1904–05 Irish League

Irish League
Season	1904–05
Champions	Glentoran; 3rd Irish title
Matches played	56
Goals scored	136 (2.43 per match)
	← 1903–04 1905–06 →

The 1904–05 Irish League was the 15th edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Irish football.

The league comprised 8 teams, and Glentoran won the championship after winning a play-off with Belfast Celtic by a score of 3–1.

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 1904-11

1904–05 Irish League is located in Greater Belfast

Location of the Belfast-based teams in the Irish League 1904-05

Bohemians

Shelbourne

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Location of the Dublin-based teams in the Irish League 1904-05

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Result
1	Glentoran (C)	14	9	3	2	22	12	1.833	21	Champions
2	Belfast Celtic	14	9	3	2	21	10	2.100	21
3	Linfield	14	6	4	4	18	12	1.500	16
4	Distillery	14	6	3	5	16	11	1.455	15
=5	Cliftonville	14	6	1	7	17	17	1.000	13
=5	Shelbourne	14	5	3	6	15	17	0.882	13
7	Derry Celtic	14	1	5	8	12	31	0.387	7
8	Bohemians	14	2	2	10	15	26	0.577	6

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results

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

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

Test match

1 April 1905, Glentoran 3–1 Belfast Celtic (Grosvenor Park, Belfast)^[1]

References

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

Northern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF)

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

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