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2011 Setanta Sports Cup

The 2011 Setanta Sports Cup was the sixth staging of the Setanta Sports Cup, an association football competition featuring clubs from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. It commenced on 14 February 2011 with the final played on 14 May 2011.[1]

2011 Setanta Sports Cup
Tournament details
Country Northern Ireland
Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland
Teams12
Defending championsBohemians
Final positions
ChampionsShamrock Rovers (1st title)
Runner-upDundalk
Tournament statistics
Matches played21
Goals scored69 (3.29 per match)
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2012 →

The draw for the 2011 competition was made at Belfast City Hall on 13 December 2010.

Changes to structure edit

For the 2011 competition, the Setanta Cup was expanded to 12 teams, of which the four highest ranked teams received a bye into the quarter-finals. Also unlike previous years the tournament was played as a straight knock-out competition over two legs apart from the final.[2]

Television Coverage edit

Setanta Sports broadcast live coverage of five games, starting with the quarter-finals.

First round edit

Four League of Ireland and Four IFA Premiership teams played each other in the first round over two games with the winners qualifying for the quarter-finals. The first legs were played on 14 February/21 February/1 March 2011 and the second legs were played on 28 February/1 March/7 March 2011. Sporting Fingal had originally been scheduled to compete in the tournament against Lisburn Distillery but withdrew on 9 February due to financial difficulties which saw them fold the following day and were replaced by UCD.[3]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Linfield   4−6   Dundalk 3−5 1−1
UCD   0−2   Lisburn Distillery 0−0 0−2
Cliftonville   3−2   St Patrick's Athletic 3−0 0−2
Bohemians   1−4   Portadown 1−2 0−2

Matches edit

First leg edit

Linfield3 – 5Dundalk
Thompson   43'
Garrett   64'
Allen   81'		 Report Kearns   31', 66', 90+2'
Quigley   54', 75'
Referee: Stephen Weatherall (Antrim)
UCD0 – 0Lisburn Distillery
Report
Attendance: 150
Referee: Derek Tomney (Dublin)
Cliftonville3 − 0St Patrick's Athletic
McMullan   31', 49'
O'Connor   42'		 Report
Attendance: 400
Referee: Davie Malcolm
Bohemians1 − 2Portadown
Somers   63'
Brennan   77'		 Report Braniff   45'
O'Hara   59'
Attendance: 800
Referee: Tom Connolly

Second leg edit

Dundalk1 − 1Linfield
Gaynor   11' Report Gault   45+3'
Attendance: 2250

Dundalk won 6 − 4 on aggregate

Lisburn Distillery2 − 0UCD
Browne   18' (pen.)
Davidson   86'		 Report
Referee: Colin Burns

Distillery won 2 − 0 on aggregate.

St Patrick's Athletic2 − 0Cliftonville
Mulcahy   41'
McMillan   80'		 Report
Attendance: 1000
Referee: Derek Tomney (Dublin)

Cliftonville won 3 − 2 on aggregate.

Portadown2 − 0Bohemians
Baker   10'
Mouncey   47'		 Report

Portadown won 4−1 on aggregate

Quarter−Finals edit

The winners of the four first-round games joined the four seeded teams (Shamrock Rovers, Sligo Rovers, Crusaders and Glentoran) who received a Bye into the quarter-finals. The first legs were played on 7 March/14 March/28 March 2011 and the second legs were played on 21 March/22 March/4 April 2011.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Glentoran   1−2   Dundalk 0−1 1−1
Cliftonville   10−6   Crusaders 4−2 6−4
Lisburn Distillery   2−7   Shamrock Rovers 0−3 2−4
Sligo Rovers   5−0   Portadown 3−0 2−0

Matches edit

First leg edit

Glentoran0 − 1Dundalk
Report Quigley   82'
Referee: Arnold Hunter (Fermanagh)
Cliftonville4 − 2Crusaders
McMullan   24'
McVeigh   71'
Garrett   85'
Holland   86'		 Report[permanent dead link] Magee   32'
Halliday   54'
Gibson   79'
Lisburn Distillery0 − 3Shamrock Rovers
Cooling   78' Report Sheppard   35'
Kilduff   40'
Kelly   68'
Sligo Rovers3 − 0Portadown
Dillon   21'
Russell   58'
Cretaro   90'		 Report
Referee: T.Connolly

Second leg edit

Dundalk1 − 1Glentoran
Gaynor   80' Report Burrows   59' (pen.)
Taylor   79'
Attendance: 2100
Referee: Richie Winter (Dublin)

Dundalk won 2−1 on aggregate

Crusaders4 − 6Cliftonville
Sweeney   13'
Faulkner   18'
Caddell   39', 74'		 Report[permanent dead link] O'Connor   5', 20'
Holland   10'
McMullan   54' (pen.)
Garrett   61'
Donnelly   89'

Cliftonville won 10−6 on aggregate

Shamrock Rovers4 − 2Lisburn Distillery
Kilduff   42'
Rice   47'
Kavanagh   82', 89'		 Report Liggett   14', 57'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Neil Doyle

Shamrock Rovers won 7−2 on aggregate.

Portadown0 − 2Sligo Rovers
Report Horgan   40'
Ndo   75'

Sligo Rovers won 5−0 on aggregate

Semi−Finals edit

The four winners of the quarter-final games played each other over two games for a place in the 2011 Setanta Sports Cup final. The first legs were played on 4 April/11 April 2011 and the second legs were played on 18 April/19 April 2011. The draw for the semi-finals was made on 23 March 2011.[4]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Cliftonville   2−5   Dundalk 1−3 1−2
Sligo Rovers   1−4   Shamrock Rovers 0−2 1−2

Matches edit

First leg edit

Cliftonville1 − 3Dundalk
McMullan   24' Report Quigley   49', 82'
Kearns   73'
Attendance: 750
Sligo Rovers0 − 2Shamrock Rovers
Russell   74' Report Finn   27'
Sheppard   58'
Referee: Alan Kelly

Second leg edit

Dundalk2 − 1Cliftonville
Byrne   67'
Breen   90+3'		 Report O'Connor   59'
Referee: Alan Black (Antrim)

Dundalk won 5−2 on aggregate

Shamrock Rovers2 − 1Sligo Rovers
Sheppard   8'
Dennehy   25'		 Report Doyle   4'
Referee: Raymond Crangle

Shamrock Rovers won 4−1 on aggregate

Final edit

The two winners of the semi-final games played each other over one game to decide who would be crowned Setanta Sports Cup winners for 2011. The final took place on Saturday 14 May 2011 in Tallaght Stadium.[5] Shamrock Rovers beat Dundalk to win the competition for the first time.[6]

Match edit

Dundalk0 – 2Shamrock Rovers
Report O'Neill   65'
Dennehy   90+3'
Attendance: 4,789
Referee: Alan Kelly
Winner of 2011 Setanta Sports Cup
  Shamrock Rovers
1st Title

Goalscorers edit

5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

References edit

  1. ^ Setanta Cup draw pits Dundalk against Linfield - LOI.ie
  2. ^ New Format for 2011 Setanta Sports Cup - irishtimes.ie
  3. ^ Fingal Players Have Contracts Terminated Archived 10 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine - RTÉ.ie
  4. ^ Setanta Cup Semi-final Draw Made - irishtimes.com
  5. ^ Setanta Sports Cup Final Details Confirmed - FAI.ie
  6. ^ Dundalk 0–2 Shamrock Rovers Archived 16 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine - RTÉ.ie
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