1920–21 Irish League

Irish League
Season	1920–21
Champions	Glentoran; 6th Irish title
Matches played	20
Goals scored	54 (2.7 per match)
	← 1919–20 1921–22 →

Belfast

Glenavon

Belfast teams Belfast Celtic
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 the Belfast-based teams in the Irish League 1920-21

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 5 teams, and Glentoran won the championship.

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Although the Dublin-based teams that had competed the previous season had withdrawn from the league for this edition, this was the final season in which the Irish Football Association/Irish League had jurisdiction over the entire island of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.

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

Northern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF)

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