2007 Setanta Sports Cup

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2007 Setanta Sports Cup
Country Northern Ireland &
Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland
Teams8
ChampionsRepublic of Ireland Drogheda United
(2nd title)
Runners-upNorthern Ireland Linfield
Matches played27
Goals scored67 (2.48 per match)
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The 2007 Setanta Sports Cup was the 3rd 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 Windsor Park in Belfast, Northern Ireland on 12 May 2007, and was won by Drogheda United with a 4-3 penalty shoot-out victory over Linfield when the scores were level at 1–1 after extra time. Drogheda won the trophy for the second successive year.

Shelbourne's withdrawal[]

The draw for the 2007 Setanta Cup competition was made on 7 December 2006 with the original competing teams being the identical ones to the previous year's competition. On 30 January 2007, however, Shelbourne announced that they were withdrawing from the competition for reasons relating to their financial troubles and the fact that they would be unlikely to field a team of players. Their place was given to the 2006 FAI Cup runners-up to Derry City, St Patrick's Athletic, despite the fact that the next best-placed in the previous season's league (Shelbourne's qualification route), who did not have a place in the Setanta Cup already, were Sligo Rovers.

Group stage[]

The draw for this round was held 7 December 2006. The matches were played 26 February-17 April 2007.

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. Northern Ireland Linfield 6 3 3 0 8 5 +3 12
2. Republic of Ireland Drogheda Utd 6 3 2 1 5 2 +3 11
3. Republic of Ireland Derry City 6 1 2 3 6 8 -2 5
4. Northern Ireland Glentoran 6 1 1 4 4 8 -4 4
Drogheda United0 – 1Linfield
(Report) O'Kane Goal 29'
United Park, Drogheda
Glentoran0 – 1Derry City
(Report) McHugh Goal 85'
Attendance: 2,728
Referee: Northern Ireland Alan Black
Linfield1 – 1Glentoran
Stewart Goal 21'
Gault Red card 90+'		 (Report) Hill Goal 31'
Neill Red card 90+'
Referee: Republic of Ireland Ian Stokes
Derry City0 – 0Drogheda United
(Report)
Brandywell, Derry
Glentoran0 – 1Drogheda United
(Report) O'Keeffe Goal 48'
Linfield2 – 1Derry City
Dickson Goal 20'
Kearney Goal 45 pen'
Lindsay Red card 79'		 (Report) Farren Goal 14'
Derry City2 – 2Linfield
Beckett Goal 35'
McCourt Goal 60'		 (Report) O'Kane Goal 74'
Dickson Goal 85'
Brandywell, Derry
Drogheda United2 – 0Glentoran
O'Keeffe Goal 30'
Grant Goal 45'		 (Report) Hill Red card 35'
United Park, Drogheda
Derry City1 – 2Glentoran
Brennan Goal 16' (Report) McMenamin Goal 54'
McDonagh Goal 87'
Brandywell, Derry
Linfield0 – 0Drogheda United
(Report)
Drogheda United2 – 1Derry City
Grant Goal 69'
Zayed Goal 90+'		 (Report) Deery Goal 45'
United Park, Drogheda
Glentoran1 – 2Linfield
Neill Goal 42 pen' (Report) Stewart Goal 7'
Thompson Goal 55'

Group B[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1. Republic of Ireland St Patrick's Athletic 6 5 1 0 17 3 +14 16
2. Republic of Ireland Cork City 6 3 1 2 14 5 +9 10
3. Northern Ireland Dungannon Swifts 6 0 4 2 6 12 -6 4
4. Northern Ireland Portadown 6 0 2 4 3 20 -17 2
Dungannon Swifts0 – 0Cork City
(Report)
Referee: Northern Ireland Frankie Hiles
St Patrick's Athletic3 – 0Portadown
Ndo Goal 41'
Kirby Goal 47', Goal 53'		 (Report)
Portadown2 – 2Dungannon Swifts
Collins Goal 68'
McCutcheon Goal 70'		 (Report) McCluskey Goal 21'
Gallagher Goal 90+3'
Cork City1 – 3St Patrick's Athletic
O'Flynn Goal 85' (Report) O'Neill Goal 32', Goal 90+2 pen'
Kirby Goal 50'
Dungannon Swifts2 – 2St Patrick's Athletic
McAllister Goal 4'
Everaldo Goal 34'		 (Report) Kirby Goal 19'
Fahey Goal 49'
Cork City4 – 0Portadown
O'Donovan Goal 46', Goal 76'
Goal 60'
Lally Goal 90'		 (Report)
Portadown0 – 7Cork City
(Report) Behan Goal 15', Goal 82'
O'Flynn Goal 18'
Gamble Goal 32'
O'Donovan Goal 44', Goal 66', Goal 87'
St Patrick's Athletic5 – 0Dungannon Swifts
Murphy Goal 29'
Quigley Goal 37'
O'Connor Goal 46'
Kirby Goal 57'
Brennan Goal 61'		 (Report)
Dungannon Swifts1 – 1Portadown
McAree Goal 37' (Report) Collins Goal 80'
St Patrick's Athletic1 – 0Cork City
Maguire Goal 27' (Report)
Referee: Northern Ireland Mark Courtney
Cork City2 – 1Dungannon Swifts
Goal 4'
Behan Goal 35'		 (Report) McCabe Goal 64'
Wells Red card 81'
Referee: Republic of Ireland Declan Hanney
Portadown0 – 3St Patrick's Athletic
(Report) Lynch Goal 52'
O'Connor Goal 62', Goal 71'

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.

St. Patrick's Athletic0 – 1 (AET)Drogheda United
(Report) Zayed Goal 112'
Attendance: 2,735
Referee: Adrian McCourt Northern Ireland
Linfield1 – 0Cork City
O'Kane Goal 85' (Report)
Attendance: 2,647
Referee: Ian Stokes Republic of Ireland

Final[]

Main article: Setanta Sports Cup Final 2007
Linfield1 – 1 (AET)Drogheda United
McAreavey Goal 67' (Report) Lynch Penalty missed 56'
Grant Goal 77'
Penalties
Ervin Penalty scored
Mouncey Penalty scored
Ferguson Penalty scored
Dickson Penalty missed
O'Kane Penalty missed		 3 – 4 Penalty missed Lynch
Penalty scored Grant
Penalty scored Bradley
Penalty scored Robinson
Penalty scored Byrne
Referee: Northern Ireland Adrian McCourt


Winner of 2007 Setanta Sports Cup
Republic of Ireland Drogheda United
2nd Title

Goalscorers[]

5 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

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