1981–82 Irish League

Irish League
Season	1981–82
Champions	Linfield; 34th Irish title
Matches played	132
Goals scored	431 (3.27 per match)
Top goalscorer	Gary Blackledge (18 goals)
	← 1980–81 1982–83 →

The 1981–82 Irish League was the 81st edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Northern Irish football. The league consisted of 12 teams, and Linfield won the championship.

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Belfast

Belfast teams : Cliftonville
Crusaders
Glentoran
Linfield

Location of teams in the 1980–83 Irish League

Location of the Belfast-based teams in the Irish League 1980-83

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Linfield (C)	22	17	3	2	59	19	+40	37	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Glentoran	22	16	1	5	61	22	+39	33	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3	Coleraine	22	14	3	5	63	31	+32	31	Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round
4	Crusaders	22	11	4	7	36	31	+5	26
5	Cliftonville	22	9	6	7	33	28	+5	24
6	Portadown	22	11	2	9	29	29	0	24
7	Ballymena United	22	6	8	8	25	30	−5	20
8	Distillery	22	7	4	11	30	44	−14	18
9	Glenavon	22	4	7	11	30	52	−22	15
10	Ards	22	5	4	13	18	47	−29	14
11	Larne	22	5	3	14	27	42	−15	13
12	Bangor	22	3	3	16	20	56	−36	9

Home \ Away	ARD	BAN	BLM	CLI	COL	CRU	DIS	GLV	GLT	LRN	LIN	POR
Ards		2–0	0–0	0–1	0–3	0–0	2–0	2–4	1–7	1–0	1–2	0–1
Bangor	0–1		1–3	1–1	1–5	2–1	3–3	1–2	2–1	0–4	0–5	0–1
Ballymena United	2–1	1–2		1–3	4–2	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–3
Cliftonville	4–0	1–0	1–1		2–2	0–1	1–0	2–3	0–1	4–1	0–4	1–0
Coleraine	9–1	3–2	2–0	3–1		0–2	3–1	4–0	1–2	0–0	3–1	4–2
Crusaders	1–0	5–1	2–1	2–1	3–4		1–3	2–1	3–0	2–3	1–2	2–1
Distillery	1–0	4–0	2–3	2–2	1–0	1–2		4–2	0–5	1–0	0–7	3–0
Glenavon	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–3	2–2	3–1		1–3	3–3	0–6	0–2
Glentoran	2–0	4–0	3–1	1–2	2–2	6–1	6–1	3–1		4–1	1–2	3–1
Larne	2–3	2–1	1–1	0–2	2–5	0–1	1–0	4–0	0–1		2–3	0–3
Linfield	5–0	4–2	3–0	1–0	2–1	2–2	1–1	2–1	1–2	2–1		2–0
Portadown	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–2	2–4	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–4	3–0	0–1

1981–82 Irish League

League standings

Results

References

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