Football league season
Season | 1978β79 |
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Champions | Linfield 32nd Irish title |
Matches played | 132 |
Goals scored | 410 (3.11 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Tommy Armstrong (21) |
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Location of Belfast-based teams in theββIrish League from 1975β79
The 1978β79 Irish League was the 78th 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 | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Linfield (C) | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 46 | 21 | +25 | 34 | Qualification for the European Cup first round |
2 | Glenavon | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 42 | 30 | +12 | 28 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
3 | Ards | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 47 | 34 | +13 | 27 | |
4 | Glentoran | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 36 | 33 | +3 | 26 | |
5 | Portadown | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 35 | 27 | +8 | 25 | |
6 | Larne | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 42 | 35 | +7 | 24 | |
7 | Cliftonville | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 31 | 29 | +2 | 21 | Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round |
8 | Coleraine | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 29 | 30 | −1 | 20 | |
9 | Crusaders | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 30 | 33 | −3 | 20 | |
10 | Bangor | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 28 | 40 | −12 | 18 | |
11 | Ballymena United | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 25 | 46 | −21 | 14 | |
12 | Distillery | 22 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 19 | 52 | −33 | 7 |
Resultsβ»
Home \ Away | ARD | BAN | BLM | CLI | COL | CRU | DIS | GLV | GLT | LRN | LIN | POR |
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Ards | 1β2 | 3β3 | 3β2 | 2β2 | 3β2 | 2β0 | 3β0 | 4β4 | 3β2 | 0β2 | 3β0 | |
Bangor | 2β5 | 0β0 | 0β0 | 3β1 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 2β6 | 0β0 | 1β3 | 0β2 | 1β3 | |
Ballymena United | 1β3 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 0β0 | 2β0 | 0β2 | 5β1 | 1β3 | 1β2 | 1β0 | |
Cliftonville | 2β1 | 3β0 | 5β0 | 2β0 | 1β0 | 3β0 | 1β3 | 2β4 | 0β1 | 0β3 | 1β1 | |
Coleraine | 1β2 | 1β1 | 1β2 | 1β1 | 5β0 | 0β1 | 4β3 | 0β0 | 0β3 | 0β0 | 3β0 | |
Crusaders | 1β0 | 2β2 | 4β0 | 2β2 | 1β0 | 5β2 | 1β0 | 0β2 | 2β2 | 1β4 | 1β2 | |
Distillery | 0β3 | 2β2 | 4β2 | 2β3 | 1β2 | 0β3 | 1β4 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 0β1 | 1β4 | |
Glenavon | 3β1 | 0β1 | 3β2 | 2β0 | 3β0 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 3β2 | 2β1 | 0β0 | 1β1 | |
Glentoran | 1β0 | 3β2 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 2β1 | 3β2 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 1β0 | |
Larne | 3β3 | 2β1 | 2β1 | 2β0 | 0β1 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 1β2 | 1β1 | 3β4 | 3β5 | |
Linfield | 1β2 | 2β2 | 6β1 | 2β1 | 2β3 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 0β0 | 2β1 | 3β1 | 3β1 | |
Portadown | 0β0 | 3β1 | 2β0 | 0β0 | 0β2 | 0β0 | 1β0 | 5β1 | 2β0 | 3β1 | 2β3 |
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.