1960–61_Irish_League

Irish League
Season	1960–61
Champions	Linfield; 25th Irish title
Matches played	132
Goals scored	598 (4.53 per match)
Top goalscorer	Trevor Thompson (22)
	← 1959–60 1961–62 →

1960–61 Irish League

Football league season

The 1960–61 Irish League was the 60th edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Northern Irish football. The league consisted of 12 teams, and Linfield won the championship after a 3-2 playoff win over Portadown.

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Belfast

Belfast teams : Cliftonville
Crusaders
Distillery
Glentoran
Linfield

Location of teams in the Irish League from 1949–1972

Location of Belfast-based teams in the Irish League from 1949–1971

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification
1	Linfield (C)	22	14	4	4	65	34	1.912	32	Qualification for the European Cup preliminary round
2	Portadown	22	12	8	2	56	31	1.806	32
3	Ards	22	14	3	5	66	39	1.692	31
4	Glentoran	22	13	2	7	58	26	2.231	28
5	Ballymena United	22	11	5	6	51	38	1.342	27
6	Glenavon	22	10	5	7	51	42	1.214	25	Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round
7	Crusaders	22	8	7	7	30	29	1.034	23
8	Distillery	22	10	2	10	63	61	1.033	22
9	Bangor	22	4	5	13	48	69	0.696	13
10	Coleraine	22	5	3	14	46	68	0.676	13
11	Derry City	22	5	2	15	31	68	0.456	12
12	Cliftonville	22	3	0	19	33	93	0.355	6

Home \ Away	ARD	BAN	BLM	CLI	COL	CRU	DIS	DER	GLV	GLT	LIN	POR
Ards		4–2	1–1	6–3	7–2	2–0	3–0	5–1	3–2	2–1	1–4	0–2
Bangor	1–6		2–0	3–2	3–3	1–4	1–4	1–2	1–2	1–4	0–3	3–3
Ballymena United	1–1	5–2		8–2	1–3	1–1	1–5	3–0	6–0	2–1	2–1	3–3
Cliftonville	1–5	4–2	1–3		2–4	3–1	1–6	0–1	2–3	0–3	1–4	1–3
Coleraine	1–3	4–7	0–1	5–0		1–1	1–5	2–1	2–3	1–1	3–5	1–2
Crusaders	1–2	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–1		1–0	4–1	0–0	1–2	0–0	1–3
Distillery	3–2	2–2	3–4	9–2	5–3	1–1		7–2	0–2	1–7	5–4	0–4
Derry City	3–6	0–5	1–3	0–2	2–3	1–3	1–0		1–1	2–1	2–4	1–5
Glenavon	3–4	3–2	1–1	10–2	2–0	1–2	5–2	1–3		3–2	5–1	1–1
Glentoran	2–0	3–0	4–0	7–0	4–1	3–0	1–3	5–3	2–0		0–1	1–0
Linfield	2–2	3–0	1–2	3–0	5–3	1–1	8–1	5–1	3–1	3–2		3–1
Portadown	3–1	2–2	4–3	2–1	4–0	3–2	5–1	1–1	2–2	2–2	1–1

1960–61_Irish_League

1960–61 Irish League

League standings

Results

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