1903–04 County Antrim Shield

{{infobox football tournament season

| title = County Antrim Shield

| year = 1903–04

| date = 23 January 1904 –
2 April 1904

| country = Ireland

| num_teams = 8

| defending_champions = Distillery

| winners = Linfield (2nd win)

| second = Belfast Celtic

| matches = 10

| goals = 29

| prev_season = 1902–03

| next_season = 1904–05

}}

The 1903–04 County Antrim Shield was the 16th edition of the County Antrim Shield, a cup competition in Irish football.{{cite web|url=https://www.irishleaguearchive.org/northern-ireland|title=Irish League Archive, County Antrim Shield|publisher=Irish League Archive|accessdate=6 April 2023}}

Linfield won the tournament for the 2nd time, defeating Belfast Celtic 4–1 in the final at Solitude.{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004162/19040402/024/0002|title=County Antrim Shield, The Final|work=Ireland's Saturday Night|date=2 April 1904|page=2|url-access=subscription}}{{cite web|url=https://www.irishleaguearchive.org/county-antrim-shield|title=County Antrim Shield Results|publisher=Irish League Archive|accessdate=6 April 2023}}

Results

=Quarter-finals=

{{OneLegStart}}

{{OneLegResult|Cliftonville||6–1|King's Own Scottish Borderers}}

{{OneLegResult|Glentoran||0–0|Belfast Celtic}}

{{OneLegResult|Linfield||0–0|Distillery}}

{{OneLegResult|YMCA||2–1|Linfield Swifts}}

|}

=Replays=

{{OneLegStart}}

{{OneLegResult|Belfast Celtic||2–2¹|Glentoran}}

{{OneLegResult|Distillery||0–1|Linfield}}

|}

¹Belfast Celtic were awarded victory after a protest

=Semi-finals=

{{OneLegStart}}

{{OneLegResult|Belfast Celtic||3–3|YMCA}}

{{OneLegResult|Linfield||0–0¹|Cliftonville}}

|}

¹Linfield were awarded victory after a protest

==Replay==

{{OneLegStart}}

{{OneLegResult|Belfast Celtic||3–0|YMCA}}

|}

=Final=

{{football box

|date=2 April 1904

|time=

|team1=Linfield

|score=4–1

|aet=

|report=[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004162/19040402/024/0002 Report]

|team2=Belfast Celtic

|goals1=Maginnis {{goal}}
Milne {{goal}}
Hagan {{goal}}
Carnegie {{goal}}

|goals2=Synott {{goal||pen.}}

|stadium=Solitude, Belfast

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

References

{{reflist}}

External links

[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nilantrimshieldhist.html Northern Ireland - List of County Antrim Shield Winners]

{{County Antrim Shield}}

{{1903–04 in Irish association football}}

{{Association football cup competitions in Ireland}}

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Category:1903–04 in Irish association football