1980–81 Irish League

Irish League 1980–81 Glentoran17th Irish title 132 406 Des DicksonPaul Malone(18 goals each) 1979–80 1981–82 UK Northern Ireland right 350 Location of teams in the Irish League from 1980–83 UK Northern Ireland 12 54.602945 -5.891278 Belfast top UK Northern Ireland 54.58743 -5.686841 bottom Ards UK Northern Ireland 54.87016 -6.265211 bottom Ballymena United UK Northern Ireland 54.65179 -5.684674 right Bangor UK Northern Ireland 55.13287 -6.659904 bottom Coleraine UK Northern Ireland 54.53607 -6.003814 left Distillery UK Northern Ireland 54.453889 -6.336389 right Glenavon UK Northern Ireland 54.85013 -5.827303 top Larne UK Northern Ireland 54.41306 -6.457686 bottom Portadown UK Northern Ireland 55.32 -8.2 TransparentPlaceholder.png Belfast teams : CliftonvilleCrusadersGlentoranLinfield Greater Belfast 350 right Location of Belfast-based teams in the Irish League from 1980–83 Greater Belfast 54.619250 -5.947383 left Cliftonville Greater Belfast 54.62428 -5.922017 top Crusaders Greater Belfast 54.60270 -5.893478 right Glentoran Greater Belfast 54.57083 -5.963302 bottom Linfield The 1980–81 Irish League was the 80th 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 main WDL 5 Qualification 2 n C green1 Qualification for the European Cup first round C blue1 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round UEFA yellow1 Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round CW GLT Glentoran LIN Linfield BAL Ballymena United CRU Crusaders ARD Ards GLV Glenavon LAR Larne POR Portadown COL Coleraine CLI Cliftonville BAN Bangor DIS Distillery 15 7 0 59 26 16 3 3 57 15 12 4 6 33 21 9 6 7 28 26 9 6 7 35 40 7 8 7 37 37 9 4 9 26 26 8 5 9 30 34 5 8 9 28 36 5 5 12 20 37 4 5 13 35 54 1 3 18 18 54 complete rsssf.com Results main FBR grey ARD BAN BLM CLI COL CRU DIS GLV GLT LRN LIN POR Glentoran 2–1 2–0 3–1 4–3 3–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 2–0 3–2 4–2 Linfield 1–1 1–1 4–0 5–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 4–1 0–1 7–0 4–2 Ballymena United 1–2 1–0 1–1 3–2 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 4–3 5–1 2–0 Crusaders 1–1 2–2 1–0 8–2 3–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 Ards 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 2–2 2–0 2–0 4–2 0–0 2–2 2–0 Glenavon 1–2 0–3 2–1 4–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–2 2–2 2–1 Larne 0–3 0–2 0–3 0–1 0–2 2–2 1–1 2–0 2–0 3–1 2–0 Portadown 1–7 0–4 0–1 1–0 3–0 1–1 1–2 0–2 2–0 3–1 2–0 Coleraine 1–1 1–2 0–0 0–1 0–1 3–3 0–0 2–5 0–0 2–0 1–1 Cliftonville 2–4 0–2 1–1 0–0 3–0 0–2 2–4 0–2 3–2 1–1 1–0 Bangor 2–3 1–3 3–1 0–2 3–4 1–1 0–2 1–1 3–5 6–1 3–1 Distillery 1–7 0–6 1–2 1–1 1–2 3–4 0–2 1–2 2–2 1–0 0–2 complete Irish League Archive References Northern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF) Association football Northern Ireland Category:NIFL Premiership seasons Category:1980–81 in Northern Ireland association football Northern