1948–49 County Antrim Shield

County Antrim Shield 1948–49 Northern Ireland 10 Linfield Swifts (1st win) Bangor 13 53 1947–48 1949–50 The 1948–49 County Antrim Shield was the 60th edition of the County Antrim Shield, a cup competition in Northern Irish football.https://www.irishleaguearchive.org/northern-ireland Irish League Archive, County Antrim Shield Irish League Archive 15 April 2023 Linfield Swifts (the reserve team of Linfield) won the tournament for the 1st time, defeating Bangor 4–1 in the second final replay at Grosvenor Park.https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004162/19490521/085/0006 Another Trophy For Windsor, Bangor Outclassed Ireland's Saturday Night 21 May 1949 6https://www.irishleaguearchive.org/county-antrim-shield County Antrim Shield Results Irish League Archive 15 April 2023 Results First round Distillery 1–1 Linfield Swifts Linfield 2–2 Brantwood Ards bye Ballymena United bye Bangor bye Belfast Celtic bye Cliftonville bye Glentoran bye Linfield bye |} Replays Linfield Swifts 4–0 Distillery Linfield 2–2 Brantwood |} Second replay Linfield 1–2 Brantwood |} Quarter-finals Bangor 4–2 Brantwood Belfast Celtic 2–1 Ards Glentoran 1–0 Ballymena United Linfield Swifts 4–2 Cliftonville |} Semi-finals Bangor 3–0 Glentoran Linfield Swifts w/o1 Belfast Celtic |} 1Linfield Swifts progressed to the final after Belfast Celtic withdrew from the competition. Final 7 May 1949 Linfield Swifts 2–2 Report Bangor Graham 14Dickson 44 Forsythe 40Taylor 60 Grosvenor Park, Belfast 10,000 T. Mitchell Replay 14 May 1949 Linfield Swifts 3–3 Report Bangor Grosvenor Park, Belfast Second replay 20 May 1949 Linfield Swifts 4–1 Report Bangor Mackey 23Dickson 44Houston 49 pen.Graham 66 Forsythe 17 Grosvenor Park, Belfast 10,000 References External links Northern Ireland - List of County Antrim Shield Winners Category:1948–49 in Northern Ireland association football cups