1–2 |
| Cliftonville | 6–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | | 1–3 | 2–7 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 2–4 | 0–6 | 1–4 | 3–3 |
| Coleraine | 1–0 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 3–0 | | 2–2 | 1–3 | 3–6 | 6–4 | 0–5 | 2–3 | 3–2 |
| Crusaders | 2–6 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 0–5 | 2–2 | | 1–1 | 0–4 | 4–1 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 2–3 |
| Distillery | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | | 1–2 | 5–1 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 1–0 |
| Derry City | 1–3 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–4 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Glenavon | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 9–0 | 3–2 | 6–2 | | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Glentoran | 2–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | | 2–3 | 2–1 |
| Linfield | 3–1 | 4–2 | 6–1 | 2–1 | 7–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 2–2 |
| Portadown | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 4–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 3–6 | |
