1959–60 Irish League

Irish League
Season	1959–60
Champions	Glenavon; 3rd Irish title
Matches	132
Goals	546 (4.14 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jimmy Jones (29 goals)
	← 1958–59 1960–61 →

Belfast

Ards

Belfast teams : Cliftonville
Crusaders
Distillery
Glentoran
Linfield

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Location of teams in the Irish League from 1949–1972

1959–60 Irish League is located in Greater Belfast

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

The 1959–60 Irish League was the 59th edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Northern Irish football. The league consisted of 12 teams, and Glenavon won the championship.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification
1	Glenavon (C)	22	17	1	4	67	28	2.393	35	Qualification for the European Cup preliminary round
2	Glentoran	22	14	4	4	60	31	1.935	32
3	Distillery	22	12	5	5	55	38	1.447	29
4	Linfield	22	12	5	5	63	46	1.370	29
5	Ballymena United	22	10	3	9	49	46	1.065	23
6	Crusaders	22	9	5	8	43	44	0.977	23
7	Portadown	22	7	8	7	35	40	0.875	22
8	Ards	22	8	3	11	37	47	0.787	19
9	Bangor	22	7	4	11	39	45	0.867	18
10	Derry City	22	6	3	13	41	44	0.932	15
11	Coleraine	22	6	3	13	35	62	0.565	15
12	Cliftonville	22	2	0	20	22	75	0.293	4

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results

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

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
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 1959–60 in Northern Irish football
« 1958–59 1960–61 »
Domestic leagues	Irish League
Domestic cups	Irish Cup Gold Cup City Cup Ulster Cup County Antrim Shield
European competitions	European Cup
Related to national team	British Home Championship

v t e 1959–60 in European football (UEFA)
« 1958–59 1960–61 »
Domestic leagues	Albania '59 '60 Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '59 '60 England Faroe Islands '59 '60 Finland '59 '60 France East Germany '59 '60 West Germany (Finals) Greece Hungary Iceland '59 '60 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland '59 '60 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '59 '60 Spain Sweden '59 '60 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania '60 Austria Bulgaria Cyprus Denmark England Faroe Islands '59 '60 Finland '59 '60 France East Germany '59 '60 West Germany Greece Iceland '60 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Northern Ireland Norway '59 '60 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Switzerland Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	Scotland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Mitropa Cup Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (Final)
International competitions	European Nations' Cup qualification European Under-18 Championship