1920–21 Irish League

The 1920–21 Irish League was the 27th edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Irish football.

The league comprised five teams, and Glentoran won the championship for the 6th time.

Season summary

Although the Dublin-based teams that had competed the previous season had withdrawn from the league for this edition, this was the final season in which the Irish Football Association/Irish League had jurisdiction over the entire island of Ireland. The partition of Ireland process began in May 1921, and the League of Ireland was subsequently founded as an equivalent league competition for teams in Southern Ireland (present-day Republic of Ireland) for the following season. The Irish League continued as the highest level of league competition solely for teams based in Northern Ireland.^[1]

Teams and locations

Belfast

Glenavon

Belfast teams
Cliftonville
Distillery
Glentoran
Linfield

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Location of teams in the 1920–21 Irish League

1920–21 Irish League is located in Greater Belfast

Cliftonville

Glentoran

Linfield

No home ground
Distillery

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Location of Belfast teams in the 1920–21 Irish League

Team	Town	Home Ground
Cliftonville	Belfast	Solitude
Distillery	No home ground
Glenavon	Lurgan	Mourneview Park
Glentoran	Belfast	The Oval
Linfield	Belfast	Windsor Park

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Result
1	Glentoran (C)	8	7	0	1	20	6	3.333	14	Champions
2	Glenavon	8	5	2	1	14	8	1.750	12
3	Linfield	8	3	3	2	8	6	1.333	9
4	Cliftonville	8	1	1	6	5	15	0.333	3
5	Distillery	8	1	0	7	7	19	0.368	2

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	CLI	DIS	GLV	GLT	LIN
Cliftonville		4–1	0–2	0–2	0–0
Distillery	2–0		0–1	0–3	0–1
Glenavon	3–0	4–3		3–1	0–0
Glentoran	2–0	5–1	3–0		1–0
Linfield	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–3

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

References

^ Alex Graham (2005). Football in Northern Ireland: A Statistical Record 1881-2005. p. 38–39.

External links

Northern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF)

[Graham-1] Alex Graham (2005). Football in Northern Ireland: A Statistical Record 1881-2005. p. 38–39.

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1920–21 in Irish football
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Domestic leagues	Irish League
Domestic cups	Irish Cup Gold Cup City Cup County Antrim Shield Belfast Charity Cup
Related to national team	British Home Championship

1920–21 in European football
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Domestic leagues	Austria Belgium Denmark England Estonia Germany Hungary Iceland '20 '21 Ireland Italy Latvia Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Poland '20 '21 Romania Scotland Sweden Switzerland
Domestic cups	Austria England France Hungary Ireland Netherlands Norway '20 '21 Scotland Spain '20 '21 Sweden '20 '21 Wales