1970–71 League of Ireland

Statistics of League of Ireland in the 1970/1971 season.

League of Ireland
Season1970–71
ChampionsCork Hibernians (1st title)
Top goalscorerBrendan Bradley, Finn Harps 20 goals

Overview

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The championship was contested by 14 teams. Cork Hibernians won the title after beating Shamrock Rovers 3-1 in a play-off on 25 April 1971 in Dalymount Park with goals from Miah Dennehy (2) and Dave Wigginton for Cork Hibernians. Mick Leech scored for Shamrock Rovers.

Final classification

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Cork Hibernians 26 12 11 3 38 17 +21 35
2 Shamrock Rovers 26 14 7 5 49 38 +11 35
3 Waterford 26 13 8 5 49 34 +15 34
4 Bohemians 26 12 9 5 38 25 +13 33
5 Cork Celtic 26 11 9 6 44 27 +17 31
6 Finn Harps 26 13 4 9 54 42 +12 30
7 Limerick 26 10 8 8 36 31 +5 28
8 Shelbourne 26 10 7 9 32 30 +2 27
9 Dundalk 26 7 11 8 37 33 +4 25
10 Athlone Town 26 8 5 13 35 43 −8 21
11 Sligo Rovers 26 7 7 12 36 58 −22 21
12 St Patrick's Athletic 26 5 7 14 34 55 −21 17
13 Drogheda 26 6 4 16 27 46 −19 16
14 Drumcondra 26 3 5 18 26 56 −30 11

Results

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Home \ Away ATH BOH CCF CHF DRO DRU DUN FHA LIM SHM SHE SLI StP WAT
Athlone Town 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–4 4–0 0–0 3–5 1–3 2–4 0–0 1–0 3–4 0–3
Bohemians 3–2 1–0 0–0 6–2 1–0 1–0 1–3 1–0 1–0 3–2 0–0 2–0 1–1
Cork Celtic 1–0 1–1 1–2 2–0 5–2 2–0 3–1 3–2 1–3 0–0 2–2 2–1 1–1
Cork Hibernians 0–0 1–0 2–1 3–1 3–0 2–1 3–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 5–0 0–1
Drogheda United 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–2 0–0 2–4 1–1 0–1 1–3 0–1 0–1 3–1 1–0
Drumcondra 1–2 0–2 0–2 1–2 1–4 0–3 1–3 0–1 2–2 0–1 3–1 5–3 1–4
Dundalk 2–0 0–0 0–2 0–3 1–1 1–1 3–0 0–0 1–2 2–0 4–1 3–0 2–2
Finn Harps 1–2 0–1 1–1 2–1 5–1 3–1 1–0 4–3 2–3 4–0 4–1 2–1 4–0
Limerick 2–1 3–2 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–3 1–1 1–2 0–0 0–0 5–0 4–2 0–1
Shamrock Rovers 1–4 2–2 1–1 0–0 2–0 2–1 3–3 3–1 3–1 1–0 1–2 4–2 2–0
Shelbourne 2–1 2–1 1–4 0–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–2 5–0 3–0 4–1 0–1
Sligo Rovers 0–1 0–4 1–6 1–3 3–1 0–0 5–2 2–2 3–0 4–3 2–2 4–3 2–2
St Patrick's Athletic 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 0–1 0–0 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–2 2–0 1–0 1–0
Waterford 3–2 4–2 1–1 2–2 4–1 3–2 2–2 3–1 1–2 1–1 2–1 5–1 2–1
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

League Title play-off

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League Title play-off
Cork Hibernians3–1Shamrock Rovers
Miah Dennehy (2), Dave Wigginton TBA Mick Leech
Dalymount Park, Dublin
Attendance: 28,000[citation needed]

Top scorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1 Brendan Bradley Finn Harps 20
2 Johnny Matthews Waterford 17
3 Turlough O'Connor Dundalk 16
4 Damien Richardson Shamrock Rovers 15
5 Val Wallace Athlone Town 14
6 Ray Gaston Finn Harps 12
7 Sean Coyle Finn Harps 11
8 Alfie Hale Waterford 10
8 John Murray Shelbourne 10
10 Mick Leech Shamrock Rovers 9
10 Harry Quinn St Patrick's Athletic 9
10 Dave Wigginton Cork Hibernians 9