1970–71 Irish League

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Irish League
Season1970–1971
ChampionsLinfield
29th Irish title
Matches played132
Goals scored447 (3.39 per match)
Top goalscorerBryan Hamilton (18)
← 1969-70
1971–72 →
1970–71 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
1970–71 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 1970–71 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 18 2 2 58 16 3.625 38 Qualification for the European Cup first round
2 Glentoran 22 16 3 3 52 17 3.059 35 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3 Distillery 22 13 4 5 51 29 1.759 30 Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round
4 Coleraine 22 12 2 8 43 32 1.344 26 Participated in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
5 Ballymena United 22 8 7 7 34 28 1.214 23
6 Ards 22 8 5 9 30 37 0.811 21
7 Crusaders 22 7 6 9 24 45 0.533 20
8 Bangor 22 7 5 10 21 34 0.618 19
9 Derry City 22 7 5 10 45 46 0.978 19
10 Glenavon 22 5 3 14 39 55 0.709 13
11 Cliftonville 22 3 6 13 26 53 0.491 12
12 Portadown 22 2 4 16 24 55 0.436 8
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champion

Results[]

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

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