2011 Setanta Sports Cup

The 2011 Setanta Sports Cup was the sixth staging of the all Ireland association football competition. It commenced on 14 February 2011 with the final played on 14 May 2011.[1]

2011 Setanta Sports Cup
Country Northern Ireland &
Republic of Ireland
Teams12
Champions Shamrock Rovers
(1st title)
Runners-up Dundalk
Matches played21
Goals scored69 (3.29 per match)
2012

The draw for the 2011 competition was made at Belfast City Hall on 13 December 2010.

Changes to structure

For the 2011 competition, the Setanta Cup was expanded to 12 teams, of which the four highest ranked teams received a bye into the quarter-finals. Also unlike previous years the tournament was played as a straight knock-out competition over two legs apart from the final.[2]

Television Coverage

Setanta Sports broadcast live coverage of five games, starting with the quarter-finals.

First round

Four League of Ireland and Four IFA Premiership teams played each other in the first round over two games with the winners qualifying for the quarter-finals. The first legs were played on 14 February/21 February/1 March 2011 and the second legs were played on 28 February/1 March/7 March 2011. Sporting Fingal had originally been scheduled to compete in the tournament against Lisburn Distillery but withdrew on 9 February due to financial difficulties which saw them fold the following day and were replaced by UCD.[3]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Linfield 4−6 Dundalk 3−5 1−1
UCD 0−2 Lisburn Distillery 0−0 0−2
Cliftonville 3−2 St Patrick's Athletic 3−0 0−2
Bohemians 1−4 Portadown 1−2 0−2

First leg

Linfield3 – 5Dundalk
Thompson 43'
Garrett 64'
Allen 81'
Report Kearns 31', 66', 90+2'
Quigley 54', 75'
Referee: Stephen Weatherall (Antrim)

UCD0 – 0Lisburn Distillery
Report
Attendance: 150
Referee: Derek Tomney (Dublin)

Cliftonville3 − 0St Patrick's Athletic
McMullan 31', 49'
O'Connor 42'
Report
Attendance: 400
Referee: Davie Malcolm

Bohemians1 − 2Portadown
Somers 63'
Brennan  77'
Report Braniff 45'
O'Hara 59'
Attendance: 800
Referee: Tom Connolly

Second leg

Dundalk1 − 1Linfield
Gaynor 11' Report Gault 45+3'
Attendance: 2250

Dundalk won 6 − 4 on aggregate


Lisburn Distillery2 − 0UCD
Browne 18' (pen.)
Davidson 86'
Report
Referee: Colin Burns

Distillery won 2 − 0 on aggregate.


St Patrick's Athletic2 − 0Cliftonville
Mulcahy 41'
McMillan 80'
Report
Attendance: 1000
Referee: Derek Tomney (Dublin)

Cliftonville won 3 − 2 on aggregate.


Portadown2 − 0Bohemians
Baker 10'
Mouncey 47'
Report

Portadown won 4−1 on aggregate

Quarter−Finals

The winners of the four first-round games joined the four seeded teams (Shamrock Rovers, Sligo Rovers, Crusaders and Glentoran) who received a Bye into the quarter-finals. The first legs were played on 7 March/14 March/28 March 2011 and the second legs were played on 21 March/22 March/4 April 2011.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Glentoran 1−2 Dundalk 0−1 1−1
Cliftonville 10−6 Crusaders 4−2 6−4
Lisburn Distillery 2−7 Shamrock Rovers 0−3 2−4
Sligo Rovers 5−0 Portadown 3−0 2−0

First leg

Glentoran0 − 1Dundalk
Report Quigley 82'
Referee: Arnold Hunter (Fermanagh)

Cliftonville4 − 2Crusaders
McMullan 24'
McVeigh 71'
Garrett 85'
Holland 86'
Report Magee 32'
Halliday 54'
Gibson  79'

Lisburn Distillery0 − 3Shamrock Rovers
Cooling  78' Report Sheppard 35'
Kilduff 40'
Kelly 68'

Sligo Rovers3 − 0Portadown
Dillon 21'
Russell 58'
Cretaro 90'
Report
Referee: T.Connolly

Second leg

Dundalk1 − 1Glentoran
Gaynor 80' Report Burrows 59' (pen.)
Taylor  79'
Attendance: 2100
Referee: Richie Winter (Dublin)

Dundalk won 2−1 on aggregate


Crusaders4 − 6Cliftonville
Sweeney 13'
Faulkner 18'
Caddell 39', 74'
Report O'Connor 5', 20'
Holland 10'
McMullan 54' (pen.)
Garrett 61'
Donnelly 89'

Cliftonville won 10−6 on aggregate


Shamrock Rovers4 − 2Lisburn Distillery
Kilduff 42'
Rice 47'
Kavanagh 82', 89'
Report Liggett 14', 57'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Neil Doyle

Shamrock Rovers won 7−2 on aggregate.


Portadown0 − 2Sligo Rovers
Report Horgan 40'
Ndo 75'

Sligo Rovers won 5−0 on aggregate

Semi−Finals

The four winners of the quarter final games played each other over two games for a place in the 2011 Setanta Sports Cup final. The first legs were played on 4 April/11 April 2011 and the second legs were played on 18 April/19 April 2011. The draw for the semi-finals was made on 23 March 2011.[4]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Cliftonville 2−5 Dundalk 1−3 1−2
Sligo Rovers 1−4 Shamrock Rovers 0−2 1−2

First leg

Cliftonville1 − 3Dundalk
McMullan 24' Report Quigley 49', 82'
Kearns 73'
Attendance: 750

Sligo Rovers0 − 2Shamrock Rovers
Russell  74' Report Finn 27'
Sheppard 58'

Second leg

Dundalk2 − 1Cliftonville
Byrne 67'
Breen 90+3'
Report O'Connor 59'
Referee: Alan Black (Antrim)

Dundalk won 5−2 on aggregate


Shamrock Rovers2 − 1Sligo Rovers
Sheppard 8'
Dennehy 25'
Report Doyle 4'
Referee: Raymond Crangle

Shamrock Rovers won 4−1 on aggregate

Final

The two winners of the semi final games played each other over one game to decide who would be crowned Setanta Sports Cup winners for 2011. The final took place on Saturday 14 May 2011 in Tallaght Stadium.[5] Shamrock Rovers beat Dundalk to win the competition for the first time.[6]

Match

Dundalk0 – 2Shamrock Rovers
Report O'Neill 65'
Dennehy 90+3'
Attendance: 4,789
Referee: Alan Kelly
Winner of 2011 Setanta Sports Cup
Shamrock Rovers
1st Title

Goalscorers

5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
  • Curtis Allen (Linfield)
  • Jordan Baker (Portadown)
  • Kevin Braniff (Portadown)
  • Johnny Breen (Dundalk)
  • Gary Browne (Lisburn Distillery)
  • Matty Burrows (Glentoran)
  • Jason Byrne (Dundalk)
  • Raffaele Cretaro (Sligo Rovers)
  • Scott Davidson (Lisburn Distillery)
  • John Dillon (Sligo Rovers)
  • Eoin Doyle (Sligo Rovers)
  • Rory Donnelly (Cliftonville)
  • William Faulkner (Crusaders)
  • Ronan Finn (Shamrock Rovers)
  • Robert Garrett (Linfield)
  • Michael Gault (Linfield)
  • Michael Halliday (Crusaders)
  • Daryl Horgan (Sligo Rovers)
  • Dean Kelly (Shamrock Rovers)
  • Jonathan Magee (Crusaders)
  • David McMillan (St Patrick's Athletic)
  • Dermot McVeigh (Cliftonville)
  • Tim Mouncey (Portadown)
  • Dave Mulcahy (St Patrick's Athletic)
  • Joseph Ndo (Sligo Rovers)
  • Keith O'Hara (Portadown)
  • Gary O'Neill (Shamrock Rovers)
  • Stephen Rice (Shamrock Rovers)
  • John Russell (Sligo Rovers)
  • Karl Somers (Bohemians)
  • Vincent Sweeney (Crusaders)
  • Peter Thompson (Linfield)

References

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