Two seven-trophy seasons (1921–22 & 1961–62) Linfield F.C.



the linfield squad 1957–58 season included newly signed newcastle united legend jackie milburn.


in 1921–22 season, club achieved clean sweep of domestic competitions entered – irish league, irish cup, county antrim shield, alhambra cup, belfast charity cup, gold cup , city cup. club followed next season winning treble including irish league, irish cup , county antrim shield in 1922–23. in 1927, joe bambrick signed blues, , become 1 of club s all-time top goal scorers. in 1929–30 season, bambrick scored remarkable 94 goals – record surprisingly stood 1 season, until glentoran s fred roberts scored incredible 96 goals during following campaign break bambrick s record. in 1930, bambrick scored 6 goals in 1 game ireland – 7–0 win on wales. 1931–32, 1933–34 , 1934–35 league titles followed linfield, before bambrick left club join chelsea in 1935 having scored 286 league goals in 183 games linfield – remarkable ratio of 1.56 goals per game. irish league once again suspended in 1940 result of second world war, temporary unofficial league set called northern regional league. linfield won league 3 times – in 1942–43, 1944–45 , 1945–46. league ran 7 seasons until return of irish league once again in 1947.


in 1957, jackie milburn famously signed blues player-manager newcastle united, , won ulster footballer of year award performances during first season @ club. milburn s presence dramatically increased average crowds @ matches, belfast telegraph calling signing of century . milburn famous scoring linfield s first ever goals in european competition. in september 1959, scored both goals against ifk göteborg in 2–1 linfield win @ windsor park in first leg of 1959–60 european cup preliminary round tie – club s european debut. milburn irish league s top goal scorer on 2 occasions before leaving club in 1960 join yiewsley. in 1962, forty years after linfield s remarkable seven-trophy season, club repeated feat in 1961–62 season under manager isaac mcdowell. won seven-trophy haul including irish league, irish cup, county antrim shield, gold cup, city cup , ulster cup. won north-south cup final season, conclusion of 1960–61 competition. fixture congestion had meant final not played before end of previous season, rescheduled take place during 1961–62 season. commemorative event held in april 2012, celebrating 90th , 50th anniversaries of 1921–22 , 1961–62 seven-trophy-winning teams.








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