1898–99 County Antrim Shield

Football tournament season

1898–99 County Antrim Shield
Tournament details
Country	Ireland
Teams	8
Defending champions	Cliftonville
Final positions
Champions	Linfield (1st win)
Runner-up	Linfield Swifts
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	53 (3.31 per match)
← 1897–98 1899–1900 →

The 1898–99 County Antrim Shield was the 11th edition of the County Antrim Shield, a cup competition in Irish football.

Linfield won the tournament for the 1st time, defeating Linfield Swifts (Linfield's reserve team) 4–0 in the final replay after the original final ended in a 1–1 draw.

Results

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Cliftonville	2–2	North Staffordshire Regiment
Distillery	2–2	Belfast Celtic
Glentoran	0–3	Linfield
Linfield Swifts	5–0	Belfast Celtic II

Replays

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Belfast Celtic	1–1	Distillery
North Staffordshire Regiment	4–4	Cliftonville

Second replays

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Cliftonville	3–1	North Staffordshire Regiment
Distillery	3–1	Belfast Celtic

The match was ordered to be replayed after a protest.

Third replay

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Distillery	1–0	Belfast Celtic

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Linfield	1–1	Distillery
Linfield Swifts	2–1	Cliftonville

Replay

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Linfield	2–1	Distillery

The match was ordered to be replayed after a protest.

Second replay

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Distillery	2–1	Linfield

The match was ordered to be replayed after a protest.

Third replay

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Linfield	1–0	Distillery

Final

24 April 1899

Linfield	1–1	Linfield Swifts
McAllen	Report	Dougan

Solitude, BelfastAttendance: 2,000

Replay

2 May 189918:30 GMT

Linfield	4–0	Linfield Swifts
	Report

Solitude, BelfastAttendance: 800Referee: Jim Torrans

References

"Irish League Archive, County Antrim Shield". Irish League Archive. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
"Football, County Antrim Shield Final Tie, Linfield Swifts v Linfield". Belfast Telegraph. 3 May 1899. p. 3.
"Football, County Antrim Shield Final". Northern Whig. 25 April 1899. p. 7.
"County Antrim Shield Results". Irish League Archive. Retrieved 5 April 2023.

External links

Northern Ireland - List of County Antrim Shield Winners

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County Antrim Centenary Chalice

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