1952–53 League of Ireland

League of Ireland

Season	1952–53
Champions	Shelbourne (6th Title)
Matches played	132
Goals scored	484 (3.67 per match)
Top goalscorer	Shay Gibbons, (St Patrick's Athletic) 22
← 1951–52 1953–54 →

Statistics of League of Ireland in the 1952/1953 season.

Overview

It was contested by 12 teams, and Shelbourne won the championship.

Final classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Shelbourne	22	12	6	4	46	24	+22	30
2	Drumcondra	22	10	9	3	49	33	+16	29
3	Shamrock Rovers	22	12	3	7	40	27	+13	27
4	St Patrick's Athletic	22	8	8	6	49	34	+15	24
5	Sligo Rovers	22	8	7	7	42	37	+5	23
6	Dundalk	22	8	6	8	45	45	0	22
7	Limerick	22	8	5	9	39	44	−5	21
8	Cork Athletic	22	9	3	10	41	47	−6	21
9	Transport	22	7	7	8	35	42	−7	21
10	Evergreen United	22	8	4	10	36	35	+1	20
11	Waterford	22	5	5	12	35	58	−23	15
12	Bohemians	22	4	3	15	27	58	−31	11

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Results

Home \ Away	BOH	CAT	DRU	DUN	EVE	LIM	SHM	SHE	SLI	StP	TRA	WAT
Bohemians	—	1–2	1–3	0–4	1–1	2–0	2–1	0–3	2–0	3–7	4–2	0–0
Cork Athletic	6–1	—	3–3	2–0	2–1	2–2	0–1	2–0	1–4	2–1	1–2	4–2
Drumcondra	6–1	1–1	—	2–1	0–1	3–0	1–0	1–1	3–1	0–0	1–1	4–4
Dundalk	5–1	1–0	2–2	—	3–2	2–1	0–0	2–2	0–4	1–1	5–2	4–0
Evergreen United	2–1	1–0	3–1	5–0	—	2–2	0–3	1–2	1–1	1–3	1–2	4–2
Limerick	4–3	1–4	1–1	6–3	2–0	—	4–1	2–4	2–0	2–2	1–1	2–1
Shamrock Rovers	1–0	6–2	4–3	2–2	2–1	1–2	—	2–0	2–0	2–0	3–0	1–2
Shelbourne	2–1	6–1	2–3	2–0	3–1	3–0	1–2	—	4–1	1–0	1–1	4–0
Sligo Rovers	4–1	1–2	2–2	2–2	1–1	2–1	0–2	2–2	—	1–1	3–1	4–3
St Patrick's Athletic	2–0	6–2	1–2	4–2	2–3	3–0	3–1	1–1	3–3	—	1–2	4–1
Transport	1–1	2–0	2–4	2–1	1–0	2–3	1–1	1–2	0–4	3–3	—	5–1
Waterford	2–1	4–2	1–3	3–5	1–4	2–1	3–2	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	—

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Shay Gibbons	St Patrick's Athletic	22
2	Jim Rowe	Drumcondra	16
3	Liam Coll	Sligo Rovers	13
3	Rory Dwyer	Shelbourne	13
3	Dessie Glynn	Drumcondra	13
3	Mick Lipper	Transport	13
7	Sean McCarthy	Evergreen United	11
7	Joe Martin	Dundalk	11
9	Paddy Collopy	Limerick	10
9	Tom McCabe	Dundalk	10