Belfast Charity Cup

The Belfast Charity Cup was a football competition which ran from 1883 to 1941, and was based on a similar tournament in Scotland, the Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup. The competition was open to senior sides from Belfast and invited intermediate teams.[1]

Belfast Charity Cup

Organising body	Irish Football Association
Founded	1883
Abolished	1941
Region	Northern Ireland
Most successful club(s)	Linfield (24 titles)

List of champions

• 1883–84 Cliftonville
• 1884–85 Oldpark
• 1885–86 Cliftonville
• 1886–87 Cliftonville
• 1887–88 Cliftonville
• 1888–89 Cliftonville
• 1889–90 Black Watch
• 1890–91 Linfield
• 1891–92 Linfield
• 1892–93 Linfield
• 1893–94 Linfield
• 1894–95 Linfield
• 1895–96 Glentoran
• 1896–97 Cliftonville
• 1897–98 North Staffordshire Regiment
• 1898–99 Linfield
• 1899–00 Distillery
• 1900–01 Linfield
• 1901–02 Glentoran
• 1902–03 Linfield
• 1903–04 Belfast Celtic
• 1904–05 Linfield
• 1905–06 Cliftonville
• 1906–07 Glentoran
• 1907–08 Cliftonville
• 1908–09 Cliftonville
• 1909–10 Belfast Celtic
• 1910–11 Glentoran
• 1911–12 Belfast Celtic
• 1912–13 Linfield
• 1913–14 Linfield
• 1914–15 Linfield
• 1915–16 Distillery
• 1916–17 Linfield
• 1917–18 Linfield
• 1918–19 Linfield
• 1919–20 Belfast Celtic
• 1920–21 Distillery
• 1921–22 Linfield
• 1922–23 Glentoran
• 1923–24 Cliftonville
• 1924–25 Glentoran
• 1925–26 Belfast Celtic / Glentoran (shared)
• 1926–27 Linfield
• 1927–28 Linfield
• 1928–29 Distillery / Glentoran (shared)
• 1929–30 Linfield
• 1930–31 Distillery
• 1931–32 Belfast Celtic
• 1932–33 Linfield
• 1933–34 Linfield
• 1934–35 Linfield
• 1935–36 Belfast Celtic / Linfield (shared)
• 1936–37 Belfast Celtic
• 1937–38 Linfield
• 1938–39 Belfast Celtic
• 1939–40 Belfast Celtic
• 1940–41 Belfast Celtic

Performance by club

Team	No. of wins	Winning years
Linfield	24	1890–91, 1891–92, 1892–93, 1893–94, 1894–95, 1898–99, 1900–01, 1902–03, 1904–05, 1912–13, 1913–14, 1914–15, 1916–17, 1917–18, 1918–19, 1921–22, 1926–27, 1927–28, 1929–30, 1932–33, 1933–34, 1934–35, 1935–36 (shared), 1937–38
Belfast Celtic	11	1903–04, 1909–10, 1911–12, 1919–20, 1925–26 (shared), 1931–32, 1935–36 (shared), 1936–37, 1938–39, 1939–40, 1940–41
Cliftonville	10	1883–84, 1885–86, 1886–87, 1887–88, 1888–89, 1896–97, 1905–06, 1907–08, 1908–09, 1923–24
Glentoran	8	1895–96, 1901–02, 1906–07, 1910–11, 1922–23, 1924–25, 1925–26 (shared), 1928–29 (shared)
Distillery	5	1899–00, 1915–16, 1920–21, 1928–29, 1930–31
Black Watch	1	1889–90
North Staffordshire Regiment	1	1897–98
Oldpark	1	1884–85

Sources

• Malcolm Brodie, "100 Years of Irish Football", Blackstaff Press, Belfast (1980)

References

1. "Belfast Charity Cup". Irish Football Club Project. Archived from the original on 2015-10-31. Retrieved 2 September 2019.