2008 Setanta Sports Cup

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2008 Setanta Sports Cup
Tournament details
Country  Northern Ireland &
Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland
Teams 8
Final positions
Champions Republic of Ireland Cork City (1st title)
Runner-up Northern Ireland Glentoran
Tournament statistics
Matches played 27
Goals scored 72 (2.67 per match)
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The 2008 Setanta Sports Cup was the 4th staging of the cross-border cup competition featuring football clubs from the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The final was played on November 1, 2008 at Turners Cross in Cork.

Group stage

The draw for this round was held 17 January 2008. The matches were played 26 February 2008 – 23 September 2008.

Teams that progressed to the Semi-Finals are indicated in bold type.

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

Group 1

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Republic of Ireland Drogheda Utd 6 4 2 0 13 3 +10 14
Republic of Ireland Cork City 6 4 2 0 11 2 +9 14
Northern Ireland Cliftonville 6 1 1 4 6 11 -5 4
Northern Ireland Dungannon Swifts 6 0 1 5 3 17 -14 1

26 February 2008
Drogheda United 3 – 2 Cliftonville
Zayed Goal 40', Goal 86'
Baker Goal 74'		 (Report) Murphy Goal 57'
M Holland Goal 87'
United Park, Drogheda
Referee: Northern Ireland David Malcolm

26 February 2008
Dungannon Swifts 0 – 2 Cork City
(Report) O'Callaghan Goal 16', Goal 40'
Stangmore Park, Dungannon
Referee: Northern Ireland Alan Black

18 March 2008
Cork City 0 – 0 Drogheda United
(Report)
Turners Cross, Cork
Referee: Republic of Ireland Dave McKeon

18 March 2008
Cliftonville 0 – 0 Dungannon Swifts
(Report)

14 April 2008
Cork City 2 – 0 Cliftonville
O'Flynn Goal 68'
Mooney Goal 75'		 (Report)
Turners Cross, Cork
Referee: Republic of Ireland Declan Hanney

14 April 2008
Dungannon Swifts 0 – 4 Drogheda United
(Report) Grant Goal 4'
Gartland Goal 35'
McMinn Goal 63' (og)
O'Brien Goal 85'
Stangmore Park, Dungannon
Referee: Northern Ireland Brian Turkington

1 September 2008
Cliftonville 0 – 2 Cork City
(Report) Behan Goal 38', Goal 75'
Donegal Celtic Park, Belfast
Referee: Northern Ireland Alan Black

1 September 2008
Drogheda United 3 – 0 Dungannon Swifts
Hughes Goal 28'
Zayed Goal 76'
Cahill Goal 88'		 (Report)
United Park, Drogheda
Referee: Republic of Ireland Damien Hancock

15 September 2008
Drogheda United 1 – 1 Cork City
Tambouras Goal 50' (Report) Murphy Goal 44'
United Park, Drogheda
Referee: Republic of Ireland Dave McKeon

15 September 2008
Dungannon Swifts 2 – 4 Cliftonville
Adamson Goal 8'
Baker Goal 47'		 Patterson Goal 2'
Hamill Goal 34', Goal 61'
McMullan Goal 80'

22 September 2008
Cliftonville 0 – 2 Drogheda United
Zayed Goal 30'
Hughes Goal 54'

22 September 2008
Cork City 4 – 1 Dungannon Swifts
Murphy Goal 23'
Kearney Goal 39'
Behan Goal 63 pen'
Ryan Goal 70'		 McGerrigan Goal 55'

Group 2

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Republic of Ireland Derry City 6 4 1 1 10 4 +6 13
Northern Ireland Glentoran 6 2 2 2 10 10 0 8
Northern Ireland Linfield 6 2 1 3 8 12 -4 7
Republic of Ireland St Patrick's Athletic 6 1 2 3 6 8 -2 5

10 March 2008
Linfield 3 – 1 Derry City
Delaney Goal 23' (og)
Thompson Goal 40'
Ferguson Goal 86' (pen)		 (Report) Martyn Goal 79'
Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 3,000 (approx)
Referee: Republic of Ireland Dave McKeon

10 March 2008
St Patrick's Athletic 3 – 3 Glentoran
O'Neill Goal 20', Goal 89'
Fahey Goal 90'		 (Report) Halliday Goal 5'
Nixon Goal 72' (pen)
Fordyce Goal 85'
Richmond Park, Dublin
Attendance: 1,500 (approx.)

7 April 2008
Glentoran 1 – 3 Linfield
Boyce Goal 8' (Report) McAreavey Goal 32', Goal 49'
Dickson Goal 69'
The Oval, Belfast
Attendance: 4,000 (approx.)

7 April 2008
Derry City 2 – 0 St Patrick's Athletic
Martyn Goal 37'
Brennan Goal 47 (o.g.)'		 (Report)

15 April 2008
Glentoran 1 – 1 Derry City
Nixon Goal 70' (Report) Sammon Goal 50' (pen)
The Oval, Belfast
Referee: Northern Ireland Mark Courtney

15 April 2008
St Patrick's Athletic 2 – 0 Linfield
Quigley Goal 7'
O'Neill Goal 76'		 (Report)
Richmond Park, Dublin
Attendance: 5,300
Referee: Republic of Ireland Alan Kelly

2 September 2008
Derry City 2 – 0 Glentoran
Higgins Goal 35'
Farren Goal 84'		 (Report)
The Brandywell, Derry
Referee: Republic of Ireland Ian Stokes

2 September 2008
Linfield 1 – 1 St Patrick's Athletic
Mulgrew Goal 89' (Report) Fahey Goal 40'

15 September 2008
Linfield 1 – 4 Glentoran
Garrett Goal 7' (Report) Gardiner Goal 3 pen'
Boyce Goal 27'
Halliday Goal 53', Goal 68'

15 September 2008
St Patrick's Athletic 0 – 1 Derry City
(Report) McHugh Goal 33'

6 October 2008
Derry City 3 – 0 Linfield
Farren Goal 23', Goal 63', Goal 84' (Report)

6 October 2008
Glentoran 1 – 0 St Patrick's Athletic
Fordyce Goal 6' (Report)

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was made by drawing the winners of Group A against the runners-up of Group 2 and vice versa, with group winners having home advantage. Glentoran beat Drogheda United 1-0 in the first semi-final, which was played at United Park in Drogheda,[1] while Cork City overcame Derry City by the same scoreline at the Brandywell Stadium in Derry.[2]

13 October 2008
Drogheda United 0 – 1 Glentoran
(Report) Hill Goal 3'
Leeman Red card 74'
Hill Red card 89'

14 October 2008
Derry City 0 – 1 Cork City
(Report) Kiely Goal 67'
The Brandywell, Derry
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Northern Ireland David Malcolm

Final

The final took place on November 1, 2008 at Turners Cross stadium in front of 5,500, a sell out crowd, in Cork, where Cork City came from behind to beat Glentoran 2-1 and win the competition for the first time.[3]

1 November 2008
Cork City 2 – 1 Glentoran
Murray Goal 57'
Kearney Goal 74'		 (Report) Fordyce Goal 12'
Turners Cross, Cork
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Republic of Ireland Ian Stokes


Winner of 2008 Setanta Sports Cup
Republic of Ireland Cork City
1st Title

Goalscorers

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

References

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