1962–63 Irish League
Football league season
Season | 1962–63 |
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Champions | Distillery 6th Irish title |
Matches played | 132 |
Goals scored | 467 (3.54 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Joe Meldrum (27) |
← 1961–62 1963–64 → |
Belfast
Ards
Bangor
Coleraine
Glenavon
Portadown
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Location of Belfast-based teams in the Irish League from 1949–1971The 1962–63 Irish League was the 62nd edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Northern Irish football. The league consisted of 12 teams, and Distillery won the championship.
League standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Distillery (C) | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 57 | 30 | 1.900 | 31 | Qualification for the European Cup preliminary round |
2 | Linfield | 22 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 40 | 24 | 1.667 | 29 | Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round |
3 | Portadown | 22 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 45 | 25 | 1.800 | 28 | |
4 | Glentoran | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 49 | 27 | 1.815 | 28 | Participated in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
5 | Ballymena United | 22 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 41 | 42 | 0.976 | 25 | |
6 | Crusaders | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 47 | 42 | 1.119 | 24 | |
7 | Coleraine | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 34 | 33 | 1.030 | 24 | |
8 | Glenavon | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 44 | 31 | 1.419 | 23 | |
9 | Derry City | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 34 | 38 | 0.895 | 21 | |
10 | Ards | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 30 | 54 | 0.556 | 13 | |
11 | Cliftonville | 22 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 24 | 56 | 0.429 | 9 | |
12 | Bangor | 22 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 22 | 65 | 0.338 | 9 |
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions
(C) Champions
Results
Home \ Away | ARD | BAN | BLM | CLI | COL | CRU | DIS | DER | GLV | GLT | LIN | POR |
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Ards | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–5 | 1–0 | 1–6 | 1–0 | 0–0 | |
Bangor | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–5 | 2–5 | 2–2 | |
Ballymena United | 0–0 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | |
Cliftonville | 3–4 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–5 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–4 | |
Coleraine | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | |
Crusaders | 4–1 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 4–3 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 0–1 | |
Distillery | 5–3 | 9–1 | 6–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–2 | |
Derry City | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | |
Glenavon | 2–0 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 6–2 | 3–3 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | |
Glentoran | 2–1 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | |
Linfield | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | |
Portadown | 5–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 8–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
Source: Irish League Archive
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
References
- Northern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF)
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