1921–22 Irish League

Irish League 1921–22 3 September 1921 –30 November 1921 Linfield13th Irish title 30 73 Linfield 4–0 Distillery Cliftonville 0–2 DistilleryCliftonville 0–2 GlentoranGlenavon 1–3 LinfieldQueen's Island 2–4 DistilleryQueen's Island 0–2 GlentoranQueen's Island 1–3 Linfield Queen's Island 2–4 Distillery 1920–21 1922–23 The 1921–22 Irish League was the 28th edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Northern Irish football, and was the first edition in which only teams from Northern Ireland could enter. The league comprised six teams, and Linfield won the championship for the 13th time. Season summary The league expanded from the previous season to six teams, with the addition of Queen's Island. Queen's, who were only formed in 1920 and had won the Irish Intermediate Cup the previous season, were the only successful applicants elected by the league, while the applications of Belfast United and Willowfields were rejected at the Irish Football Association Annual General Meeting held on 27 May 1921.https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001542/19210528/094/0003 Association Football, Annual Meeting of the Irish League Northern Whig 28 May 1921 3 subscription Bohemians, Shelbourne and Belfast Celtic all indicated an intention to also play in the league for the upcoming season, however on 8 June 1921 the Leinster Football Association (to whom Bohemians and Shelbourne were affiliated) voted to definitively sever its ties with Irish Football Association, with the League of Ireland subsequently being formed.Association Football and society in pre-partition Ireland Neal Garnham 2004 Belfast Celtic, who were not under the jurisdiction of the Leinster Football Association, did not join the League of Ireland and eventually began competing again in Irish Football Association competitions in the 1924–25 season.Football in Northern Ireland: A Statistical Record 1881-2005 Alex Graham 2005 42 Teams and locations County Down right 300 Location of teams in the 1921–22 Irish League County Down 54.602945 -5.891278 Belfast right County Down 54.453889 -6.336389 Glenavon right County Down TransparentPlaceholder.png 1 54.7 -6.48 Belfast teamsCliftonvilleDistilleryGlentoranLinfieldQueen's Island Greater Belfast right 300 Location of Belfast teams in the 1921–22 Irish League Greater Belfast 54.619250 -5.947383 left Cliftonville Greater Belfast 54.60270 -5.893478 right Glentoran /Queen's Island Greater Belfast 54.57083 -5.963302 bottom Linfield Greater Belfast TransparentPlaceholder.png 1 54.69 -6.18 No home groundDistillery Team Town Home Ground Cliftonville Belfast Solitude Distillery No home ground Glenavon Lurgan Mourneview Park Glentoran Belfast The Oval Linfield Belfast Windsor Park Queen's Island Belfast The Oval League standings main WDL 5 Result 2 y C green1 Champions C LIN Linfield GLT Glentoran DIS Distillery GLV Glenavon QUE Queen's Island CLI Cliftonville 7 3 0 18 6 5 3 2 14 7 5 1 4 18 17 3 2 5 11 14 3 2 5 9 16 1 1 8 3 13 complete rsssf.com Results main FBR grey CLI DIS GLV GLT LIN QIS Linfield 1–0 4–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 Glentoran 0–0 3–1 1–0 0–1 3–1 Distillery 2–3 2–2 2–1 3–0 1–0 Glenavon 1–3 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 Queen's Island 1–3 0–2 2–4 2–1 0–0 Cliftonville 0–1 0–2 0–2 2–1 0–1 complete Irish League Archive References External links Northern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF) Association football Northern Ireland Category:NIFL Premiership seasons North Category:1921–22 in Northern Ireland association football