1921–22 Irish League

Irish League
Season	1921–22
Dates	3 September 1921 –; 30 November 1921
Champions	Linfield; 13th Irish title
Matches played	30
Goals scored	73 (2.43 per match)
Biggest home win	Linfield 4–0 Distillery
Biggest away win	Cliftonville 0–2 Distillery; Cliftonville 0–2 Glentoran; Glenavon 1–3 Linfield; Queen's Island 2–4 Distillery; Queen's Island 0–2 Glentoran; Queen's Island 1–3 Linfield
Highest scoring	Queen's Island 2–4 Distillery
	← 1920–21 1922–23 →

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 six teams, and Linfield won the championship for the 13th time.

Season summary

The league expanded from the previous season to six teams, with the addition of Queen's Island. Queen's, who were only formed in 1920 and had won the Irish Intermediate Cup the previous season, were the only successful applicants elected by the league, while the applications of Belfast United and Willowfields were rejected at the Irish Football Association Annual General Meeting held on 27 May 1921.^[1]

Bohemians, Shelbourne and Belfast Celtic all indicated an intention to also play in the league for the upcoming season,^[1] however on 8 June 1921 the Leinster Football Association (to whom Bohemians and Shelbourne were affiliated) voted to definitively sever its ties with Irish Football Association, with the League of Ireland subsequently being formed.^[2] Belfast Celtic, who were not under the jurisdiction of the Leinster Football Association, did not join the League of Ireland and eventually began competing again in Irish Football Association competitions in the 1924–25 season.^[3]

Teams and locations

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 /
Queen's Island

Linfield

No home ground
Distillery

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Location of Belfast teams in the 1921–22 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
Queen's Island	Belfast	The Oval

League standings

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

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

^ ^a ^b "Association Football, Annual Meeting of the Irish League". Northern Whig. 28 May 1921. p. 3.
^ Neal Garnham (2004). Association Football and society in pre-partition Ireland.
^ Alex Graham (2005). Football in Northern Ireland: A Statistical Record 1881-2005. p. 42.

External links

Northern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF)

[AGM-1] "Association Football, Annual Meeting of the Irish League". Northern Whig. 28 May 1921. p. 3.

[2] Neal Garnham (2004). Association Football and society in pre-partition Ireland.

[Graham-3] Alex Graham (2005). Football in Northern Ireland: A Statistical Record 1881-2005. p. 42.

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