1979–80 Irish League

The Irish League in season 1979–80 comprised 12 teams, and Linfield won the championship.

Irish League
Season1979–1980
ChampionsLinfield
33rd Irish title
Matches played132
Goals scored399 (3.02 per match)
Top goalscorerJimmy Martin (17)
← 1978-79
Location of teams in the 1979–80 Irish League
Location of the Belfast-based teams in the Irish League 1979-80

League standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification
1 Linfield (C) 22 19 1 2 59 17 3.471 39 Qualification for the European Cup first round
2 Ballymena United 22 12 6 4 52 23 2.261 30 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3 Glentoran 22 10 7 5 34 27 1.259 27
4 Cliftonville 22 10 6 6 29 16 1.813 26
5 Crusaders 22 11 2 9 32 24 1.333 24 Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round
6 Portadown 22 10 3 9 36 37 0.973 23
7 Coleraine 22 9 4 9 46 48 0.958 22
8 Distillery 22 7 4 11 22 48 0.458 18
9 Glenavon 22 5 6 11 19 30 0.633 16
10 Bangor 22 6 4 12 27 50 0.540 16
11 Ards 22 4 5 13 26 39 0.667 13
12 Larne 22 3 4 15 17 40 0.425 10
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champion

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

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