1897–98 Irish League

Irish League 1897–98 4 September 1897 –21 May 1898 Linfield5th Irish title 30 117 Cliftonville 8–0 North Staffs Distillery 0–6 Glentoran Cliftonville 8–0 North Staffs 1896–97 1898–99 The 1897–98 Irish League was the 8th edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Irish football. The league comprised six teams, and Linfield won the championship for the 5th time. Teams and locations Greater Belfast 350 right Location of teams in the 1897–98 Irish League; all matches were played in Belfast Greater Belfast 54.59063 -5.972700 left Celtic Greater Belfast 54.619250 -5.947383 right Cliftonville Greater Belfast 54.59285 -5.945363 top Distillery Greater Belfast 54.60270 -5.893478 right Glentoran Greater Belfast 54.57083 -5.963302 right Linfield Greater Belfast TransparentPlaceholder.png 1 54.69 -6.18 No home ground North Staffordshire Regiment 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 main WDL 5 Result 2 y C green1 Champions C LIN Linfield CLI Cliftonville GLE Glentoran CEL Celtic DIS Distillery NSR North Staffordshire Regiment 8 1 1 22 10 6 1 3 23 17 6 1 3 31 12 3 1 6 15 19 2 1 7 13 28 2 1 7 13 31 complete rsssf.com Results League main FBR grey CEL CLI DIS GLT LIN NSR Linfield 2–4 2–1 2–1 1–0 3–0 Cliftonville 0–1 1–1 1–0 4–3 8-0 Glentoran 2–4 3–0 1–0 6–0 5-2 Celtic 0–3 1–2 1–5 5–1 3-3 Distillery 1–1 5–0 0–6 0–2 1-3 North Staffordshire 1–3 1-3 2–1 1-2 0-2 complete Irish League Archive 2nd/3rd place play-off Cliftonville 2–0 Glentoranhttps://www.irishleaguearchive.org/irish-league-tables Irish League Tables 30 March 2025 References External links Northern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF) Association football Northern Ireland 1897-98 Category:1897–98 in domestic association football leagues Lea