- City Cup (Northern Ireland)
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The City Cup is a now-defunct cup competition which involved competitors from Northern Ireland. It was run by the Irish Football Association. It had previously been known as the Dunville Cup and ceased to exist in 1976. The old City Cup trophy is now used for the Irish League Cup.
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Participating teams
The City Cup began as a competition for Belfast clubs only (although, until 1900 the League consisted only of Belfast clubs). From 1905-11, however, Dublin club Shelbourne also participated. In the 1911-12 season, all eight Irish League clubs participated (Derry Celtic and Glenavon joining the five Belfast teams and Shelbourne). In the 1912-13 season, when the League expanded to ten clubs, only seven participated (the five Belfast teams plus Glenavon and Shelbourne. From 1913 until its demise in 1976, all clubs who were members of the Irish League competed for the City Cup (excluding the war years).
During 1915-19, the City Cup was known as the Belfast City Cup and reverted to being a Belfast-only competition and is not recognised as an "official" competition for this period; and during 1940-47, it was not played at all.
Format
The format for the City Cup varied throughout its history, but most commonly it was organised on a league basis, by which each participating club played each other and the team with the most points won the cup.
The format over the years was as follows:
Years No. of seasons Format 1894-1915, 1919-1940 and 1947-1969
64 league 1969-1970 1 group system plus final 1970-1971 1 league 1971-1976 5 group system plus final Winners
Season Winner 1894/95 Linfield 1895/96 Linfield 1896/97 Glentoran 1897/98 Linfield 1898/99 Glentoran 1899/1900 Linfield 1900/01 Linfield 1901/02 Linfield 1902/03 Linfield 1903/04 Linfield 1904/05 Distillery 1905/06 Belfast Celtic 1906/07 Belfast Celtic 1907/08 Linfield 1908/09 Shelbourne 1909/10 Linfield 1910/11 Glentoran 1911/12 Glentoran 1912/13 Distillery 1913/14 Glentoran 1914/15 Glentoran 1915/19 not played 1919/20 Linfield 1920/21 Glenavon 1921/22 Linfield 1922/23 Queen’s Island 1923/24 Queen’s Island 1924/25 Queen’s Island 1925/26 Belfast Celtic 1926/27 Linfield 1927/28 Belfast Celtic 1928/29 Linfield 1929/30 Belfast Celtic 1930/31 Belfast Celtic 1931/32 Glentoran 1932/33 Belfast Celtic 1933/34 Distillery 1934/35 Derry City 1935/36 Linfield 1936/37 Derry City 1937/38 Linfield 1938/39 Portadown 1939/40 Belfast Celtic 1940/47 not played 1947/48 Belfast Celtic 1948/49 Belfast Celtic 1949/50 Linfield 1950/51 Glentoran 1951/52 Linfield 1952/53 Glentoran 1953/54 Coleraine 1954/55 Glenavon 1955/56 Glenavon 1956/57 Glentoran 1957/58 Linfield 1958/59 Linfield 1959/60 Distillery 1960/61 Glenavon 1961/62 Linfield 1962/63 Distillery 1963/64 Linfield 1964/65 Glentoran 1965/66 Glenavon 1966/67 Glentoran 1967/68 Linfield 1968/69 Coleraine 1969/70 Glentoran 1970/71 Bangor 1971/72 Ballymena United 1972/73 Glentoran 1973/74 Linfield 1974/75 Glentoran 1975/76 Bangor Performance by club
Club Winners Linfield 24 Glentoran 16 Belfast Celtic 10 Distillery 5 Glenavon 5 Queen’s Island 3 Bangor 2 Coleraine 2 Derry City 2 Ballymena United 1 Portadown 1 Shelbourne 1 Categories:- Defunct football cup competitions in Northern Ireland
- Football cup competitions in Northern Ireland
- Defunct All-Ireland soccer competitions
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