Season | 1961–62 |
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Champions | Linfield 26th Irish title |
Matches played | 132 |
Goals scored | 523 (3.96 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Mick Lynch (20) |
← 1960–61 1962–63 → |
Belfast teams : Cliftonville
Crusaders
Distillery
Glentoran
Linfield
The 1961–62 Irish League was the 61st 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 after a 3-1 playoff win over Portadown.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Linfield (C) | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 62 | 32 | 1.938 | 31 | Qualification for the European Cup preliminary round |
2 | Portadown | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 56 | 32 | 1.750 | 31 | Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round |
3 | Ballymena United | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 47 | 32 | 1.469 | 29 | |
4 | Ards | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 46 | 38 | 1.211 | 27 | |
5 | Glenavon | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 62 | 43 | 1.442 | 26 | |
6 | Crusaders | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 42 | 43 | 0.977 | 25 | |
7 | Glentoran | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 45 | 35 | 1.286 | 25 | |
8 | Distillery | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 56 | 62 | 0.903 | 20 | |
9 | Coleraine | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 37 | 39 | 0.949 | 18 | |
10 | Derry City | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 22 | 38 | 0.579 | 14 | |
11 | Bangor | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 31 | 56 | 0.554 | 13 | |
12 | Cliftonville | 22 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 73 | 0.233 | 5 |
Home \ Away | ARD | BAN | BLM | CLI | COL | CRU | DIS | DER | GLV | GLT | LIN | POR |
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Ards | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 2–1 | |
Bangor | 2–0 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 4–5 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–6 | |
Ballymena United | 1–2 | 2–1 | 7–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–3 | |
Cliftonville | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 4–5 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–5 | 0–4 | |
Coleraine | 0–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | |
Crusaders | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 6–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–4 | |
Distillery | 2–2 | 2–4 | 1–4 | 6–0 | 4–2 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 4–3 | 4–6 | 2–1 | |
Derry City | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | |
Glenavon | 5–2 | 5–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 7–2 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 3–4 | |
Glentoran | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 4–4 | 1–1 | 2–2 | |
Linfield | 3–2 | 4–1 | 6–1 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 9–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | |
Portadown | 3–3 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 |
Linfield | 3–1 | Portadown |
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Pos | Player | Club | Pld | Goals |
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1 | Mick Lynch | Ards | 22 | 20 |
2 | Eamon Gorman | Portadown | 23 | 19 |
= | Joe Meldrum | Distillery | 21 | 19 |
4 | Billy Johnston | Glenavon | 19 | 18 |
= | Trevor Thompson | Glentoran | 21 | 18 |
6 | Tommy Dickson | Linfield | 22 | 17 |
= | Jimmy Jones | Glenavon | 20 | 17 |
= | Jimmy Small | Ballymena United | 17 | 17 |
9 | Ken Hamilton | Distillery | 22 | 16 |
10 | Hugh Barr | Linfield | 18 | 12 |
= | Roy Torrens | Derry City | 19 | 12 |
= | Jim Weatherup | Crusaders | 22 | 12 |
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