1899–1900 Irish League

Irish League 1899–1900 2 September 1899 –20 January 1900 Celtic1st Irish title 27 95 Linfield 5–0 Royal Scots Cliftonville 0–4 Linfield Glentoran 4–4 Linfield 1898–99 1900–01 The 1899–1900 Irish League was the 10th edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Irish football. The league comprised six teams, and Celtic won the championship for the 1st time. Season summary The North Staffordshire Regiment, who had competed in the league since the 1896–97 season, were unable to compete this season due to being deployed to South Africa. They were replaced by another British Army team, the Royal Scots. However Royal Scots themselves had to resign from the league after seven games due to the regiment also being posted to South Africa to serve in the Second Boer War. Their remaining matches were left unplayed with no points awarded.Football in Northern Ireland: A Statistical Record 1881-2005 Alex Graham 2005 17-18 Teams and locations Greater Belfast 350 right Location of teams in the 1899–1900 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 Royal Scots Team Town Home Ground Celtic Belfast Celtic Park Cliftonville Belfast Solitude Distillery Belfast Grosvenor Park Glentoran Belfast The Oval Linfield Belfast Balmoral Royal Scots No home ground League standings main WDL 5 Result 2 y CEL Celtic LIN Linfield DIS Distillery CLI Cliftonville RSC Royal ScotsRoyal Scots withdrew after seven games due to being posted to serve in the Second Boer War; their remaining fixtures were left unplayed with no points awarded GLE Glentoran 6 1 2 19 11 4 4 1 21 10 4 4 2 17 13 3 4 3 19 22 2 1 4 10 17 0 2 7 9 22 C green1 Champions C red1 Withdrew R complete rsssf.com Results main FBR grey CEL CLI DIS GLT LIN RSC Celtic 2–0 3–1 5–1 1–0 2–1 Linfield 4–2 0–0 1–1 5–0 2–0 Distillery 4–3 1–1 3–3 4–0 0–0 Cliftonville 0–0 0–4 3–1 2–2 4–1 Royal Scots – – 0–2 4–1 – Glentoran 0–1 4–4 0–1 1–4 2–4 Matches unplayed, no points awarded RSC_CEL RSC_CEL complete Irish League Archive References External links Northern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF) Association football Northern Ireland 1899-1900 Category:1899–1900 in domestic association football leagues Lea