The 1964–65 Irish League was the 64th edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Northern Irish football. The league consisted of 12 teams, and Derry City won the championship.
Season | 1964–65 |
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Champions | Derry City 1st Irish title |
Matches played | 132 |
Goals scored | 527 (3.99 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Kenny Halliday Dennis Guy (19 goals each) |
← 1963–64 1965–66 → |
League standings edit
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Derry City (C) | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 62 | 32 | 1.938 | 35 | Qualification for the European Cup preliminary round |
2 | Coleraine | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 54 | 26 | 2.077 | 30 | Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round |
3 | Crusaders | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 46 | 32 | 1.438 | 27 | |
4 | Glenavon | 22 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 61 | 35 | 1.743 | 26 | |
5 | Linfield | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 54 | 40 | 1.350 | 25 | |
6 | Ballymena United | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 50 | 44 | 1.136 | 25 | |
7 | Glentoran | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 33 | 38 | 0.868 | 24 | |
8 | Bangor | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 42 | 44 | 0.955 | 18 | |
9 | Distillery | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 41 | 44 | 0.932 | 18 | |
10 | Portadown | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 33 | 37 | 0.892 | 18 | |
11 | Ards | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 34 | 55 | 0.618 | 16 | |
12 | Cliftonville | 22 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 17 | 100 | 0.170 | 2 |
Results edit
Top scorers edit
Pos | Player | Club | Pld | Goals |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Denis Guy | Glenavon | 18 | 19 |
= | Ken Halliday | Coleraine | 21 | 19 |
3 | Fay Coyle | Derry City | 19 | 17 |
= | Arthur Thomas | Ballymena United | 21 | 17 |
= | Jim Weatherup | Crusaders | 22 | 17 |
6 | Billy Ferguson | Linfield | 21 | 14 |
= | Billy Johnston | Glenavon | 16 | 14 |
= | Phil Scott | Linfield | 19 | 14 |
9 | Danny Hale | Crusaders | 20 | 12 |
= | Mal McDonnell | Ballymena United | 17 | 12 |
= | Ron Mowatt | Ards | 19 | 12 |