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.
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!
1961-62 Linfield 7-1 Glentoran (on aggregate) 1962-63 Glenavon 2-1 Shelbourne (on aggregate)
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
In 1970-71 and 1971-72 Irish clubs competed in the Texaco 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)
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)
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
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]
Final 20- 5-68 Crusaders 0-2 Shamrock Rovers (Windsor Pk, Belfast) 22- 5-68 Shamrock Rovers 1-2 Crusaders (Dalymount Pk, Dublin)
Final
Coleraine 2-1 Shamrock Rovers (Windsor Pk, Belfast)
Shamrock Rovers 2-2 Coleraine (Dalymount Pk, Dublin)
Final 19- 5-70 Coleraine 0-1 Sligo Rovers (Windsor Pk, Belfast) 22- 5-70 Sligo Rovers 1-4 Crusaders (Dalymount Pk, Dublin)
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+
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]
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)
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
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
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
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]
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
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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