2011 Setanta Sports Cup

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2011 Setanta Sports Cup
Tournament details
CountryUlster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland
Flag of Ireland.svg Republic of Ireland
Teams12
Defending champions Bohemians
Final positions
Champions Shamrock Rovers (1st title)
Runner-up Dundalk
Tournament statistics
Matches played21
Goals scored69 (3.29 per match)
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2012  →

The 2011 Setanta Sports Cup was the sixth staging of the Setanta Sports Cup, an association football competition featuring clubs from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. It commenced on 14 February 2011 with the final played on 14 May 2011. [1]

Contents

The draw for the 2011 competition was made at Belfast City Hall on 13 December 2010.

Changes to structure

For the 2011 competition, the Setanta Cup was expanded to 12 teams, of which the four highest ranked teams received a bye into the quarter-finals. Also unlike previous years the tournament was played as a straight knock-out competition over two legs apart from the final. [2]

Television Coverage

Setanta Sports broadcast live coverage of five games, starting with the quarter-finals.

First round

Four League of Ireland and Four IFA Premiership teams played each other in the first round over two games with the winners qualifying for the quarter-finals. The first legs were played on 14 February/21 February/1 March 2011 and the second legs were played on 28 February/1 March/7 March 2011. Sporting Fingal had originally been scheduled to compete in the tournament against Lisburn Distillery but withdrew on 9 February due to financial difficulties which saw them fold the following day and were replaced by UCD. [3]

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Linfield Ulster Banner.svg 4−6 Flag of Ireland.svg Dundalk 3−51−1
UCD Flag of Ireland.svg 0−2 Ulster Banner.svg Lisburn Distillery 0−00−2
Cliftonville Ulster Banner.svg 3−2 Flag of Ireland.svg St Patrick's Athletic 3−00−2
Bohemians Flag of Ireland.svg 1−4 Ulster Banner.svg Portadown 1−20−2

Matches

First leg

Linfield 3 – 5 Dundalk
Thompson Soccerball shade.svg43'
Garrett Soccerball shade.svg64'
Allen Soccerball shade.svg81'		 Report Kearns Soccerball shade.svg31', 66', 90+2'
Quigley Soccerball shade.svg54', 75'
Windsor Park
Referee: Stephen Weatherall (Antrim)
UCD 0 – 0 Lisburn Distillery
Report
Dalymount Park
Attendance: 150
Referee: Derek Tomney (Dublin)
Cliftonville 3 − 0 St Patrick's Athletic
McMullan Soccerball shade.svg31', 49'
O'Connor Soccerball shade.svg42'		 Report
Solitude
Attendance: 400
Referee: Davie Malcolm
Bohemians 1 − 2 Portadown
Somers Soccerball shade.svg63'
Brennan Red card.svg 77'		 Report Braniff Soccerball shade.svg45'
O'Hara Soccerball shade.svg59'
Dalymount Park
Attendance: 800
Referee: Tom Connolly

Second leg

Dundalk 1 − 1 Linfield
Gaynor Soccerball shade.svg11' Report Gault Soccerball shade.svg45+3'
Oriel Park
Attendance: 2250
Referee: Damien Hancock

Dundalk won 6 − 4 on aggregate

Lisburn Distillery 2 − 0 UCD
Browne Soccerball shade.svg18' (pen.)
Davidson Soccerball shade.svg86'		 Report
New Grosvenor Stadium
Referee: Colin Burns

Distillery won 2 − 0 on aggregate.

St Patrick's Athletic 2 − 0 Cliftonville
Mulcahy Soccerball shade.svg41'
McMillan Soccerball shade.svg80'		 Report
Richmond Park
Attendance: 1000
Referee: Derek Tomney (Dublin)

Cliftonville won 3 − 2 on aggregate.

Portadown 2 − 0 Bohemians
Baker Soccerball shade.svg10'
Mouncey Soccerball shade.svg47'		 Report
Shamrock Park

Portadown won 4−1 on aggregate

Quarter−Finals

The winners of the four first-round games joined the four seeded teams (Shamrock Rovers, Sligo Rovers, Crusaders and Glentoran) who received a Bye into the quarter-finals. The first legs were played on 7 March/14 March/28 March 2011 and the second legs were played on 21 March/22 March/4 April 2011.

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Glentoran Ulster Banner.svg 1−2 Flag of Ireland.svg Dundalk 0−11−1
Cliftonville Ulster Banner.svg 10−6 Ulster Banner.svg Crusaders 4−26−4
Lisburn Distillery Ulster Banner.svg 2−7 Flag of Ireland.svg Shamrock Rovers 0−32−4
Sligo Rovers Flag of Ireland.svg 5−0 Ulster Banner.svg Portadown 3−02−0

Matches

First leg

Glentoran 0 − 1 Dundalk
Report Quigley Soccerball shade.svg82'
The Oval
Referee: Arnold Hunter (Fermanagh)
Cliftonville 4 − 2 Crusaders
McMullan Soccerball shade.svg24'
McVeigh Soccerball shade.svg71'
Garrett Soccerball shade.svg85'
Holland Soccerball shade.svg86'		 Report [ permanent dead link ]Magee Soccerball shade.svg32'
Halliday Soccerball shade.svg54'
Gibson Red card.svg 79'
Solitude
Lisburn Distillery 0 − 3 Shamrock Rovers
Cooling Red card.svg 78' Report Sheppard Soccerball shade.svg35'
Kilduff Soccerball shade.svg40'
Kelly Soccerball shade.svg68'
New Grosvenor Stadium
Sligo Rovers 3 − 0 Portadown
Dillon Soccerball shade.svg21'
Russell Soccerball shade.svg58'
Cretaro Soccerball shade.svg90'		 Report
Sligo Showgrounds
Referee: T.Connolly

Second leg

Dundalk 1 − 1 Glentoran
Gaynor Soccerball shade.svg80' Report Burrows Soccerball shade.svg59' (pen.)
Taylor Red card.svg 79'
Oriel Park
Attendance: 2100
Referee: Richie Winter (Dublin)

Dundalk won 2−1 on aggregate

Crusaders 4 − 6 Cliftonville
Sweeney Soccerball shade.svg13'
Faulkner Soccerball shade.svg18'
Caddell Soccerball shade.svg39', 74'		 Report [ permanent dead link ]O'Connor Soccerball shade.svg5', 20'
Holland Soccerball shade.svg10'
McMullan Soccerball shade.svg54' (pen.)
Garrett Soccerball shade.svg61'
Donnelly Soccerball shade.svg89'
Seaview

Cliftonville won 10−6 on aggregate

Shamrock Rovers 4 − 2 Lisburn Distillery
Kilduff Soccerball shade.svg42'
Rice Soccerball shade.svg47'
Kavanagh Soccerball shade.svg82', 89'		 Report Liggett Soccerball shade.svg14', 57'
Tallaght Stadium
Attendance: 500
Referee: Neil Doyle

Shamrock Rovers won 7−2 on aggregate.

Portadown 0 − 2 Sligo Rovers
Report Horgan Soccerball shade.svg40'
Ndo Soccerball shade.svg75'
Shamrock Park

Sligo Rovers won 5−0 on aggregate

Semi−Finals

The four winners of the quarter-final games played each other over two games for a place in the 2011 Setanta Sports Cup final. The first legs were played on 4 April/11 April 2011 and the second legs were played on 18 April/19 April 2011. The draw for the semi-finals was made on 23 March 2011. [4]

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Cliftonville Ulster Banner.svg 2−5 Flag of Ireland.svg Dundalk 1−31−2
Sligo Rovers Flag of Ireland.svg 1−4 Flag of Ireland.svg Shamrock Rovers 0−21−2

Matches

First leg

Cliftonville 1 − 3 Dundalk
McMullan Soccerball shade.svg24' Report Quigley Soccerball shade.svg49', 82'
Kearns Soccerball shade.svg73'
Solitude
Attendance: 750
Referee: Damien Hancock
Sligo Rovers 0 − 2 Shamrock Rovers
Russell Red card.svg 74' Report Finn Soccerball shade.svg27'
Sheppard Soccerball shade.svg58'
Sligo Showgrounds
Referee: Alan Kelly

Second leg

Dundalk 2 − 1 Cliftonville
Byrne Soccerball shade.svg67'
Breen Soccerball shade.svg90+3'		 Report O'Connor Soccerball shade.svg59'
Oriel Park
Referee: Alan Black (Antrim)

Dundalk won 5−2 on aggregate

Shamrock Rovers 2 − 1 Sligo Rovers
Sheppard Soccerball shade.svg8'
Dennehy Soccerball shade.svg25'		 Report Doyle Soccerball shade.svg4'
Tallaght Stadium
Referee: Raymond Crangle

Shamrock Rovers won 4−1 on aggregate

Final

The two winners of the semi-final games played each other over one game to decide who would be crowned Setanta Sports Cup winners for 2011. The final took place on Saturday 14 May 2011 in Tallaght Stadium. [5] Shamrock Rovers beat Dundalk to win the competition for the first time. [6]

Match

Dundalk 0 – 2 Shamrock Rovers
Report O'Neill Soccerball shade.svg65'
Dennehy Soccerball shade.svg90+3'
Tallaght Stadium
Attendance: 4,789
Referee: Alan Kelly
Winner of 2011 Setanta Sports Cup
Flag of Ireland.svg Shamrock Rovers
1st Title

Goalscorers

5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

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