title: 1937–38 Irish League
text: # 1937–38 Irish League
  
  The 1937–38 Irish League was the 44th 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 after a play-off with Derry City.
  
  ## League standings
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Result |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Belfast Celtic (C) | 26 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 88 | 24 | 3.667 | 41 | Champions |
  | 2 | Derry City | 26 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 81 | 40 | 2.025 | 41 | |
  | 3 | Portadown | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 67 | 32 | 2.094 | 37 | |
  | 4 | Linfield | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 78 | 38 | 2.053 | 37 | |
  | 5 | Ballymena United | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 72 | 55 | 1.309 | 33 | |
  | 6 | Glentoran | 26 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 64 | 57 | 1.123 | 32 | |
  | 7 | Newry Town | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 63 | 49 | 1.286 | 26 | |
  | 8 | Distillery | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 51 | 61 | 0.836 | 26 | |
  | 9 | Ards | 26 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 43 | 66 | 0.652 | 18 | |
  | 10 | Glenavon | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 36 | 65 | 0.554 | 17 | |
  | 11 | Bangor | 26 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 39 | 62 | 0.629 | 16 | |
  | 12 | Larne | 26 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 48 | 87 | 0.552 | 15 | |
  | 13 | Coleraine | 26 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 40 | 75 | 0.533 | 15 | |
  | 14 | Cliftonville | 26 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 27 | 86 | 0.314 | 10 | |
  
  ## Results
  
  | Home \ Away | ARD | BAN | BLM | BCE | CLI | COL | DER | DIS | GLV | GLT | LAR | LIN | NEW | POR |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Ards | | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 2–5 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–4 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 6–2 | 2–2 |
  | Bangor | 1–3 | | 0–3 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 |
  | Ballymena United | 1–4 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 3–1 | 6–2 | 5–0 | 5–1 | 7–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
  | Belfast Celtic | 6–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | | 8–0 | 4–1 | 6–1 | 3–3 | 6–0 | 6–1 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 |
  | Cliftonville | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–4 | | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 4–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–8 |
  | Coleraine | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–6 | 0–3 | 8–2 | | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 3–2 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 0–2 |
  | Derry City | 3–0 | 4–1 | 9–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 7–1 | 7–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 |
  | Distillery | 3–1 | 3–2 | 4–4 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–3 | | 2–1 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 1–5 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
  | Glenavon | 4–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 2–1 | | 0–4 | 3–4 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 0–2 |
  | Glentoran | 2–0 | 1–5 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 5–3 | 2–0 | | 3–2 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–2 |
  | Larne | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–6 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 3–8 | | 0–4 | 2–1 | 3–2 |
  | Linfield | 6–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 8–0 | 6–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 5–2 | 6–3 | | 4–1 | 2–5 |
  | Newry Town | 4–1 | 5–0 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 6–0 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 4–0 | 0–2 | | 0–0 |
  | Portadown | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 5–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | |
  