1978–79 Irish League

The 1978–79 Irish League was the 78th edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Northern Irish football. The league consisted of 12 teams, and Linfield won the championship.

Irish League

Season	1978–79
Champions	Linfield 32nd Irish title
Matches played	132
Goals scored	410 (3.11 per match)
Top goalscorer	Tommy Armstrong (21)
← 1977–78 1979–80 →

Belfast

Ards

Ballymena United

Bangor

Coleraine

Glenavon

Larne

Portadown

Belfast teams : Cliftonville
Crusaders
Distillery
Glentoran
Linfield

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Location of teams in the Irish League from 1975–79

Cliftonville

Crusaders

Glentoran

Linfield

Distillery

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Location of Belfast-based teams in the Irish League from 1975–79

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Linfield (C)	22	14	6	2	46	21	+25	34	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Glenavon	22	11	6	5	42	30	+12	28	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3	Ards	22	11	5	6	47	34	+13	27
4	Glentoran	22	9	8	5	36	33	+3	26
5	Portadown	22	10	5	7	35	27	+8	25
6	Larne	22	10	4	8	42	35	+7	24
7	Cliftonville	22	7	7	8	31	29	+2	21	Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round
8	Coleraine	22	7	6	9	29	30	−1	20
9	Crusaders	22	6	8	8	30	33	−3	20
10	Bangor	22	5	8	9	28	40	−12	18
11	Ballymena United	22	4	6	12	25	46	−21	14
12	Distillery	22	2	3	17	19	52	−33	7

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results

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

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

References

• Northern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF)