1965–66 Irish League

Irish League
Season1965–66
ChampionsLinfield
27th Irish title
Matches played132
Goals scored553 (4.19 per match)
Top goalscorerSammy Pavis (28)
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Location of teams in the Irish League from 1949–1972
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Location of Belfast-based teams in the Irish League from 1949–1971

The 1965–66 Irish League was the 65th edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Northern Irish football. The league consisted of 12 teams, and Linfield won the championship.

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification
1 Linfield (C) 22 14 6 2 68 23 2.957 34 Qualification for the European Cup first round
2 Derry City 22 15 2 5 61 33 1.848 32
3 Glentoran 22 15 2 5 50 29 1.724 32 European Cup Winners' Cup and Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
4 Ballymena United 22 11 6 5 51 33 1.545 28
5 Glenavon 22 11 3 8 62 38 1.632 25
6 Coleraine 22 10 5 7 52 36 1.444 25
7 Crusaders 22 9 3 10 49 47 1.043 21
8 Portadown 22 7 3 12 43 53 0.811 17
9 Distillery 22 5 6 11 39 52 0.750 16
10 Ards 22 4 6 12 29 54 0.537 14
11 Bangor 22 5 4 13 26 59 0.441 14
12 Cliftonville 22 1 4 17 23 96 0.240 6
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results

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

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