1977–78 Irish League

The Irish League in season 1977–78 comprised 12 teams. Linfield won the championship.

Irish League

Season	1977–1978
Champions	Linfield 31st Irish title
Matches played	132
Goals scored	444 (3.36 per match)
Top goalscorer	Warren Feeney (17)
← 1976-77 1978–79 →

Belfast

Ards

Ballymena United

Bangor

Coleraine

Glenavon

Larne

Portadown

Belfast teams : Cliftonville
Crusaders
Distillery
Glentoran
Linfield

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Location of teams in the 1975–79 Irish League

Cliftonville

Crusaders

Glentoran

Linfield

Distillery

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Location of the Belfast-based teams in the Irish League 1975-79

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification
1	Linfield (C)	22	19	2	1	65	22	2.955	40	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Glentoran	22	15	4	3	59	22	2.682	34	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3	Glenavon	22	13	2	7	41	30	1.367	28
4	Cliftonville	22	10	5	7	34	38	0.895	25
5	Portadown	22	8	5	9	42	34	1.235	21
6	Larne	22	10	1	11	31	31	1.000	21
7	Ards	22	9	3	10	38	41	0.927	21
8	Coleraine	22	8	3	11	34	41	0.829	19
9	Distillery	22	6	4	12	32	59	0.542	16
10	Crusaders	22	6	3	13	24	46	0.522	15
11	Bangor	22	5	4	13	22	36	0.611	14
12	Ballymena United	22	4	2	16	22	44	0.500	10	Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champion

Results

Home \ Away	ARD	BAN	BLM	CLI	COL	CRU	DIS	GLV	GLT	LRN	LIN	POR
Ards		1–2	2–1	1–2	3–0	3–1	1–2	2–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	3–2
Bangor	1–2		2–2	1–1	1–0	4–1	0–1	1–1	0–4	2–3	1–1	2–1
Ballymena United	1–3	1–0		1–2	2–0	2–1	3–1	0–1	0–2	2–3	0–3	1–3
Cliftonville	1–1	2–0	3–0		1–4	1–0	3–2	0–4	3–1	0–1	1–3	2–1
Coleraine	2–0	2–1	3–0	1–2		1–2	3–1	3–2	1–1	1–0	0–4	3–3
Crusaders	1–2	2–0	2–1	2–2	1–1		1–2	0–5	3–3	1–0	0–3	2–0
Distillery	2–2	0–3	2–2	1–3	3–2	5–2		1–2	0–5	3–1	1–4	1–1
Glenavon	5–2	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	4–1		2–1	2–1	0–4	3–1
Glentoran	4–2	6–1	2–0	5–0	4–1	4–0	2–2	2–0		1–0	2–3	2–1
Larne	3–1	1–0	2–1	3–2	4–3	0–1	4–0	2–0	0–1		1–2	0–4
Linfield	6–4	2–0	2–1	3–0	4–2	3–1	7–1	4–2	1–2	1–0		2–2
Portadown	3–1	1–0	3–0	2–2	0–1	3–0	4–0	3–1	1–4	2–2	1–2

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

• Northern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF)