1905–06 City Cup

City Cup 1905–06 30 September 1905 –25 August 1906 Ireland 6 Belfast Celtic (1st win) Cliftonville 33 74 1904–05 1906–07 The 1905–06 City Cup was the 12th edition of the City Cup, a cup competition in Irish football.https://www.irishleaguearchive.org/northern-ireland Irish League Archive, City Cup Irish League Archive 19 March 2023 The tournament was won by Belfast Celtic for the first time. They defeated Linfield and Cliftonville in separate test matches after all three teams finished level on points in the table.https://www.irishleaguearchive.org/city-cup City Cup Results Irish League Archive 19 March 2023https://www.irishleaguearchive.org/city-cup-tables City Cup Tables Irish League Archive 19 March 2023 Group standings main WDL 5 Result 2 y C C C green1 Advance to test match round-robin BEL Belfast Celtic CLI Cliftonville LIN Linfield DIS Distillery GLT Glentoran SHE Shelbourne 5 2 3 13 12 5 2 3 11 6 4 4 2 8 6 4 2 4 7 9 2 5 3 18 16 2 1 7 10 18 complete Irish League Archive Results Group main FBR grey CEL CLI DIS GLT LIN SHL Belfast Celtic 1–0 1–2 3–2 0–0 3–2 Cliftonville 0–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 3–0 Distillery 1–0 1–0 2–2 0–0 0–2 Glentoran 2–2 1–2 0–1 4–1 3–1 Linfield 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 Shelbourne 1–2 1–2 1–0 2–2 0–1 complete Irish League Archive Test match round-robin As Belfast Celtic, Cliftonville and Linfield finished level on points, a round-robin was played. Belfast Celtic won both their matches and therefore won the tournament. 7 May 1906 Belfast Celtic 2–0 Linfield Grosvenor Park, Belfast 12 May 1906 Belfast Celtic 2–0 Cliftonville Solitude, Belfast 2nd/3rd place playoff 19 May 1906 Cliftonville 2–1 Linfield Grosvenor Park, Belfast References External links Northern Ireland - List of City Cup Winners Category:1905–06 in Irish association football cups