2006 Setanta Sports Cup

2006 Setanta Sports Cup
Tournament details
Country	Northern Ireland &; Republic of Ireland
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Drogheda United; (1st title)
Runner-up	Cork City
Tournament statistics
Matches played	27
Goals scored	59 (2.19 per match)
	← 2005 2007 →

The 2006 Setanta Sports Cup was the 2nd staging of the cross-border cup competition that takes place between football clubs from the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The final was played at Tolka Park in Dublin, Republic of Ireland on 22 April 2006, where Drogheda United beat Cork City to win the competition for the first time.

Group stage

The draw for this round was held 12 December 2005. The matches were played 20 February 2006 – 3 April 2006.

Teams that progressed to the Semi-Finals are indicated in bold type.

Teams eliminated from the Setanta Cup are indicated in italics.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1. Cork City	6	5	1	0	11	2	+9	16
2. Drogheda Utd	6	3	1	2	7	5	+2	10
3. Dungannon Swifts	6	1	1	4	4	8	-4	4
4. Portadown	6	0	3	3	4	11	-7	3

2006-02-20

Drogheda United	1 – 0	Dungannon Swifts
Leech 43'	(Report)

United Park, Drogheda

2006-02-20

Portadown	1 – 1	Cork City
Kelly 45'	(Report)	O'Flynn 21'

Shamrock Park, Portadown

2006-02-27

Cork City	2 – 0	Drogheda United
Behan 58' Gavin o.g. 80'	(Report)	Bradley 76' Fahey 77'

Turners Cross, Cork

Referee:

Alan Kelly

2006-02-27

Dungannon Swifts	1 – 1	Portadown
McAree 85 pen'	(Report)	Convery 23'

Stangmore Park, Dungannon

2006-03-06

Cork City	2 – 0	Dungannon Swifts
O'Flynn 39' O'Callaghan 47' O'Donovan 28'	(Report)

Turners Cross, Cork

2006-03-06

Portadown	0 – 0	Drogheda United
	(Report)

Shamrock Park, Portadown

2006-03-14

Drogheda United	4 – 0	Portadown
Keegan 7' Barrett 9' O'Brien 33', 55'	(Report)	Neill 69'

United Park, Drogheda

2006-03-14

Dungannon Swifts	0 – 1	Cork City
	(Report)	Behan 52'

Stangmore Park, Dungannon

2006-03-21

Cork City	3 – 1	Portadown
Woods 2' Behan 70' O'Callaghan 90'	(Report)	Quinn 72'

Turners Cross, Cork

2006-03-21

Dungannon Swifts	1 – 2	Drogheda United
Scullion 74'	(Report)	O'Brien 9' Bradley 59'

Stangmore Park, Dungannon

2006-03-27

Drogheda United	0 – 2	Cork City
Connor 78'	(Report)	Behan 13' O'Callaghan 79 pen'

United Park, Drogheda

2006-03-27

Portadown	1 – 2	Dungannon Swifts
McStay 86'	(Report)	Adamson 74' Bulow 84'

Shamrock Park, Portadown

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1. Linfield	6	2	4	0	12	4	+8	10
2. Shelbourne	6	2	3	1	7	3	+4	9
3. Derry City	6	1	4	1	5	4	+1	7
4. Glentoran	6	1	1	4	5	18	-13	4

2006-02-20

Linfield	1 – 1	Derry City
Thompson 9'	(Report)	Farren 16'

Windsor Park, Belfast

2006-02-20

Shelbourne	3 – 0	Glentoran
Ryan 29' Crowe 36', 60'	(Report)

Tolka Park, Dublin

2006-02-28

Derry City	0 – 0	Shelbourne
	(Report)

Brandywell, Derry

2006-02-28

Glentoran	3 – 3	Linfield
Lockhart 11' Nixon 21 pen' Browne 74'	(Report)	McAreavey 17' Kearney 50', 69' Ferguson 57'

The Oval, Belfast

2006-03-13

Derry City	3 – 1	Glentoran
Hargan 11', 35' Beckett 38'	(Report)	Walker 90'

Brandywell, Derry

2006-03-13

Linfield	2 – 0	Shelbourne
Gault 35' Thompson 53'	(Report)

Windsor Park, Belfast

2006-03-20

Glentoran	1 – 0	Derry City
Reed 8'	(Report)	Hargan 41'

The Oval, Belfast

2006-03-20

Shelbourne	0 – 0	Linfield
Hawkins 75'	(Report)	McAreavey 24'

Tolka Park, Dublin

Referee:

Alan Kelly

2006-03-27

Derry City	0 – 0	Linfield
	(Report)

Brandywell, Derry

2006-03-27

Glentoran	0 – 3	Shelbourne
	(Report)	Byrne 17', 68' Cahill 30'

The Oval, Belfast

2006-04-03

Shelbourne	1 – 1	Derry City
Byrne 17'	(Report)	Martyn 89'

Tolka Park, Dublin

2006-04-03

Linfield	6 – 0	Glentoran
Hunter 25 pen' Thompson 41', 90' McAreavey 56', 82' Murphy 62'	(Report)	Glendinning 40'

Windsor Park, Belfast

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was made by drawing the winners of Group A against the runners-up of Group B and vice versa, with group winners having home advantage. There would be no replays if the matches were drawn; instead, extra time would decide winners immediately thereafter. If extra time did not decide the winners, a set of five alternating penalty kicks would decide winners.

10 April 2006
20:05 IST

Cork City	2 – 0	Shelbourne
O'Brien 34' Fenn 62'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}

Turners Cross, Cork

11 April 2006
20:05 IST

Linfield	0 – 1	Drogheda United
	(Report)	Keddy 33'

Windsor Park, Belfast

Final

Similarly to the semi-finals, there would be no replay even if the match was drawn; instead, extra time would be used to decide the winners. If extra time failed to separate the two sides, the match would go to penalties.

22 April 2006
17:00 IST