1908–09 Irish League

Irish League
Season	1908–09
Champions	Linfield; 10th Irish title
Matches played	54
Goals scored	175 (3.24 per match)
	← 1907–08 1909–10 →

The 1908–09 Irish League was the 19th edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Irish football.

The league comprised 8 teams, and Linfield won the championship.

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 1908-09

1908–09 Irish League is located in Greater Belfast

Location of the Belfast-based teams in the Irish League 1908-09

Bohemians

Shelbourne

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Location of the Dublin-based teams in the Irish League 1908-09

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Result
1	Linfield (C)	14	10	1	3	27	13	2.077	21	Champions
2	Glentoran	14	8	3	3	29	22	1.318	19
3	Shelbourne	14	7	0	7	20	20	1.000	14
=4	Distillery	14	6	1	7	22	19	1.158	13
=4	Bohemians	12	6	1	5	27	24	1.125	13
=6	Belfast Celtic	13	4	2	7	21	32	0.656	10
=6	Cliftonville	13	4	2	7	17	19	0.895	10
8	Derry Celtic	14	4	0	10	12	26	0.462	8

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results

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

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

^ ^a ^b The matches Belfast Celtic–Bohemians and Cliftonville–Bohemians were not played.

References

Northern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF)

[table_note_1_CLI_BOH0.13048429141309-1] The matches Belfast Celtic–Bohemians and Cliftonville–Bohemians were not played.

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