Football league season
Season | 1983β84 |
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Champions | Linfield 36th Irish title |
Matches played | 182 |
Goals scored | 522 (2.87 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Martin McGaughey Trevor Anderson (15 goals each) |
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Location of Belfast-based teams in theββIrish League from 1983β1990
The 1983β84 Irish League was the 83rd edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Northern Irish football. The league consisted of 14 teams, an increase of two on the "previous season," with Carrick Rangers and Newry Town becoming the first new participants in the league since the 1972β73 season. The league title was won by, Linfield for the third consecutive time.
League standingsβ»
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Linfield (C) | 26 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 76 | 23 | +53 | 45 | Qualification for the European Cup first round |
2 | Glentoran | 26 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 65 | 19 | +46 | 42 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
3 | Cliftonville | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 23 | +5 | 31 | |
4 | Ards | 26 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 32 | 26 | +6 | 29 | |
5 | Coleraine | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 44 | 34 | +10 | 28 | |
6 | Ballymena United | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 32 | 30 | +2 | 28 | Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round |
7 | Glenavon | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 41 | 33 | +8 | 27 | |
8 | Crusaders | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 38 | 41 | −3 | 27 | |
9 | Distillery | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 35 | 42 | −7 | 26 | |
10 | Portadown | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 28 | 31 | −3 | 24 | |
11 | Newry Town | 26 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 30 | 48 | −18 | 19 | |
12 | Bangor | 26 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 24 | 57 | −33 | 14 | |
13 | Larne | 26 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 25 | 58 | −33 | 13 | |
14 | Carrick Rangers | 26 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 24 | 57 | −33 | 9 |
- ^ 2 points deducted
Resultsβ»
Home \ Away | ARD | BAN | BLM | CRK | CLI | COL | CRU | DIS | GLV | GLT | LRN | LIN | NEW | POR |
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Ards | 1β0 | 3β0 | 2β1 | 0β0 | 0β0 | 1β1 | 1β0 | 0β3 | 0β0 | 2β0 | 0β2 | 2β0 | 0β0 | |
Bangor | 2β2 | 1β2 | 4β1 | 1β2 | 0β1 | 1β0 | 0β2 | 0β5 | 1β4 | 1β0 | 1β4 | 1β2 | 2β1 | |
Ballymena United | 2β0 | 1β1 | 2β2 | 0β0 | 1β2 | 2β1 | 0β2 | 2β2 | 1β4 | 2β1 | 1β2 | 2β0 | 2β1 | |
Carrick Rangers | 0β1 | 1β1 | 1β0 | 1β2 | 0β3 | 2β3 | 1β2 | 3β0 | 0β2 | 0β3 | 0β3 | 2β2 | 1β3 | |
Cliftonville | 1β1 | 1β0 | 0β3 | 1β0 | 0β0 | 0β1 | 1β0 | 2β0 | 0β1 | 0β3 | 0β1 | 3β1 | 0β1 | |
Coleraine | 5β3 | 3β1 | 0β0 | 0β3 | 2β2 | 1β2 | 4β1 | 1β1 | 0β1 | 4β0 | 1β2 | 4β1 | 0β0 | |
Crusaders | 0β0 | 3β3 | 2β1 | 1β0 | 1β4 | 3β1 | 2β3 | 1β1 | 2β3 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 1β2 | 1β0 | |
Distillery | 2β1 | 0β0 | 0β1 | 3β2 | 0β2 | 2β1 | 2β0 | 1β4 | 0β4 | 3β0 | 2β7 | 2β1 | 2β2 | |
Glenavon | 2β1 | 1β1 | 1β3 | 2β1 | 0β0 | 3β1 | 2β3 | 1β1 | 1β3 | 1β0 | 0β1 | 0β1 | 3β1 | |
Glentoran | 3β3 | 6β0 | 0β0 | 6β1 | 1β2 | 1β0 | 1β0 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 9β2 | 4β1 | 5β0 | 2β0 | |
Larne | 1β1 | 3β1 | 0β1 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 1β4 | 2β1 | 0β2 | 0β3 | 0β2 | 1β2 | 2β1 | 0β1 | |
Linfield | 1β1 | 4β1 | 1β0 | 3β1 | 0β1 | 6β1 | 6β1 | 3β1 | 2β1 | 3β0 | 8β0 | 3β0 | 3β0 | |
Newry Town | 0β4 | 2β0 | 2β2 | 4β0 | 2β3 | 0β3 | 1β1 | 2β1 | 1β2 | 0β1 | 2β0 | 1β3 | 0β1 | |
Portadown | 0β2 | 5β0 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 0β1 | 1β0 | 2β1 | 0β0 | 4β1 | 1β4 | 0β2 |
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.