1899–1900 Irish League

Irish League
Season	1899–1900
Champions	Celtic; 1st Irish title
Matches played	27
Goals scored	95 (3.52 per match)
	← 1898–99 1900–01 →

The 1899–1900 Irish League was the 10th edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Irish football.

The league comprised 6 teams, and Belfast Celtic won the championship.

Belfast

Belfast teams Celtic
Cliftonville
Distillery
Glentoran
Linfield
Royal Scots

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Location of teams in the 1899-1900 Irish League

1899–1900 Irish League is located in Greater Belfast

No home ground
Royal Scots

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Location of the Belfast-based teams in the 1899-1900 Irish League

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Result
1	Celtic (C)	9	6	1	2	19	11	1.727	13	Champions
=2	Linfield	9	4	4	1	21	10	2.100	12
=2	Distillery	10	4	4	2	17	13	1.308	12
4	Cliftonville	10	3	4	3	19	22	0.864	10
5	Royal Scots	7	2	1	4	10	17	0.588	5	Withdrew
6	Glentoran	9	0	2	7	9	22	0.409	2

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	CEL	CLI	DIS	GLT	LIN	RSC
Celtic		5–1	3–1	2–1	2–0	1–0
Cliftonville	0–0		3–1	4–1	0–4	2–2
Distillery	4–3	3–3		0–0	1–1	4–0
Glentoran	0–1	1–4	0–1		4–4	2–4
Linfield	4–2	1–1	0–0	2–0		5–0
Royal Scots	–^[a]	4–1	0–2	–^[a]	–^[a]

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

^ ^a ^b ^c Royal Scots were withdrew after seven games due to being deployed in the Second Boer War.

References

Northern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF)

[table_note_1_RSC_CEL0.86987233388697-1] Royal Scots were withdrew after seven games due to being deployed in the Second Boer War.

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