1960–61 Irish League

The Irish League in season 1960–61 comprised 12 teams, and Linfield won the championship after a play-off with Portadown.

Irish League
Season1960–1961
ChampionsLinfield
25th Irish title
Matches played132
Goals scored598 (4.53 per match)
Top goalscorerTrevor Thompson (22)
← 1959-60
Location of teams in the 1949–71 Irish League
Location of the Belfast-based teams in the Irish League 1949-71

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) Champion

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

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