1969–70 Irish League
# 1969–70 Irish League

The 1969–70 Irish League was the 69th edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Northern Irish football. The league consisted of 12 teams, and Glentoran won the championship.

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Glentoran | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 46 | 17 | 2.706 | 34 | European Cup preliminary round and Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
| 2 | Coleraine | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 50 | 31 | 1.613 | 27 | Participated in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
| 3 | Ards | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 41 | 26 | 1.577 | 27 | |
| 4 | Linfield | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 48 | 36 | 1.333 | 27 | Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 5 | Derry City | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 38 | 31 | 1.226 | 27 | |
| 6 | Portadown | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 42 | 37 | 1.135 | 25 | |
| 7 | Glenavon | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 32 | 36 | 0.889 | 22 | |
| 8 | Bangor | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 32 | 36 | 0.889 | 19 | |
| 9 | Crusaders | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 42 | 52 | 0.808 | 19 | |
| 10 | Ballymena United | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 42 | 0.571 | 16 | |
| 11 | Distillery | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 25 | 45 | 0.556 | 15 | |
| 12 | Cliftonville | 22 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 51 | 0.392 | 6 | |

## Results

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