1976–77 Irish League

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Irish League
Season1976–1977
ChampionsGlentoran
16th Irish title
Matches played132
Goals scored408 (3.09 per match)
Top goalscorerRonnie McAteer (20)
← 1975-76
1977–78 →
1976–77 Irish League is located in Northern Ireland
Belfast
Belfast
Ards
Ards
Ballymena United
Bangor
Bangor
Coleraine
Coleraine
Glenavon
Glenavon
Larne
Larne
Portadown
Belfast teams : Cliftonville Crusaders Distillery Glentoran Linfield
Belfast teams : Cliftonville
Crusaders
Distillery
Glentoran
Linfield
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Location of teams in the 1975–79 Irish League
1976–77 Irish League is located in Greater Belfast
Cliftonville
Crusaders
Glentoran
Glentoran
Linfield
Linfield
Distillery
Distillery
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Location of the Belfast-based teams in the Irish League 1975-79

The Irish League in season 1976–77 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 17 2 3 50 19 2.632 36 Qualification for the European Cup first round
2 Glenavon 22 14 3 5 40 25 1.600 31 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3 Linfield 22 12 4 6 39 21 1.857 28
4 Larne 22 12 3 7 42 33 1.273 27
5 Coleraine 22 12 3 7 40 29 1.379 27 Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round
6 Crusaders 22 9 5 8 39 33 1.182 23
7 Ards 22 10 1 11 34 39 0.872 21
8 Portadown 22 8 2 12 36 37 0.973 18
9 Ballymena United 22 5 5 12 20 34 0.588 15
10 Distillery 22 5 5 12 25 44 0.568 15
11 Bangor 22 4 5 13 23 43 0.535 13
12 Cliftonville 22 4 2 16 20 51 0.392 10
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champion

Results[]

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

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