1939–40 City Cup
Tournament details
Country Northern Ireland
Teams14
Defending championsPortadown
Final positions
ChampionsBelfast Celtic (8th win)
Runner-upDerry City
Tournament statistics
Matches played92
Goals scored353 (3.84 per match)

The 1939–40 City Cup was the 42nd edition of the City Cup, a cup competition in Northern Irish football.[1]

The tournament was won by Belfast Celtic for the 8th time. They defeated Derry City 7–1 in a test match at Solitude after both teams finished level on points in the group standings.[2][3]

Group standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
1 Belfast Celtic 13 10 2 1 42 14 3.000 22
2 Derry City 13 10 2 1 33 12 2.750 22
3 Linfield 13 6 5 2 31 17 1.824 17
4 Newry Town 13 6 2 5 22 25 0.880 14
5 Glentoran 13 4 5 4 33 22 1.500 13
6 Portadown 13 5 3 5 18 18 1.000 13
7 Distillery 13 4 5 4 24 26 0.923 13
8 Bangor 13 5 3 5 20 26 0.769 13
9 Glenavon 13 4 4 5 27 29 0.931 12
10 Coleraine 13 4 4 5 19 25 0.760 12
11 Ballymena United 13 4 2 7 23 29 0.793 10
12 Ards 13 4 1 8 23 31 0.742 9
13 Larne 13 1 6 6 17 31 0.548 8
14 Cliftonville 13 1 2 10 13 40 0.325 4

Test match

References

  1. ↑ "Irish League Archive, City Cup". Irish League Archive. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
  2. ↑ "City Cup Results". Irish League Archive. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
  3. ↑ "City Cup Tables". Irish League Archive. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
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