Dublin and Belfast Inter-City Cup

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Dublin and Belfast Inter-City Cup
Organising body Irish Football Association
Football Association of Ireland
Founded1941
Abolished1949
RegionNorthern Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Number of teams12
Most successful club(s) Shamrock Rovers (4 titles)

The Dublin and Belfast Inter-City Cup was an association football competition that ran for eight seasons in Ireland between 1941 and 1949.

Contents

Each season's competition consisted of six teams from each of the two jurisdictions on the island of Ireland (Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland), and their respective governing bodies (the Irish Football Association and the Football Association of Ireland).

Format

Played in knock out format, the matches were played on a two-legged basis. Dalymount Park, Dublin was used as the home venue by all the League of Ireland clubs. For the second round of the competition, the six first round winners were joined by the two best losers. It was an extremely popular competition, adding variety to the restricted war-time football diet and generated much needed and significant revenues to the competing clubs.

List of finals

Key:

Trophy was shared.
Two-legged final. Aggregate score across two legs determined the winner; if score was level number of corner kicks determined the winner.


SeasonWinner
(number of titles)
ScoreRunner-upVenue
1941–42 Flag of Ireland.svg Dundalk (1)1 – 0 Flag of Ireland.svg Shamrock Rovers Dalymount Park, Dublin
1942–43 Flag of Ireland.svg Shamrock Rovers (1)0 – 2 Flag of Ireland.svg Bohemians Windsor Park, Belfast
2 – 0 (2 – 2 agg.) (19 – 9 corner kicks) Dalymount Park, Dublin
1943–44 Ulster Banner.svg Glentoran (1)3 – 3 Ulster Banner.svg Belfast Celtic Windsor Park, Belfast
2 – 1 (5 – 4 agg.) Dalymount Park, Dublin
1944–45 Flag of Ireland.svg Bohemians (1)2 – 2 Ulster Banner.svg Belfast Celtic Windsor Park, Belfast
1 – 0 (3 – 2 agg.) Dalymount Park, Dublin
1945–46 Flag of Ireland.svg Shamrock Rovers (2)3 – 1 Ulster Banner.svg Belfast Celtic Windsor Park, Belfast
0 – 1 (3 – 2 agg.) Dalymount Park, Dublin
1946–47 Flag of Ireland.svg Shamrock Rovers (3)3 – 1 Flag of Ireland.svg Drumcondra Dalymount Park, Dublin
1 – 0 (4 – 1 agg.) Windsor Park, Belfast
1947–48 Ulster Banner.svg Belfast Celtic (1)
Ulster Banner.svg Distillery (1)
2 – 1 [n 1] Solitude, Belfast (1st leg)
1948–49 Flag of Ireland.svg Shamrock Rovers (4)3 – 0 Flag of Ireland.svg Dundalk Dalymount Park, Dublin

Performance by club

ClubWinnersRunners-upWinning YearsRunners-up Years
Shamrock Rovers 41 1942–43, 1945–46, 1946–47, 1948–49 1941–42
Belfast Celtic 1 (shared)3 1947–48 (shared) 1943–44, 1944–45, 1945–46
Dundalk 11 1941–42 1948–49
Bohemians 11 1944–45 1942–43
Glentoran 10 1943–44
Distillery 1 (shared)0 1947–48 (shared)
Drumcondra 01 1946–47

Notes

  1. The second leg of the final was not played and both teams agreed to share the trophy.

See also