| Season | 1928–29 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Belfast Celtic 7thIrish title |
| Matches | 182 |
| Goals | 873 (4.8 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Joe Bambrick (43 goals) |
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The1928–29 Irish League was the 35th edition of theIrish League, the highest level of league competition inNorthern Irishfootball. The league comprised 14 teams, andBelfast Celtic won the championship.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belfast Celtic(C) | 26 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 116 | 23 | 5.043 | 48 | Champions |
| 2 | Linfield | 26 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 88 | 44 | 2.000 | 39 | |
| 3 | Glentoran | 26 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 82 | 62 | 1.323 | 33 | |
| 4 | Distillery | 26 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 71 | 58 | 1.224 | 32 | |
| 5 | Coleraine | 26 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 63 | 53 | 1.189 | 30 | |
| 6 | Ballymena | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 64 | 54 | 1.185 | 28 | |
| 7 | Bangor | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 49 | 54 | 0.907 | 26 | |
| 8 | Glenavon | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 61 | 63 | 0.968 | 24 | |
| 9 | Ards | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 55 | 64 | 0.859 | 23 | |
| 10 | Newry Town | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 47 | 58 | 0.810 | 22 | |
| 11 | Portadown | 26 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 52 | 76 | 0.684 | 22 | |
| 12 | Larne | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 51 | 72 | 0.708 | 20 | |
| 13 | Cliftonville | 26 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 32 | 73 | 0.438 | 10 | |
| 14 | Queen's Island | 26 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 53 | 130 | 0.408 | 7 | Not re-elected |
| Home \ Away | ARD | BAN | BLM | BCE | CLI | COL | DIS | GLV | GLT | LAR | LIN | NEW | POR | QIS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ards | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–6 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 4–0 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | |
| Bangor | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 2–0 | |
| Ballymena | 4–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 3–3 | 5–3 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 7–3 | |
| Belfast Celtic | 3–0 | 7–2 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 7–1 | 5–0 | 7–1 | 6–0 | 5–0 | |
| Cliftonville | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–5 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 1–5 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 4–2 | |
| Coleraine | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 4–2 | 5–3 | 4–1 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 4–3 | |
| Distillery | 6–3 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 7–3 | 5–0 | |
| Glenavon | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 5–4 | |
| Glentoran | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 7–3 | 4–5 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 10–3 | |
| Larne | 2–3 | 4–4 | 2–2 | 2–7 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 0–4 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 2–3 | |
| Linfield | 6–1 | 4–1 | 6–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 8–1 | |
| Newry Town | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 6–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–4 | 2–0 | 4–2 | |
| Portadown | 1–4 | 3–4 | 3–5 | 0–7 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | |
| Queen's Island | 4–4 | 2–1 | 0–7 | 2–10 | 3–3 | 3–9 | 2–3 | 4–8 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 2–8 | 1–2 | 1–6 |