1978–79 Irish League

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Irish League
Season1978–1979
ChampionsLinfield
32nd Irish title
Matches played132
Goals scored410 (3.11 per match)
Top goalscorerTommy Armstrong (21)
1977-78
1979–80
1978–79 Irish League is located in Northern Ireland
Belfast
Belfast
Ards
Ards
Bangor
Bangor
Coleraine
Coleraine
Glenavon
Glenavon
Larne
Larne
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
1978–79 Irish League is located in Greater Belfast
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 1978–79 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 46 21 2.190 34 Qualification for the European Cup first round
2 Glenavon 22 11 6 5 42 30 1.400 28 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3 Ards 22 11 5 6 47 34 1.382 27
4 Glentoran 22 9 8 5 36 33 1.091 26
5 Portadown 22 10 5 7 35 27 1.296 25
6 Larne 22 10 4 8 42 35 1.200 24
7 Cliftonville 22 7 7 8 31 29 1.069 21 Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round
8 Coleraine 22 7 6 9 29 30 0.967 20
9 Crusaders 22 6 8 8 30 33 0.909 20
10 Bangor 22 5 8 9 28 40 0.700 18
11 Ballymena United 22 4 6 12 25 46 0.543 14
12 Distillery 22 2 3 17 19 52 0.365 7
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champion

Results[]

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

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