League of Ireland 1960/61

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League of Ireland 1960/61
master Drumcondra FC
European Cup of
National Champions		 Drumcondra FC
Cup winners St Patrick's Athletic
Teams 12
Games 132
Gates 477  (ø 3.61 per game)
Top scorer Dan McCaffrey
(Drumcondra FC, 29 goals)
← League of Ireland 1959/60

The League of Ireland 1960/61 was the 40th season of the top Irish football league . The defending champion was Limerick FC .

Drumcondra FC became champions for the fourth time .

mode

The twelve teams, which also contested the previous season, played against each other twice on 22 match days, divided into a first and a second half.

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Quota Points
 1. Drumcondra FC  22nd  16  1  5 059:210 2.81 33:11
 2. St Patrick's Athletic  22nd  14th  4th  4th 043:280 1.54 32:12
 3. Waterford FC  22nd  12  5  5 045:330 1.36 29:15
 4th Cork Celtic  22nd  11  4th  7th 052:310 1.68 26:18
 5. Dundalk FC  22nd  12  2  8th 043:370 1.16 26:18
 6th Shamrock Rovers  22nd  9  7th  6th 040:290 1.38 25:19
 7th Limerick FC (M, P)  22nd  10  4th  8th 035:270 1.30 24:20
 8th. Shelbourne FC  22nd  7th  5  10 043:410 1.05 19:25
 9. Cork Hibernians  22nd  5  8th  9 030:420 0.71 18:26
10. Transport FC  22nd  6th  2  14th 027:390 0.69 14:30
11. Bohemians Dublin  22nd  4th  4th  14th 025:520 0.48 12:32
12. Sligo Rovers  22nd  1  4th  17th 035:970 0.36 06:38

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal quotient

  • Irish champion and participation in the preliminary round of the 1961/62 European Cup
    • (M) Reigning Irish Master
    (P) Reigning Irish Cup Winner

    Crosstab

    1960/61 DRU St Patrick's Athletic Waterford FC COC Dundalk FC Shamrock Rovers Limerick FC Shelbourne FC COH TRA Bohemians Dublin Sligo Rovers
    Drumcondra FC 6-0 3-0 0: 2 3-0 1: 1 2-0 2: 1 2-0 4-0 6: 1 8-0
    St Patrick's Athletic 0: 2 4-0 3: 2 2: 1 3: 2 1-0 0: 2 3: 1 1: 1 3-0 7: 1
    Waterford FC 0: 4 0-0 2: 1 4: 1 3: 1 0: 2 3: 1 3-0 2-0 4-0 5: 3
    Cork Celtic 4: 3 5-0 0-0 1: 2 0: 1 2: 3 0: 2 3-0 4: 2 3: 1 3: 1
    Dundalk FC 3: 1 1: 2 1: 3 2: 2 3: 1 1-0 4: 3 2-0 1-0 1-0 5: 2
    Shamrock Rovers 2-0 2: 2 2: 1 2: 2 2: 4 0-0 0: 1 3: 3 3-0 1: 1 8: 1
    Limerick FC 1: 2 0: 1 1: 3 2: 1 0: 2 2: 2 3: 2 4-0 3: 1 2: 1 4-0
    Shelbourne FC 1: 2 0: 1 2: 2 0: 3 4: 2 1: 3 1: 1 3: 4 0: 1 2-0 5: 5
    Cork Hibernians 1: 2 1: 1 2: 2 1: 2 0-0 1-0 3: 1 1: 1 2-0 2: 1 2: 2
    Transport FC 0: 1 1: 2 2: 3 1: 1 2: 1 0: 1 0: 3 0: 2 2: 1 6: 1 4-0
    Bohemians Dublin 1-0 0: 4 1: 1 1: 2 2: 5 0: 2 0: 1 3: 3 2: 2 1-0 5-0
    Sligo Rovers 3: 5 0: 3 2: 4 2: 9 3: 1 0: 1 2: 2 1: 6 3: 3 2: 4 2: 3

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