1969–70 League of Ireland

League of Ireland
Season	1969–70
Champions	Waterford (4th title)
Top goalscorer	Brendan Bradley, Finn Harps 18 Goals
← 1968–69 1970–71 →

Statistics of League of Ireland in the 1969/1970 season.

Overview

It was contested by 14 teams, and Waterford won the championship.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Waterford	26	16	6	4	55	33	+22	38	1970–71 European Cup
2	Shamrock Rovers	26	14	8	4	55	29	+26	36
3	Cork Hibernians	26	13	9	4	35	20	+15	35
4	Limerick	26	12	6	8	35	24	+11	30
5	Dundalk	26	12	6	8	42	37	+5	30
6	Shelbourne	26	10	7	9	38	32	+6	27
7	Finn Harps	26	10	6	10	48	51	−3	26
8	Sligo Rovers	26	11	4	11	37	41	−4	26
9	Cork Celtic	26	8	6	12	34	38	−4	22
10	Athlone Town	26	9	4	13	40	49	−9	22
11	Bohemians	26	8	4	14	39	45	−6	20
12	Drogheda	26	5	9	12	26	37	−11	19
13	St Patrick's Athletic	26	8	1	17	35	54	−19	17
14	Drumcondra	26	5	6	15	35	64	−29	16

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

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Brendan Bradley	Finn Harps	18
2	Dave Wigginton	Cork Hibernians	17
3	Eric Barber	Shamrock Rovers	15
3	Johnny Matthews	Waterford	15
5	Alfie Hale	Waterford	12
5	Jimmy O'Connor	Shelbourne	12
7	Billy Duffy	Athlone Town	11
7	Mick Lawlor	Shamrock Rovers	11
7	Mick Leech	Shamrock Rovers	11
7	John N. O'Neill	Waterford	11
7	Paddy Turner	Dundalk	11

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Seasons

Awards

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Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '69 '70 England Faroe Islands '69 '70 Finland '69 '70 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary '69 '70 Iceland '69 '70 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '69 '70 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '69 '70 Spain Sweden '69 '70 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '69 '70 Finland '69 '70 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '69 '70 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '69 '70 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '69 '70 Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Scotland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '69 '70 Mitropa Cup

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