1979–80 Irish Cup

Country

Northern Ireland

Teams

Champions

Linfield (32nd win)

Runners-up

Crusaders

Matches played

Goals scored

56 (2.55 per match)

← 1978–79

1980–81 →

The 1979–80 Irish Cup was the 100th edition of Northern Ireland's premier football knock-out cup competition. It began on 2 February 1980, and concluded on 26 April 1980 with the final.

The defending champions were Cliftonville, after they had won the cup for the 8th time the previous season, defeating Portadown 3–2 in the 1978–79 final.^[1] However, Portadown gained revenge by knocking the holders out in the first round with a 2–1 win. Linfield won the cup for the 32nd time, defeating Crusaders 2–0 in the final.^[2]

First round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Bangor	2–0¹	Ballymena United
Cliftonville	1–2	Portadown
Coleraine	8–1	Ballyclare Comrades
Crusaders	1–0	Stranmillis College
Larne	0–2²	Glentoran
Linfield	3–1	Distillery
Queen's University	0–4	Glenavon
RUC	4–0	Ards

¹This tie required a replay, after the first game ended as a 1–1 draw.^[2]
²This tie required two replays, after the first games ended as 1–1 and 0–0 draws.^[2]

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ballymena United	3–2	Portadown
Crusaders	0–3³	Glenavon
Linfield	4–0	Glentoran
RUC	1–0⁴	Coleraine

³This tie required a replay, after the first game ended as a 0–0 draw.^[2]
⁴This tie required two replays, after the first games ended as 1–1 and 0–0 draws.^[2]

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Crusaders	2–1⁵	RUC
Linfield	1–0	Ballymena United

⁵This tie required a replay, after the first game ended as a 1–1 draw.^[2]

Final

Linfield v Crusaders

26 April 1980

Linfield	2 – 0	Crusaders
McCurdy 12' McKeown 68' (pen.)	Report

The Oval, Belfast

References

↑ "Northern Ireland Cup Finals". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. rsssf.com. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
1 2 3 4 5 6 "Northern Ireland 1979/80". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. rsssf.com. Retrieved 26 October 2012.

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1979–80 in European football (UEFA)

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Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '79 '80 Finland '79 '80 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '79 '80 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '79 '80 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia

League cups	England Republic of Ireland Scotland Switzerland

UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup

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National teams

League system

men:	NIFL Premiership NIFL Championship Ballymena & Provincial League Mid-Ulster Football League Northern Amateur Football League NI Intermediate League Football Federation Premier League Football Federation Championship Football Federation League One Football Federation League Two Football Federation League Three Football Federation League Four Football Federation Conference Premier Division One Football Federation Conference Premier Division Two NIFL Reserve League Irish League representative team

women:	Women's Premier League

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men:	Irish Cup NI Football League Cup NIFL Charity Shield County Antrim Shield Mid-Ulster Cup North West Senior Cup Irish Intermediate Cup Steel & Sons Cup Bob Radcliffe Cup Craig Memorial Cup

women:	Irish Women's Cup Premier League Cup

Awards

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