1977–78 Irish League

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Irish League
Season1977–1978
ChampionsLinfield
31st Irish title
Matches played132
Goals scored444 (3.36 per match)
Top goalscorerWarren Feeney (17)
← 1976-77
1978–79 →
1977–78 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
1977–78 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 1977–78 comprised 12 teams. Linfield won the championship.

League standings[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification
1 Linfield (C) 22 19 2 1 65 22 2.955 40 Qualification for the European Cup first round
2 Glentoran 22 15 4 3 59 22 2.682 34 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3 Glenavon 22 13 2 7 41 30 1.367 28
4 Cliftonville 22 10 5 7 34 38 0.895 25
5 Portadown 22 8 5 9 42 34 1.235 21
6 Larne 22 10 1 11 31 31 1.000 21
7 Ards 22 9 3 10 38 41 0.927 21
8 Coleraine 22 8 3 11 34 41 0.829 19
9 Distillery 22 6 4 12 32 59 0.542 16
10 Crusaders 22 6 3 13 24 46 0.522 15
11 Bangor 22 5 4 13 22 36 0.611 14
12 Ballymena United 22 4 2 16 22 44 0.500 10 Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champion

Results[]

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

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