2000–01 Gold Cup
Appearance
Tournament details | |
---|---|
Country | Northern Ireland |
Teams | 20 |
Defending champions | Glentoran |
Final positions | |
Champions | Glentoran (14th win) |
Runner-up | Coleraine |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 21 |
Goals scored | 85 (4.05 per match) |
The 2000–01 Gold Cup was the 82nd and final edition of the Gold Cup, a cup competition in Northern Irish football.[1]
The tournament was won by Glentoran for the 14th time and 3rd consecutive season, defeating Coleraine 4–2 in the final at Windsor Park.[2]
Results
[edit]Preliminary round
[edit]Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Armagh City | 3–1 | Limavady United |
Dungannon Swifts | 2–1 | Ards |
Institute | 5–4 (a.e.t.) | Bangor |
Lisburn Distillery | 2–0 | Larne |
First round
[edit]Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Cliftonville | 0–1 | Glentoran |
Coleraine | 4–3 (a.e.t.) | Lisburn Distillery |
Dungannon Swifts | 2–1 | Ballymena United |
Glenavon | 2–0 | Ballyclare Comrades |
Linfield | 1–0 | Carrick Rangers |
Newry Town | 5–3 (a.e.t.) | Armagh City |
Omagh Town | 3–0 | Institute |
Portadown | 1–0 | Crusaders |
Quarter-finals
[edit]Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Dungannon Swifts | 1–2 | Coleraine |
Glentoran | 2–1 | Portadown |
Linfield | 4–3 (a.e.t.) | Glenavon |
Newry Town | 3–2 (a.e.t.) | Omagh Town |
Semi-finals
[edit]Teams on the left were at home in the first leg.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Glentoran | 3–2 | Newry Town | 0–1 | 3–1 |
Linfield | 4–6 | Coleraine | 1–3 | 3–3 |
Final
[edit]Glentoran | 4–3 | Coleraine |
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Ferguson 7' Lockhart 52' Smyth 76' McCann 82' |
Devine 40' (pen.) Loughery 60' Tolan 86' McLaughlin 70' |
Referee: Leslie Irvine (Limavady)
References
[edit]- ^ "Irish League Archive, Gold Cup". Irish League Archive. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
- ^ "Oval men turn from paupers into princes". Belfast Telegraph. 13 December 2000. p. 34.
- ^ "Gold Cup Results". Irish League Archive. Retrieved 24 April 2023.