Football league season
Season | 1960β61 |
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Champions | Linfield 25th Irish title |
Matches played | 132 |
Goals scored | 598 (4.53 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Trevor Thompson (22) |
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Location of Belfast-based teams in theββIrish League from 1949β1971
The 1960β61 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.
League standingsβ»
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
Resultsβ»
Home \ Away | ARD | BAN | BLM | CLI | COL | CRU | DIS | DER | GLV | GLT | LIN | POR |
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Ards | 4β2 | 1β1 | 6β3 | 7β2 | 2β0 | 3β0 | 5β1 | 3β2 | 2β1 | 1β4 | 0β2 | |
Bangor | 1β6 | 2β0 | 3β2 | 3β3 | 1β4 | 1β4 | 1β2 | 1β2 | 1β4 | 0β3 | 3β3 | |
Ballymena United | 1β1 | 5β2 | 8β2 | 1β3 | 1β1 | 1β5 | 3β0 | 6β0 | 2β1 | 2β1 | 3β3 | |
Cliftonville | 1β5 | 4β2 | 1β3 | 2β4 | 3β1 | 1β6 | 0β1 | 2β3 | 0β3 | 1β4 | 1β3 | |
Coleraine | 1β3 | 4β7 | 0β1 | 5β0 | 1β1 | 1β5 | 2β1 | 2β3 | 1β1 | 3β5 | 1β2 | |
Crusaders | 1β2 | 1β1 | 1β0 | 2β1 | 2β1 | 1β0 | 4β1 | 0β0 | 1β2 | 0β0 | 1β3 | |
Distillery | 3β2 | 2β2 | 3β4 | 9β2 | 5β3 | 1β1 | 7β2 | 0β2 | 1β7 | 5β4 | 0β4 | |
Derry City | 3β6 | 0β5 | 1β3 | 0β2 | 2β3 | 1β3 | 1β0 | 1β1 | 2β1 | 2β4 | 1β5 | |
Glenavon | 3β4 | 3β2 | 1β1 | 10β2 | 2β0 | 1β2 | 5β2 | 1β3 | 3β2 | 5β1 | 1β1 | |
Glentoran | 2β0 | 3β0 | 4β0 | 7β0 | 4β1 | 3β0 | 1β3 | 5β3 | 2β0 | 0β1 | 1β0 | |
Linfield | 2β2 | 3β0 | 1β2 | 3β0 | 5β3 | 1β1 | 8β1 | 5β1 | 3β1 | 3β2 | 3β1 | |
Portadown | 3β1 | 2β2 | 4β3 | 2β1 | 4β0 | 3β2 | 5β1 | 1β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 1β1 |
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.