1969–70 Irish League

Irish League
Season	1969–70
Champions	Glentoran ; 14th Irish title
Matches played	132
Goals scored	440 (3.33 per match)
Top goalscorer	Des Dickson (21)
	← 1968–69 1970–71 →

Belfast

Belfast teams : Cliftonville
Crusaders
Distillery
Glentoran
Linfield

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Location of teams in the Irish League from 1949–1972

1969–70 Irish League is located in Greater Belfast

Location of Belfast-based teams in the Irish League from 1949–1971

The 1969–70 Irish League was the 69th edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Northern Irish football. The league consisted of 12 teams, and Glentoran won the championship.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification
1	Glentoran	22	14	6	2	46	17	2.706	34	European Cup preliminary round and Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
2	Coleraine	22	12	3	7	50	31	1.613	27	Participated in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
3	Ards	22	10	7	5	41	26	1.577	27
4	Linfield	22	11	5	6	48	36	1.333	27	Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round
5	Derry City	22	11	5	6	38	31	1.226	27
6	Portadown	22	11	3	8	42	37	1.135	25
7	Glenavon	22	7	8	7	32	36	0.889	22
8	Bangor	22	6	7	9	32	36	0.889	19
9	Crusaders	22	8	3	11	42	52	0.808	19
10	Ballymena United	22	5	6	11	24	42	0.571	16
11	Distillery	22	5	5	12	25	45	0.556	15
12	Cliftonville	22	1	4	17	20	51	0.392	6

Source: rsssf.com

Results

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

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

References

Northern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF)

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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
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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 1969–70 in European football (UEFA)
« 1968–69 1970–71 »
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '69 '70 England Faroe Islands '69 '70 Finland '69 '70 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary '69 '70 Iceland '69 '70 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '69 '70 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '69 '70 Spain Sweden '69 '70 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '69 '70 Finland '69 '70 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '69 '70 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '69 '70 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '69 '70 Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Scotland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '69 '70 Mitropa Cup