1916–17 Belfast & District League

Belfast & District League
Season	1916–17
Dates	9 September 1916 –; 18 November 1916
Champions	Glentoran
Matches played	30
Goals scored	99 (3.3 per match)
Biggest home win	Glentoran 4–0 Linfield
Biggest away win	Glenavon 0–5 Linfield
Highest scoring	Distillery 5–3 Glenavon
	← 1915–16 1917–18 →

The Irish League in season 1916–17 was suspended due to the First World War. A Belfast & District League was played instead by 6 teams, and Glentoran won the championship.^[1]

Teams and locations

1916–17 Belfast & District League is located in Greater Belfast

No home ground
Belfast United
Glenavon

Location of Belfast teams in the 1916–17 Belfast & District League season; all matches were played in Belfast

Team	Town	Home Ground
Belfast United	No home ground
Cliftonville	Belfast	Solitude
Distillery	Belfast	Grosvenor Park
Glenavon	No home ground
Glentoran	Belfast	The Oval
Linfield	Belfast	Windsor Park

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Result
1	Glentoran (C)	10	7	3	0	28	16	1.750	17	Champions
2	Distillery	10	5	4	1	23	14	1.643	14
3	Linfield	10	5	3	2	19	12	1.583	13
4	Cliftonville	10	3	3	4	9	10	0.900	9
5	Glenavon	10	1	2	7	13	28	0.464	4
6	Belfast United	10	0	3	7	7	19	0.368	3

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	BEL	CLI	DIS	GLV	GLT	LIN
Belfast United		0–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	0–3
Cliftonville	3–0		0–1	3–2	0–2	1–1
Distillery	1–1	1–0		5–3	3–3	1–1
Glenavon	1–0	0–0	1–5		2–3	0–5
Glentoran	2–1	1–1	4–3	4–3		4–0
Linfield	3–2	2–0	0–2	2–0	2–2

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

References

^ Alex Graham (2005). Football in Northern Ireland: A Statistical Record 1881-2005. p. 35.

External links

Northern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF)

[Graham-1] Alex Graham (2005). Football in Northern Ireland: A Statistical Record 1881-2005. p. 35.

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