Blaxnit Cup
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| Blaxnit Cup | |
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| Current season or competition: Blaxnit Cup |
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| Sport | Football |
| Founded | 1967 |
| No. of teams | 8 |
| Country(ies) |  Ireland/ Northern Ireland |
The Blaxnit Cup, is a defunct club football competition which featured teams from both football associations on the island of Ireland, in a similar format to the current Setanta Cup. It was inaugurated in 1967 as a cross-border competition between clubs from the FAI League of Ireland from the Republic of Ireland and the Irish League from Northern Ireland and ran until 1974.[1]
The competition featured 4 teams from each league. The Blaxnit Cup is the was the third cross-border competition. Previous competitions included the Dublin and Belfast Intercity Cup 1941/42-1948/49 and the North-South Cup 1961/62-1962/63.
After demise of the Blaxnit Cup, teams from both sides of the border continued to compete in the Texaco Cup 1973/74-1974/75, the Tyler Cup 1978-1980 and since 2005 in the Setanta Cup.
The tournament suffered from lack of interest and security concerns.
[edit] Winners
Finals played over two legs except 1973-74, aggregate score given.
| 1967-68 | Shamrock Rovers | 2-1 | Crusaders |
| 1968-69 | Coleraine | 4-2 | Shamrock Rovers |
| 1969-70 | Coleraine | 4-2 | Sligo Rovers |
| 1970-71 | Linfield | 4-2 | Cork Hibernians |
| 1971-72 | Cork Hibernians | 4-2 | Coleraine |
| 1972-73 | Ipswich Town | 4-2 | Cork Hibernians |
| 1973-74 | Ards | 4-2 | Ballymena United |
[edit] References
- ^ "All-Ireland Cross-Border Cup Competitions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved on 12 June 2007.
[edit] External links
- Official Setanta Cup Site
- All-Ireland Cross-Border Cup Competitions history
- North-South past Football results
