Setanta Sports Cup 2008

The Setanta Sports Cup 2008 is the 4th staging of the cross-border cup competition that takes place between football clubs from the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The final is scheduled to be played on 18 October 2008.

Group stage

:"The draw for this round was held 17 January, 2008. The matches will be played 26 February 2008 – 23 September 2008.

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

Teams eliminated from the Setanta Cup are indicated in "italics".

Group 1

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date = 2008-02-26

team1 = Drogheda United
score = 3 – 2
report = [http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/0226/drogheda_cliftonville.html (Report)]
team2 = Cliftonville
goals1 = Zayed goal|40, goal|86
Baker goal|74
goals2 = Murphy goal|57
M Holland goal|87
stadium = United Park, Drogheda
attendance =
referee = flagicon|Northern Ireland David Malcolm ----

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date = 2008-02-26

team1 = Dungannon Swifts
score = 0 – 2
report = [http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/0226/dungannon_corkcity.html (Report)]
team2 = Cork City
goals1 =
goals2 = O'Callaghan goal|16, goal|40
stadium = Stangmore Park, Dungannon
attendance =
referee = flagicon|Northern Ireland Alan Black ----

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date = 2008-03-18

team1 = Cork City
score = 0 – 0
report = [http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/0318/corkcity_drogheda.html (Report)]
team2 = Drogheda United
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Turners Cross, Cork
attendance =
referee = flagicon|IRL Dave McKeon----

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date = 2008-03-18

team1 = Cliftonville
score = 0 – 0
report = [http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/0318/cliftonville_dungannon.html (Report)]
team2 = Dungannon Swifts
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Solitude, Belfast
attendance =
referee = ----

footballbox
date = 2008-04-14

team1 = Cork City
score = 2 – 0
report = [http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/0414/cork_cliftonville.html (Report)]
team2 = Cliftonville
goals1 = O'Flynn goal|71
Mooney goal|75
goals2 =
stadium = Turners Cross, Cork
attendance =
referee = flagicon|IRL Declan Hanney ----

footballbox
date = 2008-04-14

team1 = Dungannon Swifts
score = 0 – 4
report = [http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/0414/dungannon_drogheda.html (Report)]
team2 = Drogheda United
goals1 =
goals2 = Grant goal|4
Gartland goal|35
McGinn goal|63|og
O'Brien goal|85
stadium = Stangmore Park, Dungannon
attendance =
referee = B Turkington ----

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date = 2008-09-01

team1 = Cliftonville
score = –
report =
team2 = Cork City
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Solitude, Belfast
attendance =
referee = ----

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date = 2008-09-01

team1 = Drogheda United
score = –
report =
team2 = Dungannon Swifts
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = United Park, Drogheda
attendance =
referee = ----

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date = 2008-09-15

team1 = Drogheda United
score = –
report =
team2 = Cork City
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = United Park, Drogheda
attendance =
referee = ----

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date = 2008-09-15

team1 = Dungannon Swifts
score = –
report =
team2 = Cliftonville
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Stangmore Park, Dungannon
attendance =
referee = ----

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date = 2008-09-22

team1 = Cliftonville
score = –
report =
team2 = Drogheda United
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Solitude, Belfast
attendance =
referee = ----

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date = 2008-09-22

team1 = Cork City
score = –
report =
team2 = Dungannon Swifts
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Turners Cross, Cork
attendance =
referee = ----

Group 2

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date = 2008-03-10

team1 = Linfield
score = 3 – 1
report = [http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/0310/linfield_derry.html (Report)]
team2 = Derry City
goals1 = Delaney goal|23|og
Thompson goal|40
Ferguson goal|86|pen
goals2 = Martyn goal|79
stadium = Windsor Park, Belfast
attendance = 3,000 (approx)
referee = flagicon|IRL Dave McKeon ----

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date = 2008-03-10

team1 = St Patrick's Athletic
score = 3 – 3
report = [http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/0310/stpats_glentoran.html (Report)]
team2 = Glentoran
goals1 = O'Neill goal|20, goal|89
Fahey goal|90
goals2 = Halliday goal|5
Nixon goal|72|pen
Fordyce goal|85
stadium = Richmond Park, Dublin
attendance = 1,500 (approx.)
referee = ----

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date = 2008-04-07

team1 = Glentoran
score = 1 – 3
report = [http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/0407/glentoran_linfield1.html (Report)]
team2 = Linfield
goals1 = Boyce goal|8
goals2 = McAreavey goal|32, goal|49
Dickson goal|69
stadium = The Oval, Belfast
attendance = 4,000 (approx.)
referee = ----

footballbox
date = 2008-04-07

team1 = Derry City
score = 2 – 0
report = [http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/0407/derry_stpats.html (Report)]
team2 = St Patrick's Athletic
goals1 = Martyn goal|37
Brennan goal|47
goals2 =
stadium = The Brandywell, Derry
attendance =
referee = ----

footballbox
date = 2008-04-15

team1 = Glentoran
score = 1 – 1
report = [http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/0415/glentoran_derry.html (Report)]
team2 = Derry City
goals1 = Nixon goal|70
goals2 = Sammon goal|50|pen
stadium = The Oval, Belfast
attendance =
referee = flagicon|NIR Mark Courtney ----

footballbox
date = 2008-04-15

team1 = St Patrick's Athletic
score = 2 – 0
report = [http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/0415/stpats_linfield.html (Report)]
team2 = Linfield
goals1 = Quigley goal|7
O'Neill goal|76
goals2 =
stadium = Richmond Park, Dublin
attendance =
referee = flagicon|IRL Alan Kelly ----

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date = 2008-09-02

team1 = Derry City
score = 2 – 0
report = [http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/0902/derrycity_glentoran.html (Report)]
team2 = Glentoran
goals1 = Higgins goal|35
Farren goal|84
goals2 =
stadium = The Brandywell, Derry
attendance =
referee = flagicon|IRL Ian Stokes ----

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date = 2008-09-02

team1 = Linfield
score = –
report =
team2 = St Patrick's Athletic
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Windsor Park, Belfast
attendance =
referee = ----

footballbox
date = 2008-09-15

team1 = Linfield
score = –
report =
team2 = Glentoran
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Windsor Park, Belfast
attendance =
referee = ----

footballbox
date = 2008-09-15

team1 = St Patrick's Athletic
score = –
report =
team2 = Derry City
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Richmond Park, Dublin
attendance =
referee = ----

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date = 2008-09-23

team1 = Derry City
score = –
report =
team2 = Linfield
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = The Brandywell, Derry
attendance =
referee = ----

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date = 2008-09-23

team1 = Glentoran
score = –
report =
team2 = St Patrick's Athletic
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = The Oval, Belfast
attendance =
referee = ----

"(KEY: Pts= Points; Pld= Matches Played; W= Matches Won; D= Matches Drawn; L= Matches Lost; GF= Goals For; GA= Goals Against; GD= Goal Difference)"

emi-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. There will be no replays if the matches are drawn; instead, extra time will decide winners immediately thereafter. If extra time does not decide the winners, a set of five alternating penalty kicks will decide winners. They will take place on 6 October and 7 October 2008.

Final

Similarly to the semi-finals, there will be no replay even if the match is drawn; instead, extra time will be used to decide the winners. If extra time fails to separate the two sides, the match will go to penalties. It will take place on 18 October 2008.

External links

* [http://setantasports.com/en/Sport/Football/Competition/?facets/sport-space/football/great-britain-locale/Setanta-Sports-Cup/ Official Setanta Cup Site]