1983–84 Irish League

Irish League
Season	1983–84
Champions	Linfield; 36th Irish title
Matches played	182
Goals scored	522 (2.87 per match)
Top goalscorer	Martin McGaughey; Trevor Anderson; (15 goals each)
	← 1982–83 1984–85 →

Belfast

Belfast teams : Cliftonville
Crusaders
Glentoran
Linfield

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Location of teams in the Irish League from 1983–1990

1983–84 Irish League is located in Greater Belfast

Location of Belfast-based teams in the Irish League from 1983–1990

The 1983–84 Irish League was the 83rd edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Northern Irish football. The league consisted of 14 teams, an increase of two on the previous season, with Carrick Rangers and Newry Town becoming the first new participants in the league since the 1972–73 season. The league title was won by Linfield for the third consecutive time.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Linfield (C)	26	22	1	3	76	23	+53	45	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Glentoran	26	18	6	2	65	19	+46	42	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3	Cliftonville	26	12	7	7	28	23	+5	31
4	Ards	26	9	11	6	32	26	+6	29
5	Coleraine	26	11	6	9	44	34	+10	28
6	Ballymena United	26	10	8	8	32	30	+2	28	Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round
7	Glenavon	26	10	7	9	41	33	+8	27
8	Crusaders	26	11	5	10	38	41	−3	27
9	Distillery	26	11	4	11	35	42	−7	26
10	Portadown	26	9	6	11	28	31	−3	24
11	Newry Town	26	8	3	15	30	48	−18	19
12	Bangor	26	4	6	16	24	57	−33	14
13	Larne	26	7	1	18	25	58	−33	13^[a]
14	Carrick Rangers	26	3	3	20	24	57	−33	9

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ 2 points deducted

Results

Home \ Away	ARD	BAN	BLM	CRK	CLI	COL	CRU	DIS	GLV	GLT	LRN	LIN	NEW	POR
Ards		1–0	3–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–3	0–0	2–0	0–2	2–0	0–0
Bangor	2–2		1–2	4–1	1–2	0–1	1–0	0–2	0–5	1–4	1–0	1–4	1–2	2–1
Ballymena United	2–0	1–1		2–2	0–0	1–2	2–1	0–2	2–2	1–4	2–1	1–2	2–0	2–1
Carrick Rangers	0–1	1–1	1–0		1–2	0–3	2–3	1–2	3–0	0–2	0–3	0–3	2–2	1–3
Cliftonville	1–1	1–0	0–3	1–0		0–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	0–1	0–3	0–1	3–1	0–1
Coleraine	5–3	3–1	0–0	0–3	2–2		1–2	4–1	1–1	0–1	4–0	1–2	4–1	0–0
Crusaders	0–0	3–3	2–1	1–0	1–4	3–1		2–3	1–1	2–3	3–1	3–1	1–2	1–0
Distillery	2–1	0–0	0–1	3–2	0–2	2–1	2–0		1–4	0–4	3–0	2–7	2–1	2–2
Glenavon	2–1	1–1	1–3	2–1	0–0	3–1	2–3	1–1		1–3	1–0	0–1	0–1	3–1
Glentoran	3–3	6–0	0–0	6–1	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1		9–2	4–1	5–0	2–0
Larne	1–1	3–1	0–1	2–0	2–0	1–4	2–1	0–2	0–3	0–2		1–2	2–1	0–1
Linfield	1–1	4–1	1–0	3–1	0–1	6–1	6–1	3–1	2–1	3–0	8–0		3–0	3–0
Newry Town	0–4	2–0	2–2	4–0	2–3	0–3	1–1	2–1	1–2	0–1	2–0	1–3		0–1
Portadown	0–2	5–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	4–1	1–4	0–2

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

References

Northern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF)

[table_hth_LAR0.59403235166987-1] 2 points deducted

[a]

v t e NIFL Premiership seasons
Irish League	1890–91 1891–92 1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–00 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03
Irish Premier League	2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08
IFA Premiership	2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13
NIFL Premiership	2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Belfast & District League (wartime)	1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19
Northern Regional League (wartime)	1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47

v t e 1983–84 in Northern Irish football
Domestic leagues	Irish League
Domestic cups	Irish Cup Gold Cup Ulster Cup County Antrim Shield
European competitions	European Cup UEFA Cup European Cup Winners' Cup
Related to national team	British Home Championship UEFA Euro 1984 qualifying (Group 6) 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (Group 3)

v t e 1983–84 in European football (UEFA)
« 1982–83 1984–85 »
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '83 '84 England Faroe Islands '83 '84 Finland '83 '84 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '83 '84 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '83 '84 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '83 '84 Spain Sweden '83 '84 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '83 '84 Finland '83 '84 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '83 '84 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '83 '84 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '83 '84 Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Republic of Ireland Scotland Spain
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup