1976–77 Irish League

The 1976–77 Irish League was the 76th 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.

Irish League

Season	1976–77
Champions	Glentoran 16th Irish title
Matches played	132
Goals scored	408 (3.09 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ronnie McAteer (20)
← 1975–76 1977–78 →

Belfast

Ards

Ballymena United

Bangor

Coleraine

Glenavon

Larne

Portadown

Belfast teams : Cliftonville
Crusaders
Distillery
Glentoran
Linfield

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Location of teams in the Irish League from 1975–79

Cliftonville

Crusaders

Glentoran

Linfield

Distillery

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Location of Belfast-based teams in the Irish League from 1975–79

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Glentoran (C)	22	17	2	3	50	19	31	36	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Glenavon	22	14	3	5	40	25	15	31	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3	Linfield	22	12	4	6	39	21	18	28
4	Larne	22	12	3	7	42	33	9	27
5	Coleraine	22	12	3	7	40	29	11	27	Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round
6	Crusaders	22	9	5	8	39	33	6	23
7	Ards	22	10	1	11	34	39	−5	21
8	Portadown	22	8	2	12	36	37	−1	18
9	Ballymena United	22	5	5	12	20	34	−14	15
10	Distillery	22	5	5	12	25	44	−19	15
11	Bangor	22	4	5	13	23	43	−20	13
12	Cliftonville	22	4	2	16	20	51	−31	10

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	ARD	BAN	BLM	CLI	COL	CRU	DIS	GLV	GLT	LRN	LIN	POR
Ards		3–2	2–0	2–1	4–2	2–1	1–0	2–3	0–1	3–5	3–1	2–1
Bangor	0–2		1–1	4–2	3–2	2–2	1–2	0–2	1–4	3–3	0–3	1–0
Ballymena United	1–0	0–2		0–1	2–3	0–2	2–0	1–0	0–4	4–1	1–1	2–4
Cliftonville	0–1	1–1	0–1		0–0	0–3	0–2	1–3	1–3	2–1	2–1	1–2
Coleraine	2–0	2–0	3–2	3–1		3–0	0–0	3–2	0–0	3–0	1–3	3–1
Crusaders	4–3	1–1	4–1	6–2	0–2		1–1	1–2	2–0	2–1	0–2	2–1
Distillery	0–0	1–0	0–0	4–1	2–4	2–5		0–2	3–4	2–3	1–6	1–2
Glenavon	4–1	3–1	1–0	1–2	2–0	1–1	3–2		1–0	1–1	2–1	3–2
Glentoran	3–0	1–0	3–1	5–0	4–2	2–1	3–0	1–0		3–1	2–0	3–1
Larne	2–0	3–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	3–0	0–1	5–1	2–2		1–2	3–2
Linfield	3–1	2–0	0–0	4–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–3	3–0	0–1		4–2
Portadown	3–2	3–0	1–1	2–1	1–2	2–1	5–0	0–0	0–2	1–2	0–1

Source: Irish League Archive
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

• Northern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF)