1917–18 Belfast City Cup

1917–18 Belfast City Cup
Tournament details
CountryIreland
Date24 November 1917 –
6 May 1918
Teams6
Defending championsGlentoran
Final positions
ChampionsLinfield (1st win)
Runners-upGlentoran
Tournament statistics
Matches played30
Goals scored97 (3.23 per match)

The 1917–18 Belfast City Cup was the 3rd edition of the Belfast City Cup, a cup competition in Irish football. It replaced the City Cup, which was suspended due to World War I.[1]

The tournament was won by Linfield for the 1st time.[2][3]

Group standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Result
1 Linfield (C) 10 8 1 1 21 6 3.500 17 Champions
2 Glentoran 10 6 2 2 20 6 3.333 14
3 Distillery 10 5 3 2 18 14 1.286 13
4 Belfast United 10 4 1 5 14 19 0.737 9
5 Cliftonville 10 2 0 8 6 18 0.333 4
6 Glenavon 10 1 1 8 6 22 0.273 3
Source: British Newspaper Archive
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away BEL CLI DIS GLA GLT LIN
Belfast United 1–2 0–1 2–1 1–5 0–1
Cliftonville 0–1 1–4 2–0 0–2 0–3
Distillery 1–2 3–0 2–2 1–1 3–2
Glenavon 1–5 2–1 0–1 0–1 0–3
Glentoran 0–0 4–0 3–1 4–1 0–1
Linfield 6–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–0
Source: Irish League Archive
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

  1. ^ "Irish League Archive, City Cup". Irish League Archive. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Belfast City Cup Competition". Ireland's Saturday Night. 2 March 1918. p. 3.
  3. ^ "Football - City Cup Competition". Belfast News Letter. 7 May 1918. p. 2.
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