1968–69 Irish League

The Irish League in season 1968–69 comprised 12 teams, and Linfield won the championship.

Irish League
Season1968–1969
ChampionsLinfield
28th Irish title
Matches played132
Goals scored478 (3.62 per match)
Top goalscorerDanny Hale (21)
← 1967-68
Location of teams in the 1949–71 Irish League
Location of the Belfast-based teams in the Irish League 1949-71

League standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification
1 Linfield 22 17 1 4 61 19 3.211 35
Participated in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Qualification for the European Cup first round
2 Derry City 22 15 2 5 57 27 2.111 32
3 Glentoran 22 13 4 5 42 22 1.909 30
4 Coleraine 22 13 3 6 43 30 1.433 29
5 Ards 22 12 5 5 48 34 1.412 29 Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round
6 Crusaders 22 12 5 5 47 34 1.382 29
7 Ballymena United 22 9 5 8 48 41 1.171 23
8 Distillery 22 6 4 12 39 51 0.765 16
9 Glenavon 22 6 2 14 32 52 0.615 14
10 Bangor 22 5 2 15 22 51 0.431 12
11 Cliftonville 22 3 5 14 24 58 0.414 11
12 Portadown 22 2 0 20 15 59 0.254 4
Source: rsssf.com

Results
Home \ Away ARD BAN BLM CLI COL CRU DIS DER GLV GLT LIN POR
Ards 2–0 4–3 1–0 3–1 1–1 3–1 2–1 4–1 1–2 1–2 5–2
Bangor 0–3 1–1 0–1 2–4 1–3 4–3 0–2 2–3 0–2 0–2 2–1
Ballymena United 1–4 3–0 2–1 5–0 1–3 2–1 5–3 1–1 2–2 1–2 3–2
Cliftonville 3–3 2–2 0–3 0–5 1–3 1–2 2–2 0–4 1–3 0–2 0–2
Coleraine 3–3 2–0 1–6 2–0 1–1 5–2 1–2 2–0 2–1 0–1 4–0
Crusaders 3–3 2–0 2–1 2–2 0–1 1–2 4–1 1–0 1–1 0–4 3–1
Distillery 1–2 5–1 2–2 1–1 2–2 3–6 0–4 3–0 1–2 3–7 3–0
Derry City 3–0 3–0 5–1 6–0 0–1 4–1 3–2 4–1 2–1 2–1 4–0
Glenavon 1–2 1–2 2–2 3–5 2–1 2–4 4–0 0–2 1–2 1–5 3–0
Glentoran 1–1 1–2 2–1 4–0 0–1 0–2 1–0 1–1 7–1 2–1 2–0
Linfield 3–0 4–1 3–1 4–1 0–1 3–0 0–0 3–1 3–0 1–3 8–1
Portadown 1–0 1–2 0–1 2–3 0–3 1–4 0–2 1–2 0–1 0–2 0–2
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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