2005 Setanta Cup
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country | Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland |
| Teams | 6 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Linfield (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Shelbourne |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 13 |
| Goals scored | 33 (2.54 per match) |
The 2005 Setanta Cup was the first edition of the Setanta Sports Cup, a club football competition featuring teams from both football associations on the island of Ireland. It was inaugurated as a cross-border competition between clubs from the League of Ireland in the Republic of Ireland and the Irish League in Northern Ireland.
The cup is sponsored by Setanta Sports; the Irish sports television network. The competition was launched with Setanta providing support for prize money (€350,000) and sponsorship (€1.6 million over 4 years).
For this season the cup was simply known as the Setanta Cup before being renamed the Setanta Sports Cup from 2006 onwards.
Glentoran beat Longford Town 2–1 in the first ever game of the competition on 15 March 2005. The first final saw Belfast side Linfield defeat Dublin's Shelbourne 2–0 at Tolka Park in Dublin on 21 May 2005 to collect the winner's prize of €150,000.[1]
Format
[edit | edit source]The teams would be split into two groups of 3 teams and play each other twice, once at home and once away. The winners of each group would play in a single game final, to be held in Tolka Park if at least one team from the Republic of Ireland was involved. If the final was played between two teams from Northern Ireland, the final would be held at Windsor Park.
Qualification
[edit | edit source]League of Ireland
[edit | edit source]Shelbourne qualified by winning the 2004 League of Ireland Premier Division title. Longford Town qualified by winning the 2004 FAI Cup Final. Cork City took the third spot by finishing second in the 2004 League of Ireland Premier Division.
Irish League
[edit | edit source]Linfield qualified by winning the 2003–04 Irish Premier League. Glentoran qualified by winning the 2003–04 Irish Cup. The third spot went to Portadown for finishing second in the 2003–04 Irish Premier League.
Following a draw (in which league winners were kept apart), the teams were placed as follows;
- Group 1; Linfield, Longford Town, Glentoran
- Group 2; Shelbourne, Portadown, Cork City
Group stage
[edit | edit source]Group 1
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Linfield (A)
|
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 9 | Advanced to final |
| 2 |  Longford Town
|
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | |
| 3 | Glentoran
|
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 3 |
| Glentoran | 2 – 1 | Longford Town |
|---|---|---|
| Halliday File:Soccerball shade.svg 48' Parkhouse File:Soccerball shade.svg 65' |
(Report) | Keegan File:Soccerball shade.svg 83' |
| Longford Town | 2 – 1 | Linfield |
|---|---|---|
| Paisley File:Soccerball shade.svg 6' Myler File:Soccerball shade.svg 45' |
(Report) | McAreavey File:Soccerball shade.svg 86' |
| Linfield | 3 – 2 | Glentoran |
|---|---|---|
| Larmour File:Soccerball shade.svg 11' King File:Soccerball shade.svg 35' Simpson o.g. File:Soccerball shade.svg 58' |
(Report) | Halliday File:Soccerball shade.svg 47' Melaugh File:Soccerball shade.svg 85' |
| Linfield | 1 – 0 | Longford Town |
|---|---|---|
| Thompson File:Soccerball shade.svg 26' McCann Red card 82' |
(Report) |
| Glentoran | 2 – 4 | Linfield |
|---|---|---|
| Lockhart File:Soccerball shade.svg 62' Holmes File:Soccerball shade.svg 72' |
(Report) | McAreavey File:Soccerball shade.svg 5' Murphy File:Soccerball shade.svg 28' Ferguson File:Soccerball shade.svg 43' Mouncey File:Soccerball shade.svg 54' |
Group 2
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shelbourne (A)
|
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 7 | Advanced to final |
| 2 | Portadown
|
4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| 3 | Cork City
|
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 4 |
| Cork City | 1 – 0 | Shelbourne |
|---|---|---|
| Behan File:Soccerball shade.svg 59' Gamble Red card 85' |
(Report) | Crawley Red card 90' |
| Portadown | 1 – 1 | Cork City |
|---|---|---|
| Kelly File:Soccerball shade.svg 77' | (Report) | Doyle File:Soccerball shade.svg 64' |
| Portadown | 0 – 1 | Shelbourne |
|---|---|---|
| Feeney Red card 53' | (Report) | Byrne File:Soccerball shade.svg 4' |
| Shelbourne | 1 – 0 | Cork City |
|---|---|---|
| Harris File:Soccerball shade.svg 52' | (Report) |
Mark Courtney| Cork City | 0 – 1 | Portadown |
|---|---|---|
| McNulty Red card | (Report) | Hamilton File:Soccerball shade.svg 30' Hamilton Red card |
John FeigheryFinal
[edit | edit source]| Shelbourne | 0 – 2 | Linfield |
|---|---|---|
| Byrne Red card 90+' Moore Red card 90+' |
(Report) | Ferguson File:Soccerball shade.svg 26' Thompson File:Soccerball shade.svg 37' |
Mark Courtney
| Winner of 2005 Setanta Sports Cup |
|---|
| Linfield 1st title |
Goalscorers
[edit | edit source]- 3 goals
- Gary Hamilton (Portadown)
- 2 goals
- Richie Baker (Shelbourne)
- Jason Byrne (Shelbourne)
- Glenn Ferguson (Linfield)
- Michael Halliday (Glentoran)
- Paul McAreavey (Linfield)
- Stephen Paisley (Longford Town)
- Peter Thompson (Linfield)
- 1 goal
- Denis Behan (Cork City)
- Wesley Boyle (Portadown)
- Kevin Doyle (Cork City)
- Wales Jamie Harris (Shelbourne)
- Shaun Holmes (Glentoran)
- Paul Keegan (Longford Town)
- Darren Kelly (Portadown)
- Stuart King (Linfield)
- Davy Larmour (Linfield)
- Darren Lockhart (Glentoran)
- Gavin Melaugh (Glentoran)
- Tim Mouncey (Linfield)
- William Murphy (Linfield)
- Andy Myler (Longford Town)
- Stephen Parkhouse (Glentoran)
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- 1 own goal
- Philip Simpson (Glentoran)
References
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