1961–62 Irish League

Statistics of the Irish League in season 1961–62.

Contents

Overview

It was performed in 12 teams, and Linfield won the championship.

League standings

Pos Club P W D L GF GA Pts
1 Linfield 22 14 3 5 62 32 31
2 Portadown 22 14 3 5 56 32 31
3 Ballymena United 22 11 7 4 47 32 29
4 Ards 22 11 5 6 46 38 27
5 Glenavon 22 9 8 5 62 43 26
6 Crusaders 22 11 3 8 42 43 25
7 Glentoran 22 10 5 7 45 35 25
8 Distillery 22 8 4 10 56 62 20
9 Coleraine 22 7 4 11 37 39 18
10 Derry City 22 3 8 11 22 38 14
11 Bangor 22 5 3 14 31 56 13
12 Cliftonville 22 0 5 17 17 73 5

Top Scorers (including play-off)

Pos Player Club Pld Goals
1 Mick Lynch Ards 22 20
2 Eamon Gorman Portadown 23 19
= Jimmy Meldrum Distillery 21 19
4 Billy Johnston Glenavon 19 18
= Trevor Thompson Glentoran 21 18
6 Tommy Dickson Linfield 22 17
= Jimmy Jones Glenavon 20 17
= Jimmy Small Ballymena United 17 17
9 Ken Hamilton Distillery 22 16
10 Hugh Barr Linfield 18 12
= Roy Torrens Derry City 19 12
= Jim Weatherup Crusaders 22 12

References