1897–98 Belfast Charity Cup

Football tournament season

1897–98 Belfast Charity Cup
Tournament details
Country	Ireland
Teams	6
Defending champions	Cliftonville
Final positions
Champions	North Staffordshire Regiment (1st win)
Runner-up	Glentoran
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	18 (3 per match)
← 1896–97 1898–99 →

The 1897–98 Belfast Charity Cup was the 15th edition of the Belfast Charity Cup, a cup competition in Irish football.

North Staffordshire Regiment (a British Army team) won the tournament for the 1st time, defeating Glentoran 4–0 in the final.

Results

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Cliftonville	1–1	Belfast Celtic
North Staffordshire Regiment	2–0	Distillery
Glentoran	bye
Linfield	bye

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Cliftonville	3–1	Belfast Celtic

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Glentoran	2–1	Linfield
North Staffordshire Regiment	2–1	Cliftonville

23 April 1898

North Staffordshire Regiment	4–0	Glentoran
	Report

Solitude, BelfastReferee: Mr M. Barron

"Irish League Archive, County Antrim Shield". Irish League Archive. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
"City Of Belfast Charities Competition, Final Tie". Ireland's Saturday Night. 23 April 1898. p. 3.
"Belfast Charity Cup Results". Irish League Archive. Retrieved 9 April 2023.

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