1973–74 Irish League

Irish League
Season	1973–74
Champions	Coleraine ; 1st Irish title
Matches played	132
Goals scored	438 (3.32 per match)
Top goalscorer	Des Dickson (24)
	← 1972–73 1974–75 →

Belfast

Belfast teams : Cliftonville
Crusaders
Distillery
Glentoran
Linfield

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Location of teams in the Irish League from 1972–75

1973–74 Irish League is located in Greater Belfast

Cliftonville

Crusaders and Distillery

Glentoran

Linfield

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Location of Belfast-based teams in the Irish League from 1972–75

The 1973–74 Irish League was the 73rd edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Northern Irish football. The league consisted of 12 teams, and Coleraine won the championship.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification
1	Coleraine (C)	22	16	3	3	41	20	2.050	35	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Portadown	22	13	4	5	51	20	2.550	30	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3	Crusaders	22	14	2	6	48	32	1.500	30
4	Linfield	22	10	6	6	46	25	1.840	26
5	Glenavon	22	11	2	9	33	35	0.943	24
6	Ballymena United	22	10	3	9	34	26	1.308	23
7	Bangor	22	10	3	9	40	28	1.429	23
8	Ards	22	9	4	9	42	37	1.135	22	Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round
9	Glentoran	22	8	2	12	28	39	0.718	18
10	Larne	22	7	3	12	31	50	0.620	17
11	Cliftonville	22	3	3	16	20	56	0.357	9
12	Distillery	22	2	3	17	24	70	0.343	7

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results

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

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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v t e 1973–74 in Northern Irish football
Domestic leagues	Irish League
Domestic cups	Irish Cup Gold Cup City Cup Ulster Cup Carlsberg Cup County Antrim Shield
All-Ireland competitions	Blaxnit Cup Texaco (All-Ireland) Cup
European competitions	European Cup UEFA Cup European Cup Winners' Cup
Related to national team	British Home Championship 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (Group 6)

v t e 1973–74 in European football (UEFA)
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Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '73 '74 England Faroe Islands '73 '74 Finland '73 '74 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '73 '74 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '73 '74 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '73 '74 Spain Sweden '73 '74 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '73 '74 Finland '73 '74 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '73 '74 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '73 '74 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia '73 '74
League cups	England Republic of Ireland Scotland Switzerland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '73 '74