1927–28 County Antrim Shield

The 1927–28 County Antrim Shield was the 39th edition of the County Antrim Shield, a cup competition in Northern Irish football.^[1]

1927–28 County Antrim Shield

Tournament details
Country	Northern Ireland
Teams	12
Defending champions	Belfast Celtic
Final positions
Champions	Linfield (11th win)
Runners-up	Ards
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	65 (4.06 per match)
← 1926–27 1928–29 →

Linfield won the tournament for the 11th time, defeating Ards 4–2 in the final replay at Solitude,^[2] after the original final ended in a 1–1 draw.^[3][4]

Results

First round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Belfast Celtic	4–0	Cliftonville
Larne	2–1	Barn
Ormiston	3–3	Queen's Island
Willowfield	1–2	Distillery
Ards	bye
Bangor	bye
Glentoran	bye
Linfield	bye

Replay

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Queen's Island	1–2	Ormiston

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Bangor	3–1	Larne
Glentoran	5–3	Distillery
Linfield	3–3	Belfast Celtic
Ormiston	2–2	Ards

Replays

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ards	4–1	Ormiston
Belfast Celtic	1–2	Linfield

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ards	2–1	Glentoran
Bangor	0–0	Linfield

Replay

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Bangor	2–3	Linfield

Final

24 April 1928

Linfield	1–1	Ards
McCracken 9'	Report	R. Flynn 82'

Solitude, Belfast

Referee: Mr W. McLean

Replay

2 May 1928

Linfield	4–2	Ards
Somerset 40' Bambrick 52', 75' McCracken 85'	Report	Jackson 15' McGee 87'

Solitude, Belfast

Referee: Mr W. McLean