1919–20 Irish League

Irish League
Season	1919–20
Champions	Belfast Celtic ; 3rd Irish title
Matches played	56
Goals scored	145 (2.59 per match)
	← 1914–15 (Official); 1918–19 (Unofficial) 1920–21 →

Belfast

Dublin

Glenavon

Belfast teams Belfast Celtic
Cliftonville
Distillery
Glentoran
Linfield

Dublin teams Bohemians
Shelbourne

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Location of teams in the Irish League 1919-20

1919–20 Irish League is located in Greater Belfast

Location of the Belfast-based teams in the Irish League 1919-20

Bohemians

Shelbourne

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Location of the Dublin-based teams in the Irish League 1919-20

The 1919–20 Irish League was the 26th edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Irish football. The league comprised eight teams and Belfast Celtic won the championship.

Summary

The league championship resumed after a four-year suspension due to the First World War; during the war teams had competed locally in the Belfast & District League (between 1915–16 and 1918–19) or the Leinster Senior League.

Due to the political upheaval resulting from the Irish War of Independence, Belfast Celtic, Shelbourne and Bohemians all withdrew from the league with the conclusion of this season. Shelbourne and Bohemians later joined the new League of Ireland while Belfast Celtic would return to the Irish League in 1924-25.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Result
1	Belfast Celtic (C)	14	10	3	1	27	6	4.500	23	Champions, Withdrew
2	Distillery	14	7	6	1	26	9	2.889	20
3	Glentoran	14	8	3	3	29	10	2.900	19
4	Shelbourne	14	3	7	4	16	21	0.762	13	Withdrew to 1921–22 League of Ireland
5	Linfield	14	4	4	6	8	11	0.727	12
6	Glenavon	14	3	4	7	21	28	0.750	10
7	Cliftonville	14	2	5	7	11	22	0.500	9
8	Bohemians	14	2	2	10	7	38	0.184	6	Withdrew to 1921–22 League of Ireland

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	BCE	BOH	CLI	DIS	GLV	GLT	LIN	SHE
Belfast Celtic		5–0	4–0	0–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	1–0
Bohemians	0–4		1–0	0–2	0–4	2–2	0–1	1–3
Cliftonville	1–2	2–0		0–1	0–4	0–0	0–0	2–2
Distillery	0–0	4–1	0–0		0–0	2–2	1–0	7–3
Glenavon	1–2	5–1	2–3	1–7		1–3	0–0	0–0
Glentoran	2–0	6–0	3–1	1–0	4–0		2–0	4–0
Linfield	1–3	0–1	1–1	1–2	2–0	1–0		1–0
Shelbourne	1–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	3–3	2–0	0–0

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

References

Northern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF)

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