1905–06 City Cup

1905–06 City Cup

Tournament details
Country	Ireland
Date	30 September 1905 – 25 August 1906
Teams	6
Defending champions	Distillery
Final positions
Champions	Belfast Celtic (1st win)
Runners-up	Cliftonville
Tournament statistics
Matches played	33
Goals scored	74 (2.24 per match)

The 1905–06 City Cup was the 12th edition of the City Cup, a cup competition in Irish football.

The tournament was won by Belfast Celtic for the first time. They defeated Linfield and Cliftonville in separate test matches after all three teams finished level on points in the table.

Group standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Result
1	Belfast Celtic	10	5	2	3	13	12	1.083	12	Advance to test match round-robin
2	Cliftonville	10	5	2	3	11	6	1.833	12
3	Linfield	10	4	4	2	8	6	1.333	12
4	Distillery	10	4	2	4	7	9	0.778	10
5	Glentoran	10	2	5	3	18	16	1.125	9
6	Shelbourne	10	2	1	7	10	18	0.556	5

Source: Irish League Archive

Results

Group

Home \ Away	CEL	CLI	DIS	GLT	LIN	SHL
Belfast Celtic		1–0	1–2	3–2	0–0	3–2
Cliftonville	0–1		2–0	1–1	0–0	3–0
Distillery	1–0	1–0		2–2	0–0	0–2
Glentoran	2–2	1–2	0–1		4–1	3–1
Linfield	2–0	0–1	1–0	1–1		2–0
Shelbourne	1–2	1–2	1–0	2–2	0–1

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

Test match round-robin

As Belfast Celtic, Cliftonville and Linfield finished level on points, a round-robin was played. Belfast Celtic won both their matches and therefore won the tournament.

7 May 1906

Belfast Celtic	2–0	Linfield

Grosvenor Park, Belfast

12 May 1906

Belfast Celtic	2–0	Cliftonville

Solitude, Belfast

2nd/3rd place playoff

19 May 1906

Cliftonville	2–1	Linfield

Grosvenor Park, Belfast

External links

• Northern Ireland - List of City Cup Winners