2011 Setanta Sports Cup

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2011 Setanta Sports Cup
Country Northern Ireland &
Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland
Teams12
ChampionsRepublic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers
(1st title)
Runners-upRepublic of Ireland Dundalk
Matches played21
Goals scored69 (3.29 per match)
2012 →

The 2011 Setanta Sports Cup was the sixth staging of the all Ireland association football competition. It commenced on 14 February 2011 with the final played on 14 May 2011.[1]

The draw for the 2011 competition was made at Belfast City Hall on 13 December 2010.

Changes to structure[]

For the 2011 competition, the Setanta Cup was expanded to 12 teams, of which the four highest ranked teams received a bye into the quarter-finals. Also unlike previous years the tournament was played as a straight knock-out competition over two legs apart from the final.[2]

Television Coverage[]

Setanta Sports broadcast live coverage of five games, starting with the quarter-finals.

First round[]

Four League of Ireland and Four IFA Premiership teams played each other in the first round over two games with the winners qualifying for the quarter-finals. The first legs were played on 14 February/21 February/1 March 2011 and the second legs were played on 28 February/1 March/7 March 2011. Sporting Fingal had originally been scheduled to compete in the tournament against Lisburn Distillery but withdrew on 9 February due to financial difficulties which saw them fold the following day and were replaced by UCD.[3]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Linfield Northern Ireland 4−6 Republic of Ireland Dundalk 3−5 1−1
UCD Republic of Ireland 0−2 Northern Ireland Lisburn Distillery 0−0 0−2
Cliftonville Northern Ireland 3−2 Republic of Ireland St Patrick's Athletic 3−0 0−2
Bohemians Republic of Ireland 1−4 Northern Ireland Portadown 1−2 0−2

Matches[]

First leg[]

Linfield3 – 5Dundalk
Thompson Goal 43'
Garrett Goal 64'
Allen Goal 81'		 Report Kearns Goal 31', 66', 90+2'
Quigley Goal 54', 75'
Referee: Stephen Weatherall (Antrim)
UCD0 – 0Lisburn Distillery
Report
Attendance: 150
Referee: Derek Tomney (Dublin)
Cliftonville3 − 0St Patrick's Athletic
McMullan Goal 31', 49'
O'Connor Goal 42'		 Report
Attendance: 400
Referee: Davie Malcolm
Bohemians1 − 2Portadown
Somers Goal 63'
Brennan Red card 77'		 Report Braniff Goal 45'
O'Hara Goal 59'
Attendance: 800
Referee: Tom Connolly

Second leg[]

Dundalk1 − 1Linfield
Gaynor Goal 11' Report Gault Goal 45+3'
Attendance: 2250

Dundalk won 6 − 4 on aggregate

Lisburn Distillery2 − 0UCD
Browne Goal 18' (pen.)
Davidson Goal 86'		 Report
Referee: Colin Burns

Distillery won 2 − 0 on aggregate.

St Patrick's Athletic2 − 0Cliftonville
Mulcahy Goal 41'
McMillan Goal 80'		 Report
Attendance: 1000
Referee: Derek Tomney (Dublin)

Cliftonville won 3 − 2 on aggregate.

Portadown2 − 0Bohemians
Baker Goal 10'
Mouncey Goal 47'		 Report

Portadown won 4−1 on aggregate

Quarter−Finals[]

The winners of the four first-round games joined the four seeded teams (Shamrock Rovers, Sligo Rovers, Crusaders and Glentoran) who received a Bye into the quarter-finals. The first legs were played on 7 March/14 March/28 March 2011 and the second legs were played on 21 March/22 March/4 April 2011.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Glentoran Northern Ireland 1−2 Republic of Ireland Dundalk 0−1 1−1
Cliftonville Northern Ireland 10−6 Northern Ireland Crusaders 4−2 6−4
Lisburn Distillery Northern Ireland 2−7 Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers 0−3 2−4
Sligo Rovers Republic of Ireland 5−0 Northern Ireland Portadown 3−0 2−0

Matches[]

First leg[]

Glentoran0 − 1Dundalk
Report Quigley Goal 82'
Referee: Arnold Hunter (Fermanagh)
Cliftonville4 − 2Crusaders
McMullan Goal 24'
McVeigh Goal 71'
Garrett Goal 85'
Holland Goal 86'		 Report[permanent dead link] Magee Goal 32'
Halliday Goal 54'
Gibson Red card 79'
Lisburn Distillery0 − 3Shamrock Rovers
Cooling Red card 78' Report Sheppard Goal 35'
Kilduff Goal 40'
Kelly Goal 68'
Sligo Rovers3 − 0Portadown
Dillon Goal 21'
Russell Goal 58'
Cretaro Goal 90'		 Report
Sligo Showgrounds
Referee: T.Connolly

Second leg[]

Dundalk1 − 1Glentoran
Gaynor Goal 80' Report Burrows Goal 59' (pen.)
Taylor Red card 79'
Attendance: 2100
Referee: Richie Winter (Dublin)

Dundalk won 2−1 on aggregate

Crusaders4 − 6Cliftonville
Sweeney Goal 13'
Faulkner Goal 18'
Caddell Goal 39', 74'		 Report[permanent dead link] O'Connor Goal 5', 20'
Holland Goal 10'
McMullan Goal 54' (pen.)
Garrett Goal 61'
Donnelly Goal 89'

Cliftonville won 10−6 on aggregate

Shamrock Rovers4 − 2Lisburn Distillery
Kilduff Goal 42'
Rice Goal 47'
Kavanagh Goal 82', 89'		 Report Liggett Goal 14', 57'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Neil Doyle

Shamrock Rovers won 7−2 on aggregate.

Portadown0 − 2Sligo Rovers
Report Horgan Goal 40'
Ndo Goal 75'

Sligo Rovers won 5−0 on aggregate

Semi−Finals[]

The four winners of the quarter final games played each other over two games for a place in the 2011 Setanta Sports Cup final. The first legs were played on 4 April/11 April 2011 and the second legs were played on 18 April/19 April 2011. The draw for the semi-finals was made on 23 March 2011.[4]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Cliftonville Northern Ireland 2−5 Republic of Ireland Dundalk 1−3 1−2
Sligo Rovers Republic of Ireland 1−4 Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers 0−2 1−2

Matches[]

First leg[]

Cliftonville1 − 3Dundalk
McMullan Goal 24' Report Quigley Goal 49', 82'
Kearns Goal 73'
Attendance: 750
Sligo Rovers0 − 2Shamrock Rovers
Russell Red card 74' Report Finn Goal 27'
Sheppard Goal 58'
Sligo Showgrounds
Referee: Alan Kelly

Second leg[]

Dundalk2 − 1Cliftonville
Byrne Goal 67'
Breen Goal 90+3'		 Report O'Connor Goal 59'
Referee: Alan Black (Antrim)

Dundalk won 5−2 on aggregate

Shamrock Rovers2 − 1Sligo Rovers
Sheppard Goal 8'
Dennehy Goal 25'		 Report Doyle Goal 4'
Referee: Raymond Crangle

Shamrock Rovers won 4−1 on aggregate

Final[]

The two winners of the semi final games played each other over one game to decide who would be crowned Setanta Sports Cup winners for 2011. The final took place on Saturday 14 May 2011 in Tallaght Stadium.[5] Shamrock Rovers beat Dundalk to win the competition for the first time.[6]

Match[]

Dundalk0 – 2Shamrock Rovers
Report O'Neill Goal 65'
Dennehy Goal 90+3'
Attendance: 4,789
Referee: Alan Kelly
Winner of 2011 Setanta Sports Cup
Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers
1st Title

Goalscorers[]

5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
  • Republic of Ireland Karl Sheppard (Shamrock Rovers)
2 goals
1 goal

References[]

  1. ^ Setanta Cup draw pits Dundalk against Linfield - LOI.ie
  2. ^ New Format for 2011 Setanta Sports Cup - irishtimes.ie
  3. ^ Fingal Players Have Contracts Terminated Archived 10 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine - RTÉ.ie
  4. ^ Setanta Cup Semi-Final Draw Made - irishtimes.com
  5. ^ Setanta Sports Cup Final Details Confirmed - FAI.ie
  6. ^ Dundalk 0–2 Shamrock Rovers Archived 16 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine - RTÉ.ie
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