1972–73 Irish League

Irish League 1972–73 Crusaders 1st Irish title 132 446 Des Dickson (23 goals) 1971–72 1973–74 UK Northern Ireland right 350 Location of teams in the Irish League from 1972–75 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 54.453889 -6.336389 top 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 : CliftonvilleCrusadersDistilleryGlentoranLinfield Greater Belfast 350 right Location of Belfast-based teams in the Irish League from 1972–75 Greater Belfast 54.619250 -5.947383 left Cliftonville Greater Belfast 54.62428 -5.922017 top Crusaders and Distillery Greater Belfast 54.60270 -5.893478 right Glentoran Greater Belfast 54.57083 -5.963302 bottom Linfield The 1972–73 Irish League was the 72nd edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Northern Irish football. The league consisted of 12 teams, and Crusaders won the championship. League standings main WDL 5 Qualification 2 y 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 CRU Crusaders ARD Ards POR Portadown COL Coleraine LIN Linfield GLV Glenavon DIS Distillery GLT Glentoran BAL Ballymena United BAN Bangor CLI Cliftonville LAR Larne 14 4 4 50 22 13 5 4 49 22 12 5 5 37 27 13 2 7 51 31 12 3 7 38 29 10 3 9 33 28 9 4 9 40 47 9 3 10 48 40 7 5 10 26 35 5 8 9 28 32 3 1 18 18 66 2 3 17 28 67 complete rsssf.com Results main FBR grey ARD BAN BLM CLI COL CRU DIS GLV GLT LRN LIN POR Crusaders 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 2–0 6–1 3–0 Ards 5–2 4–0 1–1 1–1 1–3 1–1 2–3 3–1 3–1 2–0 7–0 Portadown 1–0 1–1 3–0 3–1 1–0 1–2 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 Coleraine 0–3 0–1 1–3 4–2 4–0 4–0 4–1 2–1 0–0 6–1 1–0 Linfield 5–1 4–2 3–1 3–1 1–0 2–3 0–1 2–0 1–3 2–1 2–1 Glenavon 1–0 1–2 2–0 0–3 2–0 2–0 4–0 4–1 0–0 4–1 3–0 Distillery 0–8 0–2 1–1 4–1 2–2 1–0 4–2 1–2 2–4 1–0 4–2 Glentoran 2–2 0–1 1–1 1–3 0–2 4–0 3–3 0–1 3–0 3–2 9–0 Ballymena United 1–1 0–2 3–1 2–4 0–0 1–1 2–1 4–1 1–0 2–2 2–1 Bangor 1–1 1–1 1–3 1–2 0–1 1–1 2–5 2–3 1–0 6–0 1–0 Larne 2–5 0–2 2–3 2–4 0–2 2–4 3–2 1–5 2–2 1–1 2–3 Cliftonville 0–1 0–4 1–5 0–5 1–2 3–1 2–3 0–5 1–0 1–1 1–3 complete Irish League Archive References Northern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF) Association football Northern Ireland Category:NIFL Premiership seasons Category:1972–73 in Northern Ireland association football North