Top Four Cup (Northern Ireland)

Top Four Cup

Organising body	Irish Football Association
Founded	1965
Abolished	1969
Region	Northern Ireland
Most successful club(s)	Linfield (2 titles)

The Top Four Cup was a football competition played between the top four clubs in the Irish League from 1965–66 to 1968–69. It was a knock-out competition, consisting of two semi-finals and a final.

Final results

Season	Date	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Venue
1965–66	6 May 1966	Derry City	2 – 1	Linfield	Solitude, Belfast
1966–67	17 May 1967	Linfield	2 – 1	Coleraine	Solitude, Belfast
1967–68	16 May 1968	Linfield	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Coleraine	Solitude, Belfast
Replay	30 May 1968		3 – 1		Solitude, Belfast
1968–69	16 April 1969	Coleraine	1 – 0	Linfield	The Oval, Belfast

Sources

• W.H.W. Platt (1986) A History of Derry City Football and Athletic Club 1929-1972.
• Bill Irwin (ed.) (1969) Irish Association Football Guide: Season 1969-70. Belfast: Century Newspapers Ltd
• Bill Irwin (ed.) (1968) Irish Association Football Guide: Season 1968-69. Belfast: Century Newspapers Ltd
• Bill Irwin (ed.) (1967) Irish Association Football Guide: Season 1967-68. Belfast: Century Newspapers Ltd
• Irish Football Club Project

External links

• Top Four Cup results at the Irish Football Club Project
• Irish League Archive - Top Four Cup