1896–97 Irish League

The Irish League in season 1896–97 comprised 6 teams, and Glentoran won the championship.

Location of teams in the 1896-97 Irish League
Location of the Belfast-based teams in the 1896-97 Irish League
Irish League
Season1896–97
ChampionsGlentoran
2nd Irish title
Matches played30
Goals scored125 (4.17 per match)
Top goalscorerJohnny Darling
Richard Peden
(6 goals each)

League standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Result
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) Champion

Results
Home \ Away CEL CLI DIS GLT LIN NSR
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:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References
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