1960–61 Irish League

Irish League
Season	1960–61
Champions	Linfield; 25th Irish title
Matches played	132
Goals scored	598 (4.53 per match)
Top goalscorer	Trevor Thompson (22)
	← 1959–60 1961–62 →

Belfast

Belfast teams : Cliftonville
Crusaders
Distillery
Glentoran
Linfield

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Location of teams in the Irish League from 1949–1972

1960–61 Irish League is located in Greater Belfast

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

The 1960–61 Irish League was the 60th edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Northern Irish football. The league consisted of 12 teams, and Linfield won the championship after a 3-2 playoff win over Portadown.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification
1	Linfield (C)	22	14	4	4	65	34	1.912	32	Qualification for the European Cup preliminary round
2	Portadown	22	12	8	2	56	31	1.806	32
3	Ards	22	14	3	5	66	39	1.692	31
4	Glentoran	22	13	2	7	58	26	2.231	28
5	Ballymena United	22	11	5	6	51	38	1.342	27
6	Glenavon	22	10	5	7	51	42	1.214	25	Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round
7	Crusaders	22	8	7	7	30	29	1.034	23
8	Distillery	22	10	2	10	63	61	1.033	22
9	Bangor	22	4	5	13	48	69	0.696	13
10	Coleraine	22	5	3	14	46	68	0.676	13
11	Derry City	22	5	2	15	31	68	0.456	12
12	Cliftonville	22	3	0	19	33	93	0.355	6

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results

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

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

Test match

20 May 1961

Linfield	3–2	Portadown

The Oval, Belfast

References

Northern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF)

v t e NIFL Premiership seasons
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 1960–61 in European football (UEFA)
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Domestic leagues	Albania '60 '61 Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '60 '61 England Faroe Islands '60 '61 Finland '60 '61 France East Germany '60 West Germany (Finals) Greece Hungary Iceland '60 '61 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland '60 '61 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '60 '61 Spain Sweden '60 '61 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania '60 '61 Austria Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '60 '61 Finland '60 '61 France East Germany '60 West Germany Greece Iceland '60 '61 Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '60 '61 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '61 Spain Switzerland Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Scotland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Cup Winners' Cup (Final) Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (Final) Balkans Cup Mitropa Cup