1960–61 County Antrim Shield

The 1960–61 County Antrim Shield was the 72nd edition of the County Antrim Shield, a cup competition in Northern Irish football.^[1]

1960–61 County Antrim Shield

Tournament details
Country	Northern Ireland
Teams	12
Defending champions	Crusaders
Final positions
Champions	Linfield (25th win)
Runners-up	Glentoran
Tournament statistics
Matches played	12
Goals scored	58 (4.83 per match)
← 1959–60 1961–62 →

Linfield won the tournament for the 25th time, defeating Glentoran 2–1 in the final at Solitude.^[2][3]

Results

First round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ards	3–2	Brantwood
Ballyclare Comrades	4–4	Bangor
Ballymena United	8–2	Linfield Swifts
Linfield	4–1	Dundela
Cliftonville	bye
Crusaders	bye
Distillery	bye
Glentoran	bye

Replay

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Bangor	1–2	Ballyclare Comrades

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ards	2–5	Distillery
Ballyclare Comrades	2–3	Glentoran
Ballymena United	1–0	Crusaders
Cliftonville	1–5	Linfield

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Glentoran	1–0	Ballymena United
Linfield	4–0	Distillery

Final

13 May 1961

Linfield	2–1	Glentoran
Ferguson 32' Dickson 62'	Report	Thompson 55'

Solitude, Belfast