1974–75 Irish League

Football league season

Irish LeagueSeason| 1974–75

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Champions| Linfield
30th Irish title
Matches played| 132
Goals scored| 454 (3.44 per match)
Top goalscorer| Martin Malone (15)

← 1973–74

1975–76 →

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 Irish League from 1972–75

Cliftonville

Crusaders and Distillery

Glentoran

Linfield

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Location of Belfast-based teams in the Irish League from 1972–75

The 1974–75 Irish League was the 74th 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[edit]

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification

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1  | Linfield (C) | 22  | 17  | 3  | 2  | 53  | 23  | 2.304  | 37  | Qualification for the European Cup first round
2  | Coleraine | 22  | 15  | 2  | 5  | 58  | 25  | 2.320  | 32  | Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round
3  | Glentoran | 22  | 14  | 3  | 5  | 52  | 30  | 1.733  | 31  | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4  | Ballymena United | 22  | 10  | 7  | 5  | 43  | 25  | 1.720  | 27  |
5  | Crusaders | 22  | 11  | 5  | 6  | 46  | 30  | 1.533  | 27
6  | Bangor | 22  | 8  | 6  | 8  | 37  | 35  | 1.057  | 22
7  | Portadown | 22  | 8  | 5  | 9  | 29  | 37  | 0.784  | 21
8  | Larne | 22  | 9  | 1  | 12  | 38  | 37  | 1.027  | 19
9  | Ards | 22  | 7  | 3  | 12  | 28  | 43  | 0.651  | 17
10  | Glenavon | 22  | 5  | 3  | 14  | 31  | 62  | 0.500  | 13
11  | Cliftonville | 22  | 3  | 4  | 15  | 19  | 54  | 0.352  | 10
12  | Distillery | 22  | 2  | 4  | 16  | 20  | 53  | 0.377  | 8

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

## Results[edit]

Home \ Away  | ARD | BAN | BLM | CLI | COL | CRU | DIS | GLV | GLT | LRN | LIN | POR

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Ards |  | 1–0  | 0–0  | 3–2  | 1–3  | 0–1  | 3–0  | 4–1  | 1–2  | 1–4  | 2–6  | 1–1
Bangor | 1–1  |  | 2–2  | 2–2  | 2–5  | 3–1  | 2–0  | 4–1  | 3–1  | 0–1  | 3–4  | 1–1
Ballymena United | 1–2  | 1–2  |  | 4–0  | 2–1  | 0–0  | 2–0  | 8–0  | 1–2  | 4–2  | 1–1  | 2–0
Cliftonville | 0–2  | 2–4  | 3–3  |  | 0–3  | 0–4  | 3–1  | 1–0  | 0–4  | 1–0  | 0–1  | 0–0
Coleraine | 2–0  | 2–3  | 3–1  | 3–0  |  | 3–0  | 3–0  | 6–1  | 3–1  | 2–0  | 2–0  | 2–3
Crusaders | 1–3  | 4–2  | 1–2  | 6–1  | 2–2  |  | 2–1  | 5–0  | 2–3  | 2–1  | 0–2  | 2–0
Distillery | 2–0  | 0–1  | 1–1  | 1–1  | 2–2  | 2–4  |  | 0–2  | 0–3  | 1–2  | 0–2  | 1–2
Glenavon | 3–1  | 2–1  | 2–3  | 3–2  | 0–2  | 0–0  | 3–3  |  | 2–4  | 1–4  | 2–3  | 3–1
Glentoran | 4–0  | 0–0  | 1–1  | 4–0  | 3–1  | 1–4  | 5–1  | 0–0  |  | 5–1  | 1–0  | 2–0
Larne | 4–0  | 1–1  | 0–1  | 2–0  | 2–3  | 1–2  | 0–2  | 4–2  | 2–3  |  | 0–2  | 2–0
Linfield | 3–1  | 2–0  | 2–1  | 3–1  | 2–1  | 1–1  | 5–1  | 2–1  | 4–1  | 4–2  |  | 2–2
Portadown | 2–1  | 1–0  | 0–2  | 1–0  | 0–4  | 2–2  | 5–1  | 4–2  | 4–2  | 0–3  | 0–2  |

Source: Irish League Archive
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

## References[edit]

* Northern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF)

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*[Pld]: Played
*[W]: Won
*[D]: Drawn
*[L]: Lost
*[GF]: Goals for
*[GA]: Goals against
*[GR]: Goal ratio
*[Pts]: Points
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