1983–84 Irish League

The 1983–84 Irish League season was the 110th season for the top division of football in Northern Ireland. 14 teams contested the division, an increase of two on the previous season, with Carrick Rangers and Newry Town becoming the first new participants in the league since the 1972–73 season. The league title was won by Linfield for the third consecutive time.

Irish League
Season1983–1984
ChampionsLinfield
36th Irish title
Matches played182
Goals scored522 (2.87 per match)
Top goalscorerMartin McGaughey
Trevor Anderson
(15 goals each)
← 1982-83
Location of teams in the 1983–90 Irish League
Location of the Belfast-based teams in the Irish League 1983-90

League standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification
1 Linfield (C) 26 22 1 3 76 23 3.304 45 Qualification for the European Cup first round
2 Glentoran 26 18 6 2 65 19 3.421 42 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3 Cliftonville 26 12 7 7 28 23 1.217 31
4 Ards 26 9 11 6 32 26 1.231 29
5 Coleraine 26 11 6 9 44 34 1.294 28
6 Ballymena United 26 10 8 8 32 30 1.067 28 Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round
7 Glenavon 26 10 7 9 41 33 1.242 27
8 Crusaders 26 11 5 10 38 41 0.927 27
9 Distillery 26 11 4 11 35 42 0.833 26
10 Portadown 26 9 6 11 28 31 0.903 24
11 Newry Town 26 8 3 15 30 48 0.625 19
12 Bangor 26 4 6 16 24 57 0.421 14
13 Larne 26 7 1 18 25 58 0.431 13[lower-alpha 1]
14 Carrick Rangers 26 3 3 20 24 57 0.421 9
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champion
Notes:
  1. 2 points deducted

Results
Home \ Away ARD BAN BLM CRK CLI COL CRU DIS GLV GLT LRN LIN NEW POR
Ards 1–0 3–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–3 0–0 2–0 0–2 2–0 0–0
Bangor 2–2 1–2 4–1 1–2 0–1 1–0 0–2 0–5 1–4 1–0 1–4 1–2 2–1
Ballymena United 2–0 1–1 2–2 0–0 1–2 2–1 0–2 2–2 1–4 2–1 1–2 2–0 2–1
Carrick Rangers 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 0–3 2–3 1–2 3–0 0–2 0–3 0–3 2–2 1–3
Cliftonville 1–1 1–0 0–3 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 0–3 0–1 3–1 0–1
Coleraine 5–3 3–1 0–0 0–3 2–2 1–2 4–1 1–1 0–1 4–0 1–2 4–1 0–0
Crusaders 0–0 3–3 2–1 1–0 1–4 3–1 2–3 1–1 2–3 3–1 3–1 1–2 1–0
Distillery 2–1 0–0 0–1 3–2 0–2 2–1 2–0 1–4 0–4 3–0 2–7 2–1 2–2
Glenavon 2–1 1–1 1–3 2–1 0–0 3–1 2–3 1–1 1–3 1–0 0–1 0–1 3–1
Glentoran 3–3 6–0 0–0 6–1 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 9–2 4–1 5–0 2–0
Larne 1–1 3–1 0–1 2–0 2–0 1–4 2–1 0–2 0–3 0–2 1–2 2–1 0–1
Linfield 1–1 4–1 1–0 3–1 0–1 6–1 6–1 3–1 2–1 3–0 8–0 3–0 3–0
Newry Town 0–4 2–0 2–2 4–0 2–3 0–3 1–1 2–1 1–2 0–1 2–0 1–3 0–1
Portadown 0–2 5–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–2 0–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 4–1 1–4 0–2
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References
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