1881–82 Irish Cup

The 1881–82 Irish Cup was the second edition of the premier knock-out cup competition in Irish football. The competition began in January 1882 with the first round and ended on 13 May 1882 with the final. Queen's Island won the tournament for the only time in their brief history, including eliminating the holders Moyola Park in the quarter-finals.[1]

1881–82 Irish Cup
Country Ireland
Teams13
ChampionsQueen's Island (1st win)
Runners-upCliftonville
Matches played19
Goals scored45 (2.37 per match)
1882–83 →

The final was played between Queen's Island and Cliftonville and ended in a 1-0 victory to the former.[2]

First round
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Alexander 0–0 Moyola Park
Cliftonville 2–2 Avoniel
Ligoniel 0–3 Banbridge
Malone 0–4 Knock
Oldpark 0–5 Queen's Island
Strabane 1–1 Castlederg

Replays
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Cliftonville 0–0 Avoniel
Alexander 2–3 Moyola Park

Castlederg, Cliftonville and Avoniel all advanced to the next round after Strabane did not play their replay with Castlederg.

Quarter-finals
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Avoniel 1–1 Distillery
Castlederg 2–1 Banbridge
Knock 0–2 Cliftonville
Moyola Park 1–1 Queen's Island

Replays
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Avoniel 3–1 Distillery
Moyola Park 1–2 Queen's Island

A second replay was ordered between Avoniel and Distillery after protests that the match was ended four minutes early.[3]

Second replay
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Avoniel 1–0 Distillery

Semi-finals
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Cliftonville 1–1 Avoniel
Queen's Island w–o Castlederg

Queen's Island advanced after Castlederg failed to turn up.[4]

Replay
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Cliftonville 0–0 Avoniel

Second replay
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Cliftonville 2–0 Avoniel

Final
Queen's Island1–0Cliftonville
Stewart Report

References
  1. "Irish Football Club Project: Irish Challenge Cup 1881/82". Irish Football Club Project. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  2. "Northern Ireland Cup Semifinals and Finals 1880-1950". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. rsssf.com. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  3. "Football". Belfast News-Letter. 4 April 1882. p. 8.
  4. "Football". Belfast News-Letter. 24 April 1882. p. 6.

The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation - Northern Ireland - Cup Finals

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