1905–06 City Cup

1905–06 City Cup
Tournament details
CountryIreland
Date30 September 1905 –
25 August 1906
Teams6
Defending championsDistillery
Final positions
ChampionsBelfast Celtic (1st win)
Runners-upCliftonville
Tournament statistics
Matches played33
Goals scored74 (2.24 per match)

The 1905–06 City Cup was the 12th edition of the City Cup, a cup competition in Irish football.[1]

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.[2][3]

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

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.

2nd/3rd place playoff

References

  1. ^ "Irish League Archive, City Cup". Irish League Archive. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  2. ^ "City Cup Results". Irish League Archive. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  3. ^ "City Cup Tables". Irish League Archive. Retrieved 19 March 2023.