1897–98 City Cup

The 1897–98 City Cup was the fourth edition of the City Cup, a cup competition in Irish football.^[1]

CountryIreland

Date11 December 1897 –
14 May 1898

Teams6

ChampionsLinfield (3rd win)

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The tournament was won by Linfield for the third time.^[2]^[3]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Result
1	Linfield (C)	10	8	0	2	27	7	3.857	16	Champions
2	Celtic	10	6	2	2	31	19	1.632	14
3	Cliftonville	10	5	3	2	22	12	1.833	13
4	Glentoran	10	4	3	3	15	16	0.938	11
5	Distillery	10	2	0	8	11	25	0.440	4
6	North Staffordshire Regiment	10	0	2	8	14	41	0.341	2

Home \ Away	CEL	CLI	DIS	GLT	LIN	NSR
Celtic		4–3	4–1	3–2	0–2	10–2
Cliftonville	2–2		3–0	5–0	2–1	3–1
Distillery	0–2	1–2		0–3	0–1	3–2
Glentoran	1–1	0–0	2–1		2–0	2–0
Linfield	6–1	1–0	4–0	3–0		4–1
North Staffs	0–4	2–2	2–5	3–3	1–5

Group standings