1898–99 Irish League

Irish League
Season	1898–99
Dates	3 September 1898 –; 21 January 1899
Champions	Distillery; 2nd Irish title
Matches played	30
Goals scored	106 (3.53 per match)
Biggest home win	Cliftonville 4–0 Celtic
Biggest away win	Celtic 1–6 Linfield
Highest scoring	Celtic 1–6 Linfield; Distillery 4–3 North Staffs; North Staffs 3–4 Celtic; North Staffs 2–5 Distillery
	← 1897–98 1899–1900 →

The 1898–99 Irish League was the 9th edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Irish football.

The league comprised six teams, and Distillery won the championship for the second time after a play-off with Linfield.^[1]

Teams and locations

1898–99 Irish League is located in Greater Belfast

No home ground
North Staffordshire Regiment

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Location of teams in the 1898–99 Irish League; all matches were played in Belfast

Team	Town	Home Ground
Celtic	Belfast	Celtic Park
Cliftonville	Belfast	Solitude
Distillery	Belfast	Grosvenor Park
Glentoran	Belfast	The Oval
Linfield	Belfast	Balmoral
North Staffordshire Regiment	No home ground

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Result
1	Distillery (C)	10	7	1	2	23	17	1.353	15	Champions
2	Linfield	10	7	1	2	21	8	2.625	15
3	Cliftonville	10	6	0	4	19	12	1.583	12
4	Glentoran	10	6	0	4	17	12	1.417	12
5	Celtic	10	2	2	6	15	25	0.600	6
6	North Staffordshire Regiment	10	0	0	10	11	32	0.344	0	Withdrew

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results

League

Home \ Away	CEL	CLI	DIS	GLT	LIN	NSR
Celtic		1–2	1–2	2–3	1–6	2–0
Cliftonville	4–0		1–3	3–0	1–2	2–1
Distillery	3–3	2–1		0–2	2–1	4–3
Glentoran	2–1	1–2	1–2		1–2	3–0
Linfield	0–0	2–0	2–0	0–1		4–2
North Staffordshire	3–4	0–3	2–5	0–3	0–2

Source: Irish League Archive
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Test match

21 January 1899

Distillery	2–0	Linfield
Peden 43' Wattie 75'	Report

Solitude, Belfast

References

^ "Distillery v. Linfield". Northern Whig. 23 January 1899. p. 7.

External links

Northern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF)

[1] "Distillery v. Linfield". Northern Whig. 23 January 1899. p. 7.

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Domestic leagues	Irish League
Domestic cups	Irish Cup City Cup County Antrim Shield Belfast Charity Cup
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