Irish News Cup

Irish News Cup

Founded	1995
Abolished	1999
Region	Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland
Most successful club(s)	Coleraine Derry City Omagh Town Finn Harps (1 title each)

The Irish News Cup was a "north-south" association football competition in Ireland involving teams from the Irish League and League of Ireland mostly located in the north-west of the island. It is thus not counted among the major all-Ireland cup tournaments, since neither League champions nor Cup winners were involved. (Derry City did win the League of Ireland title in 1996-97). It was sponsored by the Irish News and also referred to as the Irish News North West Cup. It lasted four seasons.

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Season	Winner (number of titles)	Score	Runner-up	Venue
1995–96	Coleraine (1)	4 – 1	Omagh Town	St Julian's Road, Omagh
		8 – 1 (12 – 2 agg.)		The Showgrounds, Coleraine
1996–97	Derry City (1)	0 – 3	Sligo Rovers	The Showgrounds, Sligo
		5 – 1 (5 – 4 agg.)		Brandywell Stadium, Derry
1997–98	Omagh Town (1)	1 – 1	Ballymena United	St Julian's Road, Omagh
		1 – 0 (2 – 1 agg.)		The Showgrounds, Ballymena
1998–99	Finn Harps (1)	2 – 0	Ballymena United	Finn Park, Ballybofey

• Irish Football Club Project Archive on All-Ireland Competitions
• Irish League Archive - Irish News Cup

• M. Brodie (ed.), Northern Ireland Soccer Yearbook 1996/97
• M. Brodie (ed.), Northern Ireland Soccer Yearbook 1997/98
• M. Brodie (ed.), Northern Ireland Soccer Yearbook 1998/99
• M. Brodie (ed.), Northern Ireland Soccer Yearbook 1999/2000
• Ballymena United Football Club