1980–81 Irish League

The Irish League in season 1980–81 comprised 12 teams, and Glentoran won the championship.

Irish League
Season1980–1981
ChampionsGlentoran
17th Irish title
Matches played132
Goals scored406 (3.08 per match)
Top goalscorerDes Dickson
Paul Malone
(18 goals each)
← 1979-80
Location of teams in the 1980–83 Irish League
Location of the Belfast-based teams in the Irish League 1980-83

League standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification
1 Glentoran (C) 22 15 7 0 59 26 2.269 37 Qualification for the European Cup first round
2 Linfield 22 16 3 3 57 15 3.800 35 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3 Ballymena United 22 12 4 6 33 21 1.571 28 Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round
4 Crusaders 22 9 6 7 28 26 1.077 24
5 Ards 22 9 6 7 35 40 0.875 24
6 Glenavon 22 7 8 7 37 37 1.000 22
7 Larne 22 9 4 9 26 26 1.000 22
8 Portadown 22 8 5 9 30 34 0.882 21
9 Coleraine 22 5 8 9 28 36 0.778 18
10 Cliftonville 22 5 5 12 20 37 0.541 15
11 Bangor 22 4 5 13 35 54 0.648 13
12 Distillery 22 1 3 18 18 54 0.333 5
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champion

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

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