2006 Setanta Sports Cup

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2006 Setanta Sports Cup
Tournament details
CountryUlster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland
Flag of Ireland.svg Republic of Ireland
Teams8
Defending champions Linfield
Final positions
Champions Drogheda United (1st title)
Runner-up Cork City
Tournament statistics
Matches played27
Goals scored59 (2.19 per match)
  2005
2007  

The 2006 Setanta Sports Cup was the 2nd staging of the Setanta Sports Cup, a cross-border cup competition that takes place between football clubs from the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The final was played at Tolka Park in Dublin, Republic of Ireland on 22 April 2006, where Drogheda United beat Cork City to win the competition for the first time.

Contents

Group stage

The draw for this round was held 12 December 2005. The matches were played 20 February 2006 – 3 April 2006.

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Flag of Ireland.svg Cork City (A)6510112+916Advanced to the semi-finals
2 Flag of Ireland.svg Drogheda Utd (A)631275+210
3 Ulster Banner.svg Dungannon Swifts 61144844
4 Ulster Banner.svg Portadown 603341173
Source: [ citation needed ]
(A) Advance to a further round
Drogheda United 1 – 0 Dungannon Swifts
Leech Soccerball shade.svg43' (Report)


Cork City 2 – 0 Drogheda United
Behan Soccerball shade.svg58'
Gavin o.g. Soccerball shade.svg80'
(Report) Bradley Red card.svg 76'
Fahey Red card.svg 77'
Turners Cross, Cork
Referee: Flag of Ireland.svg Alan Kelly

Dungannon Swifts 1 – 1 Portadown
McAree Soccerball shade.svg85 pen' (Report) Convery Soccerball shade.svg23'



Drogheda United 4 – 0 Portadown
Keegan Soccerball shade.svg7'
Barrett Soccerball shade.svg9'
O'Brien Soccerball shade.svg33', Soccerball shade.svg55'
(Report) Neill Red card.svg 69'


Cork City 3 – 1 Portadown
Woods Soccerball shade.svg2'
Behan Soccerball shade.svg70'
O'Callaghan Soccerball shade.svg90'
(Report) Quinn Soccerball shade.svg72'



Portadown 1 – 2 Dungannon Swifts
McStay Soccerball shade.svg86' (Report) Adamson Soccerball shade.svg74'
Bulow Soccerball shade.svg84'

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Ulster Banner.svg Linfield (A)6240124+810Advanced to the semi-finals
2 Flag of Ireland.svg Shelbourne (A)623173+49
3 Flag of Ireland.svg Derry City 614154+17
4 Ulster Banner.svg Glentoran 6114518134
Source: [ citation needed ]
(A) Advance to a further round

Shelbourne 3 – 0 Glentoran
Ryan Soccerball shade.svg29'
Crowe Soccerball shade.svg36', Soccerball shade.svg60'
(Report)


Glentoran 3 – 3 Linfield
Lockhart Soccerball shade.svg11'
Nixon Soccerball shade.svg21 pen'
Browne Soccerball shade.svg74'
(Report) McAreavey Soccerball shade.svg17'
Kearney Soccerball shade.svg50', Soccerball shade.svg69'
Ferguson Red card.svg 57'

Derry City 3 – 1 Glentoran
Hargan Soccerball shade.svg11', Soccerball shade.svg35'
Beckett Soccerball shade.svg38'
(Report) Walker Soccerball shade.svg90'


Glentoran 1 – 0 Derry City
Reed Soccerball shade.svg8' (Report) Hargan Red card.svg 41'

Shelbourne 0 – 0 Linfield
Hawkins Red card.svg 75' (Report) McAreavey Red card.svg 24'
Tolka Park, Dublin
Referee: Flag of Ireland.svg Alan Kelly


Glentoran 0 – 3 Shelbourne
(Report) Byrne Soccerball shade.svg17', Soccerball shade.svg68'
Cahill Soccerball shade.svg30'


Linfield 6 – 0 Glentoran
Hunter Soccerball shade.svg25 pen'
Thompson Soccerball shade.svg41', Soccerball shade.svg90'
McAreavey Soccerball shade.svg56', Soccerball shade.svg82'
Murphy Soccerball shade.svg62'
(Report) Glendinning Red card.svg 40'

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was made by drawing the winners of Group A against the runners-up of Group B and vice versa, with group winners having home advantage. There would be no replays if the matches were drawn; instead, extra time would decide winners immediately thereafter. If extra time did not decide the winners, a set of five alternating penalty kicks would decide winners.

Cork City 2 – 0 Shelbourne
O'Brien Soccerball shade.svg34'
Fenn Soccerball shade.svg62'
(Report)

Linfield 0 – 1 Drogheda United
(Report) Keddy Soccerball shade.svg33'

Final

Similarly to the semi-finals, there would be no replay even if the match was drawn; instead, extra time would be used to decide the winners. If extra time failed to separate the two sides, the match would go to penalties.

Cork City 0 – 1 (AET) Drogheda United
(Report) Leech Soccerball shade.svg102'
 Winner of 2006 Setanta Sports Cup 
Flag of Ireland.svg Drogheda United
1st title

Goalscorers

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

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