1895–96 City Cup
Appearance
Tournament details | |
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Land | ![]() |
Teams | 4 |
Defending champions | Linfield |
Final positions | |
Champions | Linfield (2nd win) |
Runner-up | Distillery |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 14 |
Goals scored | 55 (3.93 per match) |
The 1895–96 City Cup was the second edition of the City Cup, a cup competition in Irish football.[1]
The tournament was won by Linfield for the second time and second consecutive year.[2][3] They defeated Distillery 2–1 in a test match replay after both teams finished level on points in the table, and after the first test match to decide the winner ended in a draw.[4][5]
Group standings
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
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1 | Linfield | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 1.500 | 10 |
2 | Distillery | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 2.400 | 10 |
3 | Glentoran | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 0.692 | 4 |
4 | Cliftonville | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 0.118 | 0 |
Source: Irish League Archive
Test match
[edit]Linfield | 1–1 | Distillery |
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McAllen ![]() |
Bericht | Peden ![]() |
Replay
[edit]Linfield | 2–1 | Distillery |
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Jordanien ![]() ? ![]() |
Bericht | Peden ![]() |
References
[edit]- ^ "Irish League Archive, City Cup". Irish League Archive. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
- ^ "City Cup Results". Irish League Archive. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
- ^ "City Cup Tables". Irish League Archive. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
- ^ "Pickings". Ulster Football and Cycling News. 22 May 1896. p. 12.
- ^ "Football, Linfield v. Distillery". Ireland's Saturday Night. 23 May 1896. p. 3.