1990–91 Irish League

Irish League 1990–91 Portadown2nd Irish title 240 748 Stephen McBride (22 goals) 1989–90 1991–92 UK Northern Ireland right 350 Location of teams in the Irish League from 1990–95 UK Northern Ireland 12 54.602945 -5.891278 Belfast top UK Northern Ireland 54.58743 -5.686841 bottom Ards UK Northern Ireland 54.75101 -6.002269 left Ballyclare UK Northern Ireland 54.87016 -6.265211 top Ballymena United UK Northern Ireland 54.65179 -5.684674 right Bangor UK Northern Ireland 54.71974 -5.800309 right Carrick 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 54.16089 -6.332138 bottom Newry Town UK Northern Ireland 54.61023 -7.291660 top Omagh Town 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 1990–95 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 1990–91 Irish League was the 90th edition of the Irish League, the highest level of football in Northern Ireland. The league began with the first round of matches on 22 September 1990 and ended with the final round of matches on 27 April 1991. Defending champions Portadown won the championship for the second time. The league consisted of 16 teams, an increase of two from the previous season as Ballyclare Comrades and Omagh Town were elected to the league. Portadown qualified to compete in the 1991–92 European Cup and runners-up Bangor qualified for the 1991–92 UEFA Cup. Background The Irish League was formed in 1890 and was originally a league for the whole of the island of Ireland. From 1920, the competition has been contested by teams from Northern Ireland.Schöggl Hans Northern Ireland - Champions https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nilchamp.html RSSSF 16 July 2025 19 March 2025 Linfield were the most successful team in the history of the competition having won the league 45 times. Portadown were the defending champions after winning the league for the first time in 1989–90, beating Glenavon to the title by a single point. The league was increased in size from 14 teams in 1989–90 to 16 teams. No teams were relegated and Ballyclare Comrades and Omagh Town were elected to the league.Abbink Dinant Northern Ireland 1989/90 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nil90.html RSSSF 16 July 2025 9 January 2007 Format The league took on a traditional double round robin format. Each team played every other team twice – once at home and once away from home – for a total of 30 matches each. Three points were awarded for a win, one point was awarded for a draw and nothing was awarded for a loss. Teams were ranked on total number of points accumulated with ties broken by goal difference. League standings main WDL 5 Qualification 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 POR Portadown BAN Bangor GLT Glentoran GLV Glenavon NEW Newry Town CLI Cliftonville LIN Linfield BLM Ballymena United ARD Ards CRU Crusaders DIS Distillery OMA Omagh Town LAR Larne BLC Ballyclare Comrades RAN Carrick Rangers COL Coleraine 22 5 3 61 22 19 4 7 52 29 18 6 6 50 32 17 6 7 63 38 15 5 10 50 42 14 7 9 59 41 12 10 8 40 34 12 8 10 49 46 12 7 11 47 40 11 9 10 53 46 10 5 15 47 57 10 4 16 48 66 8 6 16 41 59 5 6 19 33 68 4 5 21 30 58 2 5 23 25 70 complete Abbink Dinant Northern Ireland 1990/91 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nil91.html RSSSF 16 July 2025 9 January 2007 Results main FBR grey ARD BAN BLC BLM CRK CLI COL CRU DIS GLV GLT LRN LIN NEW OMA POR Portadown 2–0 0–0 0–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 4–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 4–2 0–1 3–1 1–0 3–0 Bangor 0–1 1–0 1–2 2–0 4–2 1–0 2–2 1–1 2–1 2–1 3–0 2–0 3–0 2–1 3–1 Glentoran 1–1 0–1 2–0 2–2 3–2 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 3–1 4–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 4–0 Glenavon 2–1 2–3 1–1 1–1 1–2 2–1 3–1 1–2 2–2 2–1 3–0 2–0 4–0 2–0 5–3 Newry Town 1–3 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 3–1 3–0 3–1 1–2 3–0 2–1 1–2 3–2 2–0 3–1 Cliftonville 1–2 2–0 2–1 0–2 6–0 2–2 1–3 2–0 3–1 2–1 3–2 4–0 4–0 0–2 2–0 Linfield 0–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 0–4 3–0 1–0 2–0 2–2 0–0 4–2 3–1 1–0 2–1 Ballymena United 0–2 3–0 2–3 4–3 2–1 1–1 2–2 4–1 1–0 1–2 2–0 4–4 1–1 2–1 4–0 Ards 1–2 0–2 2–3 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 5–1 4–1 4–3 2–0 1–0 Crusaders 2–3 3–2 2–0 1–3 2–1 1–1 2–2 0–0 0–2 4–1 4–1 5–0 1–2 3–3 4–1 Distillery 0–0 1–3 2–3 3–2 1–3 2–2 2–1 2–0 2–2 1–3 0–1 1–3 4–1 2–1 2–0 Omagh Town 2–5 0–0 3–1 2–5 2–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 2–4 0–1 5–1 0–5 2–1 3–4 2–1 Larne 1–3 0–1 0–1 0–4 4–1 4–1 0–1 1–2 0–2 2–2 0–4 3–3 1–1 1–0 2–0 Ballyclare Comrades 0–3 0–2 0–1 3–3 0–2 1–3 1–1 1–5 1–0 2–3 2–0 0–3 3–3 1–0 1–1 Carrick Rangers 1–4 1–3 2–3 1–2 0–0 1–3 1–2 2–1 2–5 2–2 0–2 0–3 1–1 1–2 1–0 Coleraine 1–3 0–4 1–2 1–1 2–4 2–2 0–2 0–1 0–1 1–1 3–4 1–4 1–0 2–1 1–1 complete Irish League Archive https://www.irishleaguearchive.org/irish-league Irish League Archives 16 July 2025 References Association football Northern Ireland Category:NIFL Premiership seasons 1 Northern