1971–72 Irish League

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Irish League
Season1971–1972
ChampionsGlentoran
15th Irish title
Matches played132
Goals scored475 (3.6 per match)
Top goalscorerPeter Watson
Des Dickson
(20 goals each)
← 1970-71
1972–73 →
1971–72 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 1971–72 Irish League
1971–72 Irish League is located in Greater Belfast
Cliftonville
Crusaders and Distillery
Crusaders and Distillery
Glentoran
Glentoran
Linfield
Linfield
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Location of the Belfast-based teams in the Irish League 1971-72

The Irish League in season 1971–72 comprised 12 teams, and Glentoran won the championship.

League standings[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification
1 Glentoran (C) 22 14 5 3 50 17 2.941 33 Qualification for the European Cup first round
2 Portadown 22 13 4 5 49 25 1.960 30
3 Ards 22 12 5 5 49 30 1.633 29
4 Linfield 22 10 7 5 48 29 1.655 27
5 Crusaders 22 10 5 7 36 35 1.029 25
6 Coleraine 22 9 7 6 51 40 1.275 25
7 Ballymena United 22 8 5 9 34 34 1.000 21
8 Distillery 22 7 7 8 34 44 0.773 21
9 Glenavon 22 7 6 9 36 40 0.900 20
10 Derry City 22 4 8 10 41 55 0.745 16 Withdrew
11 Bangor 22 2 5 15 28 62 0.452 9
12 Cliftonville 22 2 4 16 19 64 0.297 8
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champion

Results[]

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

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