1959–60 Irish League

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Irish League
Season1959–1960
ChampionsGlenavon
3rd Irish title
Matches played132
Goals scored546 (4.14 per match)
Top goalscorerJimmy Jones (29)
← 1958-59
1960–61 →
1959–60 Irish League is located in Northern Ireland
Belfast
Belfast
Ards
Ballymena United
Bangor
Bangor
Coleraine
Coleraine
Derry City
Derry City
Glenavon
Glenavon
Portadown
Belfast teams : Cliftonville Crusaders Distillery Glentoran Linfield
Belfast teams : Cliftonville
Crusaders
Distillery
Glentoran
Linfield
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Location of teams in the 1949–71 Irish League
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Location of the Belfast-based teams in the Irish League 1949-71

The Irish League in season 1959–60. It was contested by 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) Champion

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:[citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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