1985–86 Irish League

The Irish League in season 1985–86 comprised 14 teams, and Linfield won the championship.

Irish League
Season1985–1986
ChampionsLinfield
38th Irish title
Matches played182
Goals scored503 (2.76 per match)
Top goalscorerTrevor Anderson (14)
← 1984-85
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 20 3 3 59 16 3.688 43 Qualification for the European Cup first round
2 Coleraine 26 16 3 7 51 31 1.645 35 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3 Ards 26 12 7 7 37 19 1.947 31
4 Glentoran 26 14 3 9 42 26 1.615 31 Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round
5 Crusaders 26 13 5 8 42 34 1.235 31
6 Larne 26 10 8 8 49 34 1.441 28
7 Ballymena United 26 10 7 9 43 30 1.433 27
8 Cliftonville 26 8 9 9 31 34 0.912 25
9 Distillery 26 9 6 11 30 49 0.612 24
10 Portadown 26 10 3 13 22 32 0.688 23
11 Glenavon 26 5 11 10 26 36 0.722 21
12 Bangor 26 6 6 14 31 45 0.689 18
13 Newry Town 26 6 5 15 28 59 0.475 17
14 Carrick Rangers 26 2 6 18 12 58 0.207 10
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champion

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

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