2005 Setanta Cup

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2005 Setanta Cup
Tournament details
CountryUlster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland
Flag of Ireland.svg Republic of Ireland
Teams6
Final positions
Champions Linfield (1st title)
Runner-up Shelbourne
Tournament statistics
Matches played13
Goals scored33 (2.54 per match)
2006  

The 2005 Setanta Cup was the first edition of the Setanta Sports Cup, a club football competition featuring teams from both football associations on the island of Ireland. It was inaugurated as a cross-border competition between clubs from the League of Ireland in the Republic of Ireland and the Irish League in Northern Ireland.

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The cup is sponsored by Setanta Sports; the Irish sports television network. The competition was launched with Setanta providing support for prize money (350,000) and sponsorship (€1.6 million over 4 years).

For this season the cup was simply known as the Setanta Cup before being renamed the Setanta Sports Cup from 2006 onwards.

Glentoran beat Longford Town 2–1 in the first ever game of the competition on 15 March 2005. The first final saw Belfast side Linfield defeat Dublin's Shelbourne 2–0 at Tolka Park in Dublin on 21 May 2005 to collect the winner's prize of 150,000. [1]

Format

The teams would be split into two groups of 3 teams and play each other twice, once at home and once away. The winners of each group would play in a single game final, to be held in Tolka Park if at least one team from the Republic of Ireland was involved. If the final was played between two teams from Northern Ireland, the final would be held at Windsor Park.

Qualification

League of Ireland

Shelbourne qualified by winning the 2004 League of Ireland Premier Division title. Longford Town qualified by winning the 2004 FAI Cup Final. Cork City took the third spot by finishing second in the 2004 League of Ireland Premier Division.

Irish League

Linfield qualified by winning the 2003–04 Irish Premier League. Glentoran qualified by winning the 2003–04 Irish Cup. The third spot went to Portadown for finishing second in the 2003–04 Irish Premier League.

Following a draw (in which league winners were kept apart), the teams were placed as follows;

Group stage

Group 1

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Ulster Banner.svg Linfield (A)430196+39Advanced to final
2 Flag of Ireland.svg Longford Town 42024406
3 Ulster Banner.svg Glentoran 41036933
Source: [ citation needed ]
(A) Advance to a further round
Glentoran 2 – 1 Longford Town
Halliday Soccerball shade.svg48'
Parkhouse Soccerball shade.svg65'
(Report) Keegan Soccerball shade.svg83'


Linfield 3 – 2 Glentoran
Larmour Soccerball shade.svg11'
King Soccerball shade.svg35'
Simpson o.g. Soccerball shade.svg58'
(Report) Halliday Soccerball shade.svg47'
Melaugh Soccerball shade.svg85'


Linfield 1 – 0 Longford Town
Thompson Soccerball shade.svg26'
McCann Red card.svg 82'
(Report)

Glentoran 2 – 4 Linfield
Lockhart Soccerball shade.svg62'
Holmes Soccerball shade.svg72'
(Report) McAreavey Soccerball shade.svg5'
Murphy Soccerball shade.svg28'
Ferguson Soccerball shade.svg43'
Mouncey Soccerball shade.svg54'
The Oval, Belfast
Referee: Flag of Ireland.svg Ian Stokes

Group 2

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Flag of Ireland.svg Shelbourne (A)421154+17Advanced to final
2 Ulster Banner.svg Portadown 41215505
3 Flag of Ireland.svg Cork City 41122314
Source: [ citation needed ]
(A) Advance to a further round
Shelbourne 3 – 3 Portadown
Baker Soccerball shade.svg40', Soccerball shade.svg67'
Byrne Soccerball shade.svg44'
(Report) Hamilton Soccerball shade.svg49', Soccerball shade.svg59'
Boyle Soccerball shade.svg83'

Cork City 1 – 0 Shelbourne
Behan Soccerball shade.svg59'
Gamble Red card.svg 85'
(Report) Crawley Red card.svg 90'
Turners Cross, Cork
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Ulster Banner.svg David Malcolm


Portadown 0 – 1 Shelbourne
Feeney Red card.svg 53' (Report) Byrne Soccerball shade.svg4'

Shelbourne 1 – 0 Cork City
Harris Soccerball shade.svg52' (Report)
Tolka Park, Dublin
Referee: Ulster Banner.svg Mark Courtney

Cork City 0 – 1 Portadown
McNulty Red card.svg (Report) Hamilton Soccerball shade.svg30'
Hamilton Red card.svg
Turners Cross, Cork
Referee: Flag of Ireland.svg John Feighery

Final

Shelbourne 0 – 2 Linfield
Byrne Red card.svg 90+'
Moore Red card.svg 90+'
(Report) Ferguson Soccerball shade.svg26'
Thompson Soccerball shade.svg37'
Tolka Park, Dublin
Referee: Ulster Banner.svg Mark Courtney
 Winner of 2005 Setanta Sports Cup 
Ulster Banner.svg Linfield
1st title

Goalscorers

3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

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References

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