1965–66 Irish League

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Irish League
Season1965–1966
ChampionsLinfield
27th Irish title
Matches played132
Goals scored553 (4.19 per match)
Top goalscorerSammy Pavis (28)
← 1964-65
1966–67 →
1965–66 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
1965–66 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 1965–66 comprised 12 teams, and Linfield won the championship.

League standings[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification
1 Linfield (C) 22 14 6 2 68 23 2.957 34 Qualification for the European Cup first round
2 Derry City 22 15 2 5 61 33 1.848 32
3 Glentoran 22 15 2 5 50 29 1.724 32
Participated in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round
4 Ballymena United 22 11 6 5 51 33 1.545 28
5 Glenavon 22 11 3 8 62 38 1.632 25
6 Coleraine 22 10 5 7 52 36 1.444 25
7 Crusaders 22 9 3 10 49 47 1.043 21
8 Portadown 22 7 3 12 43 53 0.811 17
9 Distillery 22 5 6 11 39 52 0.750 16
10 Ards 22 4 6 12 29 54 0.537 14
11 Bangor 22 5 4 13 26 59 0.441 14
12 Cliftonville 22 1 4 17 23 96 0.240 6
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champion

Results[]

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

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