1976–77 Irish Cup

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1976–77 Irish Cup
Tournament details
CountryUlster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland
Teams16
Defending champions Carrick Rangers
Final positions
Champions Coleraine (4th win)
Runner-up Linfield
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored66 (3.3 per match)
  1975–76
1977–78  

The 1976–77 Irish Cup was the 97th edition of the Irish Cup, Northern Ireland's premier football knock-out cup competition. It began on 5 February 1977, and concluded on 23 April 1977 with the final.

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The defending champions were Carrick Rangers after they defeated Linfield 2–1 in the 1975–76 final - one of the biggest shocks in the Cup's history. [1] However, this season they went out in the first round to eventual winners Coleraine, who defeated Linfield 4–1 in the final to condemn the Blues to defeat in the Irish Cup final for the third successive season (a record that still stands), and the fourth time in five years. It was a repeat of the 1974–75 final two years earlier, which was also won by Coleraine. [2]

Results

First round

Team 1 Score Team 2
Bangor 0–0 Ards
Carrick Rangers 2–5 Coleraine
Chimney Corner 0–2 Larne
Cliftonville 0–2 Glenavon
Distillery 4–1 Ballymena United
Dundela 0–6 Portadown
Dungannon Swifts 1–5 Crusaders
Glentoran 1–1 Linfield

Replays

Team 1 Score Team 2
Ards 0–0 Bangor
Linfield 3–0 Glentoran

Second replay

Team 1 Score Team 2
Bangor 1–3 Ards

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Score Team 2
Ards 0–6 Linfield
Crusaders 0–1 Coleraine
Glenavon 0–3 Distillery
Portadown 1–3 Larne

Semi-finals

Team 1 Score Team 2
Coleraine 0–0 Distillery
Larne 1–1 Linfield

Replays

Team 1 Score Team 2
Distillery 0–3 Coleraine
Linfield 3–2 Larne

Final

Coleraine 4 – 1 Linfield
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