1898–99 Irish League

The Irish League in season 1898–99 comprised 6 teams, and Distillery won the championship after a play-off with Linfield.

Irish League

Season	1898–99
Champions	Distillery 2nd Irish title
Matches played	30
Goals scored	106 (3.53 per match)
← 1897–98 1899–1900 →

Belfast

Belfast teams Celtic
Cliftonville
Distillery
Glentoran
Linfield
North Staffordshire Regiment

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Location of teams in the 1898-99 Irish League

Celtic

Cliftonville

Distillery

Glentoran

Linfield

No home ground
North Staffordshire Regiment

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Location of the Belfast-based teams in the 1898-99 Irish League

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Result
1	Distillery (C)	10	7	1	2	23	17	1.353	15	Champions
2	Linfield	10	7	1	2	21	8	2.625	15
=3	Cliftonville	10	6	0	4	19	12	1.583	12
=3	Glentoran	10	6	0	4	17	12	1.417	12
5	Celtic	10	2	2	6	15	25	0.600	6
6	North Staffordshire Regiment	10	0	0	10	11	32	0.344	0	Withdrew

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champion

Results

Home \ Away	CEL	CLI	DIS	GLT	LIN	NSR
Celtic		1–2	1–2	2–3	1–6	2–0
Cliftonville	4–0		1–3	3–0	1–2	3–0
Distillery	3–3	2–1		0–2	2–1	5–2
Glentoran	2–1	1–2	1–2		1–2	3–0
Linfield	0–0	2–0	2–0	0–1		2–0
North Staffordshire	3–4	1–2	3–4	0–3	2–4

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

• Northern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF)