1977–78 Irish League

Irish League
Season	1977–1978
Champions	Linfield; 31st Irish title
Matches played	132
Goals scored	444 (3.36 per match)
Top goalscorer	Warren Feeney (17)
	← 1976-77 1978–79 →

Belfast

Belfast teams : Cliftonville
Crusaders
Distillery
Glentoran
Linfield

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Location of teams in the 1975–79 Irish League

1977–78 Irish League is located in Greater Belfast

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

The Irish League in season 1977–78 comprised 12 teams. Linfield won the championship.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification
1	Linfield (C)	22	19	2	1	65	22	2.955	40	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Glentoran	22	15	4	3	59	22	2.682	34	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3	Glenavon	22	13	2	7	41	30	1.367	28
4	Cliftonville	22	10	5	7	34	38	0.895	25
5	Portadown	22	8	5	9	42	34	1.235	21
6	Larne	22	10	1	11	31	31	1.000	21
7	Ards	22	9	3	10	38	41	0.927	21
8	Coleraine	22	8	3	11	34	41	0.829	19
9	Distillery	22	6	4	12	32	59	0.542	16
10	Crusaders	22	6	3	13	24	46	0.522	15
11	Bangor	22	5	4	13	22	36	0.611	14
12	Ballymena United	22	4	2	16	22	44	0.500	10	Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

Northern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF)

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League cups	England Poland Republic of Ireland Scotland Switzerland
Super cups	Soviet Union
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '77 '77–'78