2012 Setanta Sports Cup

The 2012 Setanta Sports Cup was the seventh staging of the Setanta Sports Cup, an annual association football competition featuring clubs from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. It commenced on 11 February 2012 and ended on 12 May 2012, with the final played at The Oval, Belfast.

2012 Setanta Sports Cup
Tournament details
Country Northern Ireland
Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland
Teams12
Defending championsShamrock Rovers
Final positions
ChampionsCrusaders (1st title)
Runner-upDerry City
Tournament statistics
Matches played21
Goals scored52 (2.48 per match)
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The draw for the 2012 competition was made at Aviva Stadium, Dublin, on 25 January 2012.[1]

Crusaders won the competition for the first time, defeating Derry City 5–4 on penalties after the scores were level at 2–2 after extra time. It was the first time a club from the Northern Irish IFA Premiership had won the cup since Linfield won the inaugural competition in 2005.[2]

First round

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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 11 and 13 February and the second legs were played on 20 February.[3][4]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Bray Wanderers   2−7   Glentoran 2−4 0−3
Lisburn Distillery   0−7   Derry City 0−4 0−3
Bohemians   3−1   Portadown 2−1 1−0
Cliftonville   2−0   St Patrick's Athletic 1−0 1−0

First leg

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Bray Wanderers2 − 4Glentoran
Waters   18', 42' Report Murray   19'
Knight   51', 88'
O'Hanlon   60'
Attendance: 650
Referee: Alan Kelly, (Cork)

Lisburn Distillery0 − 4Derry City
Cushley   62' Report McLaughlin   23'
Patterson   28', 51', 60'
Referee: M.Smith (Belfast)

Bohemians2 − 1Portadown
Corcoran   45'
Moore   58'
Report Braniff   61'
Referee: Tomás Connolly (Dublin)

Cliftonville1 − 0St Patrick's Athletic
Boyce   48' Report
Attendance: 600
Referee: Raymond Hetherington

Second leg

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St Patrick's Athletic0 − 1Cliftonville
Russell   65' (Report) Gormley   69'

Cliftonville won 2 − 0 on aggregate


Derry City3 − 0Lisburn Distillery
McEleney   25'
McLaughlin   60'
Patterson   63'
(Report)

Derry City won 7 − 0 on aggregate


Portadown0 − 1Bohemians
(Report) Martin   86'

Bohemians won 3 − 1 on aggregate


Glentoran3 − 0Bray Wanderers
Boyce   11',   75 pen'
Nixon   45'
(Report)

Glentoran won 7 − 2 on aggregate

Quarter-finals

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The winners of the four first-round games joined the four seeded teams (Shamrock Rovers, Sligo Rovers, Crusaders, and Linfield) who received byes into the quarter-finals. The first legs were played on 5 March 2012 and the second legs were played on 20 March 2012. The draw for the quarter-finals was made on 20 February 2012.[5]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Crusaders   2−0   Bohemians 0−0 2−0
Linfield   2−4   Derry City 1−1 1−3
Shamrock Rovers   2−2   Cliftonville 2−0 0−2
Sligo Rovers   3−1   Glentoran 2−0 1−1

First leg

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Linfield1 – 1Derry City
Thompson   13' (Report) McDaid   85'

Sligo Rovers2 – 0Glentoran
Boco   37'
Quigley   63'
(Report) Nixon   84'

Crusaders0 – 0Bohemians
(Report)

Second leg

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Bohemians0 – 2Crusaders
Pender   90' (Report) Caddell   3'
McMaster   36'

Crusaders won 2 − 0 on aggregate


Cliftonville2 – 0 (a.e.t.)Shamrock Rovers
Johnston   45'
Gormley   86'
(Report)
Penalties
Gormley  
Caldwell 
Donnelly  
O'Carroll  
1 – 3   Dennehy
  Turner
  Gartland

Shamrock Rovers won 3 – 1 on penalties after 2 – 2 draw on aggregate


Derry City3 – 1Linfield
Molloy   69'
McLaughlin   77'
Madden   90'
(Report) Lowry   31'

Derry City won 4 − 2 on aggregate


Glentoran1 − 1Sligo Rovers
Ward   23' (Report) North   89' (pen.)

Sligo Rovers won 3 − 1 on aggregate

Semi-finals

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The draw for the semi-finals was made following the second leg quarter-final matches.[6]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Crusaders   3−2   Sligo Rovers 2−0 1−2
Shamrock Rovers   2−3   Derry City 0−3 2−0

First leg

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Crusaders2 – 0Sligo Rovers
Rainey   40', 80' (Report)

Shamrock Rovers0 – 3Derry City
Pieterse   12' (Report) Deery   15'
McEleney   51'
McBride   85'

Second leg

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Sligo Rovers2 – 1 (a.e.t.)Crusaders
Boco   35'
Quigley   48'
(Report) Coates   105' (pen.)

Crusaders won 3 − 2 on aggregate


Derry City0 – 2Shamrock Rovers
(Report) Twigg   52', 86'

Derry City won 3 − 2 on aggregate

Final

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Crusaders2 – 2 (a.e.t.)Derry City
Coates   85', 96'
McBride   90'
(Report) Patterson   80', 101' (pen.)
Penalties
Coates  
Morrow  
Snoddy  
Gargan  
Dallas  
McKeown  
5 – 4   Patterson
  Higgins
  Molloy
  Morrison
  McEleney
  McCaffrey
Attendance: 3,275
Referee: Raymond Crangle


Winner of 2012 Setanta Sports Cup
  Crusaders
1st title

Goalscorers

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6 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

References

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  1. ^ Setanta Sports Cup Committee Agrees 2012 Draw Date - FAI.ie
  2. ^ "Crusaders 2-2 Derry City". BBC Sport. 12 May 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
  3. ^ Draw For First Round Of Setanta Sports Cup Announced - irishexaminer.com
  4. ^ Change To 2012 Setanta Cup Fixture Archived 2012-03-11 at the Wayback Machine - airtricityleague.ie
  5. ^ Setanta Sports Cup Quarter-Final Draw Archived 2012-04-25 at the Wayback Machine - irishfa.com
  6. ^ "Rovers, Derry and Sligo through to Setanta semi-finals". RTÉ News. 20 March 2012.