1897–98 Irish League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Result
1	Linfield (C)	10	8	1	1	22	10	2.200	17	Champions
2	Cliftonville	10	6	1	3	23	17	1.353	13
3	Glentoran	10	6	1	3	31	12	2.583	13
4	Celtic	10	3	1	6	15	19	0.789	7
5	Distillery	10	2	1	7	13	28	0.464	5
6	North Staffordshire Regiment	10	2	1	7	13	31	0.419	5

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Play-off

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NOTE: Cliftonville beat Glentoran 2-0 in a play-off for second place

Results

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Home \ Away	CEL	CLI	DIS	GLT	LIN
Celtic	1–2	5–1	1–5	0–3	3–3
Cliftonville	1–0	4–3	1–1	0–1	8–0
Distillery	0–2	5–0	0–6	1–1	1–3
Glentoran	1–0	3–0	6–0	2–4	5–2
Linfield	2–1	2–4	1–0	2–1	3–0
North Staffordshire	1–2	1–3	0–2	2–1	1–3

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

References

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Northern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF)

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