2006 Setanta Sports Cup

2006 Setanta Sports Cup
Country  Northern Ireland &
Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland
Teams 8
Champions Republic of Ireland Drogheda United
(1st title)
Runners-up Republic of Ireland Cork City
Matches played 27
Goals scored 59 (2.19 per match)

The 2006 Setanta Sports Cup was the 2nd staging of the cross-border cup competition that takes place between football clubs from the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The final was played at Tolka Park in Dublin, Republic of Ireland on 22 April 2006, where Drogheda United beat Cork City to win the competition for the first time.

Group stage

The draw for this round was held 12 December 2005. The matches were played 20 February 2006 3 April 2006.

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

Teams eliminated from the Setanta Cup are indicated in italics.

Group A

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1. Republic of Ireland Cork City 6510112+916
2. Republic of Ireland Drogheda Utd 631275+210
3. Northern Ireland Dungannon Swifts 611448-44
4. Northern Ireland Portadown 6033411-73


2006-02-27
Cork City 2 0 Drogheda United
Behan  58'
Gavin o.g.  80'
(Report) Bradley Red card 76'
Fahey Red card 77'
Turners Cross, Cork
Referee: Republic of Ireland Alan Kelly

2006-02-27
Dungannon Swifts 1 1 Portadown
McAree  85 pen' (Report) Convery  23'



2006-03-14
Drogheda United 4 0 Portadown
Keegan  7'
Barrett  9'
O'Brien  33',  55'
(Report) Neill Red card 69'
United Park, Drogheda


2006-03-21
Cork City 3 1 Portadown
Woods  2'
Behan  70'
O'Callaghan  90'
(Report) Quinn  72'


2006-03-27
Drogheda United 0 2 Cork City
Connor Red card 78' (Report) Behan  13'
O'Callaghan  79 pen'
United Park, Drogheda

2006-03-27
Portadown 1 2 Dungannon Swifts
McStay  86' (Report) Adamson  74'
Bulow  84'

Group B

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1. Northern Ireland Linfield 6240124+810
2. Republic of Ireland Shelbourne 623173+49
3. Republic of Ireland Derry City 614154+17
4. Northern Ireland Glentoran 6114518-134

2006-02-20
Shelbourne 3 0 Glentoran
Ryan  29'
Crowe  36',  60'
(Report)


2006-02-28
Glentoran 3 3 Linfield
Lockhart  11'
Nixon  21 pen'
Browne  74'
(Report) McAreavey  17'
Kearney  50',  69'
Ferguson Red card 57'

2006-03-13
Derry City 3 1 Glentoran
Hargan  11',  35'
Beckett  38'
(Report) Walker  90'



2006-03-20
Shelbourne 0 0 Linfield
Hawkins Red card 75' (Report) McAreavey Red card 24'
Tolka Park, Dublin
Referee: Republic of Ireland Alan Kelly


2006-03-27
Glentoran 0 3 Shelbourne
(Report) Byrne  17',  68'
Cahill  30'


2006-04-03
Linfield 6 0 Glentoran
Hunter  25 pen'
Thompson  41',  90'
McAreavey  56',  82'
Murphy  62'
(Report) Glendinning Red card 40'

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was made by drawing the winners of Group A against the runners-up of Group B and vice versa, with group winners having home advantage. There would be no replays if the matches were drawn; instead, extra time would decide winners immediately thereafter. If extra time did not decide the winners, a set of five alternating penalty kicks would decide winners.

10 April 2006
20:05 IST
Cork City 2 0 Shelbourne
O'Brien  34'
Fenn  62'
(Report)

Final

Similarly to the semi-finals, there would be no replay even if the match was drawn; instead, extra time would be used to decide the winners. If extra time failed to separate the two sides, the match would go to penalties.

22 April 2006
17:00 IST
Cork City 0 1 (AET) Drogheda United
(Report) Leech  102'


Winner of 2006 Setanta Sports Cup
Republic of Ireland Drogheda United
1st Title

Goalscorers

4 goals
3 goals

2 goals

  • Northern Ireland Oran Kearney (Linfield)
  • Republic of Ireland Mark Leech (Drogheda United)

1 goal

1 own goal

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