2009–10 Setanta Sports Cup

The 2009–10 Setanta Sports Cup was the 5th staging of the cross-border Setanta Sports Cup competition - which features football clubs from the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. It commenced on August 28, 2009, and the final was played on May 15, 2010, with Bohemians defeating St Patrick's Athletic 1–0 to claim their first Setanta Cup triumph.

2009–10 Setanta Sports Cup
Country Northern Ireland &
Republic of Ireland
Teams9
Champions Bohemians (1st title)
Runners-up St Patrick's Athletic
Matches played23
Goals scored59 (2.57 per match)
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On June 22, 2009, the draw for the competition was postponed because of the financial troubles of organizer Setanta Sports. However, on July 19, 2009, it was confirmed that the competition would be going ahead as planned, and the draw was made at FAI headquarters in Abbotstown, Dublin, on July 28.[1][2]

Changes to structure
"It is only fair for the tournament winners to be given the chance to defend their crown."

Milo Corcoran, Chairman of Setanta Sports Cup Organising Committee

In the 2009–10 season, the Setanta Cup was expanded to nine teams, comprising three groups of three. The three group winners qualified for the semi-finals, as did the group runner-up with the best record. Teams were drawn from the top four of both leagues,[3] with an additional place for the winners of the previous competition, Cork City. In a further change to the format of previous years, games were expected to take place on weekends instead of midweek.[4]

Group Stages

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
Sligo Rovers 4310114+710
Cork City 411238-54
Cliftonville 410357-23
Cork City1 – 0Cliftonville
Gamble  37' (Report)
Sligo Rovers2 – 2Cork City
Ryan  45'
Marshall  59'		 (Report) Silagailis  16'
Deasy  90'
Referee: Damien Hancock
Cliftonville2 – 3Sligo Rovers
Boyce  9'
Bannon  67'		 (Report) Turner  24',  39'
Marshall  75'
Cork CityP – PSligo Rovers
(Report)

Postponed due to waterlogged pitch

Cork City0 – 3Sligo Rovers

Due to Cork City's resignation from the competition, Sligo Rovers were awarded a 3-0 win

Sligo Rovers3 – 0Cliftonville
Ventre  39'
Doyle  45'
Amond  86'		 (Report)
Cliftonville3 – 0Cork City

Due to Cork City's resignation from the competition, Cliftonville were awarded a 3-0 win

Group 2
TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Bohemians 422063+38
Glentoran 41215505
Coleraine 402236-32
Glentoran1 – 2Bohemians
Waterworth  51' (Report) McGuinness  61'
Byrne  88'
Referee: David Malcolm
Coleraine0 – 0Glentoran
Bohemians0 – 0Coleraine
(Report)
Glentoran3 – 2Coleraine
Waterworth  29'
Fordyce  59'
Hall  62'		 (Report) Boyce  6',  66'
Referee: Raymond Crangle
Coleraine1 – 3Bohemians
Patterson  2' (Report) Heary  27'
Rossiter  47'
Madden  81'
Bohemians1 – 1Glentoran
Cretaro  61' (Report) Hamilton  51'

Group 3
TeamPldWDLFAGDPts
Linfield 422062+48
St Patrick's Athletic 412153+25
Derry City 402228-62
Derry City1 – 1St Patrick's Athletic
Stewart  45 pen' (Report) Lester  56'
Referee: Richie Winter
Linfield1 – 1Derry City
Munster  14' (Report) McManus  85'
St Patrick's Athletic3 – 0Derry City

Derry City ceased to exist, St Patrick's Athletic awarded 3-0 win[5]

St Patrick's Athletic1 – 1Linfield
Williams  15' (Report) Ervin  36 pen'
Linfield1 – 0St Patrick's Athletic
Thompson  90' (Report)
Derry City0 – 3Linfield

Derry City ceased to exist, Linfield awarded 3-0 win[6]

Semi finals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Bohemians 3–1 Linfield 2–1 1–0
St Patrick's Athletic 6–2 Sligo Rovers 4–1 2–1

First leg
Bohemians2 – 1Linfield
Oman  43'
Cretaro  86'		 (Report) McAllister  16'
Kane  67'
Referee: Thomas Connolly
St Patrick's Athletic4 – 1Sligo Rovers
Byrne  9'
McAllister  37'
Coughlan  50'
Guy  85'		 (Report) Doninger  45'
Referee: Declan Hanney

Second leg
Sligo Rovers1 – 2St Patrick's Athletic
O'Grady  5' (Report) Byrne  18'
Lynch  59'
Referee: Trevor Moutray

St Patrick's Athletic won 6 − 2 on aggregate

Linfield0 – 1Bohemians
(Report) Madden  5'

Bohemians won 3 − 1 on aggregate

Final
St Patrick's Athletic0 – 1Bohemians
Report Murphy 24'
Attendance: 3,896
Referee: Alan Black


Winner of 2009–10 Setanta Sports Cup
Bohemians
1st Title

Goalscorers
2 goals
1 goal

References
  1. "Setanta Sports Cup to go ahead". RTÉ Sport. 2009-07-19. Retrieved 2009-07-28.
  2. "Setanta Cup draw is made". RTÉ Sport. 2009-07-28. Archived from the original on 2009-07-31. Retrieved 2009-07-28.
  3. Setanta Sports Cup to be expanded - eircomloi.ie
  4. Setanta matches moved to weekends - BBC Sport
  5. Derry City FC removed from Setanta Cup Archived 2010-01-16 at the Wayback Machine - RTÉ Sport
  6. Derry City FC removed from Setanta Cup Archived 2010-01-16 at the Wayback Machine - RTÉ Sport


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