Irish League 1961/62

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Irish League 1961/62
master Linfield FC
European Cup of
National Champions		 Linfield FC
Trade fair trophy Glentoran FC
Cup winners Linfield FC
European
Cup Winners' Cup		 Portadown FC
Teams 12
Games 132 + 1 play-off game
Gates 523  (ø 3.93 per game)
Top scorer Mick Lynch ( Ards FC )
← Irish League 1960/61

The Irish League 1961/62 was the 61st season of the highest Northern Irish football league . For the second year in a row Linfield FC and Portadown FC finish the season tied. As in the previous year, Linfield FC won the playoff for the championship and the championship title for the 26th time.

mode

The twelve teams played against each other twice on a total of 22 match days.

societies

Clubs of the Irish League 1961/62
society city
Linfield FC Belfast
Cliftonville FC Belfast
Glentoran FC Belfast
Crusaders FC Belfast
Distillery FC Belfast
Derry City Derry
Ards FC Newtownards
Ballymena United Ballymena
Bangor FC Bangor
Coleraine FC Coleraine
Glenavon FC Lurgan
Portadown FC Portadown

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Quota Points
 1. Linfield FC (M)  22nd  14th  3  5 062:320 1.94 31:13
 2. Portadown FC  22nd  14th  3  5 056:320 1.75 31:13
 3. Ballymena United  22nd  11  7th  4th 047:320 1.47 29:15
 4th Ards FC  22nd  11  5  6th 046:380 1.21 27:17
 5. Glenavon FC (P)  22nd  9  8th  5 062:430 1.44 26:18
 6th Glentoran FC  22nd  10  5  7th 045:350 1.29 25:19
 7th Crusaders FC  22nd  11  3  8th 042:430 0.98 25:19
 8th. Distillery FC  22nd  8th  4th  10 056:620 0.90 20:24
 9. Coleraine FC  22nd  7th  4th  11 037:390 0.95 18:26
10. Derry City  22nd  3  8th  11 022:380 0.58 14:30
11. Bangor FC  22nd  5  3  14th 031:560 0.55 13:31
12. Cliftonville FC  22nd  0  5  17th 017:730 0.23 05:39
  • Northern Irish champion and participation in the European Cup of National Champions 1962/63
  • Participation in the 1962/63 European Cup Winners' Cup as a cup finalist
  • Participation in the Messestädte-Pokal 1962/63
    • (M) reigning Northern Irish champion
    (P) reigning Northern Irish cup winner

    Crosstab

    1961/62 LIN POR BLM ARD GLV GLT CRU DIS COL DCY BAN CLI
    1. Linfield FC 2: 1 6: 1 3: 2 2-0 3: 1 9-0 2: 2 4: 3 0-0 4: 1 3: 1
    2. Portadown FC 2-0 3: 1 3: 3 2: 1 2: 3 4: 2 2: 3 1-0 3-0 4-0 2: 1
    3. Ballymena United 4: 2 1: 3 1: 2 3: 3 1: 1 1: 1 3: 2 1: 1 2-0 2: 1 7-0
    4th Ards FC 2: 4 2: 1 1: 1 4: 3 4: 2 4: 1 3: 1 3: 2 2-0 1: 1 5: 1
    5. Glenavon FC 2: 1 3: 4 2: 2 5: 2 2: 3 1: 1 5: 1 7: 2 4-0 5: 2 2: 2
    6th Glentoran FC 1: 1 2: 2 1: 2 1-0 4: 4 0: 1 3-0 2: 1 5: 1 2-0 6-0
    7th Crusaders FC 3: 2 3: 4 1: 2 3-0 1: 3 1-0 2: 1 3: 1 1-0 3-0 6-0
    8th. Distillery FC 4: 6 2: 1 1: 4 2: 2 2: 2 4: 3 2: 3 4: 2 2: 3 2: 4 6-0
    9. Coleraine FC 2-0 1: 1 0: 1 0: 1 1: 2 1: 1 4: 1 2: 3 4: 2 4-0 2: 1
    10. Derry City 0: 2 0: 1 0-0 0-0 2: 2 0: 1 1: 1 2: 2 0: 1 1-0 5-0
    11. Bangor FC 0: 1 2: 6 0: 4 2-0 1: 3 4: 1 3: 2 4: 5 1: 3 3: 3 2-0
    12. Cliftonville FC 0: 5 0: 4 1: 3 1: 3 1: 1 1: 2 1: 2 4: 5 0-0 2: 2 0-0

    Masters Finals

    date Result
    05/17/1962 Linfield FC 3: 1 Portadown FC

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