1963–64 Irish League
Football league season
Season | 1963–64 |
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Champions | Glentoran 11th Irish title |
Matches played | 132 |
Goals scored | 564 (4.27 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Trevor Thompson (21) |
← 1962–63 1964–65 → |
Belfast
Ards
Bangor
Coleraine
Glenavon
Portadown
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Location of Belfast-based teams in the Irish League from 1949–1971The 1963–64 Irish League was the 63rd edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Northern Irish football. The league consisted of 12 teams, and Glentoran won the championship.
League standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Glentoran | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 59 | 29 | 2.034 | 33 | European Cup preliminary round and Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
2 | Coleraine | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 40 | 25 | 1.600 | 32 | |
3 | Derry City | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 59 | 33 | 1.788 | 29 | Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round |
4 | Linfield | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 53 | 38 | 1.395 | 28 | |
5 | Portadown | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 49 | 36 | 1.361 | 27 | |
6 | Ballymena United | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 55 | 52 | 1.058 | 24 | |
7 | Distillery | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 63 | 46 | 1.370 | 23 | |
8 | Glenavon | 22 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 51 | 50 | 1.020 | 21 | |
9 | Crusaders | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 40 | 41 | 0.976 | 18 | |
10 | Ards | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 45 | 58 | 0.776 | 17 | |
11 | Bangor | 22 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 26 | 76 | 0.342 | 6 | |
12 | Cliftonville | 22 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 24 | 80 | 0.300 | 6 |
Source: rsssf.com
Results
Home \ Away | ARD | BAN | BLM | CLI | COL | CRU | DIS | DER | GLV | GLT | LIN | POR |
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Ards | 4–0 | 2–3 | 5–0 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | |
Bangor | 0–2 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 0–3 | 2–6 | 2–7 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 1–2 | |
Ballymena United | 3–3 | 1–2 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 4–2 | |
Cliftonville | 0–6 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–4 | 0–4 | 2–5 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–4 | |
Coleraine | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 2–1 | |
Crusaders | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | |
Distillery | 6–1 | 6–1 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 2–2 | |
Derry City | 6–1 | 1–1 | 5–5 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | |
Glenavon | 6–0 | 4–1 | 5–3 | 5–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | |
Glentoran | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 4–0 | |
Linfield | 5–2 | 4–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 6–2 | 1–8 | 2–2 | |
Portadown | 3–0 | 7–0 | 4–3 | 5–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
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.
Top scorers
Pos | Player | Club | Pld | Goals |
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1 | Trevor Thompson | Glentoran | 20 | 21 |
2 | Phil Scott | Linfield | 21 | 20 |
3 | Denis Guy | Glenavon | 22 | 19 |
4 | Billy Johnston | Glenavon | 17 | 17 |
5 | Ken Halliday | Coleraine | 21 | 16 |
6 | John Cochrane | Distillery | 15 | 15 |
= | Tom Sterritt | Ards | 22 | 15 |
8 | Fay Coyle | Derry City | 15 | 14 |
9 | Joe Meldrum | Distillery | 17 | 13 |
= | Sammy Pavis | Glentoran | 18 | 13 |
References
- Northern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF)
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