1971–72 Irish League

The Irish League in season 1971–72 comprised 12 teams, and Glentoran won the championship.

Irish League
Season1971–1972
ChampionsGlentoran
15th Irish title
Matches played132
Goals scored475 (3.6 per match)
Top goalscorerPeter Watson
Des Dickson
(20 goals each)
← 1970-71
Location of teams in the 1971–72 Irish League
Location of the Belfast-based teams in the Irish League 1971-72

League standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification
1 Glentoran (C) 22 14 5 3 50 17 2.941 33 Qualification for the European Cup first round
2 Portadown 22 13 4 5 49 25 1.960 30
3 Ards 22 12 5 5 49 30 1.633 29
4 Linfield 22 10 7 5 48 29 1.655 27
5 Crusaders 22 10 5 7 36 35 1.029 25
6 Coleraine 22 9 7 6 51 40 1.275 25
7 Ballymena United 22 8 5 9 34 34 1.000 21
8 Distillery 22 7 7 8 34 44 0.773 21
9 Glenavon 22 7 6 9 36 40 0.900 20
10 Derry City 22 4 8 10 41 55 0.745 16 Withdrew
11 Bangor 22 2 5 15 28 62 0.452 9
12 Cliftonville 22 2 4 16 19 64 0.297 8
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champion

Results
Home \ Away ARD BAN BLM CLI COL CRU DIS DER GLV GLT LIN POR
Ards 3–1 1–0 8–1 4–2 1–0 2–4 1–2 1–0 2–0 1–1 4–3
Bangor 2–4 0–1 2–2 2–2 0–0 2–4 4–4 0–4 1–2 0–7 0–1
Ballymena United 1–1 2–1 2–0 3–2 4–2 0–0 1–1 2–3 1–2 2–1 1–6
Cliftonville 0–2 2–1 0–0 0–4 0–1 2–1 2–2 2–3 0–6 0–5 0–2
Coleraine 1–1 4–0 4–2 3–0 5–5 1–4 2–0 4–1 2–1 1–1 3–2
Crusaders 4–0 3–2 2–1 3–0 1–0 2–0 4–7 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–5
Distillery 1–4 2–4 2–0 4–4 3–3 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–6 2–1 0–3
Derry City 0–4 4–4 0–5 4–2 2–2 1–3 0–0 3–3 2–2 1–3 1–3
Glenavon 2–2 3–0 1–4 2–1 1–2 0–1 4–1 4–3 0–1 0–2 1–1
Glentoran 2–1 4–0 1–0 4–0 1–0 2–0 2–2 1–0 5–0 4–0 0–0
Linfield 1–1 3–0 2–2 2–1 3–3 4–1 3–0 0–2 2–1 2–2 2–2
Portadown 2–1 1–2 2–0 3–0 3–1 1–0 0–1 3–2 1–1 4–2 1–2
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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