1970–71 Irish League

Irish League
Season	1970–71
Champions	Linfield ; 29th Irish title
Matches played	132
Goals scored	447 (3.39 per match)
Top goalscorer	Bryan Hamilton (18)
	← 1969–70 1971–72 →

Belfast

Belfast teams : Cliftonville
Crusaders
Distillery
Glentoran
Linfield

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Location of teams in the Irish League from 1949–1972

1970–71 Irish League is located in Greater Belfast

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

The 1970–71 Irish League was the 70th 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.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification
1	Linfield (C)	22	18	2	2	58	16	3.625	38	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Glentoran	22	16	3	3	52	17	3.059	35	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3	Distillery	22	13	4	5	51	29	1.759	30	Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round
4	Coleraine	22	12	2	8	43	32	1.344	26	Participated in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
5	Ballymena United	22	8	7	7	34	28	1.214	23
6	Ards	22	8	5	9	30	37	0.811	21
7	Crusaders	22	7	6	9	24	45	0.533	20
8	Bangor	22	7	5	10	21	34	0.618	19
9	Derry City	22	7	5	10	45	46	0.978	19
10	Glenavon	22	5	3	14	39	55	0.709	13
11	Cliftonville	22	3	6	13	26	53	0.491	12
12	Portadown	22	2	4	16	24	55	0.436	8

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results

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

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

References

Northern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF)

v t e NIFL Premiership seasons
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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 1970–71 in Northern Irish football
Domestic leagues	Irish League
Domestic cups	Irish Cup Gold Cup City Cup Ulster Cup County Antrim Shield
All-Ireland competitions	Blaxnit Cup
Other competitions	Texaco Cup
European competitions	European Cup Inter-Cities Fairs Cup European Cup Winners' Cup
Related to national team	British Home Championship UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying (Group 4)

v t e 1970–71 in European football (UEFA)
« 1969–70 1971–72 »
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '70 '71 England Faroe Islands '70 '71 Finland '70 '71 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '70 '71 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '70 '71 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '70 '71 Spain Sweden '70 '71 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '70 '71 Finland '70 '71 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '70 '71 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '70 '71 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '70 '71 Spain Sweden 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 '70 '71 Mitropa Cup