1902–03 Irish League

Irish League
Season	1902–03
Champions	Distillery; 4th Irish title
Matches played	56
Goals scored	216 (3.86 per match)
	← 1901–02 1903–04 →

The 1902–03 Irish League was the 13th edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Irish football.

The league comprised 8 teams, and Distillery won the championship.

Bohemians made their debut as the first club from Dublin in the Irish League.

Belfast

Bohemians

Derry Celtic

Belfast teams Belfast Celtic
Cliftonville
Distillery
Glentoran
Linfield
Ulster

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Location of teams in the 1902-03 Irish League

1902–03 Irish League is located in Greater Belfast

Location of the Belfast-based teams in the 1902-03 Irish League

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Result
1	Distillery (C)	14	9	2	3	34	20	1.700	20	Champions
2	Linfield	14	8	3	3	38	16	2.375	19
3	Glentoran	14	7	3	4	30	18	1.667	17
4	Belfast Celtic	14	7	2	5	35	23	1.522	16
5	Derry Celtic	14	4	4	6	27	31	0.871	12
6	Cliftonville	14	5	3	6	17	21	0.810	11^[a]
7	Bohemians	14	3	3	8	22	36	0.611	9
8	Ulster	14	3	0	11	13	51	0.255	6	Withdrew

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ 2 points deducted

Results

Home \ Away	BCE	BOH	CLI	DCE	DIS	GLT	LIN	ULS
Belfast Celtic		2–1	1–1	2–0	1–2	3–1	4–2	4–0
Bohemians	1–4		1–1	3–3	2–1	1–3	0–3	5–1
Cliftonville	2–1	2–3		2–0	1–3	1–0	0–2	1–0
Derry Celtic	3–3	2–1	2–2		3–1	4–1	1–1	6–0
Distillery	2–1	5–0	1–3	3–1		1–1	2–1	2–1
Glentoran	2–1	4–0	2–1	6–0	2–2		0–1	4–1
Linfield	6–1	2–2	4–0	3–0	2–4	1–1		5–1
Ulster	0–7	3–2	1–0	3–2	1–5	1–3	0–5

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

References

Northern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF)

[table_hth_CLI0.40897825006814-1] 2 points deducted

[a]

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