1959–60 League of Ireland

League of Ireland

Season	1959–60
Champions	Limerick (1st Title)
European Cup	Limerick
Matches played	132
Goals scored	529 (4.01 per match)
Top goalscorer	Austin Noonan (Cork Celtic), 27
← 1958–59 1960–61 →

Statistics of League of Ireland in the 1959/1960 season.

Overview

It was contested by 12 teams, and Limerick won the championship and qualified to play in the European Cup for following season 1960/61.

Final classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Limerick	22	15	0	7	46	26	+20	30	European Cup
2	Cork Celtic	22	12	4	6	66	44	+22	28
3	Shelbourne	22	11	6	5	48	33	+15	28
4	Shamrock Rovers	22	12	3	7	54	31	+23	27
5	Dundalk	22	12	3	7	50	32	+18	27
6	Cork Hibernians	22	12	3	7	57	37	+20	27
7	St Patrick's Athletic	22	12	1	9	46	44	+2	25
8	Waterford	22	10	4	8	40	43	−3	24
9	Drumcondra	22	10	2	10	45	35	+10	22
10	Sligo Rovers	22	5	3	14	44	67	−23	13
11	Transport	22	3	2	17	18	66	−48	8
12	Bohemians	22	0	5	17	15	71	−56	5

Source: www.rsssf.com

Results

Home \ Away	BOH	CCF	CHF	DRU	DUN	LIM	SHM	SHE	SLI	StP	TRA	WAT
Bohemians	—	1–1	0–1	0–3	1–6	1–6	1–4	0–2	2–2	1–6	1–1	0–1
Cork Celtic	7–1	—	2–1	2–2	2–5	4–0	3–3	4–3	4–3	5–2	3–1	4–0
Cork Hibernians	3–0	3–3	—	3–1	1–3	2–1	3–1	1–1	3–1	3–4	10–1	4–4
Drumcondra	4–0	3–5	4–1	—	0–1	2–1	1–1	3–2	6–0	0–2	6–1	0–3
Dundalk	2–1	4–0	0–2	3–1	—	0–1	4–2	0–2	4–2	3–2	3–0	2–2
Limerick	4–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	—	1–0	3–1	3–2	2–0	2–1	5–0
Shamrock Rovers	5–0	2–1	1–2	1–2	2–0	2–1	—	2–2	8–0	1–4	1–0	6–1
Shelbourne	4–1	2–0	2–0	2–1	0–0	3–2	0–2	—	3–3	2–1	3–0	0–2
Sligo Rovers	1–1	3–4	1–3	1–0	6–5	1–4	0–2	3–6	—	7–2	4–1	1–2
St Patrick's Athletic	3–0	2–1	4–1	2–4	0–2	3–2	1–3	3–3	2–1	—	1–0	1–0
Transport	2–0	0–5	0–7	0–1	1–1	0–1	3–2	0–3	1–2	3–0	—	1–6
Waterford	3–3	1–5	1–2	3–1	2–1	1–0	1–3	2–2	1–0	0–1	4–1	—

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

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Austin Noonan	Cork Celtic	27
2	Tommy Collins	Cork Hibernians	21
3	Donal Leahy	Cork Celtic	20
4	Liam Munroe	Dundalk	19
5	Christy Doyle	Shelbourne	14
6	Jack Fitzgerald	Waterford	13
7	Eric Barber	Shelbourne	12
7	Ronnie Whelan	St Patrick's Athletic	12
9	Dermot Cross	Shamrock Rovers	11
10	George Lynam	Limerick	10
10	John Lynch	Cork Hibernians	10
10	Dan McCaffrey	Sligo Rovers	10
10	Tommy O'Connor	Limerick	10