1918–19 Belfast & District League

Belfast & District League
Season	1918–19
Dates	7 September 1918 –; 16 April 1919
Champions	Belfast Celtic
Matches played	30
Goals scored	71 (2.37 per match)
Biggest home win	Belfast Celtic 2–0 Cliftonville; Distillery 2–0 Belfast United; Glentoran 2–0 Cliftonville; Linfield 2–0 Belfast Celtic; Linfield 3–1 Belfast United
Biggest away win	Cliftonville 0–3 Belfast Celtic
Highest scoring	Belfast United 2–4 Distillery
	← 1917–18 1919–20 →

The Irish League in season 1918–19 was suspended due to the First World War. A Belfast & District League was played instead by 6 teams, and Belfast Celtic won the championship after winning a play-off with Linfield 1–0.^[1]^[2]

Teams and locations

1918–19 Belfast & District League is located in Greater Belfast

Location of Belfast teams in the 1918–19 Belfast & District League season; all matches were played in Belfast

Team	Town	Home Ground
Belfast Celtic	Belfast	Celtic Park
Belfast United	Belfast	Ballynafeigh
Cliftonville	Belfast	Solitude
Distillery	Belfast	Grosvenor Park
Glentoran	Belfast	The Oval
Linfield	Belfast	Windsor Park

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Result
1	Belfast Celtic (C)	10	7	1	2	15	7	2.143	15	Champions
2	Linfield	10	7	1	2	15	8	1.875	15
3	Glentoran	10	5	1	4	11	9	1.222	11
4	Distillery	10	2	4	4	11	12	0.917	8
5	Belfast United	10	2	2	6	12	19	0.632	6
6	Cliftonville	10	1	3	6	7	16	0.438	5

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results

League

Home \ Away	BCE	BUT	CLI	DIS	GLT	LIN
Belfast Celtic		2–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	0–1
Belfast United	2–2		2–2	2–4	2–1	1–2
Cliftonville	0–3	0–1		1–1	1–0	2–3
Distillery	0–1	2–0	1–1		0–0	0–2
Glentoran	0–2	1–0	2–0	3–2		1–0
Linfield	2–0	3–1	1–0	1–1	0–2

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

Test match

16 April 1919

Belfast Celtic	1–0	Linfield
McKinney	Report

Grosvenor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 14,000

Referee: W. McLean

References

^ Alex Graham (2005). Football in Northern Ireland: A Statistical Record 1881-2005. p. 36-37.
^ "League Championship Test Match". Northern Whig. 17 April 1919. p. 3.

External links

Northern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF)

[Graham-1] Alex Graham (2005). Football in Northern Ireland: A Statistical Record 1881-2005. p. 36-37.

[2] "League Championship Test Match". Northern Whig. 17 April 1919. p. 3.

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