1970–71 League of Ireland

League of Ireland
Season	1970–71
Champions	Cork Hibernians (1st title)
Top goalscorer	Brendan Bradley, Finn Harps 20 goals
	← 1969–70 1971–72 →

Below are the statistics of League of Ireland in the 1970/1971 season.

Season1970–71

ChampionsCork Hibernians (1st title)

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Cork Hibernians (C)	26	12	11	3	38	17	+21	35	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	Shamrock Rovers	26	14	7	5	49	38	+11	35
3	Waterford	26	13	8	5	49	34	+15	34
4	Bohemians	26	12	9	5	38	25	+13	33
5	Cork Celtic	26	11	9	6	44	27	+17	31
6	Finn Harps	26	13	4	9	54	42	+12	30
7	Limerick	26	10	8	8	36	31	+5	28	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
8	Shelbourne	26	10	7	9	32	30	+2	27	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
9	Dundalk	26	7	11	8	37	33	+4	25
10	Athlone Town	26	8	5	13	35	43	−8	21
11	Sligo Rovers	26	7	7	12	36	58	−22	21
12	St Patrick's Athletic	26	5	7	14	34	55	−21	17
13	Drogheda	26	6	4	16	27	46	−19	16
14	Drumcondra	26	3	5	18	26	56	−30	11

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

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Brendan Bradley	Finn Harps	20
2	Johnny Matthews	Waterford	17
3	Turlough O'Connor	Dundalk	16
4	Damien Richardson	Shamrock Rovers	15
5	Val Wallace	Athlone Town	14
6	Ray Gaston	Finn Harps	12
7	Sean Coyle	Finn Harps	11
8	Alfie Hale	Waterford	10
8	John Murray	Shelbourne	10
10	Mick Leech	Shamrock Rovers	9
10	Harry Quinn	St Patrick's Athletic	9
10	Dave Wigginton	Cork Hibernians	9

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