1917–18 Belfast & District League

The Irish League in season 1917–18 was suspended due to the First World War. A Belfast & District League was played instead by 6 teams, and Linfield won the championship.^[1]

Belfast & District League

Season	1917–18
Dates	8 September 1917 – 17 November 1917
Champions	Linfield
Matches played	30
Goals scored	87 (2.9 per match)
Biggest home win	Linfield 7–0 Glenavon
Biggest away win	Cliftonville 0–4 Glentoran
Highest scoring	Linfield 7–0 Glenavon
← 1916–17 1918–19 →

Teams and locations

Belfast United

Cliftonville

Distillery

Glentoran

Linfield

No home ground
Glenavon

Location of Belfast teams in the 1917–18 Belfast & District League season; all matches were played in Belfast

Team	Town	Home Ground
Belfast United	Belfast	Ballynafeigh
Cliftonville	Belfast	Solitude
Distillery	Belfast	Grosvenor Park
Glenavon	No home ground
Glentoran	Belfast	The Oval
Linfield	Belfast	Windsor Park

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Result
1	Linfield (C)	10	8	2	0	30	5	6.000	18	Champions
2	Glentoran	10	7	2	1	18	5	3.600	16
3	Distillery	10	4	2	4	14	14	1.000	10
4	Cliftonville	10	1	4	5	9	16	0.563	6
5	Belfast United	10	2	2	6	11	17	0.647	6
6	Glenavon	10	2	0	8	5	30	0.167	4

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	BEL	CLI	DIS	GLV	GLT	LIN
Belfast United		1–1	1–0	4–1	1–3	0–1
Cliftonville	1–1		0–0	3–0	0–4	1–3
Distillery	3–2	3–2		5–0	0–2	2–2
Glenavon	1–0	1–0	0–1		1–4	2–0
Glentoran	2–1	0–0	2–0	1–0		0–0
Linfield	4–0	3–1	3–0	7–0	2–0

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