1905–06 Irish League

Irish League
Season	1905–06
Champions	Cliftonville (1st Irish title) ; Distillery (5th Irish title)
Matches played	56
Goals scored	139 (2.48 per match)
	← 1904–05 1906–07 →

The 1905–06 Irish League was the 16th edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Irish football.

The league comprised 8 teams, and Cliftonville and Distillery shared the championship after two drawn play-off matches.

Belfast

Dublin

Derry Celtic

Belfast teams Belfast Celtic
Cliftonville
Distillery
Glentoran
Linfield

Dublin teams Bohemians
Shelbourne

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Location of teams in the Irish League 1905-06

1905–06 Irish League is located in Greater Belfast

Location of the Belfast-based teams in the Irish League 1905-06

Bohemians

Shelbourne

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Location of the Dublin-based teams in the Irish League 1905-06

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Result
=1	Cliftonville (C)	14	7	5	2	19	8	2.375	19	Champions
=1	Distillery (C)	14	8	3	3	20	13	1.538	19	Champions
3	Linfield	14	7	3	4	21	14	1.500	17
4	Belfast Celtic	14	6	3	5	20	18	1.111	15
=5	Bohemians	14	5	2	7	17	20	0.850	12
=5	Shelbourne	14	5	2	7	16	18	0.889	12
7	Derry Celtic	14	4	3	7	13	22	0.591	11
8	Glentoran	14	2	3	9	13	26	0.500	7

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	BCE	BOH	CLI	DCE	DIS	GLT	LIN	SHE
Belfast Celtic		2–1	1–1	3–1	2–2	3–0	1–3	2–3
Bohemians	1–2		2–0	1–1	1–2	3–2	1–0	2–0
Cliftonville	1–0	3–0		2–0	0–1	5–1	2–2	1–0
Derry Celti	0–1	0–4	0–0		1–0	3–1	3–1	3–0
Distillery	1–0	3–1	0–0	5–1		1–0	2–2	1–0
Glentoran	1–2	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–2		1–2	3–2
Linfield	0–0	3–0	0–1	3–0	2–0	1–0		1–0
Shelbourne	3–1	2–0	0–2	0–0	2–0	1–1	3–1

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

Test matches

26 May 1906, Cliftonville 0–0 Distillery (Windsor Park, Belfast)^[1]
30 May 1906, Cliftonville 2–2 Distillery (Grosvenor Park, Belfast)^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "Irish League Tables by Season". Retrieved 27 May 2024.

Northern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF)

[:0-1] "Irish League Tables by Season". Retrieved 27 May 2024.

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