2008 Setanta Sports Cup

2008 Setanta Sports Cup
Country  Northern Ireland &
Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland
Teams 8
Champions Republic of Ireland Cork City (1st title)
Runners-up Northern Ireland Glentoran
Matches played 27
Goals scored 72 (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

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Republic of Ireland Drogheda Utd 6420133+1014
Republic of Ireland Cork City 6420112+914
Northern Ireland Cliftonville 6114611-54
Northern Ireland Dungannon Swifts 6015317-141
Drogheda United 3 – 2 Cliftonville
Zayed  40',  86'
Baker  74'		 (Report) Murphy  57'
M Holland  87'
Referee: Northern Ireland David Malcolm
Dungannon Swifts 0 – 2 Cork City
(Report) O'Callaghan  16',  40'
Referee: Northern Ireland Alan Black
Cork City 0 – 0 Drogheda United
(Report)
Referee: Republic of Ireland Dave McKeon
Cork City 2 – 0 Cliftonville
O'Flynn  68'
Mooney  75'		 (Report)
Referee: Republic of Ireland Declan Hanney
Dungannon Swifts 0 – 4 Drogheda United
(Report) Grant  4'
Gartland  35'
McMinn  63' (og)
O'Brien  85'
Referee: Northern Ireland Brian Turkington
Cliftonville 0 – 2 Cork City
(Report) Behan  38',  75'
Referee: Northern Ireland Alan Black
Drogheda United 3 – 0 Dungannon Swifts
Hughes  28'
Zayed  76'
Cahill  88'		 (Report)
Referee: Republic of Ireland Damien Hancock
Drogheda United 1 – 1 Cork City
Tambouras  50' (Report) Murphy  44'
Referee: Republic of Ireland Dave McKeon
Dungannon Swifts 2 – 4 Cliftonville
Adamson  8'
Baker  47'		 Patterson  2'
Hamill  34',  61'
McMullan  80'
Cliftonville 0 – 2 Drogheda United
Zayed  30'
Hughes  54'
Cork City 4 – 1 Dungannon Swifts
Murphy  23'
Kearney  39'
Behan  63 pen'
Ryan  70'		 McGerrigan  55'

Group 2

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Republic of Ireland Derry City 6411104+613
Northern Ireland Glentoran 6222101008
Northern Ireland Linfield 6213812-47
Republic of Ireland St Patrick's Athletic 612368-25
Linfield 3 – 1 Derry City
Delaney  23' (og)
Thompson  40'
Ferguson  86' (pen)		 (Report) Martyn  79'
Attendance: 3,000 (approx)
Referee: Republic of Ireland Dave McKeon
St Patrick's Athletic 3 – 3 Glentoran
O'Neill  20',  89'
Fahey  90'		 (Report) Halliday  5'
Nixon  72' (pen)
Fordyce  85'
Attendance: 1,500 (approx.)
Glentoran 1 – 3 Linfield
Boyce  8' (Report) McAreavey  32',  49'
Dickson  69'
Attendance: 4,000 (approx.)
Derry City 2 – 0 St Patrick's Athletic
Martyn  37'
Brennan  47 (o.g.)'		 (Report)
Glentoran 1 – 1 Derry City
Nixon  70' (Report) Sammon  50' (pen)
Referee: Northern Ireland Mark Courtney
St Patrick's Athletic 2 – 0 Linfield
Quigley  7'
O'Neill  76'		 (Report)
Attendance: 5,300
Referee: Republic of Ireland Alan Kelly
Derry City 2 – 0 Glentoran
Higgins  35'
Farren  84'		 (Report)
Referee: Republic of Ireland Ian Stokes
Linfield 1 – 1 St Patrick's Athletic
Mulgrew  89' (Report) Fahey  40'
Linfield 1 – 4 Glentoran
Garrett  7' (Report) Gardiner  3 pen'
Boyce  27'
Halliday  53',  68'
Derry City 3 – 0 Linfield
Farren  23',  63',  84' (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 United 0 – 1 Glentoran
(Report) Hill  3'
Leeman Red card 74'
Hill Red card 89'
Derry City 0 – 1 Cork City
(Report) Kiely  67'
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 City 2 – 1 Glentoran
Murray  57'
Kearney  74'		 (Report) Fordyce  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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