1889–90 County Antrim Shield

1889–90 County Antrim Shield
Tournament details
Country	Ireland
Teams	12
Defending champions	Distillery
Final positions
Champions	not awarded
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Goals scored	80 (8 per match)
← 1888–89 1890–91 →

The 1889–90 County Antrim Shield was the 2nd edition of the County Antrim Shield, a cup competition in Irish football.^[1]

Linfield were leading Distillery 5–3 in the final with several minutes remaining when the match was abandoned due to unruly crowd behaviour. The County Antrim FA subsequently withheld the Shield. To date, this is the only year there has been no winner of the Country Antrim Shield in the competition's history.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Results

First round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Black Watch	10–1	Whiteabbey
Cliftonville	4–2	North End Athletics
Distillery	15–0	Clarence
Gordon Highlanders	6–3	Distillery Rovers
Linfield	7–0	Belfast Athletics
Oldpark	w/o	YMCA

Second round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Cliftonville	7–0	Oldpark
Gordon Highlanders	5–2	Black Watch
Distillery	bye
Linfield	bye

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Distillery	5–0	Cliftonville
Linfield	3–2	Gordon Highlanders

Final (abandoned)

22 March 1890

Linfield	A–A	Distillery
	Report

Ulster Cricket Ground, Belfast

Referee: Mr Elleman

References

^ "Irish League Archive, County Antrim Shield". Irish League Archive. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
^ "County Antrim Shield Final Tie, A Player's Leg Broken, Disgraceful Scenes Of Rowdyism". Northern Whig. 24 March 1890. p. 7.
^ "Today's Football, County Antrim Shield Final Tie, Distillery v Linfield". Ulster Echo. 22 March 1890. p. 3.
^ "County Antrim Shield Results". Irish League Archive. Retrieved 2 April 2023.

External links

Northern Ireland - List of County Antrim Shield Winners

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