2006 Setanta Sports Cup

The 2006 Setanta Sports Cup was the 2nd staging of the cross-border cup competition that takes place between football clubs from the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The final was played at Tolka Park in Dublin, Republic of Ireland on 22 April 2006, where Drogheda United beat Cork City to win the competition for the first time.

2006 Setanta Sports Cup
Country Northern Ireland &
Republic of Ireland
Teams8
Champions Drogheda United
(1st title)
Runners-up Cork City
Matches played27
Goals scored59 (2.19 per match)
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Group stage

The draw for this round was held 12 December 2005. The matches were played 20 February 2006 – 3 April 2006.

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Cork City (A) 6 5 1 0 11 2 +9 16 Advanced to the semi-finals
2 Drogheda Utd (A) 6 3 1 2 7 5 +2 10
3 Dungannon Swifts 6 1 1 4 4 8 −4 4
4 Portadown 6 0 3 3 4 11 −7 3
Source:
(A) Advance to a further round.
Drogheda United1 – 0Dungannon Swifts
Leech  43' (Report)
United Park, Drogheda
Portadown1 – 1Cork City
Kelly  45' (Report) O'Flynn  21'
Cork City2 – 0Drogheda United
Behan  58'
Gavin o.g.  80'		 (Report) Bradley  76'
Fahey  77'
Referee: Alan Kelly
Dungannon Swifts1 – 1Portadown
McAree  85 pen' (Report) Convery  23'
Cork City2 – 0Dungannon Swifts
O'Flynn  39'
O'Callaghan  47'
O'Donovan  28'		 (Report)
Portadown0 – 0Drogheda United
(Report)
Drogheda United4 – 0Portadown
Keegan  7'
Barrett  9'
O'Brien  33',  55'		 (Report) Neill  69'
United Park, Drogheda
Dungannon Swifts0 – 1Cork City
(Report) Behan  52'
Cork City3 – 1Portadown
Woods  2'
Behan  70'
O'Callaghan  90'		 (Report) Quinn  72'
Dungannon Swifts1 – 2Drogheda United
Scullion  74' (Report) O'Brien  9'
Bradley  59'
Drogheda United0 – 2Cork City
Connor  78' (Report) Behan  13'
O'Callaghan  79 pen'
United Park, Drogheda
Portadown1 – 2Dungannon Swifts
McStay  86' (Report) Adamson  74'
Bulow  84'

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Linfield (A) 6 2 4 0 12 4 +8 10 Advanced to the semi-finals
2 Shelbourne (A) 6 2 3 1 7 3 +4 9
3 Derry City 6 1 4 1 5 4 +1 7
4 Glentoran 6 1 1 4 5 18 −13 4
Source:
(A) Advance to a further round.
Linfield1 – 1Derry City
Thompson  9' (Report) Farren  16'
Shelbourne3 – 0Glentoran
Ryan  29'
Crowe  36',  60'		 (Report)
Derry City0 – 0Shelbourne
(Report)
Brandywell, Derry
Glentoran3 – 3Linfield
Lockhart  11'
Nixon  21 pen'
Browne  74'		 (Report) McAreavey  17'
Kearney  50',  69'
Ferguson  57'
Derry City3 – 1Glentoran
Hargan  11',  35'
Beckett  38'		 (Report) Walker  90'
Brandywell, Derry
Linfield2 – 0Shelbourne
Gault  35'
Thompson  53'		 (Report)
Glentoran1 – 0Derry City
Reed  8' (Report) Hargan  41'
Shelbourne0 – 0Linfield
Hawkins  75' (Report) McAreavey  24'
Referee: Alan Kelly
Derry City0 – 0Linfield
(Report)
Brandywell, Derry
Glentoran0 – 3Shelbourne
(Report) Byrne  17',  68'
Cahill  30'
Shelbourne1 – 1Derry City
Byrne  17' (Report) Martyn  89'
Linfield6 – 0Glentoran
Hunter  25 pen'
Thompson  41',  90'
McAreavey  56',  82'
Murphy  62'		 (Report) Glendinning  40'

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was made by drawing the winners of Group A against the runners-up of Group B and vice versa, with group winners having home advantage. There would be no replays if the matches were drawn; instead, extra time would decide winners immediately thereafter. If extra time did not decide the winners, a set of five alternating penalty kicks would decide winners.

Cork City2 – 0Shelbourne
O'Brien  34'
Fenn  62'		 (Report)
Linfield0 – 1Drogheda United
(Report) Keddy  33'

Final

Similarly to the semi-finals, there would be no replay even if the match was drawn; instead, extra time would be used to decide the winners. If extra time failed to separate the two sides, the match would go to penalties.

Cork City0 – 1 (AET)Drogheda United
(Report) Leech  102'
 Winner of 2006 Setanta Sports Cup 
Drogheda United
1st title

Goalscorers
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
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