1890–91 Irish League
# 1890–91 Irish League

The 1890–91 Irish League was the inaugural edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Irish football organised by the Irish Football Association.

The league comprised 8 teams, and was won by Linfield.

## League format

For this season, the league used a double Round-robin format, where teams played each other both home and away once.

## Teams

| Team | Town | Home Ground |
| - | - | - |
| Clarence | Belfast | Stranmillis |
| Cliftonville | Belfast | Solitude |
| Distillery | Belfast | Grosvenor Park |
| Glentoran | Belfast | King's Field |
| Linfield | Belfast | Ulsterville |
| Milford | Armagh | Milford |
| Oldpark | Belfast | Oldpark |
| Ulster | Belfast | Ulster Cricket Ground |

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Result |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Linfield (C) | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 89 | 18 | 4.944 | 25 | Champions |
| 2 | Ulster | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 72 | 39 | 1.846 | 21 | |
| 3 | Distillery | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 46 | 37 | 1.243 | 19 | |
| 4 | Cliftonville | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 46 | 0.804 | 17 | |
| 5 | Glentoran | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 40 | 38 | 1.053 | 13 | |
| 6 | Oldpark | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 48 | 0.458 | 10 | |
| 7 | Clarence | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 21 | 49 | 0.429 | 7 | Withdrew |
| 8 | Milford | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 62 | 0.161 | 0 | Withdrew |

## Results

| Home \ Away | CLA | CLI | DIS | GLT | LIN | MIL | OLD | ULS |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Clarence | | 2–5 | 0–4 | 5–4 | 1–3 | +:- | 1–3 | 2–6 |
| Cliftonville | 2–2 | | 7–3 | 0–0 | 0–8 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 |
| Distillery | 4–3 | 1–6 | | 5–2 | 2–1 | +:- | 2–0 | 3–5 |
| Glentoran | 9–1 | 4–3 | 0–3 | | 0–7 | 4–2 | 3–2 | -:+ |
| Linfield | 5–2 | 10–2 | 6–2 | 6–0 | | 9–1 | 14–0 | 9–5 |
| Milford | -:+ | -:+ | 1–9 | 0–8 | 1–6 | | -:+ | 2–5 |
| Oldpark | +:- | 2–3 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 5–0 | | 2–10 |
| Ulster | 4–2 | 9–0 | 4–4 | 5–2 | 2–2 | 10–1 | 4–4 | |

* 1 2 3 Match rated as goalless home win.
* 1 2 3 4 Match rated as goalless away win.

## Top goalscorers

| Pos | Player | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Robert Hill | Linfield | 20 |
| 2 | John Peden | Linfield | 19 |
| 3 | Sam Torrans | Linfield | 18 |
