1898–99 Irish Cup

Irish Cup 1898–99 29 October 1898 – 18 March 1899 Ireland 33 Linfield (6th win) Glentoran 33 130 1897–98 1899–1900 The 1898–99 Irish Cup was the 19th edition of the Irish Cup, the premier knock-out cup competition in Irish football. Linfield won the tournament for the 6th time and 2nd year in a row, defeating Glentoran 1–0 in the final.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nilcuphistsemi.html Northern Ireland Cup Semifinals and Finals 1880–1950 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF) 19 June 2022Football in Northern Ireland, a statistical record 1881–2005 Alex Graham 17 Results First round Teams from Belfast, Dublin and the north west of Ireland were given byes in the first two rounds while several Army teams were selected to play in the first two rounds.https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001480/18981001/046/0003 Football Londonderry Sentinel 1 October 1898 3 8th Hussars 1–5 Royal Fusiliers South Staffordshire Regiment w/o Hampshire Regiment Cheshire Regiment 1–2 King's Own Rifles Connaught Rangers 1–0 Oxfordshire Regiment Inniskilling Fusiliers 3–1 Inniskilling Dragoons Royal Irish Rifles bye |} Second round King's Own Rifles w/o Royal Irish Rifles |} Third round Bohemians 4–0 Bedford Regiment Rifle Brigade 1–1 East Yorkshire Regiment Freebooters w/o Trinity Yorkshire Regiment 3–0 Connaught Rangers Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders 3–0 Royal Fusiliers 14th Hussars 0–3 King's Own Scottish Borderers North Staffordshire Regiment 2–4 Linfield Glentoran 3–0 Distillery Celtic 7–0 Cliftonville North End 3–3 Derry Hibernians St Columb's Court w/o Limavady Inniskilling Fusiliers 5–2 St Columb's Hall Celtic Hampshire Regiment bye 1st Battalion Inniskilling Fusiliers bye |} Replays East Yorkshire Regiment 1–1 Rifle Brigade Derry Hibernians 1–2 North End |} Second replay East Yorkshire Regiment 2–1 Rifle Brigade |} Fourth round Glentoran 4–0 North End Linfield w/o Inniskilling Fusiliers St Columb's Court 2–1 (a.e.t.) 1st Battalion Inniskilling Fusiliers Freebooters 5–0 Yorkshire Regiment Bohemians 3–1 Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders King's Own Scottish Borderers 1–1 King's Own Rifles East Yorkshire Regiment 1–3 Hampshire Regiment Celtic bye |} Replays King's Own Scottish Borderers 0–2 King's Own Rifles |} Fifth round Linfield 7–0 Hampshire Regiment Glentoran 8–0 King's Own Rifles St Columb's Court 2–3 Celtic Freebooters 2–4 Bohemians |} Semi-finals Glentoran 2–2 Celtic Linfield 4–2 Bohemians |} Replay Glentoran 2–11 Celtic |} 1 A replay was ordered after a protest. Second replay Celtic 2–11 Glentoran |} 1 Another replay was ordered after a protest. Third replay Glentoran 2–01 Celtic |} 1 After a pitch incursion the match was suspended. Celtic refused to return and the tie was awarded to Glentoran. Final 19 March 1898 Linfield 1–02 Report Glentoran Peden Solitude, Belfast 7,000 2 The match ended early after Glentoran players refused to continue claiming that a Linfield player had punched a shot clear from the goal-line and no penalty had been awarded. References External links Northern Ireland Cup Finals. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF) Category:Irish Cup seasons Cup