1937–38 City Cup

The 1937–38 City Cup was the 40th edition of the City Cup, a cup competition in Northern Irish football.^[1]

1937–38 City Cup

Tournament details
Country	Northern Ireland
Teams	14
Defending champions	Derry City
Final positions
Champions	Linfield (16th win)
Runners-up	Derry City
Tournament statistics
Matches played	92
Goals scored	346 (3.76 per match)
← 1936–37 1938–39 →

The tournament was won by Linfield for the 16th time. They defeated Derry City 3–2 in a test match at Solitude after both teams finished level on points in the group standings.^[2][3]

Group standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Result
1	Linfield	13	10	1	2	35	11	3.182	21	Advance to test match
2	Derry City	13	9	3	1	29	13	2.231	21
3	Belfast Celtic	13	8	3	2	32	15	2.133	19
4	Distillery	13	7	3	3	25	19	1.316	17
5	Glenavon	13	7	1	5	19	18	1.056	15
6	Bangor	13	6	2	5	26	18	1.444	14
7	Newry Town	13	5	3	5	27	21	1.286	13
8	Ballymena United	13	5	3	5	27	22	1.227	13
9	Portadown	13	6	0	7	27	21	1.286	12
10	Larne	13	3	5	5	19	31	0.613	11
11	Ards	13	3	2	8	20	45	0.444	8
12	Cliftonville	13	2	2	9	17	28	0.607	6
13	Glentoran	13	1	4	8	19	35	0.543	6
14	Coleraine	13	2	2	9	19	44	0.432	6

Source: Irish League Archive

Test match

31 August 1938

Linfield	3–2	Derry City

Solitude, Belfast