2011 Setanta Sports Cup

2011 Setanta Sports Cup
Country  Northern Ireland &
Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland
Teams 12
Champions Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers
(1st title)
Runners-up Republic of Ireland Dundalk
Matches played 21
Goals scored 69 (3.29 per match)
← 2009–10 2012 →

The 2011 Setanta Sports Cup was the sixth staging of the all Ireland association football competition. It commenced on 14 February 2011 with the final played on 14 May 2011.[1]

The draw for the 2011 competition was made at Belfast City Hall on 13 December 2010.

Changes to structure

For the 2011 competition, the Setanta Cup was expanded to 12 teams, of which the four highest ranked teams received a bye into the Quarter-Finals. Also unlike previous years the tournament was played as a straight knock-out competition over two legs apart from the final.[2]

Television Coverage

Setanta Sports broadcast live coverage of five games, starting with the quarter-finals.

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 14 February/21 February/1 March 2011 and the second legs were played on 28 February/1 March/7 March 2011. Sporting Fingal had originally been scheduled to compete in the tournament against Lisburn Distillery but withdrew on 9 February due to financial difficulties which saw them fold the following day and were replaced by UCD.[3]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Linfield Northern Ireland 4−6 Republic of Ireland Dundalk 3−5 1−1
UCD Republic of Ireland 0−2 Northern Ireland Lisburn Distillery 0−0 0−2
Cliftonville Northern Ireland 3−2 Republic of Ireland St Patrick's Athletic 3−0 0−2
Bohemians Republic of Ireland 1−4 Northern Ireland Portadown 1−2 0−2

First Leg

14 February 2011
19.45
Linfield 3 – 5 Dundalk
Thompson  43'
Garrett  64'
Allen  81' 		Report Kearns  31', 66', 90+2'
Quigley  54', 75'
Windsor Park, Belfast
Referee: Stephen Weatherall (Antrim)

14 February 2011
19.45
UCD 0 – 0 Lisburn Distillery
Report
Dalymount Park, Dublin
Attendance: 150
Referee: Derek Tomney (Dublin)

21 February 2011
19.45
Cliftonville 3 − 0 St Patrick's Athletic
McMullan  31', 49'
O'Connor  42' 		Report
Solitude, Belfast
Attendance: 400
Referee: Davie Malcolm

1 March 2011
19.45
Bohemians 1 − 2 Portadown
Somers  63'
Brennan Red card 77' 		Report Braniff  45'
O'Hara  59'
Dalymount Park, Dublin
Attendance: 800
Referee: Tom Connolly

Second Leg

28 February 2011
20.00
Dundalk 1 − 1 Linfield
Gaynor  11' Report Gault  45+3'
Oriel Park, Dundalk
Attendance: 2250
Referee: Damien Hancock, Dublin

Dundalk won 6 − 4 on aggregate

28 February 2011
19.45
Lisburn Distillery 2 − 0 UCD
Browne  18' (pen.)
Davidson  86' 		Report
New Grosvenor Stadium, Ballyskeagh
Referee: Colin Burns

Distillery won 2 − 0 on aggregate.

1 March 2011
19.45
St Patrick's Athletic 2 − 0 Cliftonville
Mulcahy  41'
McMillan  80' 		Report
Richmond Park, Dublin
Attendance: 1000
Referee: Derek Tomney (Dublin)

Cliftonville won 3 − 2 on aggregate.

7 March 2011
19.45
Portadown 2 − 0 Bohemians
Baker  10'
Mouncey  47' 		Report

Portadown won 4−1 on aggregate

Quarter−Finals

The winners of the four first round games joined the four seeded teams (Shamrock Rovers, Sligo Rovers, Crusaders and Glentoran) who received a Bye into the Quarter-Finals. The first legs were played on 7 March/14 March/28 March 2011 and the second legs were played on 21 March/22 March/4 April 2011.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Glentoran Northern Ireland 1−2 Republic of Ireland Dundalk 0−1 1−1
Cliftonville Northern Ireland 10−6 Northern Ireland Crusaders 4−2 6−4
Lisburn Distillery Northern Ireland 2−7 Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers 0−3 2−4
Sligo Rovers Republic of Ireland 5−0 Northern Ireland Portadown 3−0 2−0

First Leg

7 March 2011
19.45
Glentoran 0 − 1 Dundalk
Report Quigley  82'
The Oval, Belfast
Referee: Arnold Hunter (Fermanagh)

14 March 2011
19.45
Cliftonville 4 − 2 Crusaders
McMullan  24'
McVeigh  71'
Garrett  85'
Holland  86' 		Report Magee  32'
Halliday  54'
Gibson Red card 79'

14 March 2011
19.45
Lisburn Distillery 0 − 3 Shamrock Rovers
Cooling Red card 78' Report Sheppard  35'
Kilduff  40'
Kelly  68'

28 March 2011
19.45
Sligo Rovers 3 − 0 Portadown
Dillon  21'
Russell  58'
Cretaro  90' 		Report
Showgrounds, Sligo
Referee: T.Connolly

Second Leg

21 March 2011
19.55
Dundalk 1 − 1 Glentoran
Gaynor  80' Report Burrows  59' (pen.)
Taylor Red card 79'
Oriel Park, Dundalk
Attendance: 2100
Referee: Richie Winter (Dublin)

Dundalk won 2−1 on aggregate

21 March 2011
19.45
Crusaders 4 − 6 Cliftonville
Sweeney  13'
Faulkner  18'
Caddell  39', 74' 		Report O'Connor  5', 20'
Holland  10'
McMullan  54' (pen.)
Garrett  61'
Donnelly  89'

Cliftonville won 10−6 on aggregate

22 March 2011
19.45
Shamrock Rovers 4 − 2 Lisburn Distillery
Kilduff  42'
Rice  47'
Kavanagh  82', 89' 		Report Liggett  14', 57'
Tallaght Stadium, Dublin
Attendance: 500
Referee: Neil Doyle

Shamrock Rovers won 7−2 on aggregate.

4 April 2011
19.45
Portadown 0 − 2 Sligo Rovers
Report Horgan  40'
Ndo  75'

Sligo Rovers won 5−0 on aggregate

Semi−Finals

The four winners of the quarter final games played each other over two games for a place in the 2011 Setanta Sports Cup final. The first legs were played on 4 April/11 April 2011 and the second legs were played on 18 April/19 April 2011. The draw for the semi-finals was made on 23 March 2011.[4]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Cliftonville Northern Ireland 2−5 Republic of Ireland Dundalk 1−3 1−2
Sligo Rovers Republic of Ireland 1−4 Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers 0−2 1−2

First Leg

4 April 2011
19.45
Cliftonville 1 − 3 Dundalk
McMullan  24' Report Quigley  49', 82'
Kearns  73'
Solitude, Belfast
Attendance: 750
Referee: Damien Hancock, Dublin

11 April 2011
19.45
Sligo Rovers 0 − 2 Shamrock Rovers
Russell Red card 74' Report Finn  27'
Sheppard  58'

Second Leg

18 April 2011
19.45
Dundalk 2 − 1 Cliftonville
Byrne  67'
Breen  90+3' 		Report O'Connor  59'
Oriel Park, Dundalk
Referee: Alan Black (Antrim)

Dundalk won 5−2 on aggregate

19 April 2011
19.45
Shamrock Rovers 2 − 1 Sligo Rovers
Sheppard  8'
Dennehy  25' 		Report Doyle  4'
Tallaght Stadium, Dublin
Referee: Raymond Crangle

Shamrock Rovers won 4−1 on aggregate

Final

The two winners of the semi final games played each other over one game to decide who would be crowned Setanta Sports Cup winners for 2011. The final took place on Saturday 14 May 2011 in Tallaght Stadium.[5] Shamrock Rovers beat Dundalk to win the competition for the first time.[6]

Match

14 May 2011
18.15 IST
Dundalk 0 – 2 Shamrock Rovers
Report O'Neill  65'
Dennehy  90+3'
Tallaght Stadium, Dublin
Attendance: 4,789
Referee: Alan Kelly, Cork
Winner of 2011 Setanta Sports Cup
Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers
1st Title

Goalscorers

5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals

  • Northern Ireland Declan Caddell (Crusaders)
  • Republic of Ireland Billy Dennehy (Shamrock Rovers)
  • Northern Ireland Stephen Garrett (Cliftonville)

  • Republic of Ireland Ciarán Kilduff (Shamrock Rovers)
  • Northern Ireland Gary Liggett (Lisburn Distillery)

1 goal

  • Northern Ireland Tim Mouncey (Portadown)
  • Republic of Ireland Dave Mulcahy (St Patrick's Athletic)
  • Cameroon Joseph Ndo (Sligo Rovers)
  • Northern Ireland Keith O'Hara (Portadown)
  • Republic of Ireland Gary O'Neill (Shamrock Rovers)
  • Republic of Ireland Stephen Rice (Shamrock Rovers)
  • Republic of Ireland John Russell (Sligo Rovers)
  • Republic of Ireland Karl Somers (Bohemians)
  • Northern Ireland Vincent Sweeney (Crusaders)
  • Northern Ireland Peter Thompson (Linfield)

References

  1. ↑ Setanta Cup draw pits Dundalk against Linfield - LOI.ie
  2. ↑ New Format for 2011 Setanta Sports Cup - irishtimes.ie
  3. ↑ Fingal Players Have Contracts Terminated - RTE.ie
  4. ↑ Setanta Cup Semi-Final Draw Made - irishtimes.com
  5. ↑ Setanta Sports Cup Final Details Confirmed - FAI.ie
  6. ↑ Dundalk 0–2 Shamrock Rovers - RTE.ie
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