1960–61 League of Ireland
# 1960–61 League of Ireland

Statistics of League of Ireland in the 1960/1961 season.

## Overview

It was contested by 12 teams, and Drumcondra won the championship and qualified to play in the 1961–62 European Cup for next season.

St Patrick's Athletic qualified to play in the 1961–62 European Cup Winners' Cup.

## Final classification

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Drumcondra | 22 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 59 | 21 | +38 | 33 | European Cup |
| 2 | St Patrick's Athletic | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 43 | 28 | +15 | 32 | European Cup Winners' Cup |
| 3 | Waterford | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 45 | 33 | +12 | 29 | |
| 4 | Cork Celtic | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 52 | 31 | +21 | 26 | |
| 5 | Dundalk | 22 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 43 | 37 | +6 | 26 | |
| 6 | Shamrock Rovers | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 40 | 29 | +11 | 25 | |
| 7 | Limerick | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 35 | 27 | +8 | 24 | |
| 8 | Shelbourne | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 43 | 41 | +2 | 19 | |
| 9 | Cork Hibernians | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 30 | 42 | −12 | 18 | |
| 10 | Transport | 22 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 27 | 39 | −12 | 14 | |
| 11 | Bohemians | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 25 | 52 | −27 | 12 | |
| 12 | Sligo Rovers | 22 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 35 | 97 | −62 | 6 | |

## Results

| Home \ Away | BOH | CCF | CHF | DRU | DUN | LIM | SHM | SHE | SLI | StP | TRA | WAT |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bohemians | — | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–5 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 5–0 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Cork Celtic | 3–1 | — | 3–0 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 |
| Cork Hibernian | 2–1 | 1–2 | — | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 |
| Drumcondra | 6–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | — | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 8–0 | 6–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 |
| Dundalk | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | — | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 |
| Limerick | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | — | 2–2 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 |
| Shamrock Rovers | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 0–0 | — | 0–1 | 8–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| Shelbourne | 2–0 | 0–3 | 3–4 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | — | 5–5 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 |
| Sligo Rovers | 2–3 | 2–9 | 3–3 | 3–5 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–6 | — | 0–3 | 2–4 | 2–4 |
| St Patrick's Athletic | 3–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 7–1 | — | 1–1 | 4–0 |
| Transport | 6–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 1–2 | — | 2–3 |
| Waterford | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–4 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 5–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | — |

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Dan McCaffrey | Drumcondra | 29 |
| 2 | Donal Leahy | Cork Celtic | 21 |
| 3 | Jimmy Hasty | Dundalk | 17 |
| 4 | Eric Barber | Shelbourne | 14 |
| 4 | Damien Bradley | Sligo Rovers | 14 |
| 6 | Austin Noonan | Cork Celtic | 12 |
| 7 | Johnny McGeehan | St Patrick's Athletic | 10 |
| 7 | Ronnie Whelan | St Patrick's Athletic | 10 |
| 9 | Jack Fitzgerald | Waterford | 9 |
| 10 | Paddy Ambrose | Shamrock Rovers | 8 |
| 10 | Johnny Armstrong | Sligo Rovers | 8 |
| 10 | Eddie Bailham | Shamrock Rovers | 8 |
| 10 | Mick Geoghegan | Bohemians | 8 |
| 10 | Jackie Hennessy | Shelbourne | 8 |
| 10 | Paddy McDonnell | Dundalk | 8 |
| 10 | Jimmy Samson | Transport | 8 |

* Association football
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