LOI 1970-71

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
*Cork Hibernians (C)	26	12	11	3	38	17	35
*Shamrock Rovers	26	14	7	5	49	38	35
Waterford	26	13	8	5	49	34	34
Bohemians	26	12	9	5	38	25	33
Cork Celtic	26	11	9	6	44	27	31
Finn Harps	26	13	4	9	54	42	30
Limerick	26	10	8	8	36	31	28
Shelbourne	26	10	7	9	32	30	27
Dundalk	26	7	11	8	37	33	25
Athlone Town	26	8	5	13	35	43	21
Sligo Rovers	26	7	7	12	36	58	21
St. Patrick’s Athletic	26	5	7	14	34	55	17
Drogheda	26	6	4	16	27	46	16
Drumcondra	26	3	5	18	26	56	11

Note: * Playoff for Title

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Title Playoff		Dalymount Park
25.04.1971	Cork Hibernians	3	Shamrock Rovers	1

LOI 1971-72

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Waterford (C)	26	21	2	3	66	35	44
Cork Hibernians	26	19	2	5	70	17	40
Bohemians	26	16	5	5	45	24	35
Finn Harps	26	18	0	8	62	34	36
Shamrock Rovers	26	12	4	10	51	40	28
St. Patrick’s Athletic	26	9	7	10	33	36	25
Dundalk	26	11	3	12	39	46	25
Cork Celtic	26	8	7	11	36	46	23
Shelbourne	26	7	8	11	30	57	22
Athlone Town	26	7	7	12	40	56	21
Drogheda	26	6	6	14	30	42	18
Drumcondra	26	5	6	15	24	52	16
Limerick	26	5	5	16	29	53	15
Sligo Rovers	26	5	4	17	34	71	14

LOI 1972-73

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Waterford (C)	26	20	2	4	67	21	42
Finn Harps	26	19	3	4	59	32	41
Bohemians	26	16	5	5	46	25	37
Cork Hibernians	25	13	7	5	52	26	33
Shamrock Rovers	26	12	6	8	45	32	30
Athlone Town	26	13	4	9	38	31	30
St. Patrick’s Athletic	26	7	11	8	37	43	25
Shelbourne	25	9	5	11	49	59	23
Limerick	26	7	6	13	32	35	20
Sligo Rovers	26	9	2	15	25	51	20
Home Farm Drumcondra	26	6	7	13	29	60	19
Cork Celtic	26	7	4	15	29	50	18
Dundalk	26	4	6	16	19	48	14
Drogheda	26	1	8	17	22	56	10

Note: Drumcondra renamed Home Farm.

LOI 1973-74

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Cork Celtic (C)	26	18	6	2	50	25	42
Bohemians	26	18	2	6	56	18	38
Cork Hibernians	26	16	6	4	47	23	38
Finn Harps	26	15	5	6	51	27	35
Waterford	26	11	7	8	55	36	29
Dundalk	26	12	4	10	41	36	28
Shamrock Rovers	26	11	5	10	31	33	27
St. Patrick’s Athletic	26	10	2	14	29	45	22
Limerick	26	7	6	13	32	45	20
Home Farm	26	6	8	12	19	40	20
Athlone Town	26	8	3	15	25	38	19
Drogheda	26	7	5	14	39	59	19
Sligo Rovers	26	6	2	18	28	51	14
Shelbourne	26	4	5	17	31	58	13

LOI 1974-75

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Bohemians (C)	26	18	6	2	36	12	42
Athlone Town	26	13	7	6	45	32	33
Finn Harps	26	10	10	6	59	50	30
Cork Hibernians	26	10	9	7	42	25	29
Dundalk	26	10	8	8	37	36	28
Waterford	26	10	7	9	48	46	27
Cork Celtic	26	8	10	8	43	44	26
Shamrock Rovers	26	10	5	11	40	38	25
Drogheda	26	6	12	8	32	37	24
St. Patrick’s Athletic	26	8	7	11	30	37	23
Home Farm	26	7	6	13	31	44	20
Limerick	26	7	6	13	28	46	20
Shelbourne	26	6	7	13	33	38	19
Sligo Rovers	26	7	4	15	27	46	18

LOI 1975-76

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Dundalk (C)	26	15	10	1	54	26	40
Finn Harps	26	15	6	5	57	35	36
Waterford	26	13	8	5	54	37	34
Bohemians	26	10	12	4	44	25	32
Cork Hibernians	26	11	9	6	37	24	31
Drogheda United	26	11	6	9	42	45	28
Athlone Town	26	12	4	10	40	49	28
Cork Celtic	26	11	5	10	41	24	27
Shelbourne	26	7	7	12	42	44	21
Sligo Rovers	26	6	8	12	32	49	20
St. Patrick’s Athletic	26	7	5	14	31	53	19
Home Farm	26	4	9	13	35	54	17
Limerick	26	6	4	16	37	49	16
Shamrock Rovers	26	4	7	15	27	49	15

LOI 1976-77

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Sligo Rovers (C)	26	18	3	5	48	20	39
Bohemians	26	17	4	5	50	29	38
Drogheda United	26	12	10	4	56	34	34
Waterford	26	12	9	5	42	28	33
Dundalk	26	12	5	9	51	42	29
St. Patrick’s Athletic	26	9	10	7	30	27	28
Shelbourne	26	10	8	8	39	40	28
Finn Harps	26	9	8	9	40	45	26
Cork Celtic	26	10	5	11	48	44	25
Athlone Town	26	8	7	11	43	46	23
Shamrock Rovers	26	7	3	16	26	46	17
Limerick	26	5	6	15	29	47	16
Albert Rovers	26	5	6	15	21	42	16
Home Farm	26	4	4	18	22	55	12

Note: Cork Hibernians replaced by Albert Rovers.

LOI 1977-78

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Bohemians (C)	30	17	10	3	74	25	44
Finn Harps	30	19	4	7	60	36	42
Drogheda United	30	15	10	5	53	27	40
Shamrock Rovers	30	14	12	4	45	22	40
Waterford	30	16	7	7	46	37	39
Sligo Rovers	30	13	8	9	47	31	34
Limerick	30	10	12	8	36	29	32
Athlone Town	30	10	11	9	43	40	31
Cork Alberts	30	11	8	11	36	33	30
St. Patrick’s Athletic	30	10	7	13	35	35	27
Dundalk	30	9	9	12	43	46	27
Shelbourne	30	6	11	13	32	50	23
Home Farm	30	8	7	15	30	56	23
Cork Celtic	30	6	10	14	34	58	22
Galway Rovers	30	3	10	17	16	53	16
Thurles Town	30	1	8	21	22	69	10

Note: Albdert Rovers became Cork Alberts. Galway Rovers & Thurles Town elected to League.

LOI 1978-79

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Dundalk (C)	30	19	7	4	57	25	45
Bohemians	30	18	7	5	53	21	43
Drogheda United	30	18	6	6	60	40	42
Waterford	30	17	8	5	48	32	42
Shamrock Rovers	30	17	3	10	45	25	37
Limerick	30	14	8	8	39	25	36
Athlone Town	30	14	7	9	56	41	35
Finn Harps	30	14	6	10	56	41	34
Home Farm	30	13	7	10	47	33	33
Sligo Rovers	30	9	7	14	35	40	25
Cork Alberts	30	7	9	14	35	49	23
Thurles Town	30	9	5	16	35	62	23
Shelbourne	30	6	9	15	41	58	21
St. Patrick’s Athletic	30	7	6	17	36	62	20
Galway Rovers	30	4	5	21	41	79	13
Cork Celtic	30	2	4	24	16	67	8

LOI 1979-80

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Limerick United (C)	30	20	7	3	67	24	47
Dundalk	30	20	6	4	59	13	46
Athlone Town	30	16	7	7	60	24	39
Shamrock Rovers	30	14	10	6	61	29	38
Finn Harps	30	16	6	8	49	33	38
Bohemians	30	12	8	10	42	30	32
Waterford	30	8	15	7	38	33	31
Sligo Rovers	30	11	9	10	40	45	31
Drogheda United	30	6	16	8	36	41	28
Thurles Town	30	9	10	11	43	48	28
Galway Rovers	30	11	6	13	32	47	28
St. Patrick’s Athletic	30	9	9	12	39	46	27
Home Farm	30	10	5	15	27	42	25
Cork United	30	6	4	20	22	56	16
University College Dublin	30	5	4	21	24	75	14
Shelbourne	30	3	6	21	30	83	12

Note: Cork United and University College Dublin replaced Cork Alberts & Cork Celtic.

References

Sources / Newspapers

[1] Anon. (1971) “Soccer Summary” Irish Independent. Monday, April 18, 1971. [pg. 10 Irish Newspaper Archive: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ ]

[2] Anon. (1972) “Soccer Summary” Irish Independent. Monday, April 17, 1972. [pg. 14 Irish Newspaper Archive: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ ]

[3] Anon. (1973) “Soccer Summary” Irish Independent. Monday, April 16, 1973. [pg. 12-13 Irish Newspaper Archive: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ ]

[4] Anon. (1974) “Soccer Summary” Irish Independent. Monday, April 15, 1974. [pg. 10 Irish Newspaper Archive: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ ]

[4] Anon. (1975) “Soccer Summary” Irish Independent. Monday, April 21, 1975. [pg. 9 Irish Newspaper Archive: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ ]

[1] Anon. (1976) “Soccer Summary” Irish Independent. Monday, April 26, 1976. [pg. 14-15 Irish Newspaper Archive: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ ]

[4] Anon. (1977) “Soccer Summary” Irish Independent. Monday, April 25, 1977. [pg. 9 Irish Newspaper Archive: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ ]

[3] Anon. (1978) “Soccer Summary” Irish Independent. Monday, April 24, 1978. [pg. 14-15 Irish Newspaper Archive: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ ]

[4] Anon. (1979) “Soccer Summary” Irish Independent. Monday, April 23, 1979. [pg. 8-9 Irish Newspaper Archive: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ ]

[5] Anon. (1980) “Soccer Summary” Irish Independent. Monday, April 21, 1980. [pg. 13 Irish Newspaper Archive: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ ]

[11] Anon. (1971) “Soccer Summary” Irish Independent. Monday, April 26, 1971. [pg. 11 Irish Newspaper Archive: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ ]

[12] Anon. (1978) “Farm share spoils at Tolka Park” Irish Independent. Wednesday, April 26, 1978. [pg. 11 Irish Newspaper Archive: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ ]

[13] Anon. (1978) “Drogheda clinch top four spot” Irish Independent. Friday, April 28, 1978. [pg. 11 Irish Newspaper Archive: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ ]

[14] Anon. (1979) “Soccer Summary” Irish Independent. Wednesday, April 25, 1979. [pg. 13 Irish Newspaper Archive: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ ]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Jason Caldwell, Alan McCormack, Paul Nolan, Andrew McGovern, Colm Murray, Niall Brennan.

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