2008 Setanta Sports Cup

2008 Setanta Sports Cup
Tournament details
Country Northern Ireland
Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland
Teams8
Defending championsDrogheda United
Final positions
ChampionsCork City (1st title)
Runner-upGlentoran
Tournament statistics
Matches played27
Goals scored72 (2.67 per match)
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The 2008 Setanta Sports Cup was the 4th staging of the Setanta Sports Cup, a cross-border cup competition featuring football clubs from the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The final was played on November 1, 2008, at Turners Cross in Cork.

Group stage

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The draw for this round was held 17 January 2008. The matches were played 26 February 2008 – 23 September 2008.

Teams that progressed to the Semi-Finals are indicated in bold type.

Teams eliminated from the Setanta Sports Cup this stage are indicated in italics.

Group 1

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Republic of Ireland Drogheda Utd 6 4 2 0 13 3 +10 14
Republic of Ireland Cork City 6 4 2 0 11 2 +9 14
Northern Ireland Cliftonville 6 1 1 4 6 11 -5 4
Northern Ireland Dungannon Swifts 6 0 1 5 3 17 -14 1
Drogheda United3 – 2Cliftonville
Zayed 40', 86'
Baker 74'		 (Report) Murphy 57'
M Holland 87'
Referee: Northern Ireland David Malcolm
Dungannon Swifts0 – 2Cork City
(Report) O'Callaghan 16', 40'
Referee: Northern Ireland Alan Black
Cork City0 – 0Drogheda United
(Report)
Referee: Republic of Ireland Dave McKeon
Cliftonville0 – 0Dungannon Swifts
(Report)
Cork City2 – 0Cliftonville
O'Flynn 68'
Mooney 75'		 (Report)
Referee: Republic of Ireland Declan Hanney
Dungannon Swifts0 – 4Drogheda United
(Report) Grant 4'
Gartland 35'
McMinn 63' (o.g.)
O'Brien 85'
Referee: Northern Ireland Brian Turkington
Cliftonville0 – 2Cork City
(Report) Behan 38', 75'
Referee: Northern Ireland Alan Black
Drogheda United3 – 0Dungannon Swifts
Hughes 28'
Zayed 76'
Cahill 88'		 (Report)
Referee: Republic of Ireland Damien Hancock
Drogheda United1 – 1Cork City
Tambouras 50' (Report) Murphy 44'
Referee: Republic of Ireland Dave McKeon
Dungannon Swifts2 – 4Cliftonville
Adamson 8'
Baker 47'		 Patterson 2'
Hamill 34', 61'
McMullan 80'
Cliftonville0 – 2Drogheda United
Zayed 30'
Hughes 54'
Cork City4 – 1Dungannon Swifts
Murphy 23'
Kearney 39'
Behan 63 pen'
Ryan 70'		 McGerrigan 55'

Group 2

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Republic of Ireland Derry City 6 4 1 1 10 4 +6 13
Northern Ireland Glentoran 6 2 2 2 10 10 0 8
Northern Ireland Linfield 6 2 1 3 8 12 -4 7
Republic of Ireland St Patrick's Athletic 6 1 2 3 6 8 -2 5
Linfield3 – 1Derry City
Delaney 23' (o.g.)
Thompson 40'
Ferguson 86' (pen.)		 (Report) Martyn 79'
Attendance: 3,000 (approx)
Referee: Republic of Ireland Dave McKeon
St Patrick's Athletic3 – 3Glentoran
O'Neill 20', 89'
Fahey 90'		 (Report) Halliday 5'
Nixon 72' (pen.)
Fordyce 85'
Attendance: 1,500 (approx.)
Glentoran1 – 3Linfield
Boyce 8' (Report) McAreavey 32', 49'
Dickson 69'
Attendance: 4,000 (approx.)
Derry City2 – 0St Patrick's Athletic
Martyn 37'
Brennan 47 (o.g.)'		 (Report)
Glentoran1 – 1Derry City
Nixon 70' (Report) Sammon 50' (pen.)
Referee: Northern Ireland Mark Courtney
St Patrick's Athletic2 – 0Linfield
Quigley 7'
O'Neill 76'		 (Report)
Attendance: 5,300
Referee: Republic of Ireland Alan Kelly
Derry City2 – 0Glentoran
Higgins 35'
Farren 84'		 (Report)
Referee: Republic of Ireland Ian Stokes
Linfield1 – 1St Patrick's Athletic
Mulgrew 89' (Report) Fahey 40'
Linfield1 – 4Glentoran
Garrett 7' (Report) Gardiner 3 pen'
Boyce 27'
Halliday 53', 68'
St Patrick's Athletic0 – 1Derry City
(Report) McHugh 33'
Derry City3 – 0Linfield
Farren 23', 63', 84' (Report)
Glentoran1 – 0St Patrick's Athletic
Fordyce 6' (Report)

Semi-finals

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The draw for the semi-finals was made by drawing the winners of Group A against the runners-up of Group 2 and vice versa, with group winners having home advantage. Glentoran beat Drogheda United 1–0 in the first semi-final, which was played at United Park in Drogheda,[1] while Cork City overcame Derry City by the same scoreline at the Brandywell Stadium in Derry.[2]

Drogheda United0 – 1Glentoran
(Report) Hill 3'
Leeman Red card 74'
Hill Red card 89'
Derry City0 – 1Cork City
(Report) Kiely 67'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Northern Ireland David Malcolm

Final

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The final took place on November 1, 2008, at Turners Cross stadium in front of 5,500, a sell out crowd, in Cork, where Cork City came from behind to beat Glentoran 2-1 and win the competition for the first time.[3]

Cork City2 – 1Glentoran
Murray 57'
Kearney 74'		 (Report) Kyle Neill 12'
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Republic of Ireland Ian Stokes


Winner of 2008 Setanta Sports Cup
Republic of Ireland Cork City
1st Title

Goalscorers

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4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

References

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  1. ^ "Drogheda United 0-1 Glentoran". RTÉ Sport. Archived from the original on 2 June 2009. Retrieved 7 March 2009.
  2. ^ "Derry City 0-1 Cork City". RTÉ Sport. Archived from the original on 2 June 2009. Retrieved 7 March 2009.
  3. ^ "Cork City 2-1 Glentoran". RTÉ Sport. Archived from the original on 2 June 2009. Retrieved 7 March 2009.
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