- County Antrim Shield
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The County Antrim Shield (formally the County Antrim F.A. Senior Shield) is a football competition in Northern Ireland. The competition is open to senior teams who are members of the North East Ulster Football Association (also known as the County Antrim & District Football Association) (membership of which extends beyond County Antrim itself), often plus intermediate teams who qualify via the Steel & Sons Cup, depending on the numbers required. (For the 2010–11 season, only the winners took part, and will take part for the 2011–12 season.) During the later 1980s and early 1990s, the North East Ulster F.A. invited senior clubs from outside its jurisdiction to participate. Hence the Shield has been won by Newry Town (now called Newry City) and Glenavon, neither of which are members of the North East Ulster F.A.
Contents
Sponsorship
The Shield has been regularly sponsored since the late 1980s. Competition sponsors include Cawoods, Calor, TFG Sports, Crest Team Wear and, for 2009–10, Paddy Power[1].
Finals
Season Winner Score Runner-Up Notes 1888–89 Distillery 8–4 Belfast YMCA [2] 1889–90 Linfield 5–3 Distillery Match abandoned due to crowd trouble and Shield withheld. Linfield resigned from the Co. Antrim FA in protest.[3]
1890–91 Black Watch 4–2 Oldpark 1891–92 Cliftonville 2–1 Lancashire Fusiliers 1892–93 Distillery 2–1 Belfast Celtic 1893–94 Cliftonville 2–1 Belfast Celtic 1894–95 Belfast Celtic 3–1 Distillery 1895–96 Distillery 5–0 Linfield 1896–97 Distillery 3–1 Linfield Replay. The first game ended 2-2. 1897–98 Cliftonville 2–0 Linfield 1898–99 Linfield 4–0 Linfield Swifts Replay 1899–00 Distillery 2–0 Linfield Replay 1900–01 Glentoran 2–1 Distillery 1901–02 Glentoran 2–1 Distillery 1902–03 Distillery 4–1 Linfield Replay. Game 1: 1-1 1903–04 Linfield 4–1 Belfast Celtic 1904–05 Distillery 2–0 Linfield 1905–06 Linfield 2–0 Distillery Replay. Game 1: 1-1 1906–07 Linfield 2–0 Glentoran 1907–08 Linfield 3–0 Distillery 1908–09 Glentoran II 3–0 Cliftonville Glentoran II defeated Glentoran's senior team in the semi-final[4] 1909–10 Belfast Celtic 3–1 Glentoran 1910–11 Glentoran 2–0 Cliftonville 1911–12 not played 1912–13 Linfield 1–0 Cliftonville 2nd Replay. 1913–14 Linfield 3–2 Glentoran 1914–15 Distillery 1–0 Glentoran 1915–16 Glentoran 1–0 Distillery 1916–17 Linfield 3–0 Glentoran 1917–18 Glentoran 2–0 Linfield 1918–19 Distillery 1–0 Belfast Celtic Replay. Game 1: 1-0 1919–20 Distillery 2–0 Belfast Celtic Replay. Game 1: 0-0 1920–21 Glentoran 1–0 Distillery 3rd Replay. Game 1: 1-1; Game 2: 0-0; Game 3: 0-0 1921–22 Linfield 4–1 Distillery Replay. Game 1: 1-1. 1922–23 Linfield 4–1 Glentoran 1923–24 Queen's Island 3–0 Distillery 1924–25 Glentoran 2–1 Belfast Celtic 1925–26 Cliftonville 5–1 Glentoran 1926–27 Belfast Celtic 3–2 Dunmurry Rec. 1927–28 Linfield 4–2 Ards Replay. Game 1: 1-1 1928–29 Linfield 2–1 Broadway United 1929–30 Linfield 3–1 Glentoran 1930–31 Glentoran 2–1 Cliftonville 1931–32 Linfield 5–1 Belfast Celtic 1932–33 Linfield 3–1 Belfast Celtic 2nd Replay. 1933–34 Linfield 7–1 Ards 1934–35 Linfield 4–2 Belfast Celtic II 1935–36 Belfast Celtic 1–0 Belfast Celtic II 1936–37 Belfast Celtic 1–0 Glentoran Replay. Game 1: 2-2 1937–38 Linfield 3–2 Ballymena United 1938–39 Belfast Celtic 2–1 Glentoran 1939–40 Glentoran 4–0 Linfield 1940–41 Glentoran 1–0 Distillery 1941–42 Linfield 2–0 Larne 1942–43 Belfast Celtic 2–1 Linfield 2nd Replay. 1943–44 Glentoran 3–0 Belfast Celtic 1944–45 Belfast Celtic 1–0 Linfield Replay. 1945–46 Distillery 3–0 Bangor Reserves Replay. Game 1: 1-1 1946–47 Linfield w/o Belfast Celtic Linfield won by walkover after Belfast Celtic withdrew. 1947–48 Ballymena United 2–1 Linfield 1948–49 Linfield Swifts 4–1 Bangor 2nd Replay 1949–50 Glentoran 2–0 Linfield 1950–51 Ballymena United 3–0 Cliftonville Replay 1951–52 Glentoran 3–0 Brantwood 1952–53 Linfield 2–1 Distillery 2nd Replay. Game 1: 2-2; Game 2: 4-4 1953–54 Distillery 1–0 Ballymena United 1954–55 Linfield 3–0 Crusaders 1955–56 Ards 4–1 Linfield 1956–57 Glentoran 4–0 Distillery Replay. Game 1: 0-0 1957–58 Linfield 3–1 Distillery 1958–59 Linfield 3–1 Bangor 1959–60 Crusaders 2–0 Linfield Replay 1960–61 Linfield 2–1 Glentoran 1961–62 Linfield 5–0 Glentoran 1962–63 Linfield 4–0 Bangor 1963–64 Distillery 2–1 Glentoran 1964–65 Crusaders 6–0 Larne 1965–66 Linfield 4–0 Ballymena United 1966–67 Linfield 5–3 Crusaders 1967–68 Glentoran 3–0 Linfield Replay. Game 1: 3-3 1968–69 Crusaders 2–1 Linfield 1969–70 Bangor 3–2 Ards 3rd Replay. Game 1: 1-1; Game 2: 1-1; Game 3: 1-1. 1970–71 Glentoran 2–1 Crusaders 1971–72 Ards 3–3
(5–4p)Crusaders Played over two legs. Tie ended 3–3 on aggregate. 1972–73 Linfield 9–1 Bangor Over two legs (4-1, 5-0) 1973–74 Crusaders 2–1 Larne 1974–75 Bangor 2–1 Glentoran 1975–76 Ballymena United 4–0 Distillery 1976–77 Linfield 3–1 Glentoran 1977–78 Glentoran 1–0 Crusaders 1978–79 Cliftonville 0–0
(3–1p)Crusaders 1979–80 Ballymena United 0–0
(3–1p)Crusaders 1980–81 Linfield 4–1 Glentoran 1981–82 Linfield 1–0 Distillery 1982–83 Linfield 4–1 Glentoran 1983–84 Linfield 3–1 Crusaders 1984–85 Glentoran 2–1 Crusaders 1985–86 Distillery 3–1 Ballymena United 1986–87 Glentoran 3–0 Glenavon 1987–88 Newry Town 2–1 Ballymena United 1988–89 Bangor 2–1 Glentoran 1989–90 Glentoran 0–0
(6–5p)Linfield 1990–91 Glenavon 4–3 Newry Town 1991–92 Crusaders 2–1 Glenavon 1992–93 Carrick Rangers 2–1 Glentoran Replay: Game 1: 1-1[5] 1993–94 Ards 4–2 Crusaders 1994–95 Linfield 4–0 Glenavon 1995–96 Glenavon 3–0 Crusaders 1996–97 Cliftonville 0–0
(5–4p)Ballymena United Replayed after first match abandoned.[6] 1997–98 Linfield 1–0 Crusaders 1998–99 Glentoran 2–0 Cliftonville 1999–00 Glentoran 2–1 Bangor 2000–01 Linfield 2–1 Glentoran 2001–02 Glentoran 2–0 Linfield 2002–03 Glentoran 3–0 Ballymena United 2003–04 Linfield 2–0 Ards 2004–05 Linfield 2–1 Crusaders 2005–06 Linfield 2–1 Ballymena United 2006–07 Cliftonville 2–1 Distillery 2007–08 Glentoran 2–1 Crusaders 2008–09 Cliftonville 2–1 Linfield 2009–10 Crusaders 3–2 Linfield after extra time [7] 2010–11 Glentoran 3–1 Linfield Performance By club
Club Winners Linfield (includes 1 win by Linfield Swifts) 43 Glentoran (includes 1 win by Glentoran II) 27 Distillery 14 Belfast Celtic 8 Cliftonville 8 Crusaders 6 Ballymena United 4 Ards 3 Bangor 3 Glenavon 2 Black Watch 1 Carrick Rangers 1 Newry Town 1 Queen's Island 1 Centenary Chalice
To mark the centenary of the County Antrim F.A., a Centenary Chalice was played for in 1987–88. Glentoran won it, defeating Ballymena United 4–2 in the final.[8]
See also
- Mid-Ulster Cup
- North West Senior Cup
- Steel & Sons Cup
- Irish Football League Cup
- Irish Cup
- IFA Premiership
- IFA Championship
- Northern Ireland football league system
References
- ^ Paddy Power to sponsor CAS
- ^ 100 Years of Football: The History of the Co. Antrim FA (Graham Hamilton, 1988) Page 109
- ^ The Whites: A History of Distillery FC 1880-2004 (Dawson Simpson) Page 20
- ^ Glentoran: A Complete Record (Roy France, 2001) Page 74
- ^ http:––www.rsssf.com–tablesn–nilantrimshieldhist.html
- ^ Belfast Telegraph Soccer Yearbook 1997–98 Page 58
- ^ [http:––news.bbc.co.uk–sport1–hi–football–irish–8471422.stm Crusaders 3-2 Linfield]
- ^ Brodie, M. (ed.), Northern Ireland Soccer Yearbook 1988-89
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