1955–56 League of Ireland

League of Ireland

Season	1955–56
Champions	St Patrick's Athletic (3rd Title)
Matches played	132
Goals scored	520 (3.94 per match)
Top goalscorer	Shay Gibbons - St Patrick's Athletic - 21 goals
← 1954–55 1956–57 →

Statistics of League of Ireland in the 1955/1956 season.

Overview

It was contested by 12 teams, and St Patrick's Athletic won the championship.

Final classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	St Patrick's Athletic	22	16	2	4	61	34	+27	34
2	Shamrock Rovers	22	15	1	6	54	30	+24	31
3	Waterford	22	14	2	6	66	39	+27	30
4	Evergreen United	22	10	4	8	34	28	+6	24
5	Sligo Rovers	22	11	2	9	47	50	−3	24
6	Shelbourne	22	8	4	10	45	42	+3	20
7	Bohemians	22	7	5	10	29	36	−7	19
8	Drumcondra	22	8	2	12	41	51	−10	18
9	Cork Athletic	22	7	3	12	38	43	−5	17
10	Dundalk	22	6	5	11	37	54	−17	17
11	Limerick	22	6	5	11	35	54	−19	17
12	Transport	22	5	3	14	33	59	−26	13

Source: www.rsssf.com

Results

Home \ Away	BOH	CAT	DRU	DUN	EVE	LIM	SHM	SHE	SLI	StP	TRA	WAT
Bohemians	—	2–1	3–0	2–2	0–2	1–1	3–2	1–2	4–0	2–0	1–1	3–1
Cork Athletic	1–0	—	4–3	5–0	1–0	4–1	0–2	3–3	1–2	1–2	3–1	1–0
Drumcondra	1–1	2–0	—	2–5	2–3	2–0	3–4	2–2	3–1	2–0	4–2	1–4
Dundalk	0–1	2–0	3–2	—	0–1	3–3	1–2	3–2	1–1	3–3	2–1	3–2
Evergreen United	2–0	1–1	1–2	2–2	—	3–1	1–2	2–1	1–0	1–3	1–2	4–2
Limerick	0–0	2–2	3–1	2–0	0–2	—	2–1	2–2	4–1	3–4	3–2	1–3
Shamrock Rovers	4–0	3–1	1–2	2–1	1–1	3–2	—	2–1	4–0	2–1	6–0	1–2
Shelbourne	3–1	2–0	2–0	3–0	3–1	7–1	1–2	—	1–3	1–3	3–1	1–4
Sligo Rovers	6–2	4–3	4–0	4–2	0–3	3–2	0–4	4–2	—	1–3	4–0	5–3
St Patrick's Athletic	3–1	3–2	4–2	4–0	2–1	3–0	2–4	3–2	4–0	—	3–2	2–0
Transport	2–1	3–1	1–3	5–3	0–0	0–1	3–1	1–1	1–2	1–6	—	1–2
Waterford	2–0	5–3	3–1	5–1	3–1	7–1	3–1	2–0	2–2	3–3	8–3	—

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	21
2	Paddy Ambrose	Shamrock Rovers	20
3	Paddy O'Rourke	St Patrick's Athletic	17
4	Gerry Malone	Shelbourne	15
5	Johnny Armstrong	Sligo Rovers	14
6	Jack Walsh	Sligo Rovers	12
7	Jack Fitzgerald	Waterford	11
7	Mick Lipper	Limerick	11
7	Sonny Price	Waterford	11
10	Francie Callan	Dundalk	10
10	Eddie Doran	Evergreen United	10