1977–78 Irish League
Football league season
Season | 1977–78 |
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Champions | Linfield 31st Irish title |
Matches played | 132 |
Goals scored | 444 (3.36 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Warren Feeney (17) |
← 1976–77 1978–79 → |
Belfast
Ards
Bangor
Coleraine
Glenavon
Larne
Portadown
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Location of teams in the Irish League from 1975–79class=notpageimage|
Location of Belfast-based teams in the Irish League from 1975–79The 1977–78 Irish League was the 76th edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Northern Irish football. The league consisted of 12 teams. Linfield won the championship.
League standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Linfield (C) | 22 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 65 | 22 | +43 | 40 | Qualification for the European Cup first round |
2 | Glentoran | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 59 | 23 | +36 | 34 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
3 | Glenavon | 22 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 38 | 30 | +8 | 28 | |
4 | Cliftonville | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 34 | 35 | −1 | 25 | |
5 | Portadown | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 42 | 34 | +8 | 21 | |
6 | Larne | 22 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 21 | |
7 | Ards | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 37 | 41 | −4 | 21 | |
8 | Coleraine | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 34 | 41 | −7 | 19 | |
9 | Distillery | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 32 | 59 | −27 | 16 | |
10 | Crusaders | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 25 | 46 | −21 | 15 | |
11 | Bangor | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 22 | 35 | −13 | 14 | |
12 | Ballymena United | 22 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 22 | 44 | −22 | 10 | Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round |
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions
(C) Champions
Results
Home \ Away | ARD | BAN | BLM | CLI | COL | CRU | DIS | GLV | GLT | LRN | LIN | POR |
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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 | 4–1 | 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: Irish League Archive
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
References
- Northern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF)
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