2007 Setanta Sports Cup
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country | Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland |
| Teams | 8 |
| Defending champions | Drogheda United |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Drogheda United (2nd title) |
| Runners-up | Linfield |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 27 |
| Goals scored | 67 (2.48 per match) |
The 2007 Setanta Sports Cup was the 3rd staging of the Setanta Sports Cup, a cross-border cup competition that took place between football clubs from the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The final was played at Windsor Park in Belfast, Northern Ireland on 12 May 2007, and was won by Drogheda United with a 4-3 penalty shoot-out victory over Linfield when the scores were level at 1–1 after extra time. Drogheda won the trophy for the second successive year.
Shelbourne's withdrawal
[edit | edit source]The draw for the 2007 Setanta Cup competition was made on 7 December 2006 with the original competing teams being the identical ones to the previous year's competition. On 30 January 2007, however, Shelbourne announced that they were withdrawing from the competition for reasons relating to their financial troubles and the fact that they would be unlikely to field a team of players. Their place was given to the 2006 FAI Cup runners-up to Derry City, St Patrick's Athletic, despite the fact that the next best-placed in the previous season's league (Shelbourne's qualification route), who did not have a place in the Setanta Cup already, were Sligo Rovers.
Group stage
[edit | edit source]- The draw for this round was held 7 December 2006. The matches were played 26 February-17 April 2007.
Teams that progressed to the Semi-Finals are indicated in bold type.
Teams eliminated from the Setanta Cup are indicated in italics.
Group A
[edit | edit source]| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Northern Ireland Linfield | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 12 |
| 2. Republic of Ireland Drogheda Utd | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 11 |
| 3. Republic of Ireland Derry City | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 5 |
| 4. Northern Ireland Glentoran | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 4 |
| Linfield | 1 – 1 | Glentoran |
|---|---|---|
| Stewart File:Soccerball shade.svg 21' Gault Red card 90+' |
(Report) | Hill File:Soccerball shade.svg 31' Neill Red card 90+' |
| Linfield | 2 – 1 | Derry City |
|---|---|---|
| Dickson File:Soccerball shade.svg 20' Kearney File:Soccerball shade.svg 45 pen' Lindsay Red card 79' |
(Report) | Farren File:Soccerball shade.svg 14' |
| Derry City | 2 – 2 | Linfield |
|---|---|---|
| Beckett File:Soccerball shade.svg 35' McCourt File:Soccerball shade.svg 60' |
(Report) | O'Kane File:Soccerball shade.svg 74' Dickson File:Soccerball shade.svg 85' |
| Drogheda United | 2 – 0 | Glentoran |
|---|---|---|
| O'Keeffe File:Soccerball shade.svg 30' Grant File:Soccerball shade.svg 45' |
(Report) | Hill Red card 35' |
| Derry City | 1 – 2 | Glentoran |
|---|---|---|
| Brennan File:Soccerball shade.svg 16' | (Report) | McMenamin File:Soccerball shade.svg 54' McDonagh File:Soccerball shade.svg 87' |
| Drogheda United | 2 – 1 | Derry City |
|---|---|---|
| Grant File:Soccerball shade.svg 69' Zayed File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+' |
(Report) | Deery File:Soccerball shade.svg 45' |
| Glentoran | 1 – 2 | Linfield |
|---|---|---|
| Neill File:Soccerball shade.svg 42 pen' | (Report) | Stewart File:Soccerball shade.svg 7' Thompson File:Soccerball shade.svg 55' |
Group B
[edit | edit source]| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Republic of Ireland St Patrick's Athletic | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 3 | +14 | 16 |
| 2. Republic of Ireland Cork City | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 10 |
| 3. Northern Ireland Dungannon Swifts | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 4 |
| 4. Northern Ireland Portadown | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 20 | -17 | 2 |
| Dungannon Swifts | 0 – 0 | Cork City |
|---|---|---|
| (Report) |
| St Patrick's Athletic | 3 – 0 | Portadown |
|---|---|---|
| Ndo File:Soccerball shade.svg 41' Kirby File:Soccerball shade.svg 47', File:Soccerball shade.svg 53' |
(Report) |
| Portadown | 2 – 2 | Dungannon Swifts |
|---|---|---|
| Collins File:Soccerball shade.svg 68' McCutcheon File:Soccerball shade.svg 70' |
(Report) | McCluskey File:Soccerball shade.svg 21' Gallagher File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+3' |
| Cork City | 1 – 3 | St Patrick's Athletic |
|---|---|---|
| O'Flynn File:Soccerball shade.svg 85' | (Report) | O'Neill File:Soccerball shade.svg 32', File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+2 pen' Kirby File:Soccerball shade.svg 50' |
| Cork City | 4 – 0 | Portadown |
|---|---|---|
| O'Donovan File:Soccerball shade.svg 46', File:Soccerball shade.svg 76' Lordan File:Soccerball shade.svg 60' Lally File:Soccerball shade.svg 90' |
(Report) |
| St Patrick's Athletic | 5 – 0 | Dungannon Swifts |
|---|---|---|
| Murphy File:Soccerball shade.svg 29' Quigley File:Soccerball shade.svg 37' O'Connor File:Soccerball shade.svg 46' Kirby File:Soccerball shade.svg 57' Brennan File:Soccerball shade.svg 61' |
(Report) |
| Dungannon Swifts | 1 – 1 | Portadown |
|---|---|---|
| McAree File:Soccerball shade.svg 37' | (Report) | Collins File:Soccerball shade.svg 80' |
| St Patrick's Athletic | 1 – 0 | Cork City |
|---|---|---|
| Maguire File:Soccerball shade.svg 27' | (Report) |
| Cork City | 2 – 1 | Dungannon Swifts |
|---|---|---|
| O'Brien File:Soccerball shade.svg 4' Behan File:Soccerball shade.svg 35' |
(Report) | McCabe File:Soccerball shade.svg 64' Wells Red card 81' |
| Portadown | 0 – 3 | St Patrick's Athletic |
|---|---|---|
| (Report) | Lynch File:Soccerball shade.svg 52' O'Connor File:Soccerball shade.svg 62', File:Soccerball shade.svg 71' |
Semi-finals
[edit | edit source]The draw for the semi-finals was made by drawing the winners of Group A against the runners-up of Group B and vice versa, with group winners having home advantage. There would be no replays if the matches were drawn; instead, extra time would decide winners immediately thereafter. If extra time did not decide the winners, a set of five alternating penalty kicks would decide winners.
Final
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| Winner of 2007 Setanta Sports Cup |
|---|
| Republic of Ireland Drogheda United 2nd Title |
Goalscorers
[edit | edit source]- 5 goals
- Republic of Ireland Alan Kirby (St Patrick's Athletic)
- Republic of Ireland Roy O'Donovan (Cork City)
- 3 goals
- Republic of Ireland Denis Behan (Cork City)
- Republic of Ireland Tony Grant (Drogheda United)
- Republic of Ireland Sean O'Connor (St Patrick's Athletic)
- Northern Ireland Aidan O'Kane (Linfield)
- 2 goals
- Northern Ireland Michael Collins (Portadown)
- Northern Ireland Mark Dickson (Linfield)
- Republic of Ireland John O'Flynn (Cork City)
- Republic of Ireland Aidan O'Keeffe (Drogheda United)
- Republic of Ireland Gary O'Neill (St Patrick's Athletic)
- Northern Ireland Thomas Stewart (Linfield)
- Libya Éamon Zayed (Drogheda United)
- 1 goal
- Republic of Ireland Gary Beckett (Derry City)
- Republic of Ireland Killian Brennan (Derry City)
- Republic of Ireland Stephen Brennan (St Patrick's Athletic)
- Republic of Ireland Kevin Deery (Derry City)
- Brazil Everaldo (Dungannon Swifts)
- Republic of Ireland Keith Fahey (St Patrick's Athletic)
- Republic of Ireland Mark Farren (Derry City)
- Northern Ireland JP Gallagher (Dungannon Swifts)
- Republic of Ireland Joe Gamble (Cork City)
- Northern Ireland Jason Hill (Glentoran)
- Northern Ireland Oran Kearney (Linfield)
- Republic of Ireland Roy Lally (Cork City)
- Republic of Ireland Cillian Lordan (Cork City)
- Republic of Ireland Eamonn Lynch (St Patrick's Athletic)
- Republic of Ireland Darragh Maguire (St Patrick's Athletic)
- Northern Ireland Mark McAllister (Dungannon Swifts)
- Northern Ireland Paul McAreavey (Linfield)
- Northern Ireland Rodney McAree (Dungannon Swifts)
- Northern Ireland Shane McCabe (Dungannon Swifts)
- Northern Ireland Ryan McCluskey (Dungannon Swifts)
- Northern Ireland Paddy McCourt (Derry City)
- Scotland Gary McCutcheon (Portadown)
- Republic of Ireland Willo McDonagh (Glentoran)
- Republic of Ireland Kevin McHugh (Derry City)
- Northern Ireland BJ McMenamin (Glentoran)
- Republic of Ireland Anthony Murphy (St Patrick's Athletic)
- Cameroon Joseph Ndo (St Patrick's Athletic)
- Northern Ireland Kyle Neill (Glentoran)
- Republic of Ireland Colin O'Brien (Cork City)
- Republic of Ireland Mark Quigley (St Patrick's Athletic)
- Northern Ireland Peter Thompson (Linfield)
References
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