2008 Setanta Sports Cup

2008 Setanta Sports Cup
Tournament details
Country Northern Ireland
Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland
Teams8
Defending championsDrogheda United
Final positions
ChampionsCork City (1st title)
Runner-upGlentoran
Tournament statistics
Matches played27
Goals scored72 (2.67 per match)
← 2007
2009–10 →

The 2008 Setanta Sports Cup was the 4th staging of the Setanta Sports Cup, a cross-border cup competition featuring football clubs from the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The final was played on November 1, 2008, at Turners Cross in Cork.

Group stage

The draw for this round was held 17 January 2008. The matches were played 26 February 2008 – 23 September 2008.

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

Teams eliminated from the Setanta Sports Cup this stage are indicated in italics.

Group 1

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Republic of Ireland Drogheda Utd 6 4 2 0 13 3 +10 14
Republic of Ireland Cork City 6 4 2 0 11 2 +9 14
Northern Ireland Cliftonville 6 1 1 4 6 11 -5 4
Northern Ireland Dungannon Swifts 6 0 1 5 3 17 -14 1
Drogheda United3 – 2Cliftonville
Zayed 40', 86'
Baker 74'		 (Report) Murphy 57'
M Holland 87'
Referee: Northern Ireland David Malcolm
Dungannon Swifts0 – 2Cork City
(Report) O'Callaghan 16', 40'
Referee: Northern Ireland Alan Black
Cork City0 – 0Drogheda United
(Report)
Referee: Republic of Ireland Dave McKeon
Cliftonville0 – 0Dungannon Swifts
(Report)
Cork City2 – 0Cliftonville
O'Flynn 68'
Mooney 75'		 (Report)
Referee: Republic of Ireland Declan Hanney
Dungannon Swifts0 – 4Drogheda United
(Report) Grant 4'
Gartland 35'
McMinn 63' (og)
O'Brien 85'
Referee: Northern Ireland Brian Turkington
Cliftonville0 – 2Cork City
(Report) Behan 38', 75'
Referee: Northern Ireland Alan Black
Drogheda United3 – 0Dungannon Swifts
Hughes 28'
Zayed 76'
Cahill 88'		 (Report)
Referee: Republic of Ireland Damien Hancock
Drogheda United1 – 1Cork City
Tambouras 50' (Report) Murphy 44'
Referee: Republic of Ireland Dave McKeon
Dungannon Swifts2 – 4Cliftonville
Adamson 8'
Baker 47'		 Patterson 2'
Hamill 34', 61'
McMullan 80'
Cliftonville0 – 2Drogheda United
Zayed 30'
Hughes 54'
Cork City4 – 1Dungannon Swifts
Murphy 23'
Kearney 39'
Behan 63 pen'
Ryan 70'		 McGerrigan 55'

Group 2

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Republic of Ireland Derry City 6 4 1 1 10 4 +6 13
Northern Ireland Glentoran 6 2 2 2 10 10 0 8
Northern Ireland Linfield 6 2 1 3 8 12 -4 7
Republic of Ireland St Patrick's Athletic 6 1 2 3 6 8 -2 5
Linfield3 – 1Derry City
Delaney 23' (og)
Thompson 40'
Ferguson 86' (pen)		 (Report) Martyn 79'
Attendance: 3,000 (approx)
Referee: Republic of Ireland Dave McKeon
St Patrick's Athletic3 – 3Glentoran
O'Neill 20', 89'
Fahey 90'		 (Report) Halliday 5'
Nixon 72' (pen)
Fordyce 85'
Attendance: 1,500 (approx.)
Glentoran1 – 3Linfield
Boyce 8' (Report) McAreavey 32', 49'
Dickson 69'
Attendance: 4,000 (approx.)
Derry City2 – 0St Patrick's Athletic
Martyn 37'
Brennan 47 (o.g.)'		 (Report)
Glentoran1 – 1Derry City
Nixon 70' (Report) Sammon 50' (pen)
Referee: Northern Ireland Mark Courtney
St Patrick's Athletic2 – 0Linfield
Quigley 7'
O'Neill 76'		 (Report)
Attendance: 5,300
Referee: Republic of Ireland Alan Kelly
Derry City2 – 0Glentoran
Higgins 35'
Farren 84'		 (Report)
Referee: Republic of Ireland Ian Stokes
Linfield1 – 1St Patrick's Athletic
Mulgrew 89' (Report) Fahey 40'
Linfield1 – 4Glentoran
Garrett 7' (Report) Gardiner 3 pen'
Boyce 27'
Halliday 53', 68'
St Patrick's Athletic0 – 1Derry City
(Report) McHugh 33'
Derry City3 – 0Linfield
Farren 23', 63', 84' (Report)
Glentoran1 – 0St Patrick's Athletic
Fordyce 6' (Report)

Semi-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. Glentoran beat Drogheda United 1–0 in the first semi-final, which was played at United Park in Drogheda,[1] while Cork City overcame Derry City by the same scoreline at the Brandywell Stadium in Derry.[2]

Drogheda United0 – 1Glentoran
(Report) Hill 3'
Leeman Red card 74'
Hill Red card 89'
Derry City0 – 1Cork City
(Report) Kiely 67'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Northern Ireland David Malcolm

Final

The final took place on November 1, 2008, at Turners Cross stadium in front of 5,500, a sell out crowd, in Cork, where Cork City came from behind to beat Glentoran 2-1 and win the competition for the first time.[3]

Cork City2 – 1Glentoran
Murray 57'
Kearney 74'		 (Report) Kyle Neill 12'
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Republic of Ireland Ian Stokes


Winner of 2008 Setanta Sports Cup
Republic of Ireland Cork City
1st Title

Goalscorers

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

References

  1. ^ "Drogheda United 0-1 Glentoran". RTÉ Sport. Archived from the original on 2 June 2009. Retrieved 7 March 2009.
  2. ^ "Derry City 0-1 Cork City". RTÉ Sport. Archived from the original on 2 June 2009. Retrieved 7 March 2009.
  3. ^ "Cork City 2-1 Glentoran". RTÉ Sport. Archived from the original on 2 June 2009. Retrieved 7 March 2009.