1966–67 League of Ireland

League of Ireland

Season	1966–67
Champions	Dundalk (3rd Title)
Matches played	132
Goals scored	459 (3.48 per match)
Top goalscorer	15 Johnny Brookes (Sligo Rovers) 15 Danny Hale (Dundalk)
← 1965–66 1967–68 →

Statistics of League of Ireland in the 1966/1967 season.

Overview

It was contested by 12 teams, and Dundalk won the championship.

Final classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Dundalk	22	15	4	3	54	19	+35	34
2	Bohemians	22	12	3	7	45	27	+18	27
3	Sligo Rovers	22	11	5	6	37	29	+8	27
4	Limerick	22	9	6	7	31	29	+2	24
5	Waterford	22	11	1	10	53	48	+5	23
6	St Patrick's Athletic	22	8	5	9	49	51	−2	21
7	Shamrock Rovers	22	8	4	10	31	31	0	20
8	Drumcondra	22	6	8	8	35	38	−3	20
9	Cork Hibernians	22	7	5	10	31	39	−8	19
10	Drogheda	22	7	5	10	31	42	−11	19
11	Cork Celtic	22	8	3	11	30	52	−22	19
12	Shelbourne	22	4	3	15	32	54	−22	11

Source: www.rsssf.org

Results

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

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

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Johnny Brookes	Sligo Rovers	15
1	Danny Hale	Dundalk	15
3	Ben Hannigan	Dundalk	14
4	Johnny Campbell	St Patrick's Athletic	12
4	Eamonn Carroll	Bohemians	12
4	Johnny Matthews	Waterford	12
7	Alfie Hale	Waterford	11
8	Mick Lynch	Waterford	10
9	Carl Davenport	Cork Celtic	9
9	Noel Dunne	St Patrick's Athletic	9
9	Paul Flood	Bohemians	9
9	Joe McGrath	Limerick	9
9	Ben O'Sullivan	Bohemians	9
9	Derek Stokes	Dundalk	9