1969–70 Irish League

The 1969–70 Irish League was the 69th edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Northern Irish football. The league consisted of 12 teams, and Glentoran won the championship.

Irish League

Season	1969–70
Champions	Glentoran 14th Irish title
Matches played	132
Goals scored	440 (3.33 per match)
Top goalscorer	Des Dickson (21)
← 1968–69 1970–71 →

Belfast

Ards

Ballymena United

Bangor

Coleraine

Derry City

Glenavon

Portadown

Belfast teams : Cliftonville
Crusaders
Distillery
Glentoran
Linfield

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Location of teams in the Irish League from 1949–1972

Cliftonville

Crusaders

Distillery

Glentoran

Linfield

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Location of Belfast-based teams in the Irish League from 1949–1971

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification
1	Glentoran	22	14	6	2	46	17	2.706	34	European Cup preliminary round and Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
2	Coleraine	22	12	3	7	50	31	1.613	27	Participated in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
3	Ards	22	10	7	5	41	26	1.577	27
4	Linfield	22	11	5	6	48	36	1.333	27	Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round
5	Derry City	22	11	5	6	38	31	1.226	27
6	Portadown	22	11	3	8	42	37	1.135	25
7	Glenavon	22	7	8	7	32	36	0.889	22
8	Bangor	22	6	7	9	32	36	0.889	19
9	Crusaders	22	8	3	11	42	52	0.808	19
10	Ballymena United	22	5	6	11	24	42	0.571	16
11	Distillery	22	5	5	12	25	45	0.556	15
12	Cliftonville	22	1	4	17	20	51	0.392	6

Source: rsssf.com

Results

Home \ Away	ARD	BAN	BLM	CLI	COL	CRU	DIS	DER	GLV	GLT	LIN	POR
Ards		2–1	4–1	3–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	4–0	0–1	2–3	2–3	4–1
Bangor	2–2		3–4	3–1	0–1	3–4	3–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	3–2	2–0
Ballymena United	1–2	2–2		1–1	1–5	2–0	0–0	3–4	3–1	0–3	0–4	1–3
Cliftonville	0–2	0–1	0–1		3–1	0–2	1–3	2–3	3–3	0–3	1–5	1–2
Coleraine	2–1	2–2	3–0	1–0		2–1	6–1	1–1	1–3	2–0	3–1	2–3
Crusaders	1–1	1–0	1–1	8–3	0–7		2–1	0–3	4–1	2–0	1–3	6–2
Distillery	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–3	4–3		2–4	5–0	0–5	0–1	2–0
Derry City	3–2	2–1	0–2	2–0	0–1	1–0	4–1		0–1	0–0	1–1	0–4
Glenavon	0–2	1–1	3–0	2–1	4–2	1–1	0–0	1–1		2–2	5–2	0–2
Glentoran	1–1	2–0	0–0	2–0	2–1	7–2	3–0	1–0	2–0		2–2	2–1
Linfield	2–2	4–1	1–0	1–1	4–2	4–1	3–0	2–4	1–1	0–2		0–3
Portadown	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	3–1	4–1	4–2	1–4	2–2	1–3	1–2

Source: Irish League Archive
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

• Northern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF)