Blaxnit Cup

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Blaxnit Cup
Organising body Irish Football Association
Football Association of Ireland
Founded1967
Abolished1974
RegionNorthern Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Number of teams8
Most successful club(s) Coleraine (2 titles)

The Blaxnit Cup, is a defunct club football competition which featured teams from both football associations on the island of Ireland, in a similar format to the later Setanta Cup. It was inaugurated in 1967 as a cross-border competition between clubs from the League of Ireland from the Republic of Ireland and the Irish League from Northern Ireland and ran until 1974. [1] The competition was sponsored by Blaxnit, a sock and hosiery manufacturer based in Newtownards.

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The competition featured four teams from each league. The Blaxnit Cup was the third cross-border competition. Previous competitions included the Dublin and Belfast Intercity Cup 1941/42-1948/49 and the North-South Cup 1961/62-1962/63.

After the demise of the Blaxnit Cup teams from both sides of the border continued to compete in the Texaco Cup 1973/74-1974/75, the Tyler Cup 1978-1980 and after 2005 in the Setanta Sports Cup.

The tournament suffered from lack of interest and security concerns.

List of finals

Finals played over two legs except 1973–74.

SeasonWinner
(number of titles)		ScoreRunner-upVenue
1967–68 Flag of Ireland.svg Shamrock Rovers (1)2 – 0 Ulster Banner.svg Crusaders Windsor Park, Belfast
1 – 2 (3 – 2 agg.) Dalymount Park, Dublin
1968–69 Ulster Banner.svg Coleraine (1)2 – 1 Flag of Ireland.svg Shamrock Rovers Windsor Park, Belfast
2 – 2 (4 – 3 agg.) Dalymount Park, Dublin
1969–70 Ulster Banner.svg Coleraine (2)0 – 1 Flag of Ireland.svg Sligo Rovers Windsor Park, Belfast
4 – 1 (4 – 2 agg.) Dalymount Park, Dublin
1970–71 Ulster Banner.svg Linfield (1)1 – 1 Flag of Ireland.svg Cork Hibernians Windsor Park, Belfast
2 – 1 (3 – 2 agg.) Dalymount Park, Dublin
1971–72 Flag of Ireland.svg Cork Hibernians (1)3 – 2 Ulster Banner.svg Coleraine Flower Lodge, Cork
2 – 1 (5 – 3 agg.) The Showgrounds, Coleraine
1972–73 Ulster Banner.svg Glentoran (1)1 – 1 Flag of Ireland.svg Cork Hibernians Flower Lodge, Cork
5 – 1 (6 – 2 agg.) Castlereagh Park, Newtownards
1973–74 Ulster Banner.svg Ards (1)3 – 1 Ulster Banner.svg Ballymena United Windsor Park, Belfast

References

  1. ↑ "All-Ireland Cross-Border Cup Competitions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation . Retrieved 12 June 2007.
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