1965–66 League of Ireland
# 1965–66 League of Ireland

Statistics of League of Ireland in the 1965/1966 season.

## Overview

It was contested by 12 teams, and Waterford won the championship.

## Final classification

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Waterford | 22 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 53 | 26 | +27 | 36 |
| 2 | Shamrock Rovers | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 59 | 23 | +36 | 34 |
| 3 | Bohemians | 22 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 46 | 30 | +16 | 27 |
| 4 | Shelbourne | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 37 | 30 | +7 | 25 |
| 5 | Sligo Rovers | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 23 |
| 6 | Limerick | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 36 | 35 | +1 | 22 |
| 7 | Drumcondra | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 32 | 35 | −3 | 22 |
| 8 | Dundalk | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 32 | 35 | −3 | 21 |
| 9 | St Patrick's Athletic | 22 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 35 | 43 | −8 | 20 |
| 10 | Cork Hibernians | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 30 | 51 | −21 | 15 |
| 11 | Cork Celtic | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 32 | 51 | −19 | 14 |
| 12 | Drogheda United | 22 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 48 | −33 | 5 |

## Results

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

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Mick Lynch | Waterford | 17 |
| 2 | Shamie Coad | Waterford | 14 |
| 2 | Bobby Gilbert | Shamrock Rovers | 14 |
| 2 | Liam Tuohy | Shamrock Rovers | 14 |
| 5 | Tony Allen | Cork Hibernians | 12 |
| 5 | Frank O'Neill | Shamrock Rovers | 12 |
| 7 | Billy Dixon | Drumcondra | 11 |
| 8 | Eric Barber | Shelbourne | 10 |
| 8 | Joe O'Brien | Limerick | 10 |
| 8 | Ben O'Sullivan | Bohemians | 10 |
