1896–97 Irish League

Football league season

Irish LeagueSeason| 1896–97

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Champions| Glentoran
2nd Irish title
Matches played| 30
Goals scored| 125 (4.17 per match)
Top goalscorer| Johnny Darling
Richard Peden
(6 goals each)

← 1895–96

1897–98 →

The 1896–97 Irish League was the 7th edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Irish football.

The league comprised 6 teams, and Glentoran won the championship.

Belfast

Belfast teams Celtic
Cliftonville
Distillery
Glentoran
Linfield
North Staffordshire Regiment

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Location of teams in the 1896-97 Irish League

Cliftonville

Distillery

Glentoran

Linfield

No home ground
Celtic
North Staffordshire Regiment

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Location of the Belfast-based teams in the 1896-97 Irish League

## League standings[edit]

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Result

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1  | Glentoran (C) | 10  | 8  | 1  | 1  | 24  | 10  | 2.400  | 17  | Champions
=2  | Linfield | 10  | 4  | 3  | 3  | 34  | 24  | 1.417  | 11  |
=2  | Cliftonville | 10  | 4  | 3  | 3  | 22  | 20  | 1.100  | 11
4  | Distillery | 10  | 3  | 3  | 4  | 17  | 23  | 0.739  | 9
5  | North Staffordshire Regiment | 10  | 2  | 4  | 4  | 17  | 23  | 0.739  | 8
6  | Celtic | 10  | 1  | 2  | 7  | 11  | 25  | 0.440  | 4

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

## Results[edit]

Home \ Away  | CEL | CLI | DIS | GLT | LIN | NSR

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Celtic |  | 1–3  | 2–1  | 1–3  | 3–3  | 1–1
Cliftonville | 3–1  |  | 2–3  | 1–3  | 1–1  | 2–2
Distillery | 2–0  | 2–2  |  | 2–0  | 0–6  | 1–1
Glentoran | 2–0  | 3–2  | 2–1  |  | 1–0  | 6–0
Linfield | 4–2  | 3–4  | 7–4  | 2–2  |  | 7–1
North Staffordshire | 3–0  | 1–2  | 1–1  | 1–2  | 6–1  |

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

## References[edit]

* Northern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF)

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