2008 Setanta Sports Cup

The 2008 Setanta Sports Cup was the 4th staging of the 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.

2008 Setanta Sports Cup
Country Northern Ireland &
Republic of Ireland
Teams8
Champions Cork City (1st title)
Runners-up Glentoran
Matches played27
Goals scored72 (2.67 per match)
← 2007

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
TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Drogheda Utd 6420133+1014
Cork City 6420112+914
Cliftonville 6114611-54
Dungannon Swifts 6015317-141
Drogheda United3 – 2Cliftonville
Zayed  40',  86'
Baker  74'		 (Report) Murphy  57'
M Holland  87'
Referee: David Malcolm
Dungannon Swifts0 – 2Cork City
(Report) O'Callaghan  16',  40'
Referee: Alan Black
Cork City0 – 0Drogheda United
(Report)
Referee: Dave McKeon
Cliftonville0 – 0Dungannon Swifts
(Report)
Cork City2 – 0Cliftonville
O'Flynn  68'
Mooney  75'		 (Report)
Referee: Declan Hanney
Dungannon Swifts0 – 4Drogheda United
(Report) Grant  4'
Gartland  35'
McMinn  63' (og)
O'Brien  85'
Referee: Brian Turkington
Cliftonville0 – 2Cork City
(Report) Behan  38',  75'
Referee: Alan Black
Drogheda United3 – 0Dungannon Swifts
Hughes  28'
Zayed  76'
Cahill  88'		 (Report)
Referee: Damien Hancock
Drogheda United1 – 1Cork City
Tambouras  50' (Report) Murphy  44'
Referee: 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
TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Derry City 6411104+613
Glentoran 6222101008
Linfield 6213812-47
St Patrick's Athletic 612368-25
Linfield3 – 1Derry City
Delaney  23' (og)
Thompson  40'
Ferguson  86' (pen)		 (Report) Martyn  79'
Attendance: 3,000 (approx)
Referee: 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: Mark Courtney
St Patrick's Athletic2 – 0Linfield
Quigley  7'
O'Neill  76'		 (Report)
Attendance: 5,300
Referee: Alan Kelly
Derry City2 – 0Glentoran
Higgins  35'
Farren  84'		 (Report)
Referee: 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  74'
Hill  89'
Derry City0 – 1Cork City
(Report) Kiely  67'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: 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) Fordyce  12'
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Ian Stokes


Winner of 2008 Setanta Sports Cup
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.
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