1889–90 County Antrim Shield

County Antrim Shield 1889–90 2 November 1889 –22 March 1890 Ireland 12 not awarded 10 80 1888–89 1890–91 The 1889–90 County Antrim Shield was the 2nd edition of the County Antrim Shield, a cup competition in Irish football.https://www.irishleaguearchive.org/northern-ireland Irish League Archive, County Antrim Shield Irish League Archive 2 April 2023 Linfield were leading Distillery 5–3 in the final with several minutes remaining when the match was abandoned due to unruly crowd behaviour. The County Antrim FA subsequently withheld the Shield. To date, this is the only year there has been no winner of the Country Antrim Shield in the competition's history.https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000434/18900324/185/0007 County Antrim Shield Final Tie, A Player's Leg Broken, Disgraceful Scenes Of Rowdyism Northern Whig 24 March 1890 7 subscriptionhttps://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004160/18900322/045/0003 Today's Football, County Antrim Shield Final Tie, Distillery v Linfield Ulster Echo 22 March 1890 3 subscriptionhttps://www.irishleaguearchive.org/county-antrim-shield County Antrim Shield Results Irish League Archive 2 April 2023 Results First round Black Watch 10–1 Whiteabbey Cliftonville 4–2 North End Athletics Distillery 15–0 Clarence Gordon Highlanders 6–3 Distillery Rovers Linfield 7–0 Belfast Athletics Oldpark w/o YMCA |} Second round Cliftonville 7–0 Oldpark Gordon Highlanders 5–2 Black Watch Distillery bye Linfield bye |} Semi-finals Distillery 5–0 Cliftonville Linfield 3–2 Gordon Highlanders |} Final (abandoned) 22 March 1890 Linfield A–A Report Distillery Ulster Cricket Ground, Belfast Mr Elleman References External links Northern Ireland - List of County Antrim Shield Winners Category:1889–90 in Irish association football cups