1980–81 Irish League

Irish League
Season	1980–1981
Champions	Glentoran; 17th Irish title
Matches played	132
Goals scored	406 (3.08 per match)
Top goalscorer	Des Dickson; Paul Malone; (18 goals each)
	← 1979-80 1981–82 →

Belfast

Belfast teams : Cliftonville
Crusaders
Glentoran
Linfield

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Location of teams in the 1980–83 Irish League

1980–81 Irish League is located in Greater Belfast

Location of the Belfast-based teams in the Irish League 1980-83

The Irish League in season 1980–81 comprised 12 teams, and Glentoran won the championship.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification
1	Glentoran (C)	22	15	7	0	59	26	2.269	37	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Linfield	22	16	3	3	57	15	3.800	35	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3	Ballymena United	22	12	4	6	33	21	1.571	28	Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round
4	Crusaders	22	9	6	7	28	26	1.077	24
5	Ards	22	9	6	7	35	40	0.875	24
6	Glenavon	22	7	8	7	37	37	1.000	22
7	Larne	22	9	4	9	26	26	1.000	22
8	Portadown	22	8	5	9	30	34	0.882	21
9	Coleraine	22	5	8	9	28	36	0.778	18
10	Cliftonville	22	5	5	12	20	37	0.541	15
11	Bangor	22	4	5	13	35	54	0.648	13
12	Distillery	22	1	3	18	18	54	0.333	5

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results

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

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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Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '80 '81 Finland '80 '81 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '80 '81 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '80 '81 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '81 Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Republic of Ireland Scotland
Super cups	Soviet Union '81
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup