1966–67 Irish League
# 1966–67 Irish League

The 1966–67 Irish League was the 66th 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 (C) | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 67 | 35 | 1.914 | 34 | Qualification for the European Cup first round |
| 2 | Linfield | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 70 | 37 | 1.892 | 33 | |
| 3 | Derry City | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 51 | 42 | 1.214 | 27 | |
| 4 | Coleraine | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 53 | 42 | 1.262 | 25 | |
| 5 | Crusaders | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 63 | 60 | 1.050 | 24 | Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 6 | Glenavon | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 50 | 39 | 1.282 | 23 | |
| 7 | Ballymena United | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 54 | 45 | 1.200 | 23 | |
| 8 | Ards | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 37 | 38 | 0.974 | 21 | |
| 9 | Portadown | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 46 | 48 | 0.958 | 20 | |
| 10 | Distillery | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 44 | 53 | 0.830 | 17 | |
| 11 | Bangor | 22 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 35 | 95 | 0.368 | 9 | |
| 12 | Cliftonville | 22 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 23 | 59 | 0.390 | 8 | |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ARD | BAN | BLM | CLI | COL | CRU | DIS | DER | GLV | GLT | LIN | POR |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ards | | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–3 |
| Bangor | 1–4 | | 0–2 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 0–5 | 0–11 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 2–4 | 1–3 | 5–2 |
| Ballymena United | 1–1 | 5–1 | | 2–1 | 4–4 | 7–3 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2–4 | 4–1 |
| Cliftonville | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–5 | 2–4 | 1–0 |
| Coleraine | 4–2 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–2 |
| Crusaders | 3–1 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 3–2 | 1–6 | | 3–1 | 6–3 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 4–4 | 2–1 |
| Distillery | 1–1 | 8–3 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–5 | 3–1 | | 1–1 | 0–5 | 2–4 | 1–4 | 0–2 |
| Derry City | 0–2 | 4–4 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 9–4 | 0–2 | | 2–2 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 1–1 |
| Glenavon | 2–0 | 10–0 | 4–4 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–5 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 |
| Glentoran | 2–2 | 6–0 | 5–2 | 5–0 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 4–4 | 2–2 | | 2–2 | 2–2 |
| Linfield | 6–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 7–2 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | | 4–1 |
| Portadown | 1–0 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 2–6 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–5 | 1–3 | |
