1967–68 Irish League

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

Belfast teams : Cliftonville
Crusaders
Distillery
Glentoran
Linfield

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Location of teams in the Irish League from 1949–1972

1967–68 Irish League is located in Greater Belfast

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

The 1967–68 Irish League was the 67th edition of the

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
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)

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Irish Premier League	2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08
IFA Premiership	2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13
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Belfast & District League (wartime)	1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19
Northern Regional League (wartime)	1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47

v t e 1967–68 in European football (UEFA)
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Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '67 '68 England Faroe Islands '67 '68 Finland '67 '68 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary '67 '68 Iceland '67 '68 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '67 '68 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '67 '68 Spain Sweden '67 '68 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '67 '68 Finland '67 '68 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '67 '68 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '67 '68 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Sweden '67 Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Scotland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '66–'67 '67–'68 Mitropa Cup