League of Ireland 1970-71
League of Ireland 1970-71 | |
master | Cork Hibernians |
European Cup of National Champions |
Cork Hibernians |
Uefa cup | Shelbourne FC |
Cup winners | Limerick FC |
European Cup Winners' Cup |
Limerick FC |
Teams | 14th |
Games | 182 + 1 play-off game |
Gates | 535 (ø 2.94 per game) |
Top scorer |
Brendan Bradley (Finn Harps, 20 goals) |
← League of Ireland 1969/70 |
The League of Ireland 1970/71 was the 50th season of the top Irish football league . The defending champion was Waterford FC .
Cork Hibernians won the championship for the first time. The decision for the title was made in a playoff against the tied team of Shamrock Rovers .
mode
The fourteen teams, which also competed in the preseason, played against each other twice on 26 match days, divided into a first and a second round. If there was a tie at the top of the table, a playoff for the championship was planned.
Closing table
Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Quota | Points |
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1. | Cork Hibernians | 26th | 12 | 11 | 3 | 38:17 | 2.24 | 35:17 |
2. | Shamrock Rovers | 26th | 14th | 7th | 5 | 49:38 | 1.29 | 35:17 |
3. | Waterford FC (M) | 26th | 13 | 8th | 5 | 49:34 | 1.44 | 34:18 |
4th | Bohemians Dublin (P) | 26th | 12 | 9 | 5 | 38:25 | 1.52 | 33:19 |
5. | Cork Celtic | 26th | 11 | 9 | 6th | 44:27 | 1.63 | 31:21 |
6th | Finn Harps | 26th | 13 | 4th | 9 | 54:42 | 1.29 | 30:22 |
7th | Limerick FC | 26th | 10 | 8th | 8th | 36:31 | 1.16 | 28:24 |
8th. | Shelbourne FC | 26th | 10 | 7th | 9 | 32:30 | 1.07 | 27:25 |
9. | Dundalk FC | 26th | 7th | 11 | 8th | 37:33 | 1.12 | 25:27 |
10. | Athlone Town | 26th | 8th | 5 | 13 | 35:43 | 0.81 | 21:31 |
11. | Sligo Rovers | 26th | 7th | 7th | 12 | 36:58 | 0.62 | 21:31 |
12. | St Patrick's Athletic | 26th | 5 | 7th | 14th | 34:55 | 0.62 | 17:35 |
13. | Drogheda United | 26th | 6th | 4th | 16 | 27:46 | 0.59 | 16:36 |
14th | Drumcondra FC | 26th | 3 | 5 | 18th | 26:56 | 0.46 | 11:41 |
Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal quotient
(M) | Reigning Irish Master |
(P) | Reigning Irish Cup Winner |
Crosstab
1970/71 | COH | COC | DRU | |||||||||||
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Cork Hibernians | 0: 1 | 0: 1 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5-0 | 3: 1 | 3-0 | |
Shamrock Rovers | 0-0 | 2-0 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | 3: 1 | 1-0 | 3: 3 | 1: 4 | 1: 2 | 4: 2 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | |
Waterford FC | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 4: 2 | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | 1: 2 | 2: 1 | 2: 2 | 3: 2 | 5: 1 | 2: 1 | 4: 1 | 3: 2 | |
Bohemians Dublin | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 3 | 1-0 | 3: 2 | 1-0 | 3: 2 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 6: 2 | 1-0 | |
Cork Celtic | 1: 2 | 1: 3 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | 3: 2 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 2: 2 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 5: 2 | |
Finn Harps | 2: 1 | 2: 3 | 4-0 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 4: 3 | 4-0 | 1-0 | 1: 2 | 4: 1 | 2: 1 | 5: 1 | 3: 1 | |
Limerick FC | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0: 1 | 3: 2 | 1: 1 | 1: 2 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 5-0 | 4: 2 | 1-0 | 2: 3 | |
Shelbourne FC | 0-0 | 5-0 | 0: 1 | 2: 1 | 1: 4 | 2: 1 | 1: 2 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 3-0 | 4: 1 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | |
Dundalk FC | 0: 3 | 1: 2 | 2: 2 | 0-0 | 0: 2 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 4: 1 | 3-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | |
Athlone Town | 1: 1 | 2: 4 | 0: 3 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 3: 5 | 1: 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 3: 4 | 1: 4 | 4-0 | |
Sligo Rovers | 1: 3 | 4: 3 | 2: 2 | 0: 4 | 1: 6 | 2: 2 | 3-0 | 2: 2 | 5: 2 | 0: 1 | 4: 3 | 3: 1 | 0-0 | |
St Patrick's Athletic | 2: 2 | 1: 2 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 2: 2 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 0: 1 | 0-0 | |
Drogheda United | 1: 2 | 1: 3 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 0: 1 | 2: 4 | 0: 1 | 0: 1 | 3: 1 | 0-0 | |
Drumcondra FC | 1: 2 | 2: 2 | 1: 4 | 0: 2 | 0: 2 | 1: 3 | 0: 1 | 0: 1 | 0: 3 | 1: 2 | 3: 1 | 5: 3 | 1: 4 |
Masters Finals
date | Result | Stadion | ||
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April 25, 1971 | Cork Hibernians | 3: 1 | Shamrock Rovers | Dalymount Park |
Web links
- Results and table eu-football.info
- Table on rsssf.com , accessed May 10, 2013