Big Two derby
Association football derby in Belfast
Big Two Derby Linfield play Glentoran at
The Oval in 2014
Location Belfast , Northern IrelandTeams Glentoran Linfield First meeting Linfield Athletic 3–1 Glentoran Friendly (1 October 1887)Latest meeting Glentoran 0–0 Linfield NIFL Premiership (6 April 2024)Next meeting October 5, 2024 NIFL Premiership Linfield v GlentoranStadiums The Oval (Glentoran)Windsor Park (Linfield)Meetings total 648 (competitive, not including wartime) Most wins Linfield (306) All-time series Linfield – 306 Glentoran – 189 Draws – 153 Largest victory Linfield 8–0 Glentoran Irish League (21 November 1891)
The Big Two derby , also referred to simply as the Big Two or Bel Classico , is the name given to the association football derby between Belfast clubs, Linfield and Glentoran . The derby is also sometimes referred to as the Belfast derby .[1] They are the two most successful and most supported clubs in Northern Ireland league football. They traditionally face each other on Boxing Day each year[2] which usually attracts the largest NIFL Premiership attendance of the season.[3] They regularly play each other in the league, and have contested more cup finals together than any other two clubs.[4] They also make up two of the three clubs (along with Cliftonville) that have competed in every season of Northern Ireland's top flight since its inception in 1890 – neither club ever suffering relegation.
Although Linfield and Glentoran have been the two most successful clubs in the domestic game to date, Linfield has won all three of the current major domestic trophies more than any other club. They have won more than twice as many league titles as their rivals, with Linfield having won 56 league titles to Glentoran's 23. Linfield has also lifted the Irish Cup a record 43 times to Glentoran's 23, and has won the League Cup a record ten times to Glentoran's 7.
History
The term "Big Two " did not always refer to Linfield and Glentoran. Up until 1949, the big two were considered to be Linfield and Belfast Celtic as they had traditionally been the most successful teams in Northern Irish football. Given the traditional political following of both clubs (Linfield, like Glentoran, with a mainly unionist following, and Belfast Celtic with a mainly nationalist following), sectarian violence between supporters of both clubs was common. This culminated with a riot on 26 December 1948 at Windsor Park that saw three Celtic players injured by Linfield supporters, including striker Jimmy Jones , who sustained a broken leg.[5] Belfast Celtic left the Irish League at the end of the season and Glentoran became Linfield's biggest rivals.[6]
Both teams are predominantly Protestant, although Glentoran fielded Catholic players and had Catholic fans for much of its history. Linfield fielded relatively few Catholic players before the 1980s,[7] which led to an accusation that the club had a policy of not signing Catholic players similar to Scottish team Rangers .[8] The existence of such a policy has been disputed by some, including well-known local journalist Malcolm Brodie .[9] Support is split geographically, with Linfield based in the south of the city and Glentoran in the east. Although both based in Belfast, they are separated by the River Lagan and are in two different counties. Linfield is based in County Antrim and Glentoran is based in County Down , although Glentoran and other County Down-based sides compete in the County Antrim Shield .
The first game of which there is any record between Linfield and Glentoran took place on 1 October 1887. A friendly match played at King's Field, Westbourne in Ballymacarrett was won 3–1 by Linfield (then known as Linfield Athletic), with goalscorers Torrans (2) and Vance, and Glentoran's goalscorer unknown. The two teams played each other competitively for the first time in the inaugural Irish League season , with Linfield winning 7–0 at Musgrave Park on 18 October 1890, and 6–0 at Ulsterville Avenue on 21 March 1891. The first game at The Oval took place on 8 October 1892, and the first game at Windsor Park on 2 September 1905. Linfield previously played at a ground in Ulsterville Avenue, Belfast, before moving to Windsor Park , which is within walking distance of their old ground. Also the home of the Northern Ireland national football team , they have played at Windsor Park ever since.
In 1941, during World War II , The Oval – including terraces, offices, kits and club records – was destroyed in a bombing raid on the nearby Harland & Wolff Shipyard. Glentoran approached Distillery to play at Grosvenor Park , which they did until The Oval was rebuilt in 1949, with help from other Irish League clubs, most notably Distillery and Cliftonville . Glentoran considered leaving senior football to become a junior club, but after being lent kits from Distillery and Crusaders they continued to compete at Grosvenor. Out of fourteen league games at Grosvenor Park, however, they were only victorious over Linfield on one occasion.[10]
Since Belfast Celtic folded in 1949, the intensity of the Big Two rivalry has increased due to the fact that Glentoran has been the only club that has generated a support base similar in size to Linfield's, and because a number of Belfast Celtic fans started to support Glentoran due to the dissolution of their club.[11] In the 1985 Irish Cup final at the Oval , Glentoran supporters released a cockerel (Glentoran's club emblem), and a pig that had been painted blue onto the pitch to insult fans of Linfield.[2] In 2005, Linfield fans broke through a gate in perimeter fencing onto the pitch of The Oval and threw missiles at Glentoran fans in the main stand.[12] The BBC and Ulster Television were ordered to give police footage they had filmed of the game after nine fans were charged with the violence. Nine police officers and two Glentoran fans were injured in the violence.[13]
Both sides share rivalries with North Belfast clubs Cliftonville and Crusaders . The two however are less successful than the Big Two and see each other as their main rivals, contesting the North Belfast derby . They also both traditionally shared a rivalry with Lisburn Distillery , but since Distillery's relocation from Grosvenor Park to Lisburn , and their downturn in on-pitch fortunes, the rivalry has ebbed.
Trophy dominance
Linfield and Glentoran have been the two most successful clubs in Northern Irish football to date, regularly being the two main contenders for the major domestic honours. They have won more league titles, Irish Cups, and League Cups than any other clubs. Linfield hold the record for the most League titles (56), Irish Cups (43), and League Cups (10). In comparison, Glentoran have won 23 league titles, 23 Irish Cups, and seven League Cups. Almost half (47.1%) of the 140 Irish Cup competitions to date have been won by one of the two clubs, with at least one of the clubs reaching the final on 91 occasions (65% of all finals), winning the cup a combined 66 times. Of those 91 finals, the two clubs have met in fifteen of them – making it the most common final. Linfield have won eight of the head-to-head final meetings compared to Glentoran's seven wins, with the most recent final meeting between the two clubs occurring in the 2006 final , when Linfield won 2–1 to lift the Cup for the 37th time. Almost two-thirds (64.7%) of all Irish League titles have been won by one of the Big Two. Of the 119 completed league seasons, the title has been won by either club on 77 occasions. The duo also comprise two of the three clubs that have appeared in every season of the Irish League since its inception in 1890; the other club being Cliftonville.
Linfield's financial advantage over the other clubs must be acknowledged when comparing their relative success. In 1912, seven of the eight league clubs resigned from the IFA due to Linfield receiving higher fees than other clubs for hosting international games. This schism, while quickly mended, led to the formation of the Gold Cup as an alternative Irish Cup from which the seven clubs were excluded. In 1984, the IFA signed a 104-year agreement with Linfield to host internationals at Windsor Park, with only Glentoran objecting to the deal at the time. The contract meant that Linfield were entitled to a payment of 15% of all revenues generated from home internationals. This became financially lucrative for Linfield after the IFA signed a £10 million deal with Sky to televise internationals. Linfield maintained ownership of the stadium, and were required to maintain the stadium to international standard, however, over the years, the stadium had fallen into disrepair. This necessitated redevelopment, with the Northern Ireland government funding the majority of the £36 million project to rebuild the stadium. The IFA then took over ownership of the stadium, while Linfield retained ownership of the land. In 2012, Linfield and the IFA agreed a new contract for the use of Windsor Park. Linfield would receive an annual payment as rent for the land, but would no longer receive 15% of the ticket sales, TV rights, and commercial rights from international matches as they did under the old agreement.[14] The 51-year agreement took effect from May 2014, with Linfield initially receiving £200,000 per year - subject to review (being adjusted for inflation etc.) every four years. This rose by 7% to £214,000 in 2018, and is due to increase again in 2022. The contract will expire in 2065.[15]
Statistics
As of the end of the 2019–20 season
Head-to-head record
Overall
Statistics for which reliable sources have been found apply to competitive games in all competitions (wartime league results not included). Wins include those after extra time and/or penalty shoot-outs.
As of 6 April 2024
League only
Statistics apply to league matches only (wartime results not included)
As of end of 6 April 2024
Result
The Oval
Windsor Park
Balmoral
Ulsterville
Grosvenor Park
Westbourne
Solitude
Total
Linfield wins
54
63
3
4
2
2
2
130
Glentoran wins
50
27
2
1
0
0
0
80
Draws
37
39
4
0
0
0
0
80
Total
141
129
9
5
2
2
2
290
Results
League results
All time results taken from Irish Football Club Project, British Newspaper Archive and various other sources.[16] [17] [18] Attendance figures from nifootballleague.com.[19]
Glentoran vs Linfield
Linfield vs Glentoran
Season
Division
Date
Venue
Score
Attendance
Date
Venue
Score
Attendance
1890–91
Irish League
18 October 1890
Westbourne
0 – 7
21 March 1891
Ulsterville
6 – 0
1891–92
Irish League
3 October 1891
Westbourne
1 – 7
23 April 1892
Ulsterville
8 – 0
1892–93
Irish League
8 October 1892
The Oval
1 – 2
3 September 1892
Ulsterville
5 – 0
1893–94
Irish League
21 October 1893
The Oval
1 – 3
16 September 1893
Ulsterville
0 – 1
1894–95
Irish League
15 September 1894
The Oval
2 – 2
6 October 1894
Ulsterville
3 – 0
1895–96
Irish League
19 October 1895
The Oval
2 – 3
5 October 1895
The Oval1
2 – 2
1896–97
Irish League
3 October 1896
The Oval
1 – 0
21 November 1896
Balmoral
2 – 2
1897–98
Irish League
2 October 1897
The Oval
2 – 4
13 November 1897
Balmoral
2 – 1
1898–99
Irish League
1 October 1898
The Oval
1 – 2
19 November 1898
Balmoral
0 – 1
1899–00
Irish League
18 November 1899
The Oval
4 – 4
23 September 1899
Balmoral
2 – 0
1900–01
Irish League
3 November 1900
The Oval
0 – 0
29 September 1900
Balmoral
1 – 3
1901–02
Irish League
28 October 1901
The Oval
0 – 2
9 September 1901
Balmoral
5 – 1
1902–03
Irish League
18 October 1902
The Oval
0 – 1
21 February 1903
Balmoral
1 – 1
1903–04
Irish League
12 September 1903
The Oval
1 – 1
1 March 1904
Balmoral
0 – 0
1904–05
Irish League
10 December 1904
The Oval
1 – 0
10 September 1904
Balmoral
2 – 2
1905–06
Irish League
11 November 1905
The Oval
1 – 2
2 September 1905
Windsor Park
1 – 0
1906–07
Irish League
1 September 1906
The Oval
0 – 2
30 April 1907
Windsor Park
1 – 1
1907–08
Irish League
8 February 1908
The Oval
2 – 2
18 January 1908
Windsor Park
2 – 3
1908–09
Irish League
25 December 1908
The Oval
2 – 2
26 September 1908
Windsor Park
4 – 1
1909–10
Irish League
25 December 1909
The Oval
4 – 0
25 September 1909
Windsor Park
2 – 1
1910–11
Irish League
24 September 1910
The Oval
3 – 0
10,000
26 November 1910
Windsor Park
2 – 2
Irish League Test Match 2
23 January 1911
Solitude
3 – 2
1911–12
Irish League
11 November 1911
The Oval
1 – 0
16 September 1911
Windsor Park
2 – 1
1912–13
Irish League
14 December 1912
The Oval
4 – 2
12,000
12 October 1912
Windsor Park
0 – 0
1913–14
Irish League
29 November 1913
The Oval
2 – 2
27 September 1913
Windsor Park
4 – 2
1914–15
Irish League
12 December 1914
The Oval
1 – 1
17 October 1914
Windsor Park
3 – 0
1915–16
Belfast & District League
6 November 1915
The Oval
0 – 0
25 September 1915
Windsor Park
0 – 0
1916–17
Belfast & District League
11 November 1916
The Oval
4 – 0
30 September 1916
Windsor Park
2 – 2
1917–18
Belfast & District League
6 October 1917
The Oval
0 – 0
17 November 1917
Windsor Park
2 – 0
13,000
1918–19
Belfast & District League
7 September 1918
The Oval
1 – 0
19 October 1918
Windsor Park
0 – 2
1919–20
Irish League
31 August 1919
The Oval
2 – 0
18 October 1919
Windsor Park
1 – 0
1920–21
Irish League
11 December 1920
The Oval
1 – 0
15 January 1921
Windsor Park
2 – 3
1921–22
Irish League
5 November 1921
The Oval
0 – 0
17 September 1921
Windsor Park
1 – 0
1922–23
Irish League
9 September 1922
The Oval
1 – 2
14 October 1922
Windsor Park
1 – 1
1923–24
Irish League
17 November 1923
The Oval
2 – 1
25 August 1923
Windsor Park
1 – 2
1924–25
Irish League
24 January 1925
The Oval
4 – 0
1 November 1924
Windsor Park
2 – 1
1925–26
Irish League
23 January 1926
The Oval
3 – 2
31 October 1925
Windsor Park
0 – 1
1926–27
Irish League
18 December 1926
The Oval
3 – 1
11 September 1926
Windsor Park
0 – 1
1927–28
Irish League
3 December 1927
The Oval
1 – 5
20 August 1927
Windsor Park
6 – 1
1928–29
Irish League
8 September 1928
The Oval
2 – 1
22 December 1928
Windsor Park
4 – 3
1929–30
Irish League
7 September 1929
The Oval
3 – 3
21 December 1929
Windsor Park
3 – 1
1930–31
Irish League
3 January 1931
The Oval
1 – 1
11 October 1930
Windsor Park
0 – 2
1931–32
Irish League
21 November 1931
The Oval
0 – 1
20 August 1931
Windsor Park
4 – 3
1932–33
Irish League
15 October 1932
The Oval
1 – 5
27 December 1932
Windsor Park
4 – 2
1933–34
Irish League
26 December 1933
The Oval
0 – 3
23 September 1933
Windsor Park
0 – 1
1934–35
Irish League
25 November 1934
The Oval
2 – 2
22 August 1934
Windsor Park
1 – 0
1935–36
Irish League
21 August 1935
The Oval
1 – 2
23 November 1935
Windsor Park
0 – 1
1936–37
Irish League
16 January 1937
The Oval
2 – 3
10 October 1936
Windsor Park
5 – 1
1937–38
Irish League
25 December 1937
The Oval
2 – 0
18 September 1937
Windsor Park
5 – 2
1938–39
Irish League
27 August 1938
The Oval
3 – 2
3 December 1938
Windsor Park
2 – 1
1939–40
Irish League
16 March 1940
The Oval
3 – 2
23 December 1939
Windsor Park
1 – 2
1940–41
Northern Regional League
26 December 1940
The Oval
1 – 2
16 November 1940
Windsor Park
1 – 4
17 May 1941
The Oval
3 – 1
15 February 1941
Windsor Park
3 – 3
1941–42
Northern Regional League
13 December 1941
Grosvenor Park
0 – 3
8 November 1941
Windsor Park
3 – 7
11 April 1942
Grosvenor Park
3 – 4
3 January 1942
Windsor Park
3 – 3
1942–43
Northern Regional League
14 November 1942
Grosvenor Park
2 – 1
19 December 1942
Windsor Park
4 – 3
30 January 1943
Grosvenor Park
1 – 3
20 March 1943
Windsor Park
5 – 3
1943–44
Northern Regional League
1 January 1944
Grosvenor Park
2 – 2
4 December 1943
Windsor Park
4 – 1
11 April 1944
Grosvenor Park
1 – 3
4 March 1944
Windsor Park
5 – 4
1944–45
Northern Regional League
13 January 1945
Grosvenor Park
1 – 2
31 March 1945
Windsor Park
3 – 3
18 November 1944
Grosvenor Park
1 – 5
23 December 1944
Windsor Park
9 – 2
1945–46
Northern Regional League
9 February 1946
Grosvenor Park
0 – 3
6 April 1946
Windsor Park
5 – 0
24 November 1945
Grosvenor Park
1 – 7
25 December 1945
Windsor Park
4 – 2
1946–47
Northern Regional League
11 January 1947
Grosvenor Park
1 – 2
7 December 1946
Windsor Park
4 – 2
12 April 1947
Grosvenor Park
2 – 4
1 March 1947
Windsor Park
2 – 3
1947–48
Irish League
17 January 1948
Grosvenor Park
0 – 2
15 November 1947
Windsor Park
1 – 1
1948–49
Irish League
19 March 1949
Grosvenor Park
1 – 4
25 December 1948
Windsor Park
2 – 0
1949–50
Irish League
7 January 1950
The Oval
2 – 3
11 April 1950
Windsor Park
1 – 1
Irish League Test Match 2
10 May 1950
Solitude
2 – 0
1950–51
Irish League
17 March 1951
The Oval
1 – 1
25 December 1950
Windsor Park
2 – 1
1951–52
Irish League
25 December 1951
The Oval
4 – 3
22 March 1952
Windsor Park
1 – 0
1952–53
Irish League
14 March 1953
The Oval
3 – 1
25 December 1952
Windsor Park
1 – 1
1953–54
Irish League
25 December 1953
The Oval
0 – 2
30 January 1954
Windsor Park
3 – 2
1954–55
Irish League
19 March 1955
The Oval
1 – 2
25 December 1954
Windsor Park
3 – 0
1955–56
Irish League
26 December 1955
The Oval
1 – 1
31 March 1956
Windsor Park
1 – 0
1956–57
Irish League
13 October 1956
The Oval
1 – 3
31 December 1956
Windsor Park
2 – 2
1957–58
Irish League
25 December 1957
The Oval
0 – 2
15 March 1958
Windsor Park
3 – 1
1958–59
Irish League
11 April 1959
The Oval
2 – 1
25 December 1958
Windsor Park
4 – 2
1959–60
Irish League
25 December 1959
The Oval
7 – 3
19 March 1960
Windsor Park
3 – 2
1960–61
Irish League
24 December 1960
The Oval
0 – 1
4 February 1961
Windsor Park
3 – 2
1961–62
Irish League
17 February 1962
The Oval
1 – 1
20 January 1962
Windsor Park
3 – 1
1962–63
Irish League
12 January 1963
The Oval
1 – 1
13 April 1963
Windsor Park
1 – 1
1963–64
Irish League
21 December 1963
The Oval
3 – 2
4 April 1964
Windsor Park
1 – 8
1964–65
Irish League
13 March 1965
The Oval
1 – 1
9 January 1965
Windsor Park
4 – 1
1965–66
Irish League
6 November 1965
The Oval
2 – 0
15 January 1966
Windsor Park
1 – 2
1966–67
Irish League
4 February 1967
The Oval
2 – 2
26 November 1966
Windsor Park
1 – 1
1967–68
Irish League
23 September 1967
The Oval
2 – 2
16 December 1967
Windsor Park
3 – 1
1968–69
Irish League
11 January 1969
The Oval
2 – 1
9 November 1968
Windsor Park
1 – 3
1969–70
Irish League
10 January 1970
The Oval
2 – 2
1 November 1969
Windsor Park
0 – 2
1970–71
Irish League ]
1 May 1971
The Oval
0 – 3
20 February 1971
Windsor Park
1 – 1
1971–72
Irish League
3 April 1972
The Oval
4 – 0
13 November 1971
Windsor Park
2 – 2
1972–73
Irish League
25 November 1972
The Oval
0 – 2
11 April 1973
Windsor Park
0 – 1
1973–74
Irish League
25 December 1973
The Oval
3 – 2
4 April 1974
Windsor Park
5 – 1
1974–75
Irish League
15 March 1975
The Oval
1 – 0
26 December 1974
Windsor Park
4 – 1
1975–76
Irish League
26 December 1975
The Oval
2 – 1
20 March 1976
Windsor Park
1 – 2
1976–77
Irish League
March 1977
The Oval
2 – 0
25 December 1976
Windsor Park
3 – 0
1977–78
Irish League
26 December 1977
The Oval
2 – 3
25 March 1978
Windsor Park
1 – 2
1978–79
Irish League
14 April 1979
The Oval
1 – 1
16 January 1979
Windsor Park
2 – 1
1979–80
Irish League
12 April 1980
The Oval
1 – 2
12 January 1980
Windsor Park
5 – 0
1980–81
Irish League
10 January 1981
The Oval
2 – 1
18 April 1981
Windsor Park
1 – 1
1981–82
Irish League
6 February 1982
The Oval
1 – 2
21 November 1981
Windsor Park
1 – 2
1982–83
Irish League
27 November 1982
The Oval
3 – 0
5 February 1983
Windsor Park
2 – 2
1983–84
Irish League
3 March 1984
The Oval
4 – 1
26 November 1983
Windsor Park
3 – 0
1984–85
Irish League
24 November 1984
The Oval
2 – 3
9 March 1985
Windsor Park
3 – 1
1985–86
Irish League
8 March 1986
The Oval
2 – 3
21 January 1986
Windsor Park
2 – 1
1986–87
Irish League
22 November 1986
The Oval
3 – 1
29 November 1986
Windsor Park
1 – 0
1987–88
Irish League
16 April 1988
The Oval
0 – 1
2 February 1988
Windsor Park
0 – 2
1988–89
Irish League
7 January 1989
The Oval
2 – 3
22 April 1989
Windsor Park
1 – 2
1989–90
Irish League
26 December 1989
The Oval
3 – 2
17 April 1990
Windsor Park
1 – 3
1990–91
Irish League
10 April 1991
The Oval
1 – 0
26 December 1990
Windsor Park
1 – 1
1991–92
Irish League
26 December 1991
The Oval
3 – 3
21 April 1992
Windsor Park
0 – 0
1992–93
Irish League
17 April 1993
The Oval
1 – 2
26 December 1992
Windsor Park
2 – 0
1993–94
Irish League
27 December 1993
The Oval
0 – 2
30 April 1994
Windsor Park
2 – 0
1994–95
Irish League
29 April 1995
The Oval
2 – 2
26 December 1994
Windsor Park
1 – 1
1995–96
Irish League
26 December 1995
The Oval
0 – 3
4 November 1995
Windsor Park
0 – 4
20 April 1996
The Oval
3 – 0
17 February 1996
Windsor Park
2 – 0
1996–97
Irish League
9 November 1996
The Oval
1 – 1
26 December 1996
Windsor Park
0 – 0
15 February 1997
The Oval
0 – 2
19 April 1997
Windsor Park
0 – 0
1997–98
Irish League
30 August 1997
The Oval
0 – 3
1 November 1997
Windsor Park
3 – 0
26 December 1997
The Oval
1 – 1
7 March 1998
Windsor Park
2 – 0
1998–99
Irish League
5 December 1998
The Oval
1 – 2
3 October 1998
Windsor Park
1 – 1
6 March 1999
The Oval
0 – 1
26 December 1998
Windsor Park
1 – 1
1999–00
Irish League
31 August 1999
The Oval
1 – 0
30 October 1999
Windsor Park
2 – 0
26 December 1999
The Oval
1 – 1
18 March 2000
Windsor Park
1 – 2
2000–01
Irish League
28 October 2000
The Oval
0 – 1
12 September 2000
Windsor Park
0 – 0
10 May 2001
The Oval
2 – 0
26 December 2000
Windsor Park
2 – 0
2001–02
Irish League
1 September 2001
The Oval
1 – 0
17 November 2001
Windsor Park
0 – 0
26 December 2001
The Oval
3 – 3
16 March 2002
Windsor Park
2 – 2
2002–03
Irish League
12 October 2002
The Oval
3 – 2
26 December 2002
Windsor Park
1 – 1
22 January 2003
The Oval
0 – 0
29 April 2003
Windsor Park
1 – 1
2003–04
Irish Premier League
26 December 2003
The Oval
1 – 3
24 March 2004
Windsor Park
2 – 1
2004–05
Irish Premier League
22 April 2005
The Oval
3 – 2
26 December 2004
Windsor Park
1 – 1
2005–06
Irish Premier League
26 December 2005
The Oval
1 – 4
15 April 2006
Windsor Park
0 – 0
2006–07
Irish Premier League
14 April 2007
The Oval
1 – 2
26 December 2007
Windsor Park
1 – 1
2007–08
Irish Premier League
26 December 2007
The Oval
1 – 0
12 April 2008
Windsor Park
0 – 0
2008–09
IFA Premiership
4 March 2009
The Oval
2 – 0
6,108
26 December 2008
Windsor Park
3 – 0
9,500
10 April 2009
The Oval
1 – 1
16 March 2009
Windsor Park
1 – 0
4,264
2009–10
IFA Premiership
18 August 2009
The Oval
2 – 2
6,105
17 October 2009
Windsor Park
2 – 1
4,604
26 January 2010
The Oval
2 – 2
6 April 2010
Windsor Park
3 – 1
4,385
2010–11
IFA Premiership
27 September 2010
The Oval
0 – 0
3,425
18 November 2010
Windsor Park
2 – 1
5,177
16 April 2011
The Oval
1 – 2
19 April 2011
Windsor Park
3 – 2
2011–12
IFA Premiership
9 November 2011
The Oval
2 – 0
2,428
27 August 2011
Windsor Park
0 – 1
3,526
26 December 2011
The Oval
1 – 0
5,300
28 April 2012
Windsor Park
0 – 2
2,167
2012–13
IFA Premiership
1 September 2012
The Oval
1 – 1
2,991
26 December 2012
Windsor Park
2 – 1
5,458
16 February 2013
The Oval
1 – 1
2 April 2013
Windsor Park
1 – 0
1,801
2013–14
NIFL Premiership
26 December 2013
The Oval
1 – 2
5,389
30 August 2013
Windsor Park
0 – 0
2,736
21 February 2014
The Oval
0 – 1
2,016
22 April 2014
Windsor Park
0 – 2
2,467
2014–15
NIFL Premiership
13 August 2014
The Oval
2 – 3
4,316
15 November 2014
Windsor Park
2 – 2
3,670
7 April 2015
The Oval
1 – 2
3,350
26 December 2014
Windsor Park
2 – 1
6,538
2015–16
NIFL Premiership
26 December 2015
The Oval
1 – 2
6,000
10 October 2015
Windsor Park
1 – 1
4,057
19 April 2016
The Oval
0 – 4
2,350
12 March 2016
Windsor Park
3 – 0
4,175
2016–17
NIFL Premiership
1 October 2016
The Oval
1 – 2
3,754
26 December 2016
Windsor Park
1 – 1
7,504
25 February 2017
The Oval
0 – 1
3,045
2017–18
NIFL Premiership
26 December 2017
The Oval
2 – 1
6,054
9 September 2017
Windsor Park
1 – 0
4,179
17 March 2018
Windsor Park
1 – 1
2,607
2018–19
NIFL Premiership
8 October 2018
The Oval
0 – 1
4,425
26 December 2018
Windsor Park
4 – 0
6,944
28 January 2019
Windsor Park
4 – 2
2,554
2019–20
NIFL Premiership
26 December 2019
The Oval
3 – 0
6,000
14 September 2019
Windsor Park
1 – 0
4,810
2020–21
NIFL Premiership
2 March 2021
The Oval
3 – 1
0
24 November 2020
Windsor Park
3 – 3
526
1 May 2021
The Oval
0 – 0
0
23 February 2021
Windsor Park
0 – 1
0
2021–22
NIFL Premiership
28 September 2021
The Oval
0 – 3
4,194
27 December 2021
Windsor Park
1 – 1
8,007
11 February 2022
The Oval
1 – 0
6,000
15 April 2022
Windsor Park
1 – 1
6,809
2022–23
NIFL Premiership
26 December 2022
The Oval
1 – 2
6,154
14 October 2022
Windsor Park
0 – 3
7,134
14 February 2023
The Oval
3 – 0
5,437
12 April 2023
Windsor Park
1 – 1
4,601
2023–24
NIFL Premiership
1 December 2023
The Oval
4 – 0
3,885
6 October 2023
Windsor Park
2 – 0
7,772
6 April 2024
The Oval
0 – 0
2,610
26 December 2023
Windsor Park
2 – 0
9,047
1 In 1895-96, Linfield played all their matches away from home after their Ulsterville ground was purchased for development.
2 This match was played to determine the league winner after both teams finished level on points in the table.
Other results
Season
Date
Competition
Round
Stadium
Home team
Result
Away team
Attendance
1891–92
21 November 1891
Irish Cup
Quarter-final
Ulsterville
Linfield
6 – 0
Glentoran
23 April 1892
Belfast Charity Cup
Quarter-final
Ulsterville
Linfield
4 – 0
Glentoran
1892–93
5 November 1892
Irish Cup
First round
Ulsterville
Linfield
6 – 1
Glentoran
22 April 1893
Belfast Charity Cup
Semi-final
Ulster Cricket Ground
Linfield
1 – 0
Glentoran
1893–94
18 November 1893
Irish Cup
First round
Ulsterville
Linfield
4 – 0
Glentoran
28 April 1894
Belfast Charity Cup
Final
Solitude
Linfield
2 – 0
Glentoran
5,000
1894–95
10 November 1894
City Cup
Group stage
The Oval
Glentoran
4 – 3
Linfield
23 February 1895
Ulsterville
Linfield
5 – 2
Glentoran
1895–96
2 November 1895
City Cup
Group stage
The Oval
Glentoran
1 – 2
Linfield
9 May 1896
The Oval
Glentoran
0 – 2
Linfield
1896–97
2 January 1897
City Cup
Group stage
The Oval
Glentoran
2 – 0
Linfield
13 February 1897
County Antrim Shield
Semi-final
Grosvenor Park
Linfield
2 – 0
Glentoran
15 May 1897
City Cup
Group stage
The Oval
Glentoran
2 – 0
Linfield
1897–98
1 January 1898
City Cup
Group stage
The Oval
Glentoran
2 – 1
Linfield
15 April 1898
Belfast Charity Cup
Semi-final
Solitude
Glentoran
2 – 1
Linfield
7 May 1898
City Cup
Group stage
Balmoral
Linfield
0 – 1
Glentoran
1898–99
8 December 1898
City Cup
Group stage
The Oval
Glentoran
1 – 4
Linfield
7 January 1899
County Antrim Shield
First round
The Oval
Glentoran
0 – 3
Linfield
18 March 1899
Irish Cup
Final
Solitude
Linfield
1 – 01
Glentoran
7,000
6 May 1899
City Cup
Group stage
Balmoral
Linfield
0 – 1
Glentoran
1899–1900
16 December 1899
City Cup
Group stage
Balmoral
Linfield
1 – 1
Glentoran
500
10 February 1900
County Antrim Shield
Semi-final
Solitude
Glentoran
1 – 1
Linfield
2,000
10 March 1900
Semi-final replay
Solitude
Linfield
2 – 0
Glentoran
2,000
7 April 1900
City Cup
Group stage
The Oval
Glentoran
0 – 1
Linfield
1900–01
25 December 1900
City Cup
Group stage
Balmoral
Linfield
1 – 1
Glentoran
8 April 1901
The Oval
Glentoran
1 – 1
Linfield
1901–02
31 March 1901
City Cup
Group stage
Balmoral
Linfield
1 – 1
Glentoran
26 April 1902
Belfast Charity Cup
Final
Solitude
Glentoran
2 – 0
Linfield
24 May 1902
City Cup
Group stage
Balmoral
Linfield
0 – 0
Glentoran
1902–03
8 November 1902
Irish Cup
Quarter-final
The Oval
Glentoran
1 – 2
Linfield
13 December 1902
City Cup
Group stage
Balmoral
Linfield
1 – 1
Glentoran
9 May 1903
Final
Grosvenor Park
Linfield
2 – 0
Glentoran
16 May 1903
Belfast Charity Cup
Final
Solitude
Linfield
2 – 0
Glentoran
1903–04
7 November 1903
Irish Cup
First round
Balmoral
Linfield
3 – 0
Glentoran
9 January 1904
City Cup
Group stage
The Oval
Glentoran
0 – 2
Linfield
5,000
16 April 1904
Balmoral
Linfield
2 – 0
Glentoran
3,000
23 April 1904
Belfast Charity Cup
Semi-final
Grosvenor Park
Glentoran
1 – 0
Linfield
2,500
1904–05
31 December 1904
City Cup
Group stage
Balmoral
Linfield
2 – 0
Glentoran
22 April 1905
The Oval
Glentoran
1 – 0
Linfield
2,000
6 May 1905
Belfast Charity Cup
Final
Solitude
Linfield
2 – 0
Glentoran
1905–06
16 December 1905
City Cup
Group stage
The Oval
Glentoran
4 – 1
Linfield
3,000
24 March 1906
Windsor Park
Linfield
1 – 1
Glentoran
1906–07
30 March 1907
County Antrim Shield
Final
Solitude
Linfield
2 – 0
Glentoran
1 April 1907
City Cup
Group stage
The Oval
Glentoran
3 – 1
Linfield
3,000
27 April 1907
Belfast Charity Cup
Final
Solitude
Glentoran
2 – 0
Linfield
30 April 1907
City Cup
Group stage
Windsor Park
Linfield
0 – 2
Glentoran
1907–08
4 January 1908
City Cup
Group stage
The Oval
Glentoran
5 – 0
Linfield
11 April 1908
Belfast Charity Cup
Semi-final
Solitude
Linfield
2 – 1
Glentoran
6,000
21 April 1908
City Cup
Group stage
Windsor Park
Linfield
2 – 1
Glentoran
8,000
1908–09
5 December 1908
City Cup
Group stage
The Oval
Glentoran
2 – 0
Linfield
3,000
30 January 1909
County Antrim Shield
First round
Windsor Park
Linfield
0 – 2
Glentoran
5,000
12 April 1909
City Cup
Group stage
Windsor Park
Linfield
1 – 2
Glentoran
1909–10
6 November 1909
City Cup
Group stage
Windsor Park
Linfield
2 – 1
Glentoran
5 February 1910
Irish Cup
Quarter-final
Windsor Park
Linfield
2 – 2
Glentoran
8,000
9 February 1910
Quarter-final replay
The Oval
Glentoran
2 – 1
Linfield
28 March 1910
City Cup
Group stage
The Oval
Glentoran
1 – 1
Linfield
5,000
1910–11
26 December 1910
City Cup
Group stage
The Oval
Glentoran
5 – 1
Linfield
25 February 1911
County Antrim Shield
First round
The Oval
Glentoran
3 – 1
Linfield
10,000
1 April 1911
City Cup
Group stage
Windsor Park
Linfield
1 – 1
Glentoran
1911–12
13 January 1912
City Cup
Group stage
The Oval
Glentoran
1 – 0
Linfield
30 April 1912
The Oval
Glentoran
2 – 0
Linfield2
1912–13
15 January 1913
City Cup
Group stage
The Oval
Glentoran
4 – 3
Linfield
2,500
15 March 1913
Windsor Park
Linfield
1 – 0
Glentoran
3,000
29 March 1913
Irish Cup
Final
Celtic Park
Linfield
2 – 0
Glentoran
20,000
1913–14
11 October 1913
City Cup
Group stage
The Oval
Glentoran
2 – 2
Linfield
14 February 1914
Windsor Park
Linfield
4 – 1
Glentoran
21 March 1914
County Antrim Shield
Final
Grosvenor Park
Linfield
3 – 2
Glentoran
20,000
28 March 1914
Irish Cup
Final
Grosvenor Park
Glentoran
3 – 1
Linfield
20,000
2 May 1914
Belfast Charity Cup
Final
Solitude
Linfield
1 – 0
Glentoran
16 May 1914
City Cup
Playoff
Solitude
Glentoran
2 – 0
Linfield
1914–15
13 January 1915
County Antrim Shield
First round
The Oval
Glentoran
2 – 1
Linfield
3 April 1915
City Cup
Group stage
The Oval
Glentoran
1 – 3
Linfield
12 May 1915
Windsor Park
Linfield
0 – 0
Glentoran
7,000
1915–16
25 September 1915
Belfast City Cup
Group stage
Windsor Park
Linfield
0 – 0
Glentoran
11 December 1915
The Oval
Glentoran
3 – 0
Linfield
25 March 1916
Irish Cup
Final
Celtic Park
Linfield
1 – 1
Glentoran
1 April 1916
Final replay
Grosvenor Park
Linfield
1 – 0
Glentoran
15 April 1916
Belfast Charity Cup
Semi-final
Grosvenor Park
Linfield
2 – 0
Glentoran
13 May 1916
Gold Cup
Group stage
Grosvenor Park
Glentoran
2 – 1
Linfield
1916–17
30 December 1916
Belfast City Cup
Group stage
Windsor Park
Linfield
0 – 2
Glentoran
3 March 1917
County Antrim Shield
Final
Celtic Park
Linfield
3 – 0
Glentoran
9 April 1917
Gold Cup
Group stage
Windsor Park
Linfield
1 – 0 3
Glentoran
5 May 1917
Belfast Charity Cup
Final
Solitude
Linfield
1 – 0
Glentoran
11 May 1917
Belfast City Cup
Group stage
The Oval
Glentoran
6 – 1
Linfield
1917–18
22 December 1917
Belfast City Cup
Group stage
Windsor Park
Linfield
1 – 0
Glentoran
2 March 1918
Windsor Park
Linfield
0 – 1
Glentoran
20 April 1918
County Antrim Shield
Final
Grosvenor Park
Glentoran
2 – 0
Linfield
6 May 1918
Belfast Charity Cup
Final
Solitude
Linfield
1 – 0
Glentoran
11 May 1918
Gold Cup
Group stage
The Oval
Glentoran
0 – 0
Linfield
10,000
1918–19
7 December 1918
Belfast City Cup
Group stage
Windsor Park
Linfield
1 – 0
Glentoran
28 December 1918
The Oval
Glentoran
2 – 1
Linfield
22 February 1919
Gold Cup
Group stage
Windsor Park
Linfield
2 – 1
Glentoran
29 March 1919
Irish Cup
Final
Celtic Park
Linfield
1 – 1
Glentoran
18,000
5 April 1919
Final replay
Grosvenor Park
Linfield
0 – 0
Glentoran
7 April 1919
Final replay
Solitude
Linfield
2 – 1
Glentoran
3 May 1919
Belfast Charity Cup
Final
Solitude
Linfield
1 – 0
Glentoran
9,193
1919–20
25 December 1919
City Cup
Group stage
The Oval
Glentoran
0 – 0
Linfield
3 April 1920
Windsor Park
Linfield
2 – 1
Glentoran
8 May 1920
Gold Cup
Semi-final
Solitude
Glentoran
3 – 0
Linfield
1920–21
4 September 1920
Gold Cup
Group stage
Windsor Park
Linfield
0 – 1
Glentoran
9 October 1920
The Oval
Glentoran
0 – 1
Linfield
22 January 1921
County Antrim Shield
Semi-final
Solitude
Glentoran
0 – 0
Linfield
3 February 1921
Semi-final replay
Solitude
Glentoran
1 – 0
Linfield
31 March 1921
City Cup
Group stage
Windsor Park
Linfield
0 – 0
Glentoran
2 April 1921
The Oval
Glentoran
3 – 0
Linfield
1921–22
27 August 1921
Alhambra Cup
Semi-final
Solitude
Linfield
1 – 0
Glentoran
26 November 1921
City Cup
Group stage
Windsor Park
Linfield
1 – 1
Glentoran
26 December 1921
The Oval
Glentoran
0 – 1
Linfield
17 April 1922
Gold Cup
Group stage
The Oval
Glentoran
1 – 0
Linfield
20 May 1922
Windsor Park
Linfield
5 – 1
Glentoran
1922–23
9 December 1922
City Cup
Group stage
Windsor Park
Linfield
2 – 3
Glentoran
7,000
30 December 1922
The Oval
Glentoran
0 – 0
Linfield
10 March 1923
County Antrim Shield
Final
Solitude
Linfield
4 – 1
Glentoran
31 March 1923
Irish Cup
Final
Solitude
Linfield
2 – 0
Glentoran
14 April 1923
Gold Cup
Group stage
Windsor Park
Linfield
2 – 2
Glentoran
7 May 1923
The Oval
Glentoran
0 – 2
Linfield
1923–24
5 April 1924
City Cup
Group stage
Windsor Park
Linfield
2 – 3
Glentoran
13 May 1924
Belfast Charity Cup
Quarter-final
Windsor Park
Linfield
1 – 3
Glentoran
1924–25
4 April 1925
City Cup
Group stage
Windsor Park
Linfield
2 – 2
Glentoran
1925–26
2 January 1926
County Antrim Shield
Quarter-final
The Oval
Glentoran
3 – 2
Linfield
6 February 1926
Irish Cup
Semi-final
Solitude
Linfield
2 – 2
Glentoran
10 February 1926
Semi-final replay
Solitude
Glentoran
2 – 2
Linfield
17 February 1926
Semi-final replay
Windsor Park
Linfield
3 – 2
Glentoran
24 April 1926
City Cup
Group stage
Windsor Park
Linfield
1 – 2
Glentoran
1926–27
2 April 1927
City Cup
Group stage
Windsor Park
Linfield
5 – 0
Glentoran
14 May 1927
Belfast Charity Cup
Final
Solitude
Linfield
5 – 2
Glentoran
1927–28
14 April 1928
City Cup
Group stage
The Oval
Glentoran
0 – 2
Linfield
1928–29
2 April 1929
City Cup
Group stage
The Oval
Glentoran
0 – 2
Linfield
1929–30
12 February 1930
Irish Cup
Semi-final
Windsor Park
Linfield
2 – 1
Glentoran
9 April 1930
County Antrim Shield
Final
Solitude
Linfield
3 – 1
Glentoran
22 April 1930
City Cup
Group stage
The Oval
Glentoran
2 – 1
Linfield
1930–31
27 August 1930
Gold Cup
First round
The Oval
Glentoran
1 – 2
Linfield
7 February 1931
Irish Cup
Semi-final
Celtic Park
Linfield
5 – 1
Glentoran
18 April 1931
City Cup
Group stage
Windsor Park
Linfield
6 – 1
Glentoran
1931–32
27 February 1932
City Cup
Group stage
The Oval
Glentoran
5 – 2
Linfield
9 March 1932
County Antrim Shield
Semi-final
Solitude
Glentoran
0 – 2
Linfield
26 March 1932
Irish Cup
Final
Celtic Park
Glentoran
2 – 1
Linfield
1932–33
15 March 1933
County Antrim Shield
Quarter-final
The Oval
Glentoran
0 – 1
Linfield
15 April 1933
City Cup
Group stage
The Oval
Glentoran
1 – 1
Linfield
1933–34
21 February 1934
County Antrim Shield
Quarter-final
Windsor Park
Linfield
5 – 1
Glentoran
24 March 1934
City Cup
Group stage
The Oval
Linfield
3 – 0
Glentoran
12 May 1934
Belfast Charity Cup
Semi-final
Grosvenor Park
Glentoran
0 – 4
Linfield
1934–35
16 February 1935
City Cup
Group stage
The Oval
Glentoran
3 – 1
Linfield
23 February 1935
Irish Cup
Quarter-final
The Oval
Glentoran
4 – 2
Linfield
1935–36
8 February 1936
City Cup
Group stage
Windsor Park
Linfield
3 – 1
Glentoran
1936–37
20 February 1937
Irish Cup
Quarter-final
The Oval
Glentoran
0 – 0
Linfield
24 February 1937
Quarter-final replay
Windsor Park
Linfield
6 – 1
Glentoran
17 April 1937
City Cup
Group stage
Windsor Park
Linfield
3 – 0
Glentoran
1937–38
8 September 1937
Gold Cup
Group stage
Windsor Park
Linfield
0 – 1
Glentoran
6 April 1938
City Cup
Group stage
Windsor Park
Linfield
4 – 1
Glentoran
19 May 1938
Belfast Charity Cup
Final
Solitude
Linfield
3 – 1
Glentoran
1938–39
18 February 1939
City Cup
Group stage
Windsor Park
Linfield
2 – 0
Glentoran
13 May 1939
Belfast Charity Cup
Semi-final
Solitude
Linfield
2 – 1
Glentoran
1939–40
23 August 1939
City Cup
Group stage
The Oval
Glentoran
1 – 1
Linfield
24 April 1940
County Antrim Shield
Final
Solitude
Glentoran
4 – 0
Linfield
1940–41
7 September 1940
Substitute Gold Cup
Group stage
Windsor Park
Linfield
2 – 1
Glentoran
26 October 1940
The Oval
Glentoran
3 – 3
Linfield
1941–42
27 September 1941
Substitute Gold Cup
Group stage
Grosvenor Park
Glentoran
4 – 6
Linfield
1 November 1941
Windsor Park
Linfield
1 – 3
Glentoran
18 April 1942
Irish Cup
Final
Celtic Park
Linfield
3 – 1
Glentoran
1942–43
29 August 1942
Substitute Gold Cup
Group stage
Windsor Park
Linfield
6 – 1
Glentoran
10 October 1942
Grosvenor Park
Glentoran
1 – 4
Linfield
1943–44
21 August 1943
Substitute Gold Cup
Group stage
Windsor Park
Linfield
3 – 1
Glentoran
2 October 1943
Grosvenor Park
Glentoran
1 – 1
Linfield
1944–45
19 August 1944
Substitute Gold Cup
Group stage
Grosvenor Park
Glentoran
0 – 4
Linfield
30 September 1944
Windsor Park
Linfield
7 – 0
Glentoran
14 April 1945
Irish Cup
Final
Celtic Park
Linfield
4 – 2
Glentoran
20,000
1945–46
8 September 1945
Substitute Gold Cup
Group stage
Grosvenor Park
Glentoran
1 – 3
Linfield
20 October 1945
Windsor Park
Linfield
0 – 3
Glentoran
1946–47
21 August 1946
Substitute Gold Cup
Group stage
Windsor Park
Linfield
2 – 1
Glentoran
14 September 1946
Grosvenor Park
Glentoran
0 – 2
Linfield
1947–48
2 September 1947
Gold Cup
Second round
Grosvenor Park
Glentoran
3 – 1
Linfield
18 October 1947
City Cup
Group stage
Grosvenor Park
Glentoran
3 – 1
Linfield
31 December 1947
Second place playoff
Solitude
Glentoran
3 – 2
Linfield
14 April 1948
County Antrim Shield
Quarter-final
Grosvenor Park
Glentoran
1 – 1
Linfield
20 April 1948
Quarter-final replay
Windsor Park
Linfield
2 – 0
Glentoran
1948–49
21 August 1948
City Cup
Group stage
Windsor Park
Linfield
1 – 1
Glentoran
22 January 1949
Irish Cup
First round
Solitude
Linfield
0 – 2
Glentoran
1949–50
20 August 1949
City Cup
Group stage
The Oval
Glentoran
2 – 3
Linfield
31 August 1949
Gold Cup
Quarter-final
The Oval
Glentoran
1 – 1
Linfield
20 September 1949
Quarter-final replay
Windsor Park
Linfield
6 – 0
Glentoran
11 February 1950
Irish Cup
Quarter-final
Windsor Park
Linfield
3 – 0
Glentoran
13 May 1950
County Antrim Shield
Final
Solitude
Glentoran
2 – 0
Linfield
1950–51
26 August 1950
City Cup
Group stage
Windsor Park
Linfield
1 – 1
Glentoran
20 September 1950
Gold Cup
Final
Solitude
Linfield
5 – 1
Glentoran
10 January 1951
Ulster Cup
Final
Grosvenor Park
Glentoran
2 – 1
Linfield
7 April 1951
Irish Cup
Semi-final
The Oval
Glentoran
3 – 1
Linfield
1951–52
18 August 1951
City Cup
Group stage
The Oval
Glentoran
1 – 1
Linfield
15 March 1952
Irish Cup
Quarter-final
Windsor Park
Linfield
0 – 0
Glentoran
2 April 1952
Quarter-final replay
The Oval
Glentoran
2 – 2
Linfield
9 April 1952
Quarter-final replay
Windsor Park
Linfield
0 – 0
Glentoran
17 April 1952
Quarter-final replay
The Oval
Glentoran
1 – 0
Linfield
12 May 1952
City Cup
Playoff
Grosvenor Park
Glentoran
2 – 3
Linfield
1952–53
13 September 1952
City Cup
Group stage
Windsor Park
Linfield
1 – 1
Glentoran
28 March 1953
Irish Cup
Semi-final
Windsor Park
Linfield
2 – 1
Glentoran
1953–54
29 August 1953
City Cup
Group stage
The Oval
Glentoran
0 – 0
Linfield
2 October 1953
Mercer Cup
Group stage
Grosvenor Park
Linfield
1 – 5
Glentoran
1954–55
11 September 1954
City Cup
Group stage
Windsor Park
Linfield
3 – 1
Glentoran
1955–56
10 September 1955
City Cup
Group stage
The Oval
Glentoran
0 – 0
Linfield
23 November 1955
Gold Cup
Semi-final
Solitude
Linfield
4 – 2
Glentoran
1956–57
29 August 1956
Ulster Cup
Group stage
Windsor Park
Linfield
3 – 2
Glentoran
2 March 1957
Irish Cup
Quarter-final
Windsor Park
Linfield
2 – 2
Glentoran
6 March 1957
Semi-final replay
The Oval
Glentoran
1 – 2
Linfield
16 March 1957
City Cup
Group stage
The Oval
Glentoran
1 – 2
Linfield
1957–58
7 September 1957
City Cup
Group stage
Windsor Park
Linfield
3 – 3
Glentoran
2 May 1958
County Antrim Shield
Semi-final
Solitude
Linfield
2 – 0
Glentoran
1958–59
6 September 1958
City Cup
Group stage
The Oval
Glentoran
2 – 2
Linfield
1 October 1958
Gold Cup
Semi-final
Grosvenor Park
Linfield
2 – 5
Glentoran
1959–60
5 September 1959
City Cup
Group stage
Windsor Park
Linfield
3 – 3
Glentoran
1960–61
10 September 1960
City Cup
Group stage
Windsor Park
Linfield
2 – 2
Glentoran
9 May 1961
Gold Cup
Final
Solitude
Glentoran
4 – 2
Linfield
13 May 1961
County Antrim Shield
Final
Solitude
Linfield
2 – 1
Glentoran
1961–62
9 September 1961
City Cup
Group stage
The Oval
Glentoran
1 – 2
Linfield
14 November 1961
Ulster Cup
Final
Windsor Park
Linfield
2 – 0
Glentoran
5 December 1961
Gold Cup
Final
Grosvenor Park
Linfield
4 – 0
Glentoran
30 January 1962
North-South Cup
Final
Windsor Park
Linfield
0 – 0
Glentoran
5 February 1962
Final replay
Grosvenor Park
Linfield
7 – 1
Glentoran
12 May 1962
County Antrim Shield
Final
Solitude
Linfield
5 – 0
Glentoran
1962–63
8 September 1962
City Cup
Group stage
Windsor Park
Linfield
3 – 0
Glentoran
11 September 1962
Gold Cup
First round
The Oval
Glentoran
1 – 0
Linfield
9 April 1963
County Antrim Shield
Quarter-final
Windsor Park
Linfield
2 – 2
Glentoran
23 April 1963
Quarter-final replay
The Oval
Glentoran
1 – 1
Linfield
1 May 1963
Quarter-final replay
Solitude
Linfield
3 – 1
Glentoran
1963–64
7 September 1963
City Cup
Group stage
The Oval
Glentoran
1 – 5
Linfield
15 January 1964
Gold Cup
Final
Windsor Park
Linfield
2 – 2
Glentoran
12 February 1964
Final replay
Windsor Park
Linfield
3 – 2
Glentoran
2 May 1964
County Antrim Shield
Semi-final
Solitude
Linfield
1 – 5
Glentoran
1964–65
5 September 1964
City Cup
Group stage
Windsor Park
Linfield
1 – 2
Glentoran
2 December 1964
Ulster Cup
Final
Windsor Park
Linfield
1 – 0
Glentoran
1965–66
14 August 1965
Ulster Cup
Group stage
Windsor Park
Linfield
4 – 1
Glentoran
23 April 1966
Irish Cup
Final
The Oval
Glentoran
2 – 0
Linfield
20,000
2 May 1966
County Antrim Shield
Quarter-final
Windsor Park
Linfield
3 – 2
Glentoran
17 May 1966
City Cup
Group stage
The Oval
Glentoran
1 – 1
Linfield
1966–67
13 August 1966
Ulster Cup
Group stage
The Oval
Glentoran
2 – 1
Linfield
1 April 1967
Irish Cup
Semi-final
The Oval
Glentoran
1 – 0
Linfield
2 May 1967
City Cup
Group stage
Windsor Park
Linfield
1 – 0
Glentoran
6 May 1967
County Antrim Shield
Semi-final
Solitude
Linfield
2 – 1
Glentoran
11,500
8 May 1967
Top Four Cup
Semi-final
Solitude
Linfield
walkover4
Glentoran
1967–68
30 August 1967
Ulster Cup
Group stage
Windsor Park
Linfield
3 – 2
Glentoran
1 April 1968
Top Four Cup
Semi-final
Windsor Park
Linfield
2 – 2
Glentoran
9 April 1968
Semi-final replay
The Oval
Glentoran
1 – 2
Linfield
20 April 1968
City Cup
Group stage
The Oval
Glentoran
0 – 1
Linfield
11 May 1968
County Antrim Shield
Final
Solitude
Glentoran
3 – 3
Linfield
13 May 1968
Final replay
Solitude
Glentoran
3 – 0
Linfield
1968–69
5 August 1968
Ulster Cup
Group stage
The Oval
Glentoran
1 – 1
Linfield
20 November 1968
Gold Cup
Final
Windsor Park
Linfield
0 – 0
Glentoran
20,000
4 December 1968
Final replay
The Oval
Linfield
2 – 1
Glentoran
22 February 1969
City Cup
Group stage
Windsor Park
Linfield
2 – 0
Glentoran
18 March 1969
Top Four Cup
Semi-final
Windsor Park
Linfield
1 – 0
Glentoran
1969–70
20 January 1970
Ulster Cup
Group stage
Windsor Park
Linfield
0 – 0
Glentoran
1970–71
22 August 1970
Ulster Cup
Group stage
The Oval
Glentoran
1 – 2
Linfield
7 November 1970
City Cup
Group stage
Windsor Park
Linfield
1 – 2
Glentoran
17 March 1971
Gold Cup
Final
The Oval
Linfield
2 – 1
Glentoran
15,000
1971–72
20 October 1971
Ulster Cup
Group stage
Windsor Park
Linfield
2 – 1
Glentoran
18 April 1972
Gold Cup
Quarter-final
Windsor Park
Linfield
0 – 0
Glentoran
25 April 1972
Quarter-final replay
The Oval
Glentoran
3 – 0
Linfield
1972–73
26 August 1972
Ulster Cup
Group stage
The Oval
Glentoran
1 – 2
Linfield
28 April 1973
Irish Cup
Final
Windsor Park
Glentoran
3 – 2
Linfield
12,000
3 May 1973
County Antrim Shield
Semi final 1st leg
Windsor Park
Linfield
1 – 1
Glentoran
12 May 1973
Semi final 2nd leg
The Oval
Glentoran
2 – 3
Linfield
1973–74
25 August 1973
Ulster Cup
Group stage
Windsor Park
Linfield
6 – 0
Glentoran
1974–75
24 August 1974
Ulster Cup
Group stage
The Oval
Glentoran
5 – 1
Linfield
1975–76
23 August 1975
Ulster Cup
Group stage
Windsor Park
Linfield
5 – 0
Glentoran
15 October 1975
City Cup
Final
Windsor Park
Linfield
1 – 3
Glentoran
13 March 1976
Irish Cup
Semi-final
The Oval
Glentoran
0 – 2
Linfield
1976–77
25 August 1976
Ulster Cup
Group stage
The Oval
Glentoran
6 – 2
Linfield
23 November 1976
Gold Cup
Final
Windsor Park
Glentoran
5 – 1
Linfield
10,000
5 February 1977
Irish Cup
First round
The Oval
Glentoran
1 – 1
Linfield
8 February 1977
First round replay
Windsor Park
Linfield
3 – 0
Glentoran
14 May 1977
County Antrim Shield
Final
Windsor Park
Linfield
3 – 1
Glentoran
1977–78
26 August 1977
Ulster Cup
Group stage
The Oval
Glentoran
1 – 2
Linfield
25 February 1978
Irish Cup
Quarter-final
Windsor Park
Linfield
4 – 3
Glentoran
1978–79
26 August 1978
Ulster Cup
Group stage
Windsor Park
Linfield
0 – 0
Glentoran
1979–80
6 October 1979
Ulster Cup
Group stage
The Oval
Glentoran
1 – 1
Linfield
23 February 1980
Irish Cup
Quarter-final
Windsor Park
Linfield
4 – 0
Glentoran
1980–81
4 October 1980
Ulster Cup
Group stage
Windsor Park
Linfield
1 – 1
Glentoran
4 May 1981
County Antrim Shield
Final
Windsor Park
Linfield
4 – 1
Glentoran
1981–82
25 August 1981
Ulster Cup
Group stage
The Oval
Glentoran
1 – 1
Linfield
6 April 1982
County Antrim Shield
First round
Windsor Park
Linfield
1 – 0
Glentoran
1982–83
22 September 1982
Gold Cup
Final
Windsor Park
Glentoran
2 – 0
Linfield
2 October 1982
Ulster Cup
Group stage
Windsor Park
Linfield
5 – 2
Glentoran
30 April 1983
Irish Cup
Final
Windsor Park
Glentoran
1 – 1
Linfield
12,000
7 May 1983
Final replay
The Oval
Glentoran
2 – 1
Linfield
8,000
12 May 1983
County Antrim Shield
Final
Windsor Park
Linfield
4 – 1
Glentoran
8,000
1983–84
24 September 1983
Ulster Cup
Group stage
Windsor Park
Linfield
2 – 3
Glentoran
18 October 1983
Gold Cup
Final
Windsor Park
Linfield
3 – 1
Glentoran
29 October 1983
Ulster Cup
Group stage
The Oval
Glentoran
1 – 1
Linfield
1984–85
9 October 1984
Gold Cup
Final
Windsor Park
Linfield
3 – 1
Glentoran
18 April 1985
County Antrim Shield
Quarter-final
Windsor Park
Linfield
0 – 1
Glentoran
4 May 1985
Irish Cup
Final
Windsor Park
Glentoran
1 – 1
Linfield
12,000
11 May 1985
Final replay
Windsor Park
Glentoran
1 – 0
Linfield
12,000
1985–86
31 August 1985
Gold Cup
Group stage
Windsor Park
Linfield
4 – 0
Glentoran
1986–87
25 April 1987
Gold Cup
Final
The Oval
Glentoran
3 – 2
Linfield
1987–88
13 August 1987
County Antrim Shield
Quarter-final
The Oval
Glentoran
3 – 1
Linfield
28 October 1987
Gold Cup
Semi-final
Windsor Park
Linfield
1 – 1 (5 – 4 pens)
Glentoran
19 April 1988
County Antrim Chalice
Quarter-final
Windsor Park
Linfield
0 – 2
Glentoran
1988–89
30 November 1988
League Cup
Final
The Oval
Glentoran
2 – 1
Linfield
10,000
11 March 1989
Irish Cup
Quarter-final
The Oval
Glentoran
0 – 3
Linfield
1989–90
30 August 1989
Ulster Cup
Quarter-final
The Oval
Glentoran
3 – 1
Linfield
21 October 1989
League Cup
Second round
Windsor Park
Linfield
0 – 4
Glentoran
7 March 1990
Floodlit Cup
Final
Windsor Park
Glentoran
4 – 2
Linfield
7 April 1990
Irish Cup
Semi-final
Windsor Park
Glentoran
2 – 0
Linfield
26 April 1990
County Antrim Shield
Final
The Oval
Glentoran
0 – 0 (6 – 5 pens)
Linfield
1990–91
29 August 1990
Ulster Cup
Quarter-final
The Oval
Glentoran
0 – 1
Linfield
1993–94
23 November 1993
Floodlit Cup
Quarter-final
Windsor Park
Linfield
3 – 2 (aet)
Glentoran
29 March 1994
League Cup
Quarter-final
Windsor Park
Linfield
2 – 1
Glentoran
1994–95
20 August 1994
Ulster Cup
Group stage
The Oval
Glentoran
0 – 1
Linfield
1995–96
16 August 1995
League Cup
Quarter-final
The Oval
Glentoran
0 – 1
Linfield
28 November 1995
Gold Cup
Quarter-final
Windsor Park
Linfield
2 – 2 (4 – 3 pens)
Glentoran
6 February 1996
Floodlit Cup
Quarter-final
Windsor Park
Glentoran
2 – 1
Linfield
1997–98
9 September 1997
League Cup
Final
Windsor Park
Linfield
1 – 0
Glentoran
4 April 1998
Irish Cup
Semi-final
Windsor Park
Linfield
1 – 2
Glentoran
1998–99
12 January 1999
County Antrim Shield
Semi-final
Windsor Park
Linfield
1 – 2
Glentoran
4 May 1999
League Cup
Final
Windsor Park
Linfield
2 – 1
Glentoran
6,500
1999–2000
30 November 1999
Gold Cup
Final
Windsor Park
Glentoran
4 – 2
Linfield
31 December 1999
County Antrim Shield
Quarter-final
The Oval
Glentoran
1 – 0
Linfield
8 April 2000
Irish Cup
Semi-final
Windsor Park
Glentoran
3 – 2
Linfield
2000–01
5 August 2000
Charity Shield
Final
Windsor Park
Linfield
2 – 0
Glentoran
30 January 2001
County Antrim Shield
Final
Windsor Park
Linfield
2 – 1
Glentoran
5 May 2001
Irish Cup
Final
Windsor Park
Glentoran
1 – 0 (aet)
Linfield
14,190
2001–02
9 October 2001
League Cup
Group stage
Windsor Park
Linfield
0 – 0
Glentoran
27 November 2001
Final
Windsor Park
Linfield
3 – 1
Glentoran
6,200
27 February 2002
County Antrim Shield
Final
The Oval
Glentoran
2 – 0
Linfield
2002–03
24 September 2002
League Cup
Group stage
The Oval
Glentoran
1 – 1
Linfield
3 December 2002
Final
Windsor Park
Glentoran
2 – 0
Linfield
5,700
24 February 2003
County Antrim Shield
Semi-final
Windsor Park
Linfield
0 – 1
Glentoran
2003–04
4 February 2004
County Antrim Shield
Semi-final
The Oval
Glentoran
0 – 1
Linfield
6 March 2004
Irish Cup
Quarter-final
Windsor Park
Linfield
0 – 1
Glentoran
2004–05
9 November 2004
League Cup
Final
Windsor Park
Glentoran
2 – 1 (aet)
Linfield
6,000
12 February 2005
Irish Cup
Sixth round
The Oval
Glentoran
1 – 1
Linfield
15 February 2005
Sixth round replay
Windsor Park
Linfield
0 – 3
Glentoran
19 April 2005
Setanta Cup
Group stage
Windsor Park
Linfield
3 – 2
Glentoran
16 May 2005
The Oval
Glentoran
2 – 4
Linfield
2005–06
10 December 2005
League Cup
Final
Windsor Park
Linfield
3 – 0
Glentoran
6,845
24 January 2006
County Antrim Shield
Semi-final
Windsor Park
Linfield
1 – 0
Glentoran
28 February 2006
Setanta Cup
Group stage
The Oval
Glentoran
3 – 3
Linfield
3 April 2006
Windsor Park
Linfield
6 – 0
Glentoran
6 May 2006
Irish Cup
Final
Windsor Park
Linfield
2 – 1
Glentoran
12,500
2006–07
7 November 2006
League Cup
Semi-final
Windsor Park
Linfield
0 – 0 (3 – 4 pens)
Glentoran
5 March 2007
Setanta Cup
Group stage
Windsor Park
Linfield
1 – 1
Glentoran
17 April 2007
The Oval
Glentoran
1 – 2
Linfield
2007–08
7 April 2008
Setanta Cup
Group stage
The Oval
Glentoran
1 – 3
Linfield
2008–09
15 September 2008
Setanta Cup
Group stage
Windsor Park
Linfield
1 – 4
Glentoran
2009–10
29 September 2009
County Antrim Shield
Quarter-final
The Oval
Glentoran
1 – 2
Linfield
5 December 2009
League Cup
Quarter-final 1st leg
The Oval
Glentoran
0 – 1
Linfield
15 December 2009
Quarter-final 2nd leg
Windsor Park
Linfield
1 – 2
Glentoran
6 March 2010
Irish Cup
Quarter-final
The Oval
Glentoran
1 – 3
Linfield
2010–11
30 November 2010
County Antrim Shield
Final
Windsor Park
Glentoran
3 – 1
Linfield
9 April 2011
Irish Cup
Semi-final
Windsor Park
Linfield
2 – 0
Glentoran
2012–13
1 October 2012
County Antrim Shield
Quarter-final
The Oval
Glentoran
2 – 3
Linfield
2013–14
8 October 2013
League Cup
Third round
The Oval
Glentoran
0 – 0 (2 – 4 pens)
Linfield
2016–17
7 January 2017
Irish Cup
Fifth round
The Oval
Glentoran
1 – 2 (aet)
Linfield
2017–18
9 May 2018
Europa League play-offs
Semi-final
Windsor Park
Linfield
3 – 4
Glentoran
2018–19
23 October 2018
County Antrim Shield
Quarter-final
Windsor Park
Linfield
2 – 1 (aet)
Glentoran
2022–23
15 November 2022
County Antrim Shield
Semi-final
Windsor Park
Linfield
2 – 1
Glentoran
6 December 2022
League Cup
Semi-final
The Oval
Glentoran
0 – 3
Linfield
2023–24
7 November 2023
League Cup
Second round
The Oval
Glentoran
1 – 2
Linfield
29 March 2024
Irish Cup
Semi-final
The Oval
Glentoran
1 – 3
Linfield
1 Match ended early after Glentoran players refused to continue claiming a Linfield player punched a shot clear from the goal-line and no penalty had been awarded
2 Linfield competed as the "New Blues" due to the club not having registered with the newly-formed "New Irish Football Association"
3 Linfield were leading 1-0 when the match was abandoned due to a snowstorm. A replay was ordered but Linfield refused to play and Glentoran were awarded victory
4 Linfield were awarded victory as Glentoran refused to play at Solitude
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