2008 Setanta Sports Cup

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2008 Setanta Sports Cup
Country Northern Ireland &
Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland
Teams8
ChampionsRepublic of Ireland Cork City (1st title)
Runners-upNorthern Ireland Glentoran
Matches played27
Goals scored72 (2.67 per match)
← 2007

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
Republic of Ireland Drogheda Utd 6 4 2 0 13 3 +10 14
Republic of Ireland Cork City 6 4 2 0 11 2 +9 14
Northern Ireland Cliftonville 6 1 1 4 6 11 -5 4
Northern Ireland Dungannon Swifts 6 0 1 5 3 17 -14 1
Drogheda United3 – 2Cliftonville
Zayed Goal 40', Goal 86'
Baker Goal 74'		 (Report) Murphy Goal 57'
M Holland Goal 87'
Referee: Northern Ireland David Malcolm
Dungannon Swifts0 – 2Cork City
(Report) O'Callaghan Goal 16', Goal 40'
Referee: Northern Ireland Alan Black
Cork City0 – 0Drogheda United
(Report)
Referee: Republic of Ireland Dave McKeon
Cliftonville0 – 0Dungannon Swifts
(Report)
Cork City2 – 0Cliftonville
O'Flynn Goal 68'
Mooney Goal 75'		 (Report)
Referee: Republic of Ireland Declan Hanney
Dungannon Swifts0 – 4Drogheda United
(Report) Grant Goal 4'
Gartland Goal 35'
McMinn Goal 63' (og)
O'Brien Goal 85'
Referee: Northern Ireland Brian Turkington
Cliftonville0 – 2Cork City
(Report) Behan Goal 38', Goal 75'
Referee: Northern Ireland Alan Black
Drogheda United3 – 0Dungannon Swifts
Hughes Goal 28'
Zayed Goal 76'
Cahill Goal 88'		 (Report)
Referee: Republic of Ireland Damien Hancock
Drogheda United1 – 1Cork City
Tambouras Goal 50' (Report) Murphy Goal 44'
Referee: Republic of Ireland Dave McKeon
Dungannon Swifts2 – 4Cliftonville
Adamson Goal 8'
Baker Goal 47'		 Patterson Goal 2'
Hamill Goal 34', Goal 61'
McMullan Goal 80'
Cliftonville0 – 2Drogheda United
Zayed Goal 30'
Hughes Goal 54'
Cork City4 – 1Dungannon Swifts
Murphy Goal 23'
Kearney Goal 39'
Behan Goal 63 pen'
Ryan Goal 70'		 McGerrigan Goal 55'

Group 2[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Republic of Ireland Derry City 6 4 1 1 10 4 +6 13
Northern Ireland Glentoran 6 2 2 2 10 10 0 8
Northern Ireland Linfield 6 2 1 3 8 12 -4 7
Republic of Ireland St Patrick's Athletic 6 1 2 3 6 8 -2 5
Linfield3 – 1Derry City
Delaney Goal 23' (og)
Thompson Goal 40'
Ferguson Goal 86' (pen)		 (Report) Martyn Goal 79'
Attendance: 3,000 (approx)
Referee: Republic of Ireland Dave McKeon
St Patrick's Athletic3 – 3Glentoran
O'Neill Goal 20', Goal 89'
Fahey Goal 90'		 (Report) Halliday Goal 5'
Nixon Goal 72' (pen)
Fordyce Goal 85'
Attendance: 1,500 (approx.)
Glentoran1 – 3Linfield
Boyce Goal 8' (Report) McAreavey Goal 32', Goal 49'
Dickson Goal 69'
Attendance: 4,000 (approx.)
Derry City2 – 0St Patrick's Athletic
Martyn Goal 37'
Brennan Goal 47 (o.g.)'		 (Report)
The Brandywell, Derry
Glentoran1 – 1Derry City
Nixon Goal 70' (Report) Sammon Goal 50' (pen)
Referee: Northern Ireland Mark Courtney
St Patrick's Athletic2 – 0Linfield
Quigley Goal 7'
O'Neill Goal 76'		 (Report)
Attendance: 5,300
Referee: Republic of Ireland Alan Kelly
Derry City2 – 0Glentoran
Higgins Goal 35'
Farren Goal 84'		 (Report)
The Brandywell, Derry
Referee: Republic of Ireland Ian Stokes
Linfield1 – 1St Patrick's Athletic
Mulgrew Goal 89' (Report) Fahey Goal 40'
Linfield1 – 4Glentoran
Garrett Goal 7' (Report) Gardiner Goal 3 pen'
Boyce Goal 27'
Halliday Goal 53', Goal 68'
St Patrick's Athletic0 – 1Derry City
(Report) McHugh Goal 33'
Derry City3 – 0Linfield
Farren Goal 23', Goal 63', Goal 84' (Report)
The Brandywell, Derry
Glentoran1 – 0St Patrick's Athletic
Fordyce Goal 6' (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 United0 – 1Glentoran
(Report) Hill Goal 3'
Leeman Red card 74'
Hill Red card 89'
Derry City0 – 1Cork City
(Report) Kiely Goal 67'
The Brandywell, Derry
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Northern Ireland David Malcolm

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]

Cork City2 – 1Glentoran
Murray Goal 57'
Kearney Goal 74'		 (Report) Fordyce Goal 12'
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Republic of Ireland Ian Stokes


Winner of 2008 Setanta Sports Cup
Republic of Ireland Cork City
1st Title

Goalscorers[]

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

References[]

  1. ^ "Drogheda United 0-1 Glentoran". RTÉ Sport. Archived from the original on 2 June 2009. Retrieved 7 March 2009.
  2. ^ "Derry City 0-1 Cork City". RTÉ Sport. Archived from the original on 2 June 2009. Retrieved 7 March 2009.
  3. ^ "Cork City 2-1 Glentoran". RTÉ Sport. Archived from the original on 2 June 2009. Retrieved 7 March 2009.

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