1898–99 Irish League

Association football season, of 6 teams Irish League 1898–99 3 September 1898 –21 January 1899 Distillery2nd Irish title 30 106 Cliftonville 4–0 Celtic Celtic 1–6 Linfield Celtic 1–6 LinfieldDistillery 4–3 North StaffsNorth Staffs 3–4 CelticNorth Staffs 2–5 Distillery 1897–98 1899–1900 The 1898–99 Irish League was the 9th edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Irish football. The league comprised six teams, and Distillery won the championship for the second time after a play-off with Linfield.https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000434/18990123/250/0007 Distillery v. Linfield Northern Whig 23 January 1899 7 subscription Teams and locations Greater Belfast 350 right Location of teams in the 1898–99 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 North Staffordshire Regiment Team Town Home Ground Celtic Belfast Celtic Park Cliftonville Belfast Solitude Distillery Belfast Grosvenor Park Glentoran Belfast The Oval Linfield Belfast Balmoral North Staffordshire Regiment No home ground League standings main WDL 5 Result 2 y DIS Distillery LIN Linfield CLI Cliftonville GLE Glentoran CEL Celtic NSR North Staffordshire Regiment 7 1 2 23 17 7 1 2 21 8 6 0 4 19 12 6 0 4 17 12 2 2 6 15 25 0 0 10 11 32 C green1 Champions C red1 Withdrew R complete rsssf.com Results League main FBR grey CEL CLI DIS GLT LIN NSR Distillery 2–1 2–1 0–2 3–3 4-3 Linfield 2–0 2–0 0–1 0–0 4-2 Cliftonville 1–3 1–2 3–0 4–0 2-1 Glentoran 1–2 1–2 1–2 2–1 3–0 Celtic 1–2 1–6 1–2 2–3 2–0 North Staffordshire 2-5 0-2 0-3 0–3 3–4 complete Irish League Archive Test match 21 January 1899 Distillery 2–0 Report Linfield Peden 43Wattie 75 Solitude, Belfast References External links Northern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF) Association football Northern Ireland 1898-99 Category:1898–99 in domestic association football leagues Lea