Irish League 1985/86

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Irish League 1985/86
master Linfield FC
European Cup of
National Champions		 Linfield FC
Uefa cup Coleraine FC
Cup winners Glentoran FC
European
Cup Winners' Cup		 Glentoran FC
Teams 14th
Games 182
Gates 503  (ø 2.76 per game)
Top scorer Trevor Anderson (Linfield FC)
← Irish League 1984/85

The Irish League 1985/86 was the 85th season of the highest Northern Irish football league . Defending champions Linfield FC became champions for the 38th time.

mode

The 14 teams played against each other twice on a total of 26 match days.

societies

Clubs of the Irish League 1985/86
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
Carrick Rangers FC Carrickfergus
Coleraine FC Coleraine
Glenavon FC Lurgan
Newry Town Newry
Portadown FC Portadown

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Linfield FC (M)  26th  20th  3  3 059:160 +43 43: 90
 2. Coleraine FC  26th  16  3  7th 051:310 +20 35:17
 3. Ards FC  26th  12  7th  7th 037:190 +18 31:21
 4th Glentoran FC (P)  26th  14th  3  9 042:260 +16 31:21
 5. Crusaders FC  26th  13  5  8th 042:340  +8 31:21
 6th Larne FC  26th  10  8th  8th 049:340 +15 28:24
 7th Ballymena United  26th  10  7th  9 043:300 +13 27:25
 8th. Cliftonville FC  26th  8th  9  9 031:340  −3 25:27
 9. Distillery FC  26th  9  6th  11 030:490 −19 24:28
10. Portadown FC  26th  10  3  13 022:320 −10 23:29
11. Glenavon FC  26th  5  11  10 026:360 −10 21:31
12. Bangor FC  26th  6th  6th  14th 031:450 −14 18:34
13. Newry Town  26th  6th  5  15th 028:590 −31 17:35
14th Carrick Rangers FC  26th  2  6th  18th 012:580 −46 10:42
  • Northern Irish champion and participation in the 1986/87 European Cup
  • Participation in the 1986/87 UEFA Cup
  • Northern Irish Cup winner and participation in the European Cup Winners' Cup 1986/87
    • (M) reigning Northern Irish champion
    (P) reigning Northern Irish cup winner

    Crosstab

    1985/86 LIN COL ARD GLT CRU LAR BLM CLI DIS POR GLV BAN NEW CRS
    1. Linfield FC 0: 1 0: 2 2: 1 3-0 3: 1 5: 1 2-0 5-0 2-0 1-0 2: 1 2: 1 5-0
    2. Coleraine FC 0: 2 1: 1 1: 5 4: 3 7: 1 2: 1 3: 1 0: 3 4-0 2: 2 3: 1 4: 1 2-0
    3. Ards FC 2: 1 1-0 0-0 1: 3 1: 1 1-0 4-0 4-0 3-0 2-0 2: 1 0: 1 4: 1
    4th Glentoran FC 2: 3 0: 2 2: 1 1-0 1-0 2-0 3: 2 1: 2 1-0 0: 1 1: 4 4-0 2-0
    5. Crusaders FC 1: 3 2: 1 2: 1 4: 2 2: 2 0-0 2: 1 4: 1 2: 1 1: 1 2-0 3-0 1-0
    6th Larne FC 1: 1 0: 2 2: 1 0-0 3: 1 0-0 1: 1 0: 1 1: 2 3-0 5-0 3-0 5-0
    7th Ballymena United 1: 1 1: 2 1-0 0: 1 0-0 0: 2 4: 2 3: 1 0: 1 3: 3 2: 1 3: 1 7: 1
    8th. Cliftonville FC 0: 1 2: 1 0-0 1: 1 2: 1 3: 1 1-0 1: 1 0-0 1: 1 4: 3 4-0 0-0
    9. Distillery FC 0: 4 1: 1 0: 2 0: 1 2: 1 0: 6 1: 1 1: 2 0: 3 4: 2 2: 1 2: 1 1: 1
    10. Portadown FC 0: 1 0: 2 2-0 2: 1 2: 1 1: 2 1: 1 2: 1 0: 1 0-0 1: 4 0: 1 2: 1
    11. Glenavon FC 0: 3 0: 1 0-0 1-0 1: 2 1: 1 0: 2 1: 1 0: 2 2-0 2: 1 2: 2 1: 1
    12. Bangor FC 0-0 2: 1 1: 1 0: 3 0: 1 2-0 0: 2 1-0 2: 2 0: 1 1: 1 1: 1 2-0
    13. Newry Town 1: 3 1: 2 0-0 0: 5 2: 2 2: 6 1: 6 0-0 3: 2 1-0 2-0 5: 1 0: 1
    14th Carrick Rangers FC 0: 4 0: 2 0: 3 0: 2 0: 1 2: 2 0: 4 0: 1 0-0 0: 1 0: 4 1: 1 3: 1

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