1915–16 Belfast & District League

Belfast & District League 1915–16 18 September 1915 –27 November 1915 Linfield 30 83 Distillery 7–0 Glenavon Glenavon 0–6 Linfield Distillery 7–0 GlenavonGlentoran 5–2 Glenavon 1914–15 (Irish League) 1916–17 The Irish League in season 1915–16 was suspended due to the First World War. A Belfast & District League was played instead by 6 teams, and Linfield won the championship. Season summary Due to the outbreak of World War I, the Irish League was officially suspended. The Belfast & District League took its place with all matches played in Belfast. The Dublin sides Bohemians and Shelbourne did not compete, while Belfast Celtic refused to join on the basis that the competition was to be on a professional rather than an amateur basis.Glenavon Football Club Lurgan Mail 14 August 1915 4 Their place was therefore taken by a new team, Belfast United who played all their matches away from home. Glenavon also participated in the league; given their home ground Mourneview Park is based in Lurgan, they were unable to use it as a home ground and therefore they also played all their matches away from home. Belfast United's home match with Glenavon was played at The Oval while Glenavon's home match with United was played at Grosvenor Park.Football in Northern Ireland: A Statistical Record 1881-2005 Alex Graham 2005 33–34 Teams and locations Greater Belfast 300 right Location of Belfast teams in the 1915–16 Belfast & District League season; all matches were played in Belfast Greater Belfast 54.619250 -5.947383 left Cliftonville Greater Belfast 54.59285 -5.945363 left Distillery Greater Belfast 54.60270 -5.893478 right Glentoran Greater Belfast 54.57083 -5.963302 left Linfield Greater Belfast TransparentPlaceholder.png 1 54.69 -6.18 No home ground Belfast UnitedGlenavon 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 main WDL 5 y Result 2 C green1 Champions C LIN Linfield GLT Glentoran DIS Distillery BEL Belfast United CLI Cliftonville GLV Glenavon 7 2 1 17 4 5 4 1 20 10 5 2 3 18 9 3 3 4 14 13 2 4 4 7 14 0 1 9 7 33 complete rsssf.com Results main FBR grey BEL CLI DIS GLV GLT LIN Linfield 0–0 2–1 3–1 1–0 2–1 Glentoran 0–0 4–2 2–1 4–0 5–2 Distillery 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 7–0 Belfast United 1–0 2–2 0–2 0–0 3–1 Cliftonville 0–2 1–0 0–2 2–1 0–0 Glenavon 0–6 1–2 0–1 0–4 2–3 complete Irish League Archive References External links Northern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF) Association football Northern Ireland 1915-16 Category:1915–16 in European association football leagues Irish