2008 Setanta Sports Cup
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Teams | 8 |
Champions |
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Runners-up |
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Matches played | 27 |
Goals scored | 72 (2.67 per match) |
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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 |
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6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 14 | |
6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 14 | |
6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -5 | 4 | |
6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 17 | -14 | 1 |
Drogheda United | 3 – 2 | Cliftonville |
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Zayed Baker |
(Report) | Murphy M Holland |
Dungannon Swifts | 0 – 2 | Cork City |
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(Report) | O'Callaghan |
Cork City | 0 – 0 | Drogheda United |
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(Report) |
Cork City | 2 – 0 | Cliftonville |
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O'Flynn Mooney |
(Report) |
Dungannon Swifts | 0 – 4 | Drogheda United |
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(Report) | Grant Gartland McMinn O'Brien |
Cliftonville | 0 – 2 | Cork City |
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(Report) | Behan |
Drogheda United | 3 – 0 | Dungannon Swifts |
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Hughes Zayed Cahill |
(Report) |
Drogheda United | 1 – 1 | Cork City |
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Tambouras |
(Report) | Murphy |
Dungannon Swifts | 2 – 4 | Cliftonville |
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Adamson Baker |
Patterson Hamill McMullan |
Cliftonville | 0 – 2 | Drogheda United |
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Zayed Hughes |
Group 2
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 13 | |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 8 | |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -4 | 7 | |
6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 5 |
St Patrick's Athletic | 3 – 3 | Glentoran |
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O'Neill Fahey |
(Report) | Halliday Nixon Fordyce |
Derry City | 2 – 0 | St Patrick's Athletic |
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Martyn Brennan |
(Report) |
Glentoran | 1 – 1 | Derry City |
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Nixon |
(Report) | Sammon |
St Patrick's Athletic | 2 – 0 | Linfield |
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Quigley O'Neill |
(Report) |
Derry City | 2 – 0 | Glentoran |
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Higgins Farren |
(Report) |
Linfield | 1 – 1 | St Patrick's Athletic |
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Mulgrew |
(Report) | Fahey |
St Patrick's Athletic | 0 – 1 | Derry City |
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(Report) | McHugh |
Derry City | 3 – 0 | Linfield |
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Farren |
(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 |
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(Report) | Hill Leeman Hill |
Derry City | 0 – 1 | Cork City |
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(Report) | Kiely |
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]
Winner of 2008 Setanta Sports Cup |
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1st Title |
Goalscorers
- 4 goals
Mark Farren (Derry City) Éamon Zayed (Drogheda United)
- 3 goals
Denis Behan (Cork City) Daryl Fordyce (Glentoran) Michael Halliday (Glentoran) Gary O'Neill (St Patrick's Athletic)
- 2 goals
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- 1 goal
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- 1 own goal
Clive Delaney (Derry City) Adam McMinn (Dungannon Swifts)
References
- ↑ "Drogheda United 0-1 Glentoran". RTÉ Sport. Archived from the original on 2 June 2009. Retrieved 7 March 2009.
- ↑ "Derry City 0-1 Cork City". RTÉ Sport. Archived from the original on 2 June 2009. Retrieved 7 March 2009.
- ↑ "Cork City 2-1 Glentoran". RTÉ Sport. Archived from the original on 2 June 2009. Retrieved 7 March 2009.