1888–89 County Antrim Shield

The 1888–89 County Antrim Shield was the inaugural edition of the County Antrim Shield, a cup competition in Irish football.^[1]

1888–89 County Antrim Shield

Tournament details
Country	Ireland
Date	3 November 1888 – 3 March 1889
Teams	10
Final positions
Champions	Distillery (1st win)
Runners-up	YMCA
Tournament statistics
Matches played	8
Goals scored	55 (6.88 per match)
← First 1889–90 →

Distillery won the tournament for the first time, defeating YMCA 8–4 in the final.^[2][3]

Results

First round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ballyclare	w/o	Oldpark
Belfast Athletics	1–8	Distillery
Distillery Rovers	w/o	YMCA
Linfield Athletic	2–2	Cliftonville
Whiteabbey	2–4	Clarence

Replay

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Cliftonville	0–4	Linfield Athletic

Second round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Distillery	4–3	Linfield Athletic
Clarence	bye
Oldpark	bye
YMCA	bye

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
YMCA	5–0	Oldpark
Distillery	7–1	Clarence

Final

30 March 1889

Distillery	8–4	YMCA
Stanfield McIlvenny R. Stewart ? ? ?	Report	Percy Miller Lemon

Ulster Cricket Ground, Belfast

Attendance: 8,000