| Season | 1917–18 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 8 September 1917 – 17 November 1917 |
| Champions | Linfield |
| Matches | 30 |
| Goals | 87 (2.9 per match) |
| Biggest home win | Linfield 7–0Glenavon |
| Biggest away win | Cliftonville 0–4Glentoran |
| Highest scoring | Linfield 7–0Glenavon |
1918–19 → | |
TheIrish League in season 1917–18 was suspended due to theFirst World War. ABelfast & District League was played instead by 6 teams, andLinfield won the championship.[1]
| Team | Town | Home Ground |
|---|---|---|
| Belfast United | Belfast | Ballynafeigh |
| Cliftonville | Belfast | Solitude |
| Distillery | Belfast | Grosvenor Park |
| Glenavon | No home ground | |
| Glentoran | Belfast | The Oval |
| Linfield | Belfast | Windsor Park |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Linfield(C) | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 5 | 6.000 | 18 | Champions |
| 2 | Glentoran | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 3.600 | 16 | |
| 3 | Distillery | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 1.000 | 10 | |
| 4 | Cliftonville | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 0.563 | 6 | |
| 5 | Belfast United | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 0.647 | 6 | |
| 6 | Glenavon | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 30 | 0.167 | 4 |
| Home \ Away | BEL | CLI | DIS | GLV | GLT | LIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belfast United | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | |
| Cliftonville | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–4 | 1–3 | |
| Distillery | 3–2 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | |
| Glenavon | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 2–0 | |
| Glentoran | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | |
| Linfield | 4–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 7–0 | 2–0 |