Blaxnit Cup
Organising body | Irish Football Association Football Association of Ireland |
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Founded | 1967 |
Abolished | 1974 |
Region | ![]() ![]() |
Number of teams | 8 |
Most successful club(s) | Coleraine (2 titles) |
The Blaxnit Cup, is a defunct club football competition which featured teams from both football associations on the island of Ireland, in a similar format to the later Setanta Cup. It was inaugurated in 1967 as a cross-border competition between clubs from the League of Ireland from the Republic of Ireland and the Irish League from Northern Ireland and ran until 1974.[1] The competition was sponsored by Blaxnit, a sock and hosiery manufacturer based in Newtownards.
The competition featured four teams from each league. The Blaxnit Cup was the third cross-border competition. Previous competitions included the Dublin and Belfast Intercity Cup 1941/42-1948/49 and the North-South Cup 1961/62-1962/63.
After the demise of the Blaxnit Cup teams from both sides of the border continued to compete in the Texaco Cup 1973/74-1974/75, the Tyler Cup 1978-1980 and after 2005 in the Setanta Sports Cup.
The tournament suffered from lack of interest and security concerns.
Finals[]
Finals played over two legs except 1973–74, aggregate score given.
1967-68 | ![]() |
3-2 | ![]() |
1968-69 | ![]() |
4-3 | ![]() |
1969-70 | ![]() |
4-2 | ![]() |
1970-71 | ![]() |
3-2 | ![]() |
1971-72 | ![]() |
5-3 | ![]() |
1972-73 | ![]() |
6-2 | ![]() |
1973-74 | ![]() |
3-1 | ![]() |
References[]
- ^ "All-Ireland Cross-Border Cup Competitions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 12 June 2007.
External links[]
- Defunct all-Ireland association football cup competitions
- 1967–68 in Republic of Ireland association football
- 1968–69 in Republic of Ireland association football
- 1969–70 in Republic of Ireland association football
- 1970–71 in Republic of Ireland association football
- 1971–72 in Republic of Ireland association football
- 1972–73 in Republic of Ireland association football
- 1973–74 in Republic of Ireland association football
- 1967–68 in Northern Ireland association football
- 1968–69 in Northern Ireland association football
- 1969–70 in Northern Ireland association football
- 1970–71 in Northern Ireland association football
- 1971–72 in Northern Ireland association football
- 1972–73 in Northern Ireland association football
- 1973–74 in Northern Ireland association football