1961–62 Irish League

The Irish League in season 1961–62 comprised 12 teams, and Linfield won the championship after a play-off with Portadown.

Irish League
Season1961–1962
ChampionsLinfield
26th Irish title
Matches played132
Goals scored523 (3.96 per match)
Top goalscorerMick Lynch (20)
← 1960-61
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 3 5 62 32 1.938 31 Qualification for the European Cup preliminary round
2 Portadown 22 14 3 5 56 32 1.750 31 Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round
3 Ballymena United 22 11 7 4 47 32 1.469 29
4 Ards 22 11 5 6 46 38 1.211 27
5 Glenavon 22 9 8 5 62 43 1.442 26
6 Crusaders 22 11 3 8 42 43 0.977 25
7 Glentoran 22 10 5 7 45 35 1.286 25
8 Distillery 22 8 4 10 56 62 0.903 20
9 Coleraine 22 7 4 11 37 39 0.949 18
10 Derry City 22 3 8 11 22 38 0.579 14
11 Bangor 22 5 3 14 31 56 0.554 13
12 Cliftonville 22 0 5 17 17 73 0.233 5
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champion

Results
Home \ Away ARD BAN BLM CLI COL CRU DIS DER GLV GLT LIN POR
Ards 1–1 1–1 5–1 3–2 4–1 3–1 2–0 4–3 4–2 2–4 2–1
Bangor 2–0 0–4 2–0 1–3 3–2 4–5 3–3 1–3 4–1 0–1 2–6
Ballymena United 1–2 2–1 7–0 1–1 1–1 3–2 2–0 3–3 1–1 4–2 1–3
Cliftonville 1–3 0–0 1–3 0–0 1–2 4–5 2–2 1–1 1–2 0–5 0–4
Coleraine 0–1 4–0 0–1 2–1 4–1 2–3 4–2 1–2 1–1 2–0 1–1
Crusaders 3–0 3–0 1–2 6–0 3–1 2–1 1–0 1–3 1–0 3–2 3–4
Distillery 2–2 2–4 1–4 6–0 4–2 2–3 2–3 2–2 4–3 4–6 2–1
Derry City 0–0 1–0 0–0 5–0 0–1 1–1 2–2 2–2 0–1 0–2 0–1
Glenavon 5–2 5–2 2–2 2–2 7–2 1–1 5–1 4–0 2–3 2–1 3–4
Glentoran 1–0 2–0 1–2 6–0 2–1 0–1 3–0 5–1 4–4 1–1 2–2
Linfield 3–2 4–1 6–1 3–1 4–3 9–0 2–2 0–0 2–0 3–1 2–1
Portadown 3–3 4–0 3–1 2–1 1–0 4–2 2–3 3–0 2–1 2–3 2–0
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers (including play-off)
PosPlayerClubPldGoals
1Mick LynchArds2220
2Eamon GormanPortadown2319
=Joe MeldrumDistillery2119
4Billy JohnstonGlenavon1918
=Trevor ThompsonGlentoran2118
6Tommy DicksonLinfield2217
=Jimmy JonesGlenavon2017
=Jimmy SmallBallymena United1717
9Ken HamiltonDistillery2216
10Hugh BarrLinfield1812
=Roy TorrensDerry City1912
=Jim WeatherupCrusaders2212

References
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