1891–92 Irish League

The 1891–92 Irish League was the 2nd edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Irish football.

Irish League

Season	1891–92
Champions	Linfield 2nd Irish title
Matches played	70
Goals scored	430 (6.14 per match)
Top goalscorer	Tim Morrison (21)
← 1890–91 1892–93 →

The league comprised 10 teams, and Linfield won the championship.

Belfast

Ligoniel

Milltown

Belfast teams
Cliftonville
Distillery
Glentoran
Lancashire Fusiliers
Linfield
Oldpark
Ulster
YMCA

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Location of teams in the 1891-92 Irish League

Cliftonville

Distillery

Linfield

Glentoran

Oldpark

Ulster

YMCA

No home ground
Lancashire Fusiliers

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Location of the Belfast-based teams in the 1891-92 Irish League

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Result
1	Linfield (C)	17	15	1	1	106	14	7.571	31	Champions
2	Lancashire Fusiliers	16	11	2	3	56	29	1.931	24
3	Ulster	16	12	0	4	61	34	1.794	24	Withdrew
4	Glentoran	16	9	3	4	81	41	1.976	21
5	Cliftonville	16	5	4	7	31	39	0.795	14
6	Distillery	10	7	0	3	40	17	2.353	12^[a]
7	Milltown	16	4	0	12	12	77	0.156	8	Withdrew
8	Ligoniel	16	3	1	12	24	72	0.333	7
9	Oldpark	16	2	0	14	11	73	0.151	4
10	YMCA	9	0	1	8	14	40	0.350	1

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. 2 points deducted

Results

Home \ Away	CLI	DIS	GLT	LAN	LIG	LIN	MIL	OLD	ULS	YMC
Cliftonville		–^[a]	1–1	1–3	4–1	0–5	8–0	7–1	0–3	3–3
Distillery	3–1		–^[a]	–^[b]	5–0	2–1	–^[a]	7–0	5–3	–^[a]
Glentoran	4–4	4–3		2–3	3–1	1–7	11–0	15–1	6–5	–^[a]
Lancashire Fusiliers	1–0	–^[c]	1–1		13–2	2–6	4–0	–^[d]	2–5	4–3^[a]
Ligoniel	2–2^[c]	–^[a]	0–9	1–5		3–8	4–0	–^[d]	2–4	–^[a]
Linfield	8–0	6–1	8–0	0–0	7–1		14–0	9–0	8–1	–^[a]
Milltown	–^[b]	0–4	0–9	0–8	7–3	1–3		–^[d]	0–4	3–2
Oldpark	–^[b]	–	0–7	3–10	3–0	1–7	–^[b]		2–9	–^[d]
Ulster	4–0	–^[a]	7–0	5–0	–^[d]	1–5	3–1	2–0		5–2
YMCA	–^[a]	2–10	0–7	–	2–4	0–4	–^[a]	–^[a]	–^[a]

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

1. Match not played, no rating.
2. Match rated as goalless away win.
3. The matches Lancashire Fusiliers–Distillery and Ligoniel–Cliftonville were not played, but all teams got a point with 0:0 goals.
4. Match rated as goalless home win.

References

• Northern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF)

External links

• Irish League Archive Website