1967–68 Irish League

The 1967–68 Irish League was the 67th 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	1967–68
Champions	Glentoran 13th Irish title
Matches played	132
Goals scored	637 (4.83 per match)
Top goalscorer	Sammy Pavis (30)
← 1966–67 1968–69 →

Belfast

Ards

Ballymena United

Bangor

Coleraine

Derry City

Glenavon

Portadown

Belfast teams : Cliftonville
Crusaders
Distillery
Glentoran
Linfield

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Location of teams in the Irish League from 1949–1972

Cliftonville

Crusaders

Distillery

Glentoran

Linfield

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Location of Belfast-based teams in the Irish League from 1949–1971

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification
1	Glentoran (C)	22	17	3	2	79	24	3.292	37	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Linfield	22	16	4	2	85	32	2.656	36	Participated in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
3	Coleraine	22	15	5	2	76	33	2.303	35
4	Ards	22	14	2	6	51	34	1.500	30
5	Derry City	22	11	1	10	51	54	0.944	23
6	Glenavon	22	9	4	9	51	45	1.133	22
7	Ballymena United	22	8	3	11	55	63	0.873	19
8	Crusaders	22	5	8	9	57	59	0.966	18	Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round
9	Portadown	22	8	1	13	34	57	0.596	17
10	Distillery	22	6	1	15	33	62	0.532	13
11	Bangor	22	3	3	16	39	89	0.438	9
12	Cliftonville	22	2	1	19	26	85	0.306	5

Source: Irish League Archive
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	ARD	BAN	BLM	CLI	COL	CRU	DIS	DER	GLV	GLT	LIN	POR
Ards		4–3	5–1	6–0	1–2	1–1	4–1	2–3	2–1	1–4	4–1	4–2
Bangor	2–4		4–4	3–2	0–5	4–4	0–1	1–5	2–3	0–5	0–4	3–2
Ballymena United	0–1	3–1		5–2	3–7	2–2	3–1	3–1	4–3	2–5	4–5	5–2
Cliftonville	4–2	6–4	1–5		0–4	1–3	0–3	0–1	2–8	0–5	1–4	2–2
Coleraine	1–2	2–3	7–2	5–1		2–2	3–1	3–1	4–1	1–0	5–5	7–1
Crusaders	3–1	5–5	3–1	6–2	1–5		3–3	3–5	2–2	0–2	1–3	10–3
Distillery	0–1	3–1	0–2	3–2	3–4	2–1		2–4	2–5	1–3	1–5	0–3
Derry City	6–1	2–0	3–1	5–0	1–1	2–1	5–1		2–1	1–6	0–2	1–2
Glenavon	5–1	3–1	3–1	3–1	0–0	4–4	0–1	0–1		0–2	1–6	2–1
Glentoran	4–2	10–1	2–2	5–0	2–2	2–1	4–1	3–0	4–2		2–2	4–1
Linfield	8–1	11–1	3–1	3–0	1–3	5–0	8–3	1–1	1–1	3–1		1–0
Portadown	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	2–3	2–1	2–1	0–1	1–3	1–4	1–3

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

References

• Northern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF)