1971–72 County Antrim Shield
Tournament details | |
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Country | ![]() |
Teams | 12 |
Defending champions | Glentoran |
Final positions | |
Champions | Ards (2nd win) |
Runner-up | Crusaders |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 15 |
Goals scored | 49 (3.27 per match) |
The 1971–72 County Antrim Shield was the 83rd edition of the County Antrim Shield, a cup competition in Northern Irish football.[1]
Ards won the tournament for the 2nd time, defeating Crusaders 5–4 on penalties after the two-legged final finished in a 3–3 draw on aggregate.[2][3]
For this season and the following season only, the semi-finals and final were played as two legged matches.[4]
Results
[edit]First round
[edit]Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Bangor | 1–1 | Dundela |
Cliftonville | 1–3 | Chimney Corner |
Glentoran | 3–0 | Linfield Swifts |
Linfield | 2–3 | Larne |
Ards | bye | |
Ballymena United | bye | |
Crusaders | bye | |
Distillery | bye |
Replay
[edit]Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Bangor | 1–2 | Dundela |
Quarter-finals
[edit]Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Ards | 1–0 | Glentoran |
Ballymena United | 2–0 | Chimney Corner |
Distillery | 4–5 | Crusaders |
Larne | 2–0 | Dundela |
Semi-finals
[edit]Teams that were at home in the first leg listed on the left.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Ballymena United | 1–3 | Ards | 0–2 | 1–1 |
Larne | 3–5 | Crusaders | 3–1 | 0–4 |
Final
[edit]Crusaders | 3–0 (a.e.t.) | Ards |
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Finney ![]() McQuillan ![]() Beckett ![]() | Report | |
Penalties | ||
Finney ![]() McQuillan ![]() Calder ![]() Beckett ![]() Woods ![]() | 4–5 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
References
[edit]- ^ "Irish League Archive, County Antrim Shield". Irish League Archive. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
- ^ "Crues have it all to do!". Belfast Telegraph. 9 May 1972. p. 17.
- ^ ""On the spot" agony of man who missed". Belfast Telegraph. 12 May 1972. p. 22.
- ^ "County Antrim Shield Results". Irish League Archive. Retrieved 16 April 2023.