Season | 1959–60 |
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Champions | Glenavon 3rd Irish title |
Matches played | 132 |
Goals scored | 546 (4.14 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Jimmy Jones (29) |
← 1958–59 1960–61 → |
The 1959–60 Irish League was the 59th edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Northern Irish football. The league consisted of 12 teams, and Glenavon won the championship.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Glenavon (C) | 22 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 67 | 28 | 2.393 | 35 | Qualification for the European Cup preliminary round |
2 | Glentoran | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 60 | 31 | 1.935 | 32 | |
3 | Distillery | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 55 | 38 | 1.447 | 29 | |
4 | Linfield | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 63 | 46 | 1.370 | 29 | |
5 | Ballymena United | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 49 | 46 | 1.065 | 23 | |
6 | Crusaders | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 43 | 44 | 0.977 | 23 | |
7 | Portadown | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 35 | 40 | 0.875 | 22 | |
8 | Ards | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 37 | 47 | 0.787 | 19 | |
9 | Bangor | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 39 | 45 | 0.867 | 18 | |
10 | Derry City | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 41 | 44 | 0.932 | 15 | |
11 | Coleraine | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 35 | 62 | 0.565 | 15 | |
12 | Cliftonville | 22 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 22 | 75 | 0.293 | 4 |
Home \ Away | ARD | BAN | BLM | CLI | COL | CRU | DIS | DER | GLV | GLT | LIN | POR |
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Ards | 1–4 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 4–5 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–5 | 2–0 | |
Bangor | 5–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | |
Ballymena United | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–4 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 5–3 | 2–4 | 2–2 | |
Cliftonville | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 0–5 | 3–7 | 0–2 | |
Coleraine | 1–3 | 4–3 | 2–5 | 4–3 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–6 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–4 | |
Crusaders | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 5–1 | 1–1 | |
Distillery | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 5–2 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 3–5 | 1–2 | 4–4 | 4–1 | |
Derry City | 1–4 | 2–4 | 6–1 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | |
Glenavon | 4–0 | 5–2 | 1–4 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | |
Glentoran | 5–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–4 | 7–3 | 1–1 | |
Linfield | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 7–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 2–5 | 3–2 | 1–1 | |
Portadown | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–5 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–3 |
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