1970–71 League of Ireland

Below are the statistics of League of Ireland in the 1970/1971 season.

League of Ireland

Season	1970–71
Champions	Cork Hibernians (1st title)
Top goalscorer	Brendan Bradley, Finn Harps 20 goals
← 1969–70 1971–72 →

Overview

The championship was contested by 14 teams. Cork Hibernians won the title after beating Shamrock Rovers 3-1 in a play-off.^[1] The play-off was held on 25 April 1971 in Dalymount Park. Miah Dennehy (2) and Dave Wigginton scored for Cork Hibernians. Mick Leech scored for Shamrock Rovers.

Final classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Cork Hibernians (C)	26	12	11	3	38	17	+21	35	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	Shamrock Rovers	26	14	7	5	49	38	+11	35
3	Waterford	26	13	8	5	49	34	+15	34
4	Bohemians	26	12	9	5	38	25	+13	33
5	Cork Celtic	26	11	9	6	44	27	+17	31
6	Finn Harps	26	13	4	9	54	42	+12	30
7	Limerick	26	10	8	8	36	31	+5	28	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
8	Shelbourne	26	10	7	9	32	30	+2	27	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
9	Dundalk	26	7	11	8	37	33	+4	25
10	Athlone Town	26	8	5	13	35	43	−8	21
11	Sligo Rovers	26	7	7	12	36	58	−22	21
12	St Patrick's Athletic	26	5	7	14	34	55	−21	17
13	Drogheda	26	6	4	16	27	46	−19	16
14	Drumcondra	26	3	5	18	26	56	−30	11

Source: www.rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	ATH	BOH	CCF	CHF	DRO	DRU	DUN	FHA	LIM	SHM	SHE	SLI	StP	WAT
Athlone Town	—	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–4	4–0	0–0	3–5	1–3	2–4	0–0	1–0	3–4	0–3
Bohemians	3–2	—	1–0	0–0	6–2	1–0	1–0	1–3	1–0	1–0	3–2	0–0	2–0	1–1
Cork Celtic	1–0	1–1	—	1–2	2–0	5–2	2–0	3–1	3–2	1–3	0–0	2–2	2–1	1–1
Cork Hibernians	0–0	1–0	2–1	—	3–1	3–0	2–1	3–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	5–0	0–1
Drogheda United	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–2	—	0–0	2–4	1–1	0–1	1–3	0–1	0–1	3–1	1–0
Drumcondra	1–2	0–2	0–2	1–2	1–4	—	0–3	1–3	0–1	2–2	0–1	3–1	5–3	1–4
Dundalk	2–0	0–0	0–2	0–3	1–1	1–1	—	3–0	0–0	1–2	2–0	4–1	3–0	2–2
Finn Harps	1–2	0–1	1–1	2–1	5–1	3–1	1–0	—	4–3	2–3	4–0	4–1	2–1	4–0
Limerick	2–1	3–2	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–3	1–1	1–2	—	0–0	0–0	5–0	4–2	0–1
Shamrock Rovers	1–4	2–2	1–1	0–0	2–0	2–1	3–3	3–1	3–1	—	1–0	1–2	4–2	2–0
Shelbourne	2–1	2–1	1–4	0–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	2–1	1–2	5–0	—	3–0	4–1	0–1
Sligo Rovers	0–1	0–4	1–6	1–3	3–1	0–0	5–2	2–2	3–0	4–3	2–2	—	4–3	2–2
St Patrick's Athletic	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–1	0–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–0	1–0	—	1–0
Waterford	3–2	4–2	1–1	2–2	4–1	3–2	2–2	3–1	1–2	1–1	2–1	5–1	2–1	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

League Title play-off

League Title play-off

25 April 1971

15:30

Cork Hibernians	3–1	Shamrock Rovers
Miah Dennehy (2), Dave Wigginton	TBA	Mick Leech

Dalymount Park, Dublin

Attendance: 28,000^{[citation needed]}

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Brendan Bradley	Finn Harps	20
2	Johnny Matthews	Waterford	17
3	Turlough O'Connor	Dundalk	16
4	Damien Richardson	Shamrock Rovers	15
5	Val Wallace	Athlone Town	14
6	Ray Gaston	Finn Harps	12
7	Sean Coyle	Finn Harps	11
8	Alfie Hale	Waterford	10
8	John Murray	Shelbourne	10
10	Mick Leech	Shamrock Rovers	9
10	Harry Quinn	St Patrick's Athletic	9
10	Dave Wigginton	Cork Hibernians	9