1960–61 Irish League

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Irish League
Season1960–1961
ChampionsLinfield
25th Irish title
Matches played132
Goals scored598 (4.53 per match)
Top goalscorerTrevor Thompson (22)
← 1959-60
1961–62 →
1960–61 Irish League is located in Northern Ireland
Belfast
Belfast
Ards
Ballymena United
Bangor
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 1960–61 comprised 12 teams, and Linfield won the championship after a play-off with Portadown.

League standings[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification
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
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champion

Results[]

Home \ Away ARD BAN BLM CLI COL CRU DIS DER GLV GLT LIN POR
Ards 4–2 1–1 6–3 7–2 2–0 3–0 5–1 3–2 2–1 1–4 0–2
Bangor 1–6 2–0 3–2 3–3 1–4 1–4 1–2 1–2 1–4 0–3 3–3
Ballymena United 1–1 5–2 8–2 1–3 1–1 1–5 3–0 6–0 2–1 2–1 3–3
Cliftonville 1–5 4–2 1–3 2–4 3–1 1–6 0–1 2–3 0–3 1–4 1–3
Coleraine 1–3 4–7 0–1 5–0 1–1 1–5 2–1 2–3 1–1 3–5 1–2
Crusaders 1–2 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 4–1 0–0 1–2 0–0 1–3
Distillery 3–2 2–2 3–4 9–2 5–3 1–1 7–2 0–2 1–7 5–4 0–4
Derry City 3–6 0–5 1–3 0–2 2–3 1–3 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–4 1–5
Glenavon 3–4 3–2 1–1 10–2 2–0 1–2 5–2 1–3 3–2 5–1 1–1
Glentoran 2–0 3–0 4–0 7–0 4–1 3–0 1–3 5–3 2–0 0–1 1–0
Linfield 2–2 3–0 1–2 3–0 5–3 1–1 8–1 5–1 3–1 3–2 3–1
Portadown 3–1 2–2 4–3 2–1 4–0 3–2 5–1 1–1 2–2 2–2 1–1
Source:[citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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