1964–65 Irish League

The Irish League in season 1964–65 comprised 12 teams, and Derry City won the championship.

Irish League
Season1964–1965
ChampionsDerry City
1st Irish title
Matches played132
Goals scored527 (3.99 per match)
Top goalscorerKenny Halliday
Dennis Guy
(19 goals each)
← 1963-64
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 Derry City (C) 22 15 5 2 62 32 1.938 35 Qualification for the European Cup preliminary round
2 Coleraine 22 13 4 5 54 26 2.077 30 Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round
3 Crusaders 22 11 5 6 46 32 1.438 27
4 Glenavon 22 12 2 8 61 35 1.743 26
5 Linfield 22 10 5 7 54 40 1.350 25
6 Ballymena United 22 10 5 7 50 44 1.136 25
7 Glentoran 22 9 6 7 33 38 0.868 24
8 Bangor 22 7 4 11 42 44 0.955 18
9 Distillery 22 8 2 12 41 44 0.932 18
10 Portadown 22 5 8 9 33 37 0.892 18
11 Ards 22 5 6 11 34 55 0.618 16
12 Cliftonville 22 1 0 21 17 100 0.170 2
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champion

Results
Home \ Away ARD BAN BLM CLI COL CRU DIS DER GLV GLT LIN POR
Ards 1–1 2–3 4–2 1–5 1–4 0–4 3–3 2–0 1–4 0–1 3–0
Bangor 1–1 4–2 7–0 1–3 2–0 2–4 0–2 2–3 2–2 3–4 4–3
Ballymena United 4–1 3–0 3–1 0–4 1–0 1–1 3–5 3–1 0–2 3–2 0–1
Cliftonville 1–2 1–3 2–8 0–5 0–3 0–4 1–3 0–10 0–4 1–5 0–4
Coleraine 2–1 4–1 2–2 4–1 4–2 2–1 1–2 3–0 0–0 3–1 1–1
Crusaders 1–1 1–0 0–0 5–0 2–0 3–1 4–1 2–1 1–0 1–8 1–1
Distillery 2–1 1–3 1–2 6–1 0–2 0–6 2–3 1–4 1–2 4–2 2–0
Derry City 5–1 2–1 3–3 10–1 1–0 3–1 2–2 6–1 2–0 2–0 4–3
Glenavon 7–2 3–0 1–2 3–2 3–1 2–4 3–1 3–0 6–0 1–1 4–0
Glentoran 2–2 1–1 3–2 0–3 3–2 2–1 2–0 0–1 3–2 1–1 1–1
Linfield 3–3 2–1 5–2 6–0 1–4 2–2 0–3 1–1 0–3 4–1 2–0
Portadown 0–1 1–3 3–3 1–0 2–2 2–2 3–0 1–1 0–0 5–0 1–3
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers
PosPlayerClubPldGoals
1Denis GuyGlenavon1819
=Ken HallidayColeraine2119
3Fay CoyleDerry City1917
=Arthur ThomasBallymena United2117
=Jim WeatherupCrusaders2217
6Billy FergusonLinfield2114
=Billy JohnstonGlenavon1614
=Phil ScottLinfield1914
9Danny HaleCrusaders2012
=Mal McDonnellBallymena United1712
=Ron MowattArds1912

References
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