1990–91 Irish League

Football league season
Irish League
Season1990–91
ChampionsPortadown
2nd Irish title
Matches played240
Goals scored748 (3.12 per match)
Top goalscorerStephen McBride (22)
← 1989–90
1991–92 →
1990–91 Irish League is located in Northern Ireland
Belfast
Belfast
Ards
Ards
Bangor
Bangor
Coleraine
Coleraine
Glenavon
Glenavon
Larne
Larne
Portadown
Portadown
Belfast teams : Cliftonville Crusaders Glentoran Linfield
Belfast teams : Cliftonville
Crusaders
Glentoran
Linfield
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Location of teams in the Irish League from 1990–95
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Location of Belfast-based teams in the Irish League from 1990–95

The 1990–91 Irish League was the 90th edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Northern Irish football.

The league consisted of 16 teams, an increase from the previous season of 14 as Ballyclare Comrades and Omagh Town joined. Portadown won the championship.

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Portadown (C) 30 22 5 3 61 22 +39 71 Qualification for the European Cup first round
2 Bangor 30 19 4 7 52 29 +23 61 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3 Glentoran 30 18 6 6 50 32 +18 60
4 Glenavon 30 17 6 7 63 38 +25 57 Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round
5 Newry Town 30 15 5 10 50 42 +8 50
6 Cliftonville 30 14 7 9 59 41 +18 49
7 Linfield 30 12 10 8 40 34 +6 46
8 Ballymena United 30 12 8 10 49 46 +3 44
9 Ards 30 12 7 11 47 40 +7 43
10 Crusaders 30 11 9 10 53 46 +7 42
11 Distillery 30 10 5 15 47 57 −10 35
12 Omagh Town 30 10 4 16 48 66 −18 34
13 Larne 30 8 6 16 41 59 −18 30
14 Ballyclare Comrades 30 5 6 19 33 68 −35 21
15 Carrick Rangers 30 4 5 21 30 58 −28 17
16 Coleraine 30 2 5 23 25 70 −45 11
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away ARD BAN BLC BLM CRK CLI COL CRU DIS GLV GLT LRN LIN NEW OMA POR
Ards 0–2 4–3 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–2 2–3 4–1 1–1 1–2 5–1 1–2
Bangor 1–1 3–0 2–2 2–1 4–2 3–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 0–1
Ballyclare Comrades 1–0 0–2 1–5 1–0 1–3 1–1 2–3 2–0 3–3 0–1 3–3 1–1 0–2 0–3 0–3
Ballymena United 4–1 3–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 4–0 1–0 1–2 4–3 2–3 4–4 2–2 2–1 2–0 0–2
Carrick Rangers 2–5 1–3 1–2 2–1 1–3 1–0 2–2 0–2 1–2 2–3 1–1 1–2 0–0 0–3 1–4
Cliftonville 2–0 2–0 4–0 1–3 0–2 2–0 3–1 2–1 0–2 2–1 4–0 2–2 6–0 3–2 1–2
Coleraine 0–1 0–4 2–1 0–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 3–4 1–1 1–2 1–0 0–2 2–4 1–4 1–3
Crusaders 0–2 3–2 1–2 0–0 3–3 1–1 4–1 4–1 1–3 2–0 5–0 2–2 2–1 4–1 2–3
Distillery 2–2 1–3 4–1 2–0 2–1 2–2 2–0 1–3 3–2 2–3 1–3 2–1 1–3 0–1 0–0
Glenavon 1–2 2–3 4–0 3–1 2–0 1–2 5–3 2–2 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 3–0 2–1
Glentoran 1–1 0–1 2–1 2–0 2–1 3–2 4–0 2–0 3–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–2 4–1 1–1
Larne 0–2 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 4–1 2–0 2–2 0–4 0–4 0–1 0–1 4–1 3–3 1–3
Linfield 1–0 2–1 3–1 3–0 1–0 0–4 2–1 2–0 2–2 0–0 1–1 4–2 1–2 0–0 0–1
Newry Town 3–1 1–1 3–2 3–0 2–0 0–0 3–1 1–2 3–0 1–0 2–0 1–2 3–1 2–1 1–3
Omagh Town 2–4 0–0 2–1 1–1 3–4 2–1 2–1 0–1 5–1 2–5 3–1 0–5 0–1 2–1 2–5
Portadown 1–0 2–0 3–1 4–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 3–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 4–2
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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