1960–61 Irish League

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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.

Irish League
Season1960–61
ChampionsLinfield
25th Irish title
Matches played132
Goals scored598 (4.53 per match)
Top goalscorerTrevor Thompson (22)
Location of Belfast-based teams in the Irish League from 1949–1971

League standings

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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
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results

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

Test match

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References

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