1921–22 Irish League

Irish League
Season	1921–22
Champions	Linfield; 13th Irish title
Matches played	30
Goals scored	73 (2.43 per match)
	← 1920–21 1922–23 →

Belfast

Glenavon

Belfast teams : Cliftonville
Distillery
Glentoran
Linfield
Queen's Island

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Location of teams in the 1921–22 Irish League

1921–22 Irish League is located in Greater Belfast

Cliftonville

Glentoran and Queen's Island

Linfield

No home ground
Distillery

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Location of the Belfast-based teams in the Irish League 1921-22

The 1921–22 Irish League was the 28th edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Northern Irish football, and was the first edition in which only teams from Northern Ireland could enter. The league comprised 6 teams, and Linfield won the championship.

League standings[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Result
1	Linfield (C)	10	7	3	0	18	6	3.000	17	Champions
2	Glentoran	10	5	3	2	14	7	2.000	13
3	Distillery	10	5	1	4	18	17	1.059	11
4	Glenavon	10	3	2	5	11	14	0.786	8
5	Queen's Island	10	3	2	5	9	16	0.563	8
6	Cliftonville	10	1	1	8	3	13	0.231	3

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results[edit]

Home \ Away	CLI	DIS	GLV	GLT	LIN	QIS
Cliftonville		0–2	2–1	0–2	0–1	0–1
Distillery	1–0		2–1	2–2	2–3	3–0
Glenavon	1–0	2–1		1–1	1–3	2–1
Glentoran	3–1	3–1	1–0		0–0	0–1
Linfield	1–0	4–0	1–1	1–0		1–1
Queen's Island	0–0	2–4	2–1	0–2	1–3

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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