2008 Setanta Sports Cup
Tournament details | |
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Country | Northern Ireland & Republic of Ireland |
Teams | 8 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Cork City (1st title) |
Runner-up | Glentoran |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 27 |
Goals scored | 72 (2.67 per match) |
The 2008 Setanta Sports Cup was the 4th staging of the cross-border cup competition featuring football clubs from the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The final was played on November 1, 2008 at Turners Cross in Cork.
Group stage
- The draw for this round was held 17 January 2008. The matches were played 26 February 2008 – 23 September 2008.
Teams that progressed to the Semi-Finals are indicated in bold type.
Teams eliminated from the Setanta Sports Cup this stage are indicated in italics.
Group 1
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Drogheda Utd | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 14 |
Cork City | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 14 |
Cliftonville | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -5 | 4 |
Dungannon Swifts | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 17 | -14 | 1 |
Drogheda United | 3 – 2 | Cliftonville |
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Zayed 40', 86' Baker 74' |
(Report) | Murphy 57' M Holland 87' |
Dungannon Swifts | 0 – 2 | Cork City |
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(Report) | O'Callaghan 16', 40' |
Cork City | 2 – 0 | Cliftonville |
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O'Flynn 68' Mooney 75' |
(Report) |
Dungannon Swifts | 0 – 4 | Drogheda United |
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(Report) | Grant 4' Gartland 35' McMinn 63' (og) O'Brien 85' |
Cliftonville | 0 – 2 | Cork City |
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(Report) | Behan 38', 75' |
Drogheda United | 3 – 0 | Dungannon Swifts |
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Hughes 28' Zayed 76' Cahill 88' |
(Report) |
Drogheda United | 1 – 1 | Cork City |
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Tambouras 50' | (Report) | Murphy 44' |
Dungannon Swifts | 2 – 4 | Cliftonville |
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Adamson 8' Baker 47' |
Patterson 2' Hamill 34', 61' McMullan 80' |
Cliftonville | 0 – 2 | Drogheda United |
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Zayed 30' Hughes 54' |
Group 2
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Derry City | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 13 |
Glentoran | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 8 |
Linfield | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -4 | 7 |
St Patrick's Athletic | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 5 |
St Patrick's Athletic | 3 – 3 | Glentoran |
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O'Neill 20', 89' Fahey 90' |
(Report) | Halliday 5' Nixon 72' (pen) Fordyce 85' |
Derry City | 2 – 0 | St Patrick's Athletic |
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Martyn 37' Brennan 47 (o.g.)' |
(Report) |
Glentoran | 1 – 1 | Derry City |
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Nixon 70' | (Report) | Sammon 50' (pen) |
St Patrick's Athletic | 2 – 0 | Linfield |
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Quigley 7' O'Neill 76' |
(Report) |
Derry City | 2 – 0 | Glentoran |
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Higgins 35' Farren 84' |
(Report) |
Linfield | 1 – 1 | St Patrick's Athletic |
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Mulgrew 89' | (Report) | Fahey 40' |
St Patrick's Athletic | 0 – 1 | Derry City |
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(Report) | McHugh 33' |
Derry City | 3 – 0 | Linfield |
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Farren 23', 63', 84' | (Report) |
Semi-finals
The draw for the semi-finals was made by drawing the winners of Group A against the runners-up of Group 2 and vice versa, with group winners having home advantage. Glentoran beat Drogheda United 1-0 in the first semi-final, which was played at United Park in Drogheda,[1] while Cork City overcame Derry City by the same scoreline at the Brandywell Stadium in Derry.[2]
Drogheda United | 0 – 1 | Glentoran |
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(Report) | Hill 3' Leeman 74' Hill 89' |
Derry City | 0 – 1 | Cork City |
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(Report) | Kiely 67' |
Final
The final took place on November 1, 2008 at Turners Cross stadium in front of 5,500, a sell out crowd, in Cork, where Cork City came from behind to beat Glentoran 2-1 and win the competition for the first time.[3]
Winner of 2008 Setanta Sports Cup |
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Cork City 1st Title |
Goalscorers
- 4 goals
- Mark Farren (Derry City)
- Éamon Zayed (Drogheda United)
- 3 goals
- Denis Behan (Cork City)
- Daryl Fordyce (Glentoran)
- Michael Halliday (Glentoran)
- Gary O'Neill (St Patrick's Athletic)
- 2 goals
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- 1 goal
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- 1 own goal
- Clive Delaney (Derry City)
- Adam McMinn (Dungannon Swifts)
References
- ^ "Drogheda United 0-1 Glentoran". RTÉ Sport. Retrieved 7 March 2009.
- ^ "Derry City 0-1 Cork City". RTÉ Sport. Retrieved 7 March 2009.
- ^ "Cork City 2-1 Glentoran". RTÉ Sport. Retrieved 7 March 2009.