1978–79 Irish League

Irish League 1978–79 Linfield32nd Irish title 132 410 Tommy Armstrong (21 goals) 1977–78 1979–80 UK Northern Ireland right 350 Location of teams in the Irish League from 1975–79 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 1975–79 Greater Belfast 54.619250 -5.947383 bottom Cliftonville Greater Belfast 54.62428 -5.922017 right Crusaders Greater Belfast 54.60270 -5.893478 right Glentoran Greater Belfast 54.57083 -5.963302 bottom Linfield Greater Belfast 54.62280 -5.929259 left Distillery The 1978–79 Irish League was the 78th 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. 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 LIN Linfield GLV Glenavon ARD Ards GLT Glentoran POR Portadown LAR Larne CLI Cliftonville COL Coleraine CRU Crusaders BAN Bangor BAL Ballymena United DIS Distillery 14 6 2 46 21 11 6 5 42 30 11 5 6 47 34 9 8 5 36 33 10 5 7 35 27 10 4 8 42 35 7 7 8 31 29 7 6 9 29 30 6 8 8 30 33 5 8 9 28 40 4 6 12 25 46 2 3 17 19 52 complete rsssf.com Results main FBR grey ARD BAN BLM CLI COL CRU DIS GLV GLT LRN LIN POR Linfield 0–0 1–2 2–1 3–1 3–1 2–1 2–3 1–1 2–2 6–1 2–0 Glenavon 0–0 3–1 3–2 1–1 2–1 2–0 3–0 1–1 0–1 3–2 1–1 Ards 0–2 3–0 4–4 3–0 3–2 3–2 2–2 3–2 1–2 3–3 2–0 Glentoran 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 2–1 3–2 3–2 2–0 2–2 Portadown 2–3 5–1 0–0 2–0 3–1 0–0 0–2 0–0 3–1 2–0 1–0 Larne 3–4 1–2 3–3 1–1 3–5 2–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 Cliftonville 0–3 1–3 2–1 2–4 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 3–0 5–0 3–0 Coleraine 0–0 4–3 1–2 0–0 3–0 0–3 1–1 5–0 1–1 1–2 0–1 Crusaders 1–4 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–2 2–2 2–2 1–0 2–2 4–0 5–2 Bangor 0–2 2–6 2–5 0–0 1–3 1–3 0–0 3–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 Ballymena United 1–2 0–2 1–3 5–1 1–0 1–3 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 Distillery 0–1 1–4 0–3 1–3 1–4 1–3 2–3 1–2 0–3 2–2 4–2 complete Irish League Archive References Northern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF) Association football Northern Ireland Category:NIFL Premiership seasons Category:1978–79 in Northern Ireland association football North