1966–67 Irish League

Irish League
Season	1966–67
Champions	Glentoran; 12th Irish title
Matches played	132
Goals scored	593 (4.49 per match)
Top goalscorer	Sammy Pavis (25)
	← 1965–66 1967–68 →

Belfast

Belfast teams : Cliftonville
Crusaders
Distillery
Glentoran
Linfield

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Location of teams in the Irish League from 1949–1972

1966–67 Irish League is located in Greater Belfast

Location of Belfast-based teams in the Irish League from 1949–1971

The 1966–67 Irish League was the 66th edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Northern Irish football. The league consisted of 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	6	2	67	35	1.914	34	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Linfield	22	14	5	3	70	37	1.892	33
3	Derry City	22	11	5	6	51	42	1.214	27
4	Coleraine	22	10	5	7	53	42	1.262	25
5	Crusaders	22	11	2	9	63	60	1.050	24	Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round
6	Glenavon	22	9	5	8	50	39	1.282	23
7	Ballymena United	22	9	5	8	54	45	1.200	23
8	Ards	22	7	7	8	37	38	0.974	21
9	Portadown	22	8	4	10	46	48	0.958	20
10	Distillery	22	6	5	11	44	53	0.830	17
11	Bangor	22	3	3	16	35	95	0.368	9
12	Cliftonville	22	2	4	16	23	59	0.390	8

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	ARD	BAN	BLM	CLI	COL	CRU	DIS	DER	GLV	GLT	LIN	POR
Ards		2–2	1–2	3–1	1–0	3–1	3–0	2–3	1–1	1–3	1–1	3–3
Bangor	1–4		0–2	3–1	4–3	0–5	0–11	1–2	1–4	2–4	1–3	5–2
Ballymena United	1–1	5–1		2–1	4–4	7–3	4–0	1–2	2–0	2–3	2–4	4–1
Cliftonville	0–1	3–2	1–1		1–1	0–0	2–2	0–2	0–2	2–5	2–4	1–0
Coleraine	4–2	4–1	1–2	2–0		3–2	2–2	1–0	4–1	1–2	0–3	2–2
Crusaders	3–1	5–1	4–3	3–2	1–6		3–1	6–3	2–1	1–3	4–4	2–1
Distillery	1–1	8–3	1–1	3–2	2–5	3–1		1–1	0–5	2–4	1–4	0–2
Derry City	0–2	4–4	2–1	4–0	4–1	9–4	0–2		2–2	1–0	5–2	1–1
Glenavon	2–0	10–0	4–4	3–1	2–2	2–5	0–1	0–1		1–2	2–1	3–2
Glentoran	2–2	6–0	5–2	5–0	2–3	3–2	2–0	4–4	2–2		2–2	2–2
Linfield	6–2	2–2	2–1	7–2	4–2	2–0	5–1	4–1	2–3	1–1		4–1
Portadown	1–0	5–1	4–1	4–1	0–2	2–6	3–2	3–0	4–0	2–5	1–3

Source: Irish League Archive
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

Northern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF)

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Irish League	1890–91 1891–92 1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–00 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03
Irish Premier League	2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08
IFA Premiership	2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13
NIFL Premiership	2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Belfast & District League (wartime)	1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19
Northern Regional League (wartime)	1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47

v t e 1966–67 in European football (UEFA)
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Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '66 '67 England Faroe Islands '66 '67 Finland '66 '67 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary '66 '67 Iceland '66 '67 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '66 '67 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '66 '67 Spain Sweden '66 '67 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '66 '67 Finland '66 '67 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary '66 '67 Iceland '66 '67 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '66 '67 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Sweden '67 Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Scotland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup Mitropa Cup