Irish League Table - 26.01.06

----------------------- P W D L F A GD Pts Pts
Linfield F.C.------------18 17 1 0 68 12 56 52 2.9
Portadown F.C.--------18 10 5 3 38 21 17 35 1.9
Glentoran F.C. --------18 10 4 4 29 14 15 34 1.9
Dungannon Swifts-----18 8 5 5 37 25 12 29 1.6
Ballymena United------18 9 2 7 22 27 -5 29 1.6
Cliftonville F.C.--------18 7 6 5 24 21 3 27 1.5
Newry City------------18 7 3 8 27 26 1 24 1.3
Loughgall-------------18 7 2 9 21 23 -2 23 1.3
Limavady United ------18 6 5 7 24 28 -4 23 1.3
Coleraine F.C.---------18 6 4 8 25 33 -8 22 1.2
Glenavon F.C.---------18 5 6 7 21 38 -17 21 1.2
Armagh City-----------18 6 2 10 22 34 -12 20 1.1
Lisburn Distillery-------18 5 4 9 24 31 -7 19 1.1
Institute--------------18 5 3 10 30 43 -13 18 1.0
Larne-----------------18 4 6 8 25 40 -15 18 1.0
Ards------------------18 3 0 15 16 37 -21 9 0.5

Well apart from the top and the bottom of the league it's actually looking quite interesting in midtable

Dungannon Swifts-----18 8 5 5 37 25 12 29 1.6
Ballymena United------18 9 2 7 22 27 -5 29 1.6
Cliftonville F.C.--------18 7 6 5 24 21 3 27 1.5
Newry City------------18 7 3 8 27 26 1 24 1.3
Loughgall-------------18 7 2 9 21 23 -2 23 1.3
Limavady United ------18 6 5 7 24 28 -4 23 1.3
Coleraine F.C.---------18 6 4 8 25 33 -8 22 1.2
Glenavon F.C.---------18 5 6 7 21 38 -17 21 1.2
Armagh City-----------18 6 2 10 22 34 -12 20 1.1
Lisburn Distillery-------18 5 4 9 24 31 -7 19 1.1

Only 10 points separating 10 teams ain't that bad at all!

Does the IL take goal average into account?:confused: Needless to say it's Linfield's title. That'll give them plenty of scope to make a full assault on the Setanta Cup.