1963–64 Irish League

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Irish League
Season1963–1964
ChampionsGlentoran
11th Irish title
Matches played132
Goals scored564 (4.27 per match)
Top goalscorerTrevor Thompson (21)
← 1962-63
1964–65 →
1963–64 Irish League is located in Northern Ireland
Belfast
Belfast
Ards
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
1963–64 Irish League is located in Greater Belfast
Cliftonville
Crusaders
Distillery
Distillery
Glentoran
Glentoran
Linfield
Linfield
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Location of the Belfast-based teams in the Irish League 1949-71

The Irish League in season 1963–64 comprised 12 teams, and Glentoran won the championship.

League standings[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification
1 Glentoran 22 14 5 3 59 29 2.034 33
Participated in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Qualification for the European Cup preliminary round
2 Coleraine 22 14 4 4 40 25 1.600 32
3 Derry City 22 13 3 6 59 33 1.788 29 Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round
4 Linfield 22 12 4 6 53 38 1.395 28
5 Portadown 22 12 3 7 49 36 1.361 27
6 Ballymena United 22 11 2 9 55 52 1.058 24
7 Distillery 22 9 5 8 63 46 1.370 23
8 Glenavon 22 10 1 11 51 50 1.020 21
9 Crusaders 22 8 2 12 40 41 0.976 18
10 Ards 22 7 3 12 45 58 0.776 17
11 Bangor 22 2 2 18 26 76 0.342 6
12 Cliftonville 22 2 2 18 24 80 0.300 6
Source: rsssf.com

Results[]

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

Top scorers[]

Pos Player Club Pld Goals
1 Trevor Thompson Glentoran 20 21
2 Phil Scott Linfield 21 20
3 Denis Guy Glenavon 22 19
4 Billy Johnston Glenavon 17 17
5 Ken Halliday Coleraine 21 16
6 John Cochrane Distillery 15 15
= Tom Sterritt Ards 22 15
8 Fay Coyle Derry City 15 14
9 Joe Meldrum Distillery 17 13
= Sammy Pavis Glentoran 18 13

References[]

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