All-Ireland Cross-Border Cup Competitions (original) (raw)

There have been six cross-border cup competitions open to league teams in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland since the beginning of World War II. Currently only the Setanta Cup is played.

Dublin and Belfast Inter-City Cup

This knock-out competition was competed for by all league clubs in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. In the case of a draw in the final the team which got the most corners during the final were declared winners.

1941-42 Dundalk 1-0 Shamrock Rovers 1942-43 Shamrock Rovers 2-2 Bohemians (on aggregate, Shamrock Rovers won on corners) 1943-44 Glentoran 5-4 Belfast Celtic (on aggregate) 1944-45 Bohemians 3-2 Belfast Celtic (on aggregate) 1945-46 Shamrock Rovers 3-2 Belfast Celtic (on aggregate) 1946-47 Shamrock Rovers 4-1 Drumcondra (on aggregate) 1947-48 Belfast Celtic and Distillery declared joint winners 1948-49 Shamrock Rovers 3-0 Dundalk

NB: Shamrock Rovers also won the Dublin City Cup twice on corner kicks!

North-South Cup

1961-62 Linfield 7-1 Glentoran (on aggregate) 1962-63 Glenavon 2-1 Shelbourne (on aggregate)

Blaxnit Cup

Played as a knock-out competition between the 4 semifinalists from both sides of the border (so 8 entries in all).

1967-68 Shamrock Rovers 3-2 Crusaders (on aggregate) 1968-69 Coleraine 4-3 Shamrock Rovers (on aggregate) 1969-70 Coleraine 4-2 Sligo Rovers (on aggregate) 1970-71 Linfield 3-2 Cork Hibernians (on aggregate) 1971-72 Cork Hibernians 5-3 Coleraine (on aggregate) 1972-73 Glentoran 6-2 Cork Hibernians (on aggregate) 1973-74 Ards 3-1 Ballymena United

Texaco Cup

In 1970-71 and 1971-72 Irish clubs competed in theTexaco Cup together with English and Scottish clubs. They then withdrew due to political pressure and Texaco organised a separate competition for the Irish teams in 1973-74 and 1974-75.

1973-74 Portadown 5-3 Bohemians (on aggregate) 1974-75 Waterford 1-0 Linfield (on aggregate)

Tyler Cup

1977-78 Portadown 5-3 Bohemians (on aggregate) 1978-79 Shamrock Rovers 1-0 Finn Harps 1979-80 Athlone Town 3-2 Drogheda United (on aggregate) 1980-81 Linfield 2-1 Athlone Town (on aggregate)

Setanta Cup

First played in 2005 between the European qualifiers from the Eircom League (Shelbourne, Cork and Longford) and the Irish League (Glentoran, Portadown and Linfield).

2005 Linfield 2-0 Shelbourne 2006 Drogheda United 1-0 Cork City (aet) 2007 Drogheda United 1-1 Linfield (aet, 4-3 pen) 2008 Cork City 2-1 Glentoran 2010 Bohemians 1-0 St Patrick's 2011 Shamrock Rovers 2-0 Dundalk 2012 Crusaders 2-2 Derry City (aet, 5-4 pen) 2013 Shamrock Rovers 7-1 Drogheda United 2014 Sligo Rovers 1-0 Dundalk 2015 cancelled

Dublin and Belfast Inter-City Cup 1941/42 Results

First Round Belfast Celtic 2-1 2-0 Shelbourne Bohemians 4-1 1-2 Cliftonville Derry City 2-5 1-5 Shamrock Rovers Distillery 3-0 1-1 Cork United Glentoran 1-5 2-1 Dundalk St James� Gate 6-1 2-2 Linfield NB: Cliftonville and Shelbourne qualified for the second round as lucky (best?!) losers.

Second Round Bohemians 5-2 0-6 Belfast Celtic Distillery 1-0 1-3 Dundalk St James� Gate 2-0 2-3 Cliftonville Shamrock Rovers 6-3 2-4 Shelbourne NB: unclear why Cliftonville progressed.

Semifinals Belfast Celtic 2-2 0-1 Dundalk Shamrock Rovers 5-1 2-0 Cliftonville

Final [May 31, 1942] Dundalk 1-0 Shamrock Rovers [Kelly]

Blaxnit Cup 1967-68

Final 20- 5-68 Crusaders 0-2 Shamrock Rovers (Windsor Pk, Belfast) 22- 5-68 Shamrock Rovers 1-2 Crusaders (Dalymount Pk, Dublin)

Blaxnit Cup 1968-69

Final Coleraine 2-1 Shamrock Rovers (Windsor Pk, Belfast) Shamrock Rovers 2-2 Coleraine (Dalymount Pk, Dublin)

Blaxnit Cup 1969-70

Final 19- 5-70 Coleraine 0-1 Sligo Rovers (Windsor Pk, Belfast) 22- 5-70 Sligo Rovers 1-4 Crusaders (Dalymount Pk, Dublin)

Setanta Cup 2005

Group 1 15- 3-05 Glentoran 2-1 Longford Town [Michael Halliday 48, Stephen Parkhouse 65; Paul Keegan 83] 4- 4-05 Longford Town 2-1 Linfield [Stephen Paisley 6, Andy Myler 45+; Paul McAreavey 86] 19- 4-05 Linfield 3-2 Glentoran [Davy Larwour 11, Stuart King 35, Fitzroy Simpson 58og; Michael Halliday 47, Gavin Melaugh 85] 25- 4-05 Longford Town 1-0 Glentoran [Stephen Paisley 88] 10- 5-05 Linfield 1-0 Longford Town [Peter Thompson 26] 16- 5-05 Glentoran 2-4 Linfield [Darren Lockhart 62, Shaun Holmes 72; Paul McAreavey 5, William Murphy 28, Glenn Ferguson 43, Tim Mounsey 54]

1.Linfield 4 3 0 1 9- 6 9 2.Longford Town 4 2 0 2 4- 4 6 3.Glentoran 4 1 0 3 6- 9 3

Group 2 22- 3-05 Shelbourne 3-3 Portadown [Richie Baker 40, 67, Jason Byrne 44; Gary Hamilton 49, 59, Wesley Boyle 83] 28- 3-05 Cork City 1-0 Shelbourne [Denis Behan 59] 11- 4-05 Portadown 1-1 Cork City [Darren Kelly 77; Kevin Doyle 64] 25- 4-05 Portadown 0-1 Shelbourne [Jason Byrne 4] 2- 5-05 Shelbourne 1-0 Cork City [Jamie Harris 52] 16- 5-05 Cork City 0-1 Portadown [Gary Hamilton 30]

1.Shelbourne 4 2 1 1 5- 4 7 2.Portadown 4 1 2 1 5- 5 5 3.Cork City 4 1 1 2 2- 3 4

Final 21- 5-05 Shelbourne 0-2 Linfield (Tolka Pk, Dublin) [Glenn Ferguson 26, Peter Thompson 37] Shelbourne: Steve Williams, David Crawley, Dave Rogers, Collin Hawkins, Stephen Brennan (Alan Moore 58), Richie Baker (Bobby Ryan 25), Stuart Byrne, Ollie Cahill, Wesley Hoolahan, Jim Crawford (Joseph Ndo 58), Jason Byrne; coach: Pat Fenlon; Linfield: Alan Mannus, Steven Douglas, William Murphy, Noel Bailie, Darren Murphy, Tim Mouncey (Ryan McCann 73), Paul McAreavey, Michael Gault, Aidan O�Kane, Peter Thompson (David Larmour 77), Glenn Ferguson; coach: David Jeffrey; ref: M Courtney (Tyrone); red cards: Jason Byrne (S) 90+ Alan Moore (S) 90+

Setanta Cup 2006

Group 1 20- 2-06 Drogheda United 1-0 Dungannon Swifts 20- 2-06 Portadown 1-1 Cork City 27- 2-06 Cork City 2-0 Drogheda United 27- 2-06 Dung. Swifts 1-1 Portadown 6- 3-06 Cork City 2-0 Dungannon Swifts 6- 3-06 Portadown 0-0 Drogheda united 14- 3-06 Drogheda United 4-0 Portadown 14- 3-06 Dung. Swifts 0-1 Cork City 21- 3-06 Cork City 3-1 Portadown 21- 3-06 Dung. Swifts 1-2 Drogheda United 27- 3-06 Drogheda United 0-3 Cork City 27- 3-06 Portadown 1-2 Dungannon Swifts

1.Cork City 6 5 1 0 12- 2 16 2.Drogheda United 6 3 1 2 7- 6 10 3.Dungannon Swifts 6 1 1 4 4- 8 4 4.Portadown 6 0 3 3 4-11 3

Group 2 20- 2-06 Linfield 1-1 Derry City 20- 2-06 Shelbourne 3-0 Glentoran 28- 2-06 Derry City 0-0 Shelbourne 28- 2-06 Glentoran 3-3 Linfield 13- 3-06 Derry City 3-1 Glentoran 13- 3-06 Linfield 2-0 Shelbourne 20- 3-06 Shelbourne 0-0 Linfield 20- 3-06 Glentoran 1-0 Derry City 27- 3-06 Derry City 0-0 Linfield 27- 3-06 Glentoran 0-3 Shelbourne 3- 4-06 Shelbourne 1-1 Derry City 3- 4-06 Linfield 6-0 Glentoran

1.Linfield 6 2 4 0 12- 4 10 2.Shelbourne 6 2 3 1 7- 3 9 3.Derry City 6 1 4 1 5- 4 7 4.Glentoran 6 1 1 4 5-18 4

Semifinals 10- 4-06 Cork City 2-0 Shelbourne 11- 4-06 Linfield 0-1 Drogheda United

Final 22- 4-06 Cork City 0-1 Drogheda United (aet; Tolka Pk, Dublin) [Leech 112]

Setanta Cup 2007

Group 1 26- 2-07 Drogheda United 0-1 Linfield 26- 2-07 Glentoran 0-1 Derry City 5- 3-07 Linfield 1-1 Glentoran 12- 3-07 Derry City 0-0 Drogheda united 19- 3-07 Glentoran 0-1 Drogheda united 20- 3-07 Linfield 2-1 Derry City 26- 3-07 Drogheda United 2-0 Glentoran 26- 3-07 Derry City 2-2 Linfield 2- 4-07 Derry City 1-2 Glentoran 2- 4-07 Linfield 0-0 Drogheda United 17- 4-07 Drogheda United 2-1 Derry City 17- 4-07 Glentoran 1-2 Linfield

1.Linfield 6 3 3 0 8- 5 12 2.Drogheda United 6 3 2 1 5- 2 11 3.Derry City 6 1 2 3 6- 8 5 4.Glentoran 6 1 1 4 4- 8 4

Group 2 26- 2-07 Dung. Swifts 0-0 Cork City 26- 2-07 St. Patricks A. 3-0 Portadown 5- 3-07 Portadown 2-2 Dungannon Swifts 12- 3-07 Cork City 1-3 St. Patricks Athletic 19- 3-06 Dung. Swifts 2-2 St. Patricks Athletic 20- 3-07 Cork City 4-0 Portadown 26- 3-07 Portadown 0-7 Cork City 26- 3-07 St. Patricks A. 5-0 Dungannon Swifts 2- 4-07 St. Patricks A. 1-0 Cork City 2- 4-07 Dung. Swifts 1-1 Portadown 16- 4-07 Cork City 2-1 Dungannon Swifts 16- 4-07 Portadown 0-3 St. Patricks Athletic

1.St. Patricks Athl. 6 5 1 0 17- 3 16 2.Cork City 6 3 1 2 14- 5 10 3.Dungannon Swifts 6 0 4 2 6-12 4 4.Portadown 6 0 2 4 3-20 2

Semifinals 23- 4-07 St. Patricks A. 0-1 Drogheda United (aet) [Zayed 112] 30- 4-07 Linfield 1-0 Cork City [O'Kane 85]

Final 12- 5-07 Linfield 1-1 Drogheda United (aet, 3-4 pen; Windsor Pk, Belfast) [McAreavey 67; Grant 77] Linfield: Mannus, Ervin, Murphy, Baillie, McShane (McGann 14), Dickson, McAreavey, O'Kane, Mulgrew (Mouncey 93), Ferguson, Thompson (Gault 55); Drogheda United: Vilmunen, Lynch, Shelley, Gartland, Webb (Gray 58), Robinson, Byrne, Bradley, Cahill (Keegan 77), Zayed, O'Brien (Grant 58); ref: Adrian McCourt (Belfast)

Setanta Cup 2008

Group 1 26- 2-08 Drogheda United 3-2 Cliftonville 26- 2-08 Dung. Swifts 0-2 Cork City 18- 3-08 Cliftonville 0-0 Dungannon Swifts 18- 3-08 Cork City 0-0 Drogheda United 14- 4-08 Cork City 2-0 Cliftonville 14- 4-08 Dung. Swifts 0-4 Drogheda United 1- 9-08 Cliftonville 0-2 Cork City 1- 9-08 Drogheda United 3-0 Dungannon Swifts 15- 9-08 Drogheda United 1-1 Cork City 15- 9-08 Dung. Swifts 2-4 Cliftonville 22- 9-08 Cliftonville 0-2 Drogheda United
22- 9-08 Cork City 4-1 Dungannon Swifts

1.Drogheda United 6 4 2 0 13- 3 14 2.Cork City 6 4 2 0 11- 2 14 3.Cliftonville 6 1 1 4 6-11 4 4.Dungannon Swifts 6 0 1 5 3-17 1

Group 2 10- 3-08 Linfield 3-1 Derry City 10- 3-08 St. Patricks A. 3-3 Glentoran 7- 4-08 Derry City 2-0 St. Patricks Athletic 7- 4-08 Glentoran 1-3 Linfield 15- 4-08 Glentoran 1-1 Derry City 15- 4-08 St. Patricks A. 2-0 Linfield 2- 9-08 Derry City 2-0 Glentoran
2- 9-08 Linfield 1-1 St. Patricks Athletic 15- 9-08 Linfield 1-4 Glentoran
23- 9-08 St. Patricks A. 0-1 Derry City 6-10-08 Derry City 3-0 Linfield
6-10-08 Glentoran 1-0 St. Patricks Athletic

1.Derry City 6 4 1 1 10- 4 10 2.Glentoran 6 2 2 2 10-10 8 3.Linfield 6 2 1 3 8-12 7 4.St. Patricks Athl. 6 1 2 3 6- 8 5

Semifinals 13-10-08 Drogheda United 0-1 Glentoran 14-10-08 Derry City 0-1 Cork City

Final 1-11-08 Cork City 2-1 Glentoran

Setanta Cup 2009/10

Group 1 29- 8-09 Cork City 1-0 Cliftonville 19- 9-09 Sligo Rovers 2-2 Cork City 3-10-09 Cliftonville 2-3 Sligo Rovers 27- 2-10 Sligo Rovers 3-0 Cliftonville NB: Cork City had their remaining two fixtures awarded 0-3 losses against them following their liquidation at the end of the 2009 season

1.Sligo Rovers 4 3 1 0 11- 4 10 2.Cork City 4 1 1 2 3- 8 4 3.Cliftonville 4 1 0 3 5- 7 3

Group 2 29- 8-09 Glentoran 1-2 Bohemians 19- 9-09 Coleraine 0-0 Glentoran 6-10-09 Bohemians 0-0 Coleraine 3-11-09 Glentoran 3-2 Coleraine 27- 2-10 Coleraine 1-3 Bohemians 13- 3-10 Bohemians 1-1 Glentoran

1.Bohemians 4 2 2 0 6- 3 8 2.Glentoran 4 1 2 1 5- 5 5 3.Coleraine 4 0 2 2 3- 6 2

Group 3 23- 9-09 Derry City 1-1 St. Patricks Athletic 3-10-09 Linfield 1-1 Derry City 26- 2-10 St. Patricks A. 1-1 Linfield 13- 3-10 Linfield 1-0 St. Patricks Athletic NB: Derry City had their remaining two fixtures awarded 0-3 losses against them following their demotion at the end of the 2009 season

1.Linfield 4 2 2 0 6- 2 8 2.St. Patricks Athl. 4 1 2 1 5- 3 5 3.Derry City 4 0 2 2 2- 8 2 NB: St. Patricks Athletic qualify as best runners-up

Semifinals

First Legs 3- 4-10 Bohemians 2-1 Linfield 13- 4-10 St. Patricks A. 4-1 Sligo Rovers

Second Legs 17- 4-10 Sligo Rovers 1-2 St. Patricks Athletic 19- 4-10 Linfield 0-1 Bohemians

Final 15- 5-10 Bohemians 1-0 St. Patricks Athletic

Setanta Cup 2011

Round 1

First Legs 14- 2-11 Linfield 3-5 Dundalk
14- 2-11 UCD 0-0 Lisburn Distillery 21- 2-11 Cliftonville 3-0 St. Patricks Athletic 1- 3-11 Bohemians 1-2 Portadown

Second Legs 28- 2-11 Dundalk 1-1 Linfield
28- 2-11 Lis. Distillery 2-0 UCD
1- 3-11 St. Patricks A. 2-0 Cliftonville
7- 3-11 Portadown 2-0 Bohemians

Quarterfinals

First Legs 7- 3-11 Glentoran 0-1 Dundalk
14- 3-11 Cliftonville 4-2 Crusaders
14- 3-11 Lis. Distillery 0-3 Shamrock Rovers 28- 3-11 Sligo Rovers 3-0 Portadown

Second Legs 21- 3-11 Dundalk 1-1 Glentoran
21- 3-11 Crusaders 4-6 Cliftonville
22- 3-11 Shamrock Rovers 4-2 Lisburn Distillery 4- 4-11 Portadown 0-2 Sligo Rovers

Semifinals

First Legs 4- 4-11 Cliftonville 1-3 Dundalk
11- 4-11 Sligo Rovers 0-2 Shamrock Rovers

Second Legs 18- 4-11 Dundalk 2-1 Cliftonville
19- 4-11 Shamrock Rovers 2-1 Sligo Rovers

Final 14- 5-11 Dundalk 0-2 Shamrock Rovers

Setanta Cup 2012

Round 1

First Legs 11- 2-12 Bray Wanderers 2-4 Glentoran
11- 2-12 Lis. Distillery 0-4 Derry City
13- 2-12 Bohemians 2-1 Portadown
13- 2-12 Cliftonville 1-0 St. Patricks Athletic

Second Legs 20- 2-12 St. Patricks A. 0-1 Cliftonville
20- 2-12 Derry City 3-0 Lisburn Distillery 20- 2-12 Portadown 0-1 Bohemians
20- 2-12 Glentoran 3-0 Bray Wanderers

Quarterfinals

First Legs 5- 3-12 Linfield 1-1 Derry City
5- 3-12 Sligo Rovers 2-0 Glentoran
5- 3-12 Crusaders 0-0 Bohemians
5- 3-12 Shamrock Rovers 2-0 Cliftonville

Second Legs 20- 3-12 Bohemians 0-2 Crusaders
20- 3-12 Cliftonville 2-0 Shamrock Rovers [aet, 1-3 pen] 20- 3-12 Derry City 3-1 Linfield
20- 3-12 Glentoran 1-1 Sligo Rovers

Semifinals

First Legs 16- 4-12 Crusaders 2-0 Sligo Rovers
16- 4-12 Shamrock Rovers 0-3 Derry City

Second Legs 23- 4-12 Sligo Rovers 2-1 Crusaders [aet] 23- 4-12 Derry City 0-2 Shamrock Rovers

Final 12- 5-12 Crusaders 2-2 Derry City [aet, 5-4 pen]

Setanta Cup 2013

Round 1

First Legs 11- 2-13 Shamrock Rovers 0-1 Coleraine
11- 2-13 St. Patricks A. 0-0 Glentoran
11- 2-13 Cork City 4-0 Cliftonville
11- 2-13 Drogheda United 3-2 Portadown

Second Legs 18- 2-13 Coleraine 0-2 Shamrock Rovers 18- 2-13 Glentoran 1-0 St. Patricks Athletic 18- 2-13 Cliftonville 2-2 Cork City
18- 2-13 Portadown 0-5 Drogheda United

Quarterfinals

First Legs 26- 2-13 Cork City 1-0 Crusaders
4- 3-13 Sligo Rovers 5-0 Glentoran
4- 3-13 Derry City 1-1 Drogheda United 4- 3-13 Shamrock Rovers 4-1 Linfield

Second Legs 4- 3-13 Crusaders 1-3 Cork City
11- 3-13 Glentoran 0-3 Sligo Rovers
11- 3-13 Drogheda United 2-1 Derry City
11- 3-13 Linfield 1-3 Shamrock Rovers

Semifinals

First Legs 16- 4-13 Shamrock Rovers 1-1 Cork City
16- 4-13 Drogheda United 2-0 Sligo Rovers

Second Legs 22- 4-13 Cork City 2-2 Shamrock Rovers 22- 4-13 Sligo Rovers 1-0 Drogheda United

Final 11- 5-13 Shamrock Rovers 7-1 Drogheda United

Setanta Cup 2014

Quarterfinals

First Legs 24- 2-14 Ballinamallard 0-1 St. Patricks Athletic 24- 2-14 Crusaders 1-4 Sligo Rovers
24- 2-14 Dundalk 2-3 Coleraine
24- 2-14 Shamrock Rovers 5-1 Glentoran

Second Legs 10- 3-14 St. Patricks A. 5-0 Ballinamallard United 10- 3-14 Sligo Rovers 5-0 Crusaders
10- 3-14 Coleraine 0-2 Dundalk
17- 3-14 Glentoran 0-0 Shamrock Rovers

Semifinals

First Legs 24- 3-13 Shamrock Rovers 1-2 Dundalk
25- 3-14 Sligo Rovers 2-0 St. Patricks Athletic

Second Legs 14- 4-14 St. Patricks A. 1-5 Sligo Rovers
15- 4-14 Dundalk 1-0 Shamrock Rovers

Final 10- 5-14 Dundalk 0-1 Sligo Rovers

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Authors: Sean DeLoughry (seandeloughry@yahoo.co.uk) and Julian Canny (cannyjf@gmail.com) Last updated: 25 Jun 2015