County Antrim Shield
Finals

County Antrim Shield

Section Title: Finals
Table Section Text: None

Season	Winner	Score	Runner-Up	Notes

1888–89	Distillery	8–4	YMCA

1889–90	Linfield	5–3	Distillery	Match abandoned due to crowd trouble and Shield withheld. Linfield resigned from the Co. Antrim FA in protest.

1890–91	Black Watch	4–2	Oldpark

1891–92	Cliftonville	2–1	Lancashire Fusiliers

1892–93	Distillery	2–1	Celtic

1893–94	Cliftonville	2–1	Celtic

1894–95	Celtic	3–1	Distillery

1895–96	Distillery	5–0	Linfield

1896–97	Distillery	3–1	Linfield	Replay. The first game ended 2-2.

1897–98	Cliftonville	2–0	Linfield

1898–99	Linfield	4–0	Linfield Swifts	Replay

1899–00	Distillery	2–0	Linfield	Replay

1900–01	Glentoran	2–1	Distillery

1901–02	Glentoran	2–1	Distillery

1902–03	Distillery	4–1	Linfield	Replay. Game 1: 1-1

1903–04	Linfield	4–1	Belfast Celtic

1904–05	Distillery	2–0	Linfield

1905–06	Linfield	2–0	Distillery	Replay. Game 1: 1-1

1906–07	Linfield	2–0	Glentoran

1907–08	Linfield	3–0	Distillery

1908–09	Glentoran II	3–0	Cliftonville	Glentoran II defeated Glentoran's senior team in the semi-final

1909–10	Belfast Celtic	3–1	Glentoran

1910–11	Glentoran	2–0	Cliftonville

1911–12	Final not played.

1912–13	Linfield	1–0	Cliftonville	2nd Replay.

1913–14	Linfield	3–2	Glentoran

1914–15	Distillery	1–0	Glentoran

1915–16	Glentoran	1–0	Distillery

1916–17	Linfield	3–0	Glentoran

1917–18	Glentoran	2–0	Linfield

1918–19	Distillery	1–0	Belfast Celtic	Replay. Game 1: 1-0

1919–20	Distillery	2–0	Belfast Celtic	Replay. Game 1: 0-0

1920–21	Glentoran	1–0	Distillery	3rd Replay. Game 1: 1-1; Game 2: 0-0; Game 3: 0-0

1921–22	Linfield	4–1	Distillery	Replay. Game 1: 1-1.

1922–23	Linfield	4–1	Glentoran

1923–24	Queen's Island	3–0	Distillery

1924–25	Glentoran	2–1	Belfast Celtic

1925–26	Cliftonville	5–1	Glentoran

1926–27	Belfast Celtic	3–2	Dunmurry Rec.

1927–28	Linfield	4–2	Ards	Replay. Game 1: 1-1

1928–29	Linfield	2–1	Broadway United

1929–30	Linfield	3–1	Glentoran

1930–31	Glentoran	2–1	Cliftonville

1931–32	Linfield	5–1	Belfast Celtic

1932–33	Linfield	3–1	Belfast Celtic	2nd Replay.

1933–34	Linfield	7–1	Ards

1934–35	Linfield	4–2	Belfast Celtic II

1935–36	Belfast Celtic	1–0	Belfast Celtic II

1936–37	Belfast Celtic	1–0	Glentoran	Replay. Game 1: 2-2

1937–38	Linfield	3–2	Ballymena United

1938–39	Belfast Celtic	2–1	Glentoran

1939–40	Glentoran	4–0	Linfield

1940–41	Glentoran	1–0	Distillery

1941–42	Linfield	2–0	Larne

1942–43	Belfast Celtic	2–1	Linfield	2nd Replay.

1943–44	Glentoran	3–0	Belfast Celtic

1944–45	Belfast Celtic	1–0	Linfield	Replay.

1945–46	Distillery	3–0	Bangor Reserves	Replay. Game 1: 1-1

1946–47	Linfield	w/o	Belfast Celtic	Linfield won by walkover after Belfast Celtic withdrew.

1947–48	Ballymena United	2–1	Linfield

1948–49	Linfield Swifts	4–1	Bangor	2nd Replay

1949–50	Glentoran	2–0	Linfield

1950–51	Ballymena United	3–0	Cliftonville	Replay

1951–52	Glentoran	3–0	Brantwood

1952–53	Linfield	2–1	Distillery	2nd Replay. Game 1: 2-2; Game 2: 4-4

1953–54	Distillery	1–0	Ballymena United

1954–55	Linfield	3–0	Crusaders

1955–56	Ards	4–1	Linfield

1956–57	Glentoran	4–0	Distillery	Replay. Game 1: 0-0

1957–58	Linfield	3–1	Distillery

1958–59	Linfield	3–1	Bangor

1959–60	Crusaders	2–0	Linfield	Replay

1960–61	Linfield	2–1	Glentoran

1961–62	Linfield	5–0	Glentoran

1962–63	Linfield	4–0	Bangor

1963–64	Distillery	2–1	Glentoran

1964–65	Crusaders	6–0	Larne

1965–66	Linfield	4–0	Ballymena United

1966–67	Linfield	5–3	Crusaders

1967–68	Glentoran	3–0	Linfield	Replay. Game 1: 3-3

1968–69	Crusaders	2–1	Linfield

1969–70	Bangor	3–2	Ards	3rd Replay. Game 1: 1-1; Game 2: 1-1; Game 3: 1-1.

1970–71	Glentoran	2–1	Crusaders

1971–72	Ards	3–3 (5–4 pens)	Crusaders	Played over two legs. Tie ended 3–3 on aggregate.

1972–73	Linfield	9–1	Bangor	Over two legs (4-1, 5-0)

1973–74	Crusaders	2–1	Larne

1974–75	Bangor	2–1	Glentoran

1975–76	Ballymena United	4–0	Distillery

1976–77	Linfield	3–1	Glentoran

1977–78	Glentoran	1–0	Crusaders

1978–79	Cliftonville	0–0 (3–1 pens)	Crusaders

1979–80	Ballymena United	0–0 (3–1 pens)	Crusaders

1980–81	Linfield	4–1	Glentoran

1981–82	Linfield	1–0	Distillery

1982–83	Linfield	4–1	Glentoran

1983–84	Linfield	3–1	Crusaders

1984–85	Glentoran	2–1	Crusaders

1985–86	Distillery	3–1	Ballymena United

1986–87	Glentoran	3–0	Glenavon

1987–88	Newry Town	2–1	Ballymena United

1988–89	Bangor	2–1	Glentoran

1989–90	Glentoran	0–0 (6–5 pens)	Linfield

1990–91	Glenavon	4–3	Newry Town

1991–92	Crusaders	2–1	Glenavon

1992–93	Carrick Rangers	2–1	Glentoran	Replay: Game 1: 1-1

1993–94	Ards	4–2	Crusaders

1994–95	Linfield	4–0	Glenavon

1995–96	Glenavon	3–0	Crusaders

1996–97	Cliftonville	0–0 (5–4 pens)	Ballymena United	Replayed after first match abandoned.

1997–98	Linfield	1–0	Crusaders

1998–99	Glentoran	2–0	Cliftonville

1999–00	Glentoran	2–1	Bangor

2000–01	Linfield	2–1	Glentoran

2001–02	Glentoran	2–0	Linfield

2002–03	Glentoran	3–0	Ballymena United

2003–04	Linfield	2–0	Ards

2004–05	Linfield	2–1	Crusaders

2005–06	Linfield	2–1	Ballymena United

2006–07	Cliftonville	2–1	Distillery

2007–08	Glentoran	2–1	Crusaders

2008–09	Cliftonville	2–1	Linfield

2009–10	Crusaders	3–2 (aet)	Linfield

2010–11	Glentoran	3–1	Linfield

2011–12	Cliftonville	2–1	Glentoran

2012–13	Ballymena United	1–1 (aet) 4–3 (pens)	Linfield

2013–14	Linfield	0–0 (aet) 4–1 (pens)	Crusaders

2014–15	Cliftonville	1–0	Bangor

2015–16	Ballymena United	3–2	Linfield

2016–17	Linfield	3–1	Crusaders

2017–18	Crusaders	4–2	Ballymena United

2018–19	Crusaders	4–3	Linfield

Sentence(s)

The current Shield champions are the Crusaders, who beat Linfield 4-3 in the 2018–19 final.

final_sentence: The current Shield champions are the Crusaders, who beat Linfield 4-3 in the 2018–19 final.