# 1990–91 Irish League

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 | |

## 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 | |