2005 Setanta Cup

2005 Setanta Cup
Country  Northern Ireland &
Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland
Teams 6
Champions Northern Ireland Linfield (1st title)
Runners-up Republic of Ireland Shelbourne
Matches played 13
Goals scored 33 (2.54 per match)

The 2005 Setanta Cup was the first edition of a club football competition featuring teams from both football associations on the island of Ireland. It was inaugurated as a cross-border competition between clubs from the League of Ireland in the Republic of Ireland and the Irish League in Northern Ireland.

The cup is sponsored by Setanta Sports; the Irish sports television network. The competition was launched with Setanta providing support for prize money (350,000) and sponsorship (€1.6 million over 4 years).

For this season the cup was simply known as the Setanta Cup before being renamed the Setanta Sports Cup from 2006 onwards.

Glentoran beat Longford Town 2–1 in the first ever game of the competition on 15 March 2005. The first final saw Belfast side Linfield defeat Dublin's Shelbourne 2–0 at Tolka Park in Dublin on 21 May 2005 to collect the winner's prize of 150,000.[1]

Format

The teams would be split into two groups of 3 teams and play each other twice, once at home and once away. The winners of each group would play in a single game final, to be held in Tolka Park if at least one team from the Republic of Ireland was involved. If the final was played between two teams from Northern Ireland, the final would be held at Windsor Park.

Qualification

League of Ireland

Shelbourne qualified by winning the 2004 League of Ireland title. Longford Town qualified by winning the 2004 FAI Cup final. Cork City took the third spot by finishing second in the 2004 League of Ireland table.

Irish League

Linfield qualified by winning the 2003–04 Irish Premier League. Glentoran qualified by winning the 2003–04 Irish Cup. The third spot went to Portadown for finishing second in the 2003–04 Irish Premier League.

Following a draw (in which league winners were kept apart), the teams were placed as follows;

Group stage

Teams that progressed to the Final are indicated in bold type.

Teams eliminated from the Setanta Sports Cup this stage are indicated in italics.

Group 1

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Northern Ireland Linfield 430196+39
Republic of Ireland Longford Town 42024406
Northern Ireland Glentoran 410369-33

2005-03-15
Glentoran 2 1 Longford Town
Halliday  48'
Parkhouse  65'
(Report) Keegan  83'


2005-04-19
Linfield 3 2 Glentoran
Larmour  11'
King  35'
Simpson o.g.  58'
(Report) Halliday  47'
Melaugh  85'



2005-05-16
Glentoran 2 4 Linfield
Lockhart  62'
Holmes  72'
(Report) McAreavey  5'
Murphy  28'
Ferguson  43'
Mouncey  54'
The Oval, Belfast
Referee: Republic of Ireland Ian Stokes

Group 2

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Republic of Ireland Shelbourne 421154+17
Northern Ireland Portadown 41215505
Republic of Ireland Cork City 411223-14

2005-03-22
Shelbourne 3 3 Portadown
Baker  40',  67'
Byrne  44'
(Report) Hamilton  49',  59'
Boyle  83'

2005-03-28
Cork City 1 0 Shelbourne
Behan  59'
Gamble Red card 85'
(Report) Crawley Red card 90'
Turners Cross, Cork
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Northern Ireland David Malcolm


2005-04-25
Portadown 0 1 Shelbourne
Feeney Red card 53' (Report) Byrne  4'

2005-05-02
Shelbourne 1 0 Cork City
Harris  52' (Report)
Tolka Park, Dublin
Referee: Northern Ireland Mark Courtney

2005-05-16
Cork City 0 1 Portadown
McNulty Red card (Report) Hamilton  30'
Hamilton Red card
Turners Cross, Cork
Referee: Republic of Ireland John Feighery

Final

2005-05-21
Shelbourne 0 2 Linfield
Byrne Red card 90+'
Moore Red card 90+'
(Report) Ferguson  26'
Thompson  37'
Tolka Park, Dublin
Referee: Northern Ireland Mark Courtney


Winner of 2005 Setanta Sports Cup
Northern Ireland Linfield
1st Title

Goalscorers

3 goals
2 goals

1 goal

  • Northern Ireland Gavin Melaugh (Glentoran)
  • Northern Ireland Tim Mouncey (Linfield)
  • Northern Ireland William Murphy (Linfield)
  • Republic of Ireland Andy Myler (Longford Town)
  • Northern Ireland Stephen Parkhouse (Glentoran)

1 own goal

References

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