Football league season
Season | 1965β66 |
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Champions | Linfield 27th Irish title |
Matches played | 132 |
Goals scored | 553 (4.19 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Sammy Pavis (28) |
β 1964β65 1966β67 β |
Location of Belfast-based teams in theββIrish League from 1949β1971
The 1965β66 Irish League was the 65th 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."
League standingsβ»
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Linfield (C) | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 68 | 23 | 2.957 | 34 | Qualification for the European Cup first round |
2 | Derry City | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 61 | 33 | 1.848 | 32 | |
3 | Glentoran | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 50 | 29 | 1.724 | 32 | European Cup Winners' Cup and Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
4 | Ballymena United | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 51 | 33 | 1.545 | 28 | |
5 | Glenavon | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 62 | 38 | 1.632 | 25 | |
6 | Coleraine | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 52 | 36 | 1.444 | 25 | |
7 | Crusaders | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 49 | 47 | 1.043 | 21 | |
8 | Portadown | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 43 | 53 | 0.811 | 17 | |
9 | Distillery | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 39 | 52 | 0.750 | 16 | |
10 | Ards | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 29 | 54 | 0.537 | 14 | |
11 | Bangor | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 26 | 59 | 0.441 | 14 | |
12 | Cliftonville | 22 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 23 | 96 | 0.240 | 6 |
Resultsβ»
Home \ Away | ARD | BAN | BLM | CLI | COL | CRU | DIS | DER | GLV | GLT | LIN | POR |
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Ards | 1β2 | 1β2 | 1β1 | 0β0 | 2β2 | 1β0 | 0β3 | 1β3 | 2β3 | 1β3 | 1β4 | |
Bangor | 2β2 | 0β0 | 3β1 | 0β3 | 1β1 | 1β3 | 1β0 | 2β5 | 0β4 | 1β4 | 4β1 | |
Ballymena United | 2β2 | 2β0 | 8β0 | 1β2 | 5β2 | 3β0 | 3β4 | 5β5 | 2β1 | 0β0 | 1β0 | |
Cliftonville | 2β1 | 1β3 | 1β5 | 3β3 | 0β4 | 0β3 | 1β1 | 1β6 | 3β5 | 0β10 | 0β6 | |
Coleraine | 5β1 | 6β0 | 1β3 | 6β2 | 2β2 | 3β0 | 3β1 | 2β0 | 0β1 | 0β0 | 1β1 | |
Crusaders | 6β1 | 4β1 | 1β3 | 7β1 | 4β2 | 1β0 | 1β2 | 2β1 | 0β1 | 2β3 | 5β0 | |
Distillery | 2β2 | 3β1 | 1β1 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 1β2 | 2β5 | 2β4 | 0β4 | 3β3 | 3β3 | |
Derry City | 4β1 | 4β2 | 5β1 | 4β1 | 3β2 | 5β0 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 3β2 | 0β0 | 5β0 | |
Glenavon | 1β2 | 3β1 | 0β1 | 6β1 | 2β4 | 4β1 | 2β1 | 1β2 | 8β2 | 0β1 | 4β1 | |
Glentoran | 2β3 | 3β1 | 0β0 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 2β1 | 7β3 | 0β1 | 0β0 | 2β0 | 2β0 | |
Linfield | 5β1 | 8β0 | 5β2 | 3β0 | 4β1 | 6β1 | 3β3 | 3β2 | 1β1 | 1β2 | 3β0 | |
Portadown | 0β2 | 0β0 | 2β1 | 7β2 | 3β5 | 4β0 | 0β3 | 5β3 | 4β3 | 1β3 | 1β2 |
Source: Irish League Archive
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.