| Season | 1899–1900 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 2 September 1899 – 20 January 1900 |
| Champions | Celtic 1stIrish title |
| Matches | 27 |
| Goals | 95 (3.52 per match) |
| Biggest home win | Linfield 5–0Royal Scots |
| Biggest away win | Cliftonville 0–4Linfield |
| Highest scoring | Glentoran 4–4Linfield |
1900–01 → | |
The1899–1900 Irish League was the 10th edition of theIrish League, the highest level of league competition inIrishfootball.
The league comprised six teams, andCeltic won the championship for the 1st time.
TheNorth Staffordshire Regiment, who had competed in the league since the1896–97 season, were unable to compete this season due to being deployed to South Africa. They were replaced by another British Army team, theRoyal Scots. However Royal Scots themselves had to resign from the league after seven games due to the regiment also being posted to South Africa to serve in theSecond Boer War. Their remaining matches were left unplayed with no points awarded.[1]
| Team | Town | Home Ground |
|---|---|---|
| Celtic | Belfast | Celtic Park |
| Cliftonville | Belfast | Solitude |
| Distillery | Belfast | Grosvenor Park |
| Glentoran | Belfast | The Oval |
| Linfield | Belfast | Balmoral |
| Royal Scots | No home ground | |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Celtic(C) | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 1.727 | 13 | Champions |
| 2 | Linfield | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 2.100 | 12 | |
| 3 | Distillery | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 1.308 | 12 | |
| 4 | Cliftonville | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 0.864 | 10 | |
| 5 | Royal Scots[a] | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 0.588 | 5 | Withdrew |
| 6 | Glentoran | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 0.409 | 2 |
| Home \ Away | CEL | CLI | DIS | GLT | LIN | RSC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Celtic | 5–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | |
| Cliftonville | 0–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 0–4 | 2–2 | |
| Distillery | 4–3 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | |
| Glentoran | 0–1 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 4–4 | 2–4 | |
| Linfield | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | |
| Royal Scots | –[a] | 4–1 | 0–2 | –[a] | –[a] |