1978–79 Irish League

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Irish League
Season1978–79
Champions Linfield
32nd Irish title
Matches played132
Goals scored410 (3.11 per match)
Top goalscorerTommy Armstrong (21 goals)
1979–80 →
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Location of teams in the Irish League from 1975–79
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Location of Belfast-based teams in the Irish League from 1975–79

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.

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League standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Linfield (C)2214624621+2534Qualification for the European Cup first round
2 Glenavon 2211654230+1228Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3 Ards 2211564734+1327
4 Glentoran 229853633+326
5 Portadown 2210573527+825
6 Larne 2210484235+724
7 Cliftonville 227783129+221Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round
8 Coleraine 227692930−120
9 Crusaders 226883033−320
10 Bangor 225892840−1218
11 Ballymena United 2246122546−2114
12 Distillery 2223171952−337
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away ARD BAN BLM CLI COL CRU DIS GLV GLT LRN LIN POR
Ards 1–23–33–22–23–22–03–04–43–20–23–0
Bangor 2–50–00–03–12–02–02–60–01–30–21–3
Ballymena United 1–31–11–11–10–02–00–25–11–31–21–0
Cliftonville 2–13–05–02–01–03–01–32–40–10–31–1
Coleraine 1–21–11–21–15–00–14–30–00–30–03–0
Crusaders 1–02–24–02–21–05–21–00–22–21–41–2
Distillery 0–32–24–22–31–20–31–41–31–30–11–4
Glenavon 3–10–13–22–03–01–11–13–22–10–01–1
Glentoran 1–03–22–01–12–13–22–22–20–21–11–0
Larne 3–32–12–12–00–11–12–01–21–13–43–5
Linfield 1–22–26–12–12–31–12–00–02–13–13–1
Portadown 0–03–12–00–00–20–01–05–12–03–12–3
Source: Irish League Archive
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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