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Location of teams in the Irish League from 1983–1990
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Location of Belfast-based teams in the Irish League from 1983–1990

The 1985–86 Irish League was the 85th 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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Linfield (C) 26 20 3 3 59 16 +43 43 Qualification for the European Cup first round
2 Coleraine 26 16 3 7 51 31 +20 35 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3 Ards 26 12 7 7 37 19 +18 31
4 Glentoran 26 14 3 9 42 26 +16 31 Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round
5 Crusaders 26 13 5 8 42 34 +8 31
6 Larne 26 10 8 8 49 34 +15 28
7 Ballymena United 26 10 7 9 43 30 +13 27
8 Cliftonville 26 8 9 9 31 34 −3 25
9 Distillery 26 9 6 11 30 49 −19 24
10 Portadown 26 10 3 13 22 32 −10 23
11 Glenavon 26 5 11 10 26 36 −10 21
12 Bangor 26 6 6 14 31 45 −14 18
13 Newry Town 26 6 5 15 28 59 −31 17
14 Carrick Rangers 26 2 6 18 12 58 −46 10
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results

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

References

Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_Irish_League
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