1948–49 County Antrim Shield

The 1948–49 County Antrim Shield was the 60th edition of the County Antrim Shield, a cup competition in Northern Irish football.^[1]

1948–49 County Antrim Shield

Tournament details
Country	Northern Ireland
Teams	10
Defending champions	Ballymena United
Final positions
Champions	Linfield Swifts (1st win)
Runners-up	Bangor
Tournament statistics
Matches played	13
Goals scored	53 (4.08 per match)
← 1947–48 1949–50 →

Linfield Swifts (the reserve team of Linfield) won the tournament for the 1st time, defeating Bangor 4–1 in the second final replay at Grosvenor Park.^[2][3]

Results

First round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Distillery	1–1	Linfield Swifts
Linfield	2–2	Brantwood
Ards	bye
Ballymena United	bye
Bangor	bye
Belfast Celtic	bye
Cliftonville	bye
Glentoran	bye
Linfield	bye

Replays

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Linfield Swifts	4–0	Distillery
Linfield	2–2	Brantwood

Second replay

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Linfield	1–2	Brantwood

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Bangor	4–2	Brantwood
Belfast Celtic	2–1	Ards
Glentoran	1–0	Ballymena United
Linfield Swifts	4–2	Cliftonville

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Bangor	3–0	Glentoran
Linfield Swifts	w/o1	Belfast Celtic

¹Linfield Swifts progressed to the final after Belfast Celtic withdrew from the competition.

Final

7 May 1949

Linfield Swifts	2–2	Bangor
Graham 14' Dickson 44'	Report	Forsythe 40' Taylor 60'

Grosvenor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: T. Mitchell

Replay

14 May 1949

Linfield Swifts	3–3	Bangor
	Report

Grosvenor Park, Belfast

Second replay

20 May 1949

Linfield Swifts	4–1	Bangor
Mackey 23' Dickson 44' Houston 49' (pen.) Graham 66'	Report	Forsythe 17'

Grosvenor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 10,000