Irish League 1979/80

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Irish League 1979/80
master Linfield FC
European Cup of
National Champions		 Linfield FC
Uefa cup Ballymena United
Cup winners Linfield FC
European
Cup Winners' Cup		 Crusaders FC
Teams 12
Games 132
Gates 399  (ø 3.02 per game)
Top scorer Jimmy Martin ( Glentoran FC )
← Irish League 1978/79

The Irish League 1979/80 was the 79th season of the highest Northern Irish football league . Linfield FC were champions for the 33rd time.

mode

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

societies

Clubs of the Irish League 1979/80
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)  22nd  19th  1  2 059:170 +42 39: 50
 2. Ballymena United  22nd  12  6th  4th 052:230 +29 30:14
 3. Glentoran FC  22nd  10  7th  5 034:270  +7 27:17
 4th Cliftonville FC (P)  22nd  10  6th  6th 029:160 +13 26:18
 5. Crusaders FC  22nd  11  2  9 032:240  +8 24:20
 6th Portadown FC  22nd  10  3  9 036:370  −1 23:21
 7th Coleraine FC  22nd  9  4th  9 046:480  −2 22:22
 8th. Distillery FC  22nd  7th  4th  11 022:480 −26 18:26
 9. Glenavon FC  22nd  5  6th  11 07:30 p.m.0 −11 16:28
10. Bangor FC  22nd  6th  4th  12 027:500 −23 16:28
11. Ards FC  22nd  4th  5  13 026:390 −13 13:31
12. Larne FC  22nd  3  4th  15th 017:400 −23 10:34
  • Northern Irish champion and participation in the 1980/81 European Cup
  • Participation in the 1980/81 UEFA Cup
  • Participation in the 1980/81 European Cup Winners' Cup as a cup finalist
    • (M) reigning Northern Irish champion
    (P) reigning Northern Irish cup winner

    Crosstab

    1979/80 LIN BLM GLT CLI CRU POR COL DIS GLV BAN ARD LAR
    1. Linfield FC 4: 1 5-0 1-0 3-0 6-0 2-0 6: 1 2: 1 7-0 1-0 2-0
    2. Ballymena United 5-0 1: 1 1: 1 2: 1 2: 1 5-0 8-0 0: 1 2-0 2-0 4-0
    3. Glentoran FC 1: 2 2-0 1: 1 0: 2 1-0 2: 4 2: 1 3: 1 1: 1 2-0 1-0
    4th Cliftonville FC 0: 1 2: 1 2: 2 1-0 0-0 1: 3 0: 1 2-0 3-0 2-0 0-0
    5. Crusaders FC 0: 1 1: 1 1-0 1-0 2-0 3: 1 1: 2 0-0 0: 1 2-0 2-0
    6th Portadown FC 2: 1 2: 5 1: 1 1: 3 1-0 4: 2 1: 2 2: 1 3: 2 3-0 3: 1
    7th Coleraine FC 1: 5 1: 1 1: 3 1: 5 5: 2 2: 2 2: 2 3: 1 2: 3 2-0 1-0
    8th. Distillery FC 1: 2 1: 3 0: 4 1: 1 0: 4 0: 3 1: 5 2-0 1: 2 1: 1 2: 1
    9. Glenavon FC 1: 2 1: 1 1: 1 0: 1 0: 1 1-0 0: 2 1: 1 4: 1 2: 2 2: 1
    10. Bangor FC 0: 2 2: 3 1: 1 0: 2 2: 3 1: 4 0: 5 0: 1 0-0 3: 2 4: 2
    11. Ards FC 1: 1 1: 3 1: 3 0: 2 2: 5 4: 1 4: 1 0: 1 3-0 1: 1 1: 1
    12. Larne FC 2: 3 1: 1 1: 2 1-0 2: 1 0: 2 2: 2 1-0 0: 1 1: 3 0: 3

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