Football tournament
The Belfast Charity Cup was a football competition which ran from 1883 to 1941, and was based on a similar tournament in Scotland , the Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup . The competition was open to senior sides from Belfast and invited intermediate teams.[ 1]
The last tournament was played in 1940. The following year, instead of the tournament being played, the holders Belfast Celtic played a representative match against players with cross-channel experience. The representative team won 3-1.[ 2]
List of finals
1889–90 Belfast Charity Cup Final, Black Watch 5–2 Gordon Highlanders, Ulster Football and Cycling News, 2 May 1890
Key:
Scores level after 90 minutes. A replay was required.
(a.e.t. )
Scores level after extra time . A replay was required.
(a.e.t. )
Scores level after 90 minutes. Winner was decided in extra time with no penalty shootout required.
†
Scores level after 90 minutes. Trophy was shared.
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Season
Winner (number of titles)
Score
Runner-up
Venue
1
1883–84
Cliftonville (1)
2 – 0
Distillery
Ulster Cricket Ground , Belfast
2
1884–85
Oldpark (1)
1 – 0
Cliftonville
Ulster Cricket Ground , Belfast
3
1885–86
Cliftonville (2)
5 – 1
Glentoran
Ulster Cricket Ground , Belfast
4
1886–87
Cliftonville (3)
3 – 2
YMCA
Ulster Cricket Ground , Belfast
5
1887–88
Cliftonville (4)
3 – 2
Linfield Athletic
Ulster Cricket Ground , Belfast
6
1888–89
Cliftonville (5)
4 – 2
Distillery
Solitude , Belfast
7
1889–90
Black Watch (1)
5 – 2
Gordon Highlanders
Ulster Cricket Ground , Belfast
8
1890–91
Linfield (1)
7 – 1
Ulster
Solitude , Belfast
9
1891–92
Linfield (2)
1 – 0
Distillery
Solitude , Belfast
10
1892–93
Linfield (3)
3 – 2
Distillery
Solitude , Belfast
11
1893–94
Linfield (4)
3 – 0
Glentoran
Solitude , Belfast
12
1894–95
Linfield (5)
3 – 1
Cliftonville
Solitude , Belfast
13
1895–96
Glentoran (1)
1 – 0
Cliftonville
Solitude , Belfast
14
1896–97
Cliftonville (6)
1 – 1
Distillery
Solitude , Belfast
Replay
6 – 2
Solitude , Belfast
15
1897–98
North Staffordshire Regiment (1)
4 – 0
Glentoran
Solitude , Belfast
16
1898–99
Linfield (6)
2 – 1
Distillery
Solitude , Belfast
17
1899–1900
Distillery (1)
5 – 0
Linfield
Solitude , Belfast
18
1900–01
Linfield (7)
4 – 1
Distillery
Solitude , Belfast
19
1901–02
Glentoran (3)
2 – 0
Linfield
Solitude , Belfast
20
1902–03
Linfield (8)
2 – 0
Glentoran
Solitude , Belfast
21
1903–04
Belfast Celtic (1)
1 – 0
Glentoran
Solitude , Belfast
22
1904–05
Linfield (9)
2 – 0
Glentoran
Solitude , Belfast
23
1905–06
Cliftonville (6)
1 – 1 (a.e.t. )
Distillery
Solitude , Belfast
Replay
2 – 0
Grosvenor Park , Belfast
24
1906–07
Glentoran (4)
2 – 0
Linfield
Solitude , Belfast
25
1907–08
Cliftonville (7)
3 – 1
Linfield
Grosvenor Park , Belfast
26
1908–09
Cliftonville (8)
0 – 0
Distillery
Solitude , Belfast
Replay
2 – 0
Grosvenor Park , Belfast
27
1909–10
Belfast Celtic (2)
2 – 2 (a.e.t. )
Distillery
Solitude , Belfast
Replay
2 – 1
Grosvenor Park , Belfast
28
1910–11
Glentoran
4 – 2
Belfast Celtic
Solitude , Belfast
29
1911–12
Belfast Celtic
3 – 0
Distillery
Solitude , Belfast
30
1912–13
Linfield
3 – 1
Belfast Celtic
Solitude , Belfast
31
1913–14
Linfield
1 – 0
Glentoran
Solitude , Belfast
32
1914–15
Linfield
1 – 0
Belfast Celtic
Grosvenor Park , Belfast
33
1915–16
Distillery
1 – 0
Linfield
Solitude , Belfast
34
1916–17
Linfield
1 – 0
Glentoran
Solitude , Belfast
35
1917–18
Linfield
1 – 0
Glentoran
Solitude , Belfast
36
1918–19
Linfield
1 – 0
Glentoran
Solitude , Belfast
37
1919–20
Belfast Celtic
3 – 0
Distillery
Solitude , Belfast
38
1920–21
Distillery
2 – 0
Glentoran
Solitude , Belfast
39
1921–22
Linfield
3 – 0
Cliftonville Olympic
Solitude , Belfast
40
1922–23
Glentoran
2 – 1
Crusaders
Solitude , Belfast
41
1923–24
Cliftonville
1 – 0 (a.e.t. )
Barn
Solitude , Belfast
42
1924–25
Glentoran
2 – 1
Belfast Celtic
Solitude , Belfast
43
1925–26
Belfast Celtic Glentoran
1 – 1†
—
Solitude , Belfast
44
1926–27
Linfield
5 – 2
Glentoran
Solitude , Belfast
45
1927–28
Linfield
4 – 0
Belfast Celtic
Solitude , Belfast
46
1928–29
Distillery Glentoran
3 – 3†
—
Solitude , Belfast
47
1929–30
Linfield
2 – 0
Belfast Celtic
Solitude , Belfast
48
1930–31
Distillery
4 – 2
Belfast Celtic
Grosvenor Park , Belfast
49
1931–32
Belfast Celtic
2 – 0
Linfield
Solitude , Belfast
50
1932–33
Linfield
3 – 0
Distillery
Solitude , Belfast
51
1933–34
Linfield
4 – 1
Distillery
Solitude , Belfast
52
1934–35
Linfield
1 – 1
Belfast Celtic
Solitude , Belfast
Replay
2 – 1
Solitude , Belfast
53
1935–36
Belfast Celtic Linfield
2 – 2†
—
Solitude , Belfast
54
1936–37
Belfast Celtic
1 – 0
Distillery
Solitude , Belfast
55
1937–38
Linfield
3 – 1
Glentoran
Solitude , Belfast
56
1938–39
Belfast Celtic
1 – 0
Linfield
Solitude , Belfast
57
1939–40
Belfast Celtic
3 – 0
Glentoran
Solitude , Belfast
Club
Winners
Runners-up
Winning Years
Runners-up Years
Linfield
24 (1 shared)
8
1890–91 , 1891–92 , 1892–93 , 1893–94 , 1894–95 , 1898–99 , 1900–01 , 1902–03 , 1904–05 , 1912–13 , 1913–14 , 1914–15 , 1916–17 , 1917–18 , 1918–19 , 1921–22 , 1926–27 , 1927–28 , 1929–30 , 1932–33 , 1933–34 , 1934–35 , 1935–36 (shared) , 1937–38
1887–88 , 1899–1900 , 1901–02 , 1906–07 , 1907–08 , 1915–16 , 1931–32 , 1938–39
Belfast Celtic
10 (2 shared)
8
1903–04 , 1909–10 , 1911–12 , 1919–20 , 1925–26 (shared) , 1931–32 , 1935–36 (shared) , 1936–37 , 1938–39 , 1939–40
1910–11 , 1912–13 , 1914–15 , 1924–25 , 1927–28 , 1929–30 , 1930–31 , 1934–35
Cliftonville
10
3
1883–84 , 1885–86 , 1886–87 , 1887–88 , 1888–89 , 1896–97 , 1905–06 , 1907–08 , 1908–09 , 1923–24
1884–85 , 1894–95 , 1895–96
Glentoran
8 (2 shared)
14
1895–96 , 1901–02 , 1906–07 , 1910–11 , 1922–23 , 1924–25 , 1925–26 (shared) , 1928–29 (shared)
1885–86 , 1893–94 , 1897–98 , 1902–03 , 1903–04 , 1904–05 , 1913–14 , 1916–17 , 1917–18 , 1918–19 , 1920–21 , 1926–27 , 1937–38 , 1939–40
Distillery
5 (1 shared)
15
1899–1900 , 1915–16 , 1920–21 , 1928–29 (shared) , 1930–31
1883–84 , 1888–89 , 1891–92 , 1892–93 , 1896–97 , 1898–99 , 1900–01 , 1905–06 , 1908–09 , 1909–10 , 1911–12 , 1919–20 , 1932–33 , 1933–34 , 1936–37
Oldpark
1
0
1884–85
—
Black Watch
1
0
1889–90
—
North Staffordshire Regiment
1
0
1897–98
—
YMCA
0
1
—
1886–87
Gordon Highlanders
0
1
—
1889–90
Ulster
0
1
—
1890–91
Cliftonville Olympic
0
1
—
1921–22
Crusaders
0
1
—
1922–23
Barn
0
1
—
1923–24
Sources
Malcolm Brodie, "100 Years of Irish Football", Blackstaff Press, Belfast (1980)
References
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