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1964–65 Irish League

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Irish League
Season1964–65
ChampionsDerry City
1st Irish title
Matches played132
Goals scored527 (3.99 per match)
Top goalscorerKenny Halliday
Dennis Guy
(19 goals each)
Location of Belfast-based teams in the Irish League from 1949–1971

The 1964–65 Irish League was the 64th edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Northern Irish football. The league consisted of 12 teams, and Derry City won the championship.

League standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification
1 Derry City (C) 22 15 5 2 62 32 1.938 35 Qualification for the European Cup preliminary round
2 Coleraine 22 13 4 5 54 26 2.077 30 Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round
3 Crusaders 22 11 5 6 46 32 1.438 27
4 Glenavon 22 12 2 8 61 35 1.743 26
5 Linfield 22 10 5 7 54 40 1.350 25
6 Ballymena United 22 10 5 7 50 44 1.136 25
7 Glentoran 22 9 6 7 33 38 0.868 24
8 Bangor 22 7 4 11 42 44 0.955 18
9 Distillery 22 8 2 12 41 44 0.932 18
10 Portadown 22 5 8 9 33 37 0.892 18
11 Ards 22 5 6 11 34 55 0.618 16
12 Cliftonville 22 1 0 21 17 100 0.170 2
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results

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Home \ Away ARD BAN BLM CLI COL CRU DIS DER GLV GLT LIN POR
Ards 1–1 2–3 4–2 1–5 1–4 0–4 3–3 2–0 1–4 0–1 3–0
Bangor 1–1 4–2 7–0 1–3 2–0 2–4 0–2 2–3 2–2 3–4 4–3
Ballymena United 4–1 3–0 3–1 0–4 1–0 1–1 3–5 3–1 0–2 3–2 0–1
Cliftonville 1–2 1–3 2–8 0–5 0–3 0–4 1–3 0–10 0–4 1–5 0–4
Coleraine 2–1 4–1 2–2 4–1 4–2 2–1 1–2 3–0 0–0 3–1 1–1
Crusaders 1–1 1–0 0–0 5–0 2–0 3–1 4–1 2–1 1–0 1–8 1–1
Distillery 2–1 1–3 1–2 6–1 0–2 0–6 2–3 1–4 1–2 4–2 2–0
Derry City 5–1 2–1 3–3 10–1 1–0 3–1 2–2 6–1 2–0 2–0 4–3
Glenavon 7–2 3–0 1–2 3–2 3–1 2–4 3–1 3–0 6–0 1–1 4–0
Glentoran 2–2 1–1 3–2 0–3 3–2 2–1 2–0 0–1 3–2 1–1 1–1
Linfield 3–3 2–1 5–2 6–0 1–4 2–2 0–3 1–1 0–3 4–1 2–0
Portadown 0–1 1–3 3–3 1–0 2–2 2–2 3–0 1–1 0–0 5–0 1–3
Source: Irish League Archive
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

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Pos Player Club Pld Goals
1 Denis Guy Glenavon 18 19
= Ken Halliday Coleraine 21 19
3 Fay Coyle Derry City 19 17
= Arthur Thomas Ballymena United 21 17
= Jim Weatherup Crusaders 22 17
6 Billy Ferguson Linfield 21 14
= Billy Johnston Glenavon 16 14
= Phil Scott Linfield 19 14
9 Danny Hale Crusaders 20 12
= Mal McDonnell Ballymena United 17 12
= Ron Mowatt Ards 19 12

References

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