Fifth Round [Jan 23] Ards 1-0 Ards Rangers Ballymena United 3-1 Larne Bangor 0-3 Glenavon Brantwood 3-1 Drummond United Carrick Rangers 2-2 Dungannon Swifts Cliftonville 6-1 Crewe United Coleraine 1-1 Limavady United Crusaders 1-1 Newry Town Distillery 4-0 HW Welders Drumaness Mills 0-2 Lurgan Celtic Glentoran 3-0 Tobermore United Institute 0-1 Chimney Corner Linfield 6-0 Crumlin United Loughgall 2-1 Dundela Omagh Town 1-2 Ballyclare Comrades Portadown 1-0 Ballymoney United Fifth Round Replays [Jan 26] Dungannon Swifts 3-4 Carrick Rangers [Feb 1] Limavady United 0-1 Coleraine Newry Town 2-3 Crusaders Sixth Round [Feb 20] Linfield 3-1 Chimney Corner Carrick Rangers 2-0 Ards Distillery 5-0 Brantwood Cliftonville 2-1 Glentoran Ballymena United 3-0 Ballyclare Comrades Coleraine 2-1 Loughgall Glenavon 3-0 Crusaders [Feb 23] Lurgan Celtic 0-3 Portadown (neutral) Quaterfinals [Mar 13] Linfield 0-0 Glenavon Carrick 1-2 Cliftonville Coleraine 1-2 Portadown Distillery 1-1 Ballymena Quaterfinal Replays [Mar 16] Glenavon 1-2 Linfield Ballymena United 2-1 Distillery [aet] Semifinals [Apr 10] Ballymena United 0-2 Portadown Cliftonville 1-1 Linfield Semifinal Replay [Apr 20] Linfield 0-1 Cliftonville Final [May 1] Portadown w/o Cliftonville NB: on Apr 29, Cliftonville were disqualified from the competition for having played Simon Gribbon in their semifinal replay against Linfield; Gribbon had played for a junior club in an earlier round and was therefore ineligible. As Linfield's protest came too late (more than 48 hours after the tie) they were not eligible to take Cliftonville's place in the final and the Cup is awarded to Portadown without the final being played.
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Last updated: 29 Oct 2000
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