1959–60 Irish League

Irish League
Season	1959–60
Champions	Glenavon; 3rd Irish title
Matches played	132
Goals scored	546 (4.14 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jimmy Jones (29 goals)
	← 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.

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Belfast

Belfast teams : Cliftonville
Crusaders
Distillery
Glentoran
Linfield

Location of teams in the Irish League from 1949–1972

Location of Belfast-based teams in the Irish League from 1949–1971

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification
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
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

1959–60 Irish League

League standings

Results

References

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