1897–98 City Cup

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

1897–98 City Cup

Tournament details
Country	Ireland
Date	11 December 1897 – 14 May 1898
Teams	6
Defending champions	Glentoran
Final positions
Champions	Linfield (3rd win)
Runners-up	Celtic
Tournament statistics
Matches played	30
Goals scored	120 (4 per match)
← 1896–97 1898–99 →

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

Group standings

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

Source: Irish League Archive
(C) Champions

Results

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

Source: Irish League Archive
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.