1961–62 Irish League

Irish League 1961–62 Linfield26th Irish title 132 523 Mick Lynch (20 goals) 1960–61 1962–63 UK Northern Ireland right 350 Location of teams in the Irish League from 1949–1972 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 54.99045 -7.336228 bottom Derry City UK Northern Ireland 54.453889 -6.336389 top Glenavon UK Northern Ireland 54.41306 -6.457686 bottom Portadown UK Northern Ireland 55.32 -8.2 TransparentPlaceholder.png Belfast teams : CliftonvilleCrusadersDistilleryGlentoranLinfield Greater Belfast 350 right Location of Belfast-based teams in the Irish League from 1949–1971 Greater Belfast 54.619250 -5.947383 left Cliftonville Greater Belfast 54.62428 -5.922017 top Crusaders Greater Belfast 54.59285 -5.945363 top Distillery Greater Belfast 54.60270 -5.893478 right Glentoran Greater Belfast 54.57083 -5.963302 bottom 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. League standings main WDL 5 Qualification 2 y C green1 Qualification for the European Cup preliminary round C yellow1 Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round CW LIN Linfield POR Portadown BAL Ballymena United ARD Ards GLV Glenavon CRU Crusaders GLT Glentoran DIS Distillery COL Coleraine DER Derry City BAN Bangor CLI Cliftonville 14 3 5 62 32 14 3 5 56 32 11 7 4 47 32 11 5 6 46 38 9 8 5 62 43 11 3 8 42 43 10 5 7 45 35 8 4 10 56 62 7 4 11 37 39 3 8 11 22 38 5 3 14 31 56 0 5 17 17 73 complete rsssf.com Results main FBR grey ARD BAN BLM CLI COL CRU DIS DER GLV GLT LIN POR Linfield 2–1 6–1 3–2 2–0 3–1 9–0 2–2 4–3 0–0 4–1 3–1 Portadown 2–0 3–1 3–3 2–1 2–3 4–2 2–3 1–0 3–0 4–0 2–1 Ballymena United 4–2 1–3 1–2 3–3 1–1 1–1 3–2 1–1 2–0 2–1 7–0 Ards 2–4 2–1 1–1 4–3 4–2 4–1 3–1 3–2 2–0 1–1 5–1 Glenavon 2–1 3–4 2–2 5–2 2–3 1–1 5–1 7–2 4–0 5–2 2–2 Glentoran 1–1 2–2 1–2 1–0 4–4 0–1 3–0 2–1 5–1 2–0 6–0 Crusaders 3–2 3–4 1–2 3–0 1–3 1–0 2–1 3–1 1–0 3–0 6–0 Distillery 4–6 2–1 1–4 2–2 2–2 4–3 2–3 4–2 2–3 2–4 6–0 Coleraine 2–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–2 1–1 4–1 2–3 4–2 4–0 2–1 Derry City 0–2 0–1 0–0 0–0 2–2 0–1 1–1 2–2 0–1 1–0 5–0 Bangor 0–1 2–6 0–4 2–0 1–3 4–1 3–2 4–5 1–3 3–3 2–0 Cliftonville 0–5 0–4 1–3 1–3 1–1 1–2 1–2 4–5 0–0 2–2 0–0 complete Irish League Archive Test match 17 May 1962 Linfield 3–1 Portadown Solitude, Belfast Top scorers (including play-off) PosPlayerClubPldGoals1Mick LynchArds22202Eamon GormanPortadown2319=Joe MeldrumDistillery21194Billy JohnstonGlenavon1918=Trevor ThompsonGlentoran21186Tommy DicksonLinfield2217=Jimmy JonesGlenavon2017=Jimmy SmallBallymena United17179Ken HamiltonDistillery221610Hugh BarrLinfield1812=Roy TorrensDerry City1912=Jim WeatherupCrusaders2212 References Northern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF) Association football Northern Ireland Category:NIFL Premiership seasons Category:1961–62 in Northern Ireland association football Northern