2012 Setanta Sports Cup

2012 Setanta Sports Cup
Country  Northern Ireland &
Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland
Teams 12
Champions Northern Ireland Crusaders (1st title)
Runners-up Republic of Ireland Derry City
Matches played 21
Goals scored 52 (2.48 per match)
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The 2012 Setanta Sports Cup was the seventh staging of the annual all-Ireland association football competition. It commenced on 11 February 2012 and ended on 12 May 2012, with the final played at The Oval, Belfast.

The draw for the 2012 competition was made at Aviva Stadium, Dublin, on 25 January 2012.[1]

Crusaders won the competition for the first time, defeating Derry City 5–4 on penalties after the scores were level at 2–2 after extra time. It was the first time a club from the Northern Irish IFA Premiership had won the cup since Linfield won the inaugural competition in 2005.[2]

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 11 and 13 February and the second legs were played on 20 February.[3][4]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Bray Wanderers Republic of Ireland 2−7 Northern Ireland Glentoran 2−4 0−3
Lisburn Distillery Northern Ireland 0−7 Republic of Ireland Derry City 0−4 0−3
Bohemians Republic of Ireland 3−1 Northern Ireland Portadown 2−1 1−0
Cliftonville Northern Ireland 2−0 Republic of Ireland St Patrick's Athletic 1−0 1−0

First Leg

11 February 2012
15:00
Bray Wanderers 2 − 4 Glentoran
Waters  18', 42' Report Murray  19'
Knight  51', 88'
O'Hanlon  60'
Carlisle Grounds, Bray
Attendance: 650
Referee: Alan Kelly, (Cork)

11 February 2012
15:00
Lisburn Distillery 0 − 4 Derry City
Cushley Red card 62' Report McLaughlin  23'
Patterson  28', 51', 60'
New Grosvenor Stadium, Ballyskeagh
Referee: M.Smith (Belfast)

13 February 2012
19:15
Bohemians 2 − 1 Portadown
Corcoran  45'
Moore  58' 		Report Braniff  61'
Dalymount Park, Dublin
Referee: Tomás Connolly (Dublin)

13 February 2012
19:45
Cliftonville 1 − 0 St Patrick's Athletic
Boyce  48' Report
Solitude, Belfast
Attendance: 600
Referee: Raymond Hetherington

Second leg

20 February 2012
19.15
St Patrick's Athletic 0 − 1 Cliftonville
Russell Red card 65' (Report) Gormley  69'

Cliftonville won 2 − 0 on aggregate

Derry City won 7 − 0 on aggregate

20 February 2012
19.45
Portadown 0 − 1 Bohemians
(Report) Martin  86'

Bohemians won 3 − 1 on aggregate

20 February 2012
19.45
Glentoran 3 − 0 Bray Wanderers
Boyce  11',  75 pen'
Nixon  45' 		(Report)

Glentoran won 7 − 2 on aggregate

Quarter-finals

The winners of the four first-round games joined the four seeded teams (Shamrock Rovers, Sligo Rovers, Crusaders, and Linfield) who received byes into the quarter-finals. The first legs were played on 5 March 2012 and the second legs were played on 20 March 2012. The draw for the quarter-finals was made on 20 February 2012.[5]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Crusaders Northern Ireland 2−0 Republic of Ireland Bohemians 0−0 2−0
Linfield Northern Ireland 2−4 Republic of Ireland Derry City 1−1 1−3
Shamrock Rovers Republic of Ireland 2−2 Northern Ireland Cliftonville 2−0 0−2
Sligo Rovers Republic of Ireland 3−1 Northern Ireland Glentoran 2−0 1−1

First leg

5 March 2012
19:45
Sligo Rovers 2 – 0 Glentoran
Boco  37'
Quigley  63' 		(Report) Nixon Red card 84'

Second leg

20 March 2012
19:45
Bohemians 0 – 2 Crusaders
Pender Red card 90' (Report) Caddell  3'
McMaster  36'

Crusaders won 2 − 0 on aggregate

20 March 2012
19:45
Cliftonville 2 – 0 (a.e.t.) Shamrock Rovers
Johnston  45'
Gormley  86' 		(Report)
  Penalties  
Gormley
Caldwell
Donnelly
O'Carroll 		1 – 3 Dennehy
Turner
Gartland

Shamrock Rovers won 3 – 1 on penalties after 2 – 2 draw on aggregate

20 March 2012
19:45
Derry City 3 – 1 Linfield
Molloy  69'
McLaughlin  77'
Madden  90' 		(Report) Lowry  31'

Derry City won 4 − 2 on aggregate

20 March 2012
19:45
Glentoran 1 − 1 Sligo Rovers
Ward  23' (Report) North  89' (pen.)

Sligo Rovers won 3 − 1 on aggregate

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was made following the second leg quarter-final matches.[6]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Crusaders Northern Ireland 3−2 Republic of Ireland Sligo Rovers 2−0 1−2
Shamrock Rovers Republic of Ireland 2−3 Republic of Ireland Derry City 0−3 2−0

First leg

16 April 2012
19:45
Crusaders 2 – 0 Sligo Rovers
Rainey  40', 80' (Report)

16 April 2012
19:45
Shamrock Rovers 0 – 3 Derry City
Pieterse Red card 12' (Report) Deery  15'
McEleney  51'
McBride  85'

Second leg

23 April 2012
20:00
Sligo Rovers 2 – 1 (a.e.t.) Crusaders
Boco  35'
Quigley  48' 		(Report) Coates  105' (pen.)

Crusaders won 3 − 2 on aggregate

Derry City won 3 − 2 on aggregate

Final

12 May 2012
16:00
Crusaders 2 – 2 (a.e.t.) Derry City
Coates  85', 96'
McBride Red card 90' 		(Report) Patterson  80', 101' (pen.)
  Penalties  
Coates
Morrow
Snoddy
Gargan
Dallas
McKeown 		5 – 4 Patterson
Higgins
Molloy
Morrison
McEleney
McCaffrey
The Oval, Belfast
Attendance: 3,275
Referee: Raymond Crangle


Winner of 2012 Setanta Sports Cup
Northern Ireland Crusaders
1st title

Goalscorers

6 goals
3 goals
2 goals

  • Benin Romauld Boco (Sligo Rovers)
  • Northern Ireland Darren Boyce (Glentoran)
  • Northern Ireland Joe Gormley (Cliftonville)

1 goal
  • Republic of Ireland Barry Johnston (Cliftonville)
  • Northern Ireland Philip Lowry (Linfield)
  • Republic of Ireland Simon Madden (Derry City)
  • England Adam Martin (Bohemians)
  • Republic of Ireland Ryan McBride (Derry City)
  • Northern Ireland David McDaid (Derry City)
  • Northern Ireland David McMaster (Crusaders)
  • Northern Ireland Barry Molloy (Derry City)

References

  1. ↑ Setanta Sports Cup Committee Agrees 2012 Draw Date - FAI.ie
  2. ↑ "Crusaders 2-2 Derry City". BBC Sport. 12 May 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
  3. ↑ Draw For First Round Of Setanta Sports Cup Announced - irishexaminer.com
  4. ↑ Change To 2012 Setanta Cup Fixture - airtricityleague.ie
  5. ↑ Setanta Sports Cup Quarter-Final Draw - irishfa.com
  6. ↑ "Rovers, Derry and Sligo through to Setanta semi-finals". RTÉ News. 20 March 2012.
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