1984–85 Irish League

Irish League
Season1984–85
ChampionsLinfield
37th Irish title
Matches played182
Goals scored556 (3.05 per match)
Top goalscorerMartin McGaughey (34)
Location of Belfast-based teams in the Irish League from 1983–1990

The 1984–85 Irish League was the 84th edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Northern Irish football. The league consisted of 14 teams, and Linfield won the championship.

League standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Linfield (C) 26 17 5 4 70 22 +48 39 Qualification for the European Cup first round
2 Coleraine 26 14 8 4 56 31 +25 36 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3 Glentoran 26 14 6 6 53 26 +27 34 Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round
4 Portadown 26 13 4 9 33 29 +4 30
5 Cliftonville 26 10 8 8 37 36 +1 28
6 Crusaders 26 9 10 7 34 37 −3 28
7 Glenavon 26 11 4 11 45 53 −8 26
8 Ballymena United 26 9 7 10 37 36 +1 25
9 Distillery 26 8 8 10 35 41 −6 24
10 Larne 26 10 2 14 37 47 −10 22
11 Ards 26 8 5 13 32 40 −8 21
12 Newry Town 26 7 6 13 39 57 −18 20
13 Bangor 26 5 9 12 24 39 −15 19
14 Carrick Rangers 26 3 6 17 24 62 −38 12
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results

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Home \ Away ARD BAN BLM CRK CLI COL CRU DIS GLV GLT LRN LIN NEW POR
Ards 1–0 1–2 4–0 0–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–3 3–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 4–1
Bangor 1–3 1–0 2–0 0–3 2–6 1–1 0–0 1–3 0–1 0–2 2–2 2–2 1–1
Ballymena United 1–3 1–3 1–1 2–0 2–2 0–0 3–0 3–1 1–3 3–2 0–3 2–2 2–0
Carrick Rangers 3–2 1–1 2–2 1–2 0–2 2–2 1–3 1–3 0–2 2–0 1–4 0–2 2–1
Cliftonville 1–0 0–1 0–2 3–3 2–2 0–0 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–3 0–4 1–1 2–3
Coleraine 1–1 2–0 3–0 3–1 1–2 3–0 3–2 1–3 2–2 3–1 0–1 1–1 2–1
Crusaders 3–1 1–1 0–3 0–0 3–2 0–6 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–4 0–0 1–2 5–0
Distillery 2–1 0–2 2–1 3–1 0–0 2–2 3–2 3–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 7–2 1–3
Glenavon 1–1 2–1 2–2 4–0 1–1 1–2 1–1 3–1 0–4 1–0 0–7 0–3 1–2
Glentoran 2–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 2–3 2–1 1–3 0–0 5–0 6–0 2–3 3–0 1–1
Larne 3–0 2–0 0–3 2–1 1–4 0–1 1–2 0–0 5–2 1–2 1–4 2–1 1–0
Linfield 5–0 2–0 0–0 6–1 1–3 1–2 0–2 5–1 3–4 3–1 3–1 2–0 1–0
Newry Town 4–1 1–1 3–1 3–0 1–2 3–3 0–1 3–1 0–4 1–4 2–3 0–6 1–2
Portadown 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 3–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 0–3 6–1
Source: Irish League Archive
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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