Irish League 1978/79

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Irish League 1978/79
master Linfield FC
European Cup of
National Champions		 Linfield FC
Uefa cup Glenavon FC
Cup winners Cliftonville FC
European
Cup Winners' Cup		 Cliftonville FC
Teams 12
Games 132
Gates 410  (ø 3.11 per game)
Top scorer Tom Armstrong ( Ards FC )
← Irish League 1977/78

The Irish League 1978/79 was the 78th season of the highest Northern Irish football league . Linfield FC became champions for the 32nd time.

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

societies

Irish League clubs 1978/79
society city
Linfield FC Belfast
Cliftonville FC Belfast
Glentoran FC Belfast
Crusaders FC Belfast
Distillery FC Belfast
Larne FC Larne
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 Diff. Points
 1. Linfield FC (M, P)  22nd  14th  6th  2 046:210 +25 34:10
 2. Glenavon FC  22nd  11  6th  5 042:300 +12 28:16
 3. Ards FC  22nd  11  5  6th 047:340 +13 27:17
 4th Glentoran FC  22nd  9  8th  5 036:330  +3 26:18
 5. Portadown FC  22nd  10  5  7th 035:270  +8 25:19
 6th Larne FC  22nd  10  4th  8th 042:350  +7 24:20
 7th Cliftonville FC  22nd  7th  7th  8th 031:290  +2 21:23
 8th. Coleraine FC  22nd  7th  6th  9 029:300  −1 20:24
 9. Crusaders FC  22nd  6th  8th  8th 030:330  −3 20:24
10. Bangor FC  22nd  5  8th  9 028:400 −12 18:26
11. Ballymena United  22nd  4th  6th  12 025:460 −21 14:30
12. Distillery FC  22nd  2  3  17th 019:520 −33 07:37
  • Northern Irish champion and participation in the 1979/80 European Cup
  • Participation in the 1979/80 UEFA Cup
  • Northern Irish Cup winner and participation in the European Cup Winners' Cup 1979/80
    • (M) reigning Northern Irish champion
    (P) reigning Northern Irish cup winner

    Crosstab

    1978/79 LIN GLV ARD GLT POR LAR CLI COL CRU BAN BLM DIS
    1. Linfield FC 0-0 1: 2 2: 1 3: 1 3: 1 2: 1 2: 3 1: 1 2: 2 6: 1 2-0
    2. Glenavon FC 0-0 3: 1 3: 2 1: 1 2: 1 2-0 3-0 1: 1 0: 1 3: 2 1: 1
    3. Ards FC 0: 2 3-0 4: 4 3-0 3: 2 3: 2 2: 2 3: 2 1: 2 3: 3 2-0
    4th Glentoran FC 1: 1 2: 2 1-0 1-0 0: 2 1: 1 2: 1 3: 2 3: 2 2-0 2: 2
    5. Portadown FC 2: 3 5: 1 0-0 2-0 3: 1 0-0 0: 2 0-0 3: 1 2-0 1-0
    6th Larne FC 3: 4 1: 2 3: 3 1: 1 3: 5 2-0 0: 1 1: 1 2: 1 2: 1 2-0
    7th Cliftonville FC 0: 3 1: 3 2: 1 2: 4 1: 1 0: 1 2-0 1-0 3-0 5-0 3-0
    8th. Coleraine FC 0-0 4: 3 1: 2 0-0 3-0 0: 3 1: 1 5-0 1: 1 1: 2 0: 1
    9. Crusaders FC 1: 4 1-0 1-0 0: 2 1: 2 2: 2 2: 2 1-0 2: 2 4-0 5: 2
    10. Bangor FC 0: 2 2: 6 2: 5 0-0 1: 3 1: 3 0-0 3: 1 2-0 0-0 2-0
    11. Ballymena United 1: 2 0: 2 1: 3 5: 1 1-0 1: 3 1: 1 1: 1 0-0 1: 1 2-0
    12. Distillery FC 0: 1 1: 4 0: 3 1: 3 1: 4 1: 3 2: 3 1: 2 0: 3 2: 2 4: 2

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