1916–17 Belfast & District League

Irish League
Season	1916–17
Champions	Glentoran
	← 1915–16 1917–18 →

The Irish League in season 1916–17 was suspended due to the First World War. A Belfast & District League was played instead by 6 teams, and Glentoran won the championship.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Result
1	Glentoran (C)	10	7	3	0	28	16	1.750	17	Champions
2	Distillery	10	5	4	1	23	14	1.643	14
3	Linfield	10	5	3	2	19	12	1.583	13
4	Cliftonville	10	3	3	4	9	10	0.900	9
5	Glenavon	10	1	2	7	13	28	0.464	4
6	Belfast United	10	0	3	7	7	19	0.368	3

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results

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

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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