1964–65 Irish League
# 1964–65 Irish League

The 1964–65 Irish League was the 64th edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Northern Irish football. The league consisted of 12 teams, and Derry City won the championship.

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Derry City (C) | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 62 | 32 | 1.938 | 35 | Qualification for the European Cup preliminary round |
| 2 | Coleraine | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 54 | 26 | 2.077 | 30 | Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 3 | Crusaders | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 46 | 32 | 1.438 | 27 | |
| 4 | Glenavon | 22 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 61 | 35 | 1.743 | 26 | |
| 5 | Linfield | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 54 | 40 | 1.350 | 25 | |
| 6 | Ballymena United | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 50 | 44 | 1.136 | 25 | |
| 7 | Glentoran | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 33 | 38 | 0.868 | 24 | |
| 8 | Bangor | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 42 | 44 | 0.955 | 18 | |
| 9 | Distillery | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 41 | 44 | 0.932 | 18 | |
| 10 | Portadown | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 33 | 37 | 0.892 | 18 | |
| 11 | Ards | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 34 | 55 | 0.618 | 16 | |
| 12 | Cliftonville | 22 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 17 | 100 | 0.170 | 2 | |

## Results

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

## Top scorers

| Pos | Player | Club | Pld | Goals |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Denis Guy | Glenavon | 18 | 19 |
| = | Ken Halliday | Coleraine | 21 | 19 |
| 3 | Fay Coyle | Derry City | 19 | 17 |
| = | Arthur Thomas | Ballymena United | 21 | 17 |
| = | Jim Weatherup | Crusaders | 22 | 17 |
| 6 | Billy Ferguson | Linfield | 21 | 14 |
| = | Billy Johnston | Glenavon | 16 | 14 |
| = | Phil Scott | Linfield | 19 | 14 |
| 9 | Danny Hale | Crusaders | 20 | 12 |
| = | Mal McDonnell | Ballymena United | 17 | 12 |
| = | Ron Mowatt | Ards | 19 | 12 |
