1959–60 Irish League

Irish League
Season1959–60
ChampionsGlenavon
3rd Irish title
Matches played132
Goals scored546 (4.14 per match)
Top goalscorerJimmy Jones (29)
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Location of teams in the Irish League from 1949–1972
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Location of Belfast-based teams in the Irish League from 1949–1971

The 1959–60 Irish League was the 59th edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Northern Irish football. The league consisted of 12 teams, and Glenavon won the championship.

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification
1 Glenavon (C) 22 17 1 4 67 28 2.393 35 Qualification for the European Cup preliminary round
2 Glentoran 22 14 4 4 60 31 1.935 32
3 Distillery 22 12 5 5 55 38 1.447 29
4 Linfield 22 12 5 5 63 46 1.370 29
5 Ballymena United 22 10 3 9 49 46 1.065 23
6 Crusaders 22 9 5 8 43 44 0.977 23
7 Portadown 22 7 8 7 35 40 0.875 22
8 Ards 22 8 3 11 37 47 0.787 19
9 Bangor 22 7 4 11 39 45 0.867 18
10 Derry City 22 6 3 13 41 44 0.932 15
11 Coleraine 22 6 3 13 35 62 0.565 15
12 Cliftonville 22 2 0 20 22 75 0.293 4
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away ARD BAN BLM CLI COL CRU DIS DER GLV GLT LIN POR
Ards 1–4 1–1 4–1 2–0 4–1 4–5 2–1 2–0 1–2 2–5 2–0
Bangor 5–1 1–0 3–2 1–2 2–2 0–2 3–3 1–3 2–2 3–2 1–2
Ballymena United 2–1 2–0 3–1 4–4 1–2 1–3 2–0 0–4 5–3 2–4 2–2
Cliftonville 2–0 1–3 0–4 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–4 0–1 0–5 3–7 0–2
Coleraine 1–3 4–3 2–5 4–3 3–2 1–3 1–0 0–6 1–2 1–1 2–4
Crusaders 2–2 1–0 3–2 4–1 5–0 1–1 3–0 1–3 1–3 5–1 1–1
Distillery 3–0 0–0 1–2 5–2 5–2 2–3 3–2 3–5 1–2 4–4 4–1
Derry City 1–4 2–4 6–1 5–0 1–2 5–2 1–0 0–2 0–2 1–3 2–2
Glenavon 4–0 5–2 1–4 5–1 4–2 5–0 1–2 2–4 0–0 2–1 1–0
Glentoran 5–1 3–1 2–0 3–1 4–1 3–0 1–2 2–2 3–4 7–3 1–1
Linfield 2–0 2–0 4–1 7–1 2–1 1–1 3–3 2–0 2–5 3–2 1–1
Portadown 0–0 3–0 1–5 4–2 1–1 4–2 2–2 2–1 0–4 1–3 1–3
Source: Irish League Archive
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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