1906–07 Irish League

Irish League
Season	1906–07
Dates	1 September 1906 –; 15 May 1907
Champions	Linfield; 8th Irish title
Matches played	56
Goals scored	168 (3 per match)
Biggest home win	Linfield 7–0 Shelbourne
Biggest away win	Derry Celtic 0–4 Bohemians
Highest scoring	Distillery 6–3 Belfast Celtic
	← 1905–06 1907–08 →

The 1906–07 Irish League was the 17th edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Irish football.

The league comprised eight teams, and Linfield won the championship for the 8th time.^[1]

Teams and locations

Belfast

Dublin

Derry Celtic

Belfast teams
Belfast Celtic
Cliftonville
Distillery
Glentoran
Linfield

Dublin teams
Bohemians
Shelbourne

Location of teams in the 1906–07 Irish League season

Location of Belfast teams in the 1906–07 Irish League season

Bohemians

Shelbourne

Location of Dublin teams in the 1906–07 Irish League

Team	Town	Home Ground
Belfast Celtic	Belfast	Celtic Park
Bohemians	Dublin	Dalymount Park
Cliftonville	Belfast	Solitude
Derry Celtic	Derry	Brandywell
Distillery	Belfast	Grosvenor Park
Glentoran	Belfast	The Oval
Linfield	Belfast	Windsor Park
Shelbourne	Dublin	Sandymount Road

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Result
1	Linfield (C)	14	10	3	1	30	9	3.333	23	Champions
2	Shelbourne	14	8	3	3	27	21	1.286	19
3	Distillery	14	6	4	4	27	22	1.227	16
4	Cliftonville	14	4	6	4	18	16	1.125	14
5	Bohemians	14	4	5	5	19	22	0.864	13
6	Belfast Celtic	14	4	3	7	18	25	0.720	11
7	Glentoran	14	2	5	7	18	25	0.720	9
8	Derry Celtic	14	2	3	9	11	28	0.393	7

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	BCE	BOH	CLI	DCE	DIS	GLT	LIN	SHE
Belfast Celtic		0–2	0–1	1–0	3–1	4–2	0–1	1–2
Bohemians	2–3		1–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–4	1–3
Cliftonville	0–0	2–2		5–1	2–1	2–1	0–1	1–1
Derry Celtic	1–1	0–4	1–1		1–2	3–1	2–3	1–0
Distillery	6–3	0–0	3–1	2–0		3–2	2–1	2–2
Glentoran	3–0	1–2	1–1	2–0	1–1		0–2	2–2
Linfield	1–1	3–0	1–1	3–0	1–0	1–1		7–0
Shelbourne	3–1	3–0	2–1	2–0	4–3	3–0	0–1

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

References

^ Alex Graham (2005). Football in Northern Ireland: A Statistical Record 1881-2005. p. 25.

External links

Northern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF)

[Graham-1] Alex Graham (2005). Football in Northern Ireland: A Statistical Record 1881-2005. p. 25.

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NIFL Premiership seasons
Irish League	1890–91 1891–92 1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–00 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03
Irish Premier League	2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08
IFA Premiership	2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13
NIFL Premiership	2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Belfast & District League (wartime)	1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19
Northern Regional League (wartime)	1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47

1906–07 in Irish football
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Domestic leagues
Domestic cups	Irish Cup City Cup County Antrim Shield Belfast Charity Cup
Related to national team	British Home Championship

1906–07 in European football
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Domestic leagues	Belgium Denmark England Germany Greece Hungary Italy Netherlands Scotland Switzerland
Domestic cups	England Netherlands Ireland Norway '06 '07 Scotland Spain '06 '07 Sweden '06 '07 Wales