title: 1955–56 Irish League
text: # 1955–56 Irish League
  
  The 1955–56 Irish League was the 55th 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 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 56 | 16 | 3.500 | 40 | Champions |
  | 2 | Glenavon | 22 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 77 | 38 | 2.026 | 29 | |
  | 3 | Bangor | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 69 | 54 | 1.278 | 27 | |
  | 4 | Coleraine | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 56 | 46 | 1.217 | 25 | |
  | 5 | Glentoran | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 43 | 40 | 1.075 | 24 | |
  | 6 | Distillery | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 39 | 40 | 0.975 | 21 | |
  | 7 | Ards | 22 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 44 | 45 | 0.978 | 20 | |
  | 8 | Portadown | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 43 | 57 | 0.754 | 18 | |
  | 9 | Derry City | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 42 | 54 | 0.778 | 16 | |
  | 10 | Crusaders | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 36 | 53 | 0.679 | 16 | |
  | 11 | Cliftonville | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 33 | 62 | 0.532 | 14 | |
  | 12 | Ballymena United | 22 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 36 | 69 | 0.522 | 14 | |
  
  ## Results
  
  | Home \ Away | ARD | BAN | BLM | CLI | COL | CRU | DIS | DER | GLV | GLT | LIN | POR |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Ards | | 2–4 | 4–3 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 4–0 |
  | Bangor | 1–1 | | 6–2 | 4–2 | 4–4 | 8–3 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 4–6 | 4–2 | 0–4 | 2–3 |
  | Ballymena United | 3–2 | 2–3 | | 1–2 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 1–4 |
  | Cliftonville | 1–6 | 0–1 | 3–1 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 3–3 | 1–7 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 0–0 |
  | Coleraine | 1–0 | 3–4 | 5–1 | 4–1 | | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 4–2 |
  | Crusaders | 3–0 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–5 | 1–0 |
  | Distillery | 1–2 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 0–3 | 5–2 | 3–0 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 |
  | Derry City | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–2 | | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
  | Glenavon | 6–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 9–6 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 5–2 | | 4–4 | 0–1 | 4–0 |
  | Glentoran | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 3–4 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 4–2 | | 1–1 | 0–1 |
  | Linfield | 2–1 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 2–0 |
  | Portadown | 2–4 | 3–7 | 5–1 | 6–2 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 1–7 | 1–4 | 0–3 | |
  