Blaxnit Cup

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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. [cite web | author= | title="All-Ireland Cross-Border Cup Competitions" | work=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation| url=http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/alliercuphist.html| accessdate=12 June | accessyear=2007]

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.

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

References

External links

* [http://ie.setanta.com/portal/systemcontent/setantasportscup07 Official Setanta Cup Site]
* [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/alliercuphist.html All-Ireland Cross-Border Cup Competitions history]
* [http://home.online.no/~smogols/ifcp/archive/allirelandarchive/allirelandarchive.htm North-South past Football results]