1990–91 Irish League

Irish League
Season	1990–91
Champions	Portadown; 2nd Irish title
Matches played	240
Goals scored	748 (3.12 per match)
Top goalscorer	Stephen McBride (22)
	← 1989–90 1991–92 →

Belfast

Belfast teams : Cliftonville
Crusaders
Glentoran
Linfield

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Location of teams in the Irish League from 1990–95

1990–91 Irish League is located in Greater Belfast

Location of Belfast-based teams in the Irish League from 1990–95

The 1990–91 Irish League was the 90th edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Northern Irish football.

The league consisted of 16 teams, an increase from the previous season of 14 as Ballyclare Comrades and Omagh Town joined. Portadown won the championship.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portadown (C)	30	22	5	3	61	22	+39	71	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Bangor	30	19	4	7	52	29	+23	61	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3	Glentoran	30	18	6	6	50	32	+18	60
4	Glenavon	30	17	6	7	63	38	+25	57	Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round
5	Newry Town	30	15	5	10	50	42	+8	50
6	Cliftonville	30	14	7	9	59	41	+18	49
7	Linfield	30	12	10	8	40	34	+6	46
8	Ballymena United	30	12	8	10	49	46	+3	44
9	Ards	30	12	7	11	47	40	+7	43
10	Crusaders	30	11	9	10	53	46	+7	42
11	Distillery	30	10	5	15	47	57	−10	35
12	Omagh Town	30	10	4	16	48	66	−18	34
13	Larne	30	8	6	16	41	59	−18	30
14	Ballyclare Comrades	30	5	6	19	33	68	−35	21
15	Carrick Rangers	30	4	5	21	30	58	−28	17
16	Coleraine	30	2	5	23	25	70	−45	11

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	ARD	BAN	BLC	BLM	CRK	CLI	COL	CRU	DIS	GLV	GLT	LRN	LIN	NEW	OMA	POR
Ards		0–2	4–3	0–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–2	2–3	4–1	1–1	1–2	5–1	1–2
Bangor	1–1		3–0	2–2	2–1	4–2	3–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	3–0	0–1
Ballyclare Comrades	1–0	0–2		1–5	1–0	1–3	1–1	2–3	2–0	3–3	0–1	3–3	1–1	0–2	0–3	0–3
Ballymena United	4–1	3–0	1–1		2–1	1–1	4–0	1–0	1–2	4–3	2–3	4–4	2–2	2–1	2–0	0–2
Carrick Rangers	2–5	1–3	1–2	2–1		1–3	1–0	2–2	0–2	1–2	2–3	1–1	1–2	0–0	0–3	1–4
Cliftonville	2–0	2–0	4–0	1–3	0–2		2–0	3–1	2–1	0–2	2–1	4–0	2–2	6–0	3–2	1–2
Coleraine	0–1	0–4	2–1	0–1	1–1	2–2		1–1	3–4	1–1	1–2	1–0	0–2	2–4	1–4	1–3
Crusaders	0–2	3–2	1–2	0–0	3–3	1–1	4–1		4–1	1–3	2–0	5–0	2–2	2–1	4–1	2–3
Distillery	2–2	1–3	4–1	2–0	2–1	2–2	2–0	1–3		3–2	2–3	1–3	2–1	1–3	0–1	0–0
Glenavon	1–2	2–3	4–0	3–1	2–0	1–2	5–3	2–2	2–1		1–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	3–0	2–1
Glentoran	1–1	0–1	2–1	2–0	2–1	3–2	4–0	2–0	3–1	2–0		1–0	1–0	2–2	4–1	1–1
Larne	0–2	0–1	1–1	1–2	1–0	4–1	2–0	2–2	0–4	0–4	0–1		0–1	4–1	3–3	1–3
Linfield	1–0	2–1	3–1	3–0	1–0	0–4	2–1	2–0	2–2	0–0	1–1	4–2		1–2	0–0	0–1
Newry Town	3–1	1–1	3–2	3–0	2–0	0–0	3–1	1–2	3–0	1–0	2–0	1–2	3–1		2–1	1–3
Omagh Town	2–4	0–0	2–1	1–1	3–4	2–1	2–1	0–1	5–1	2–5	3–1	0–5	0–1	2–1		2–5
Portadown	1–0	2–0	3–1	4–0	1–0	2–0	3–0	3–1	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	2–1	4–2

Source: Irish League Archive
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

Northern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF)

v t e NIFL Premiership seasons
Irish League	1890–91 1891–92 1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–00 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03
Irish Premier League	2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08
IFA Premiership	2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13
NIFL Premiership	2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Belfast & District League (wartime)	1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19
Northern Regional League (wartime)	1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47

v t e 1990–91 in Northern Irish football
Domestic leagues	Irish League
Domestic cups	Irish Cup Irish League Cup Gold Cup Ulster Cup Floodlit Cup County Antrim Shield
European competitions	European Cup UEFA Cup European Cup Winners' Cup
Related to national team	UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying (Group 4)

v t e 1990–91 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '90 '91 England Faroe Islands '90 '91 Finland '90 '91 France Georgia '90 '91 Germany (Eastern, Western) Greece Hungary Iceland '90 '91 Israel Italy Lithuania '90 '91 Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '90 '91 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '90 '91 Spain Sweden '90 '91 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '90 '91 Finland '90 '91 France Georgia Germany (Eastern, Western) Greece Hungary Iceland '90 '91 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Lithuania '90 '91 Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '90 '91 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Soviet Union '90
Supercups	England Italy Spain Switzerland Turkey West Germany
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup Baltic League