2006 Setanta Sports Cup

The 2006 Setanta Sports Cup was the 2nd staging of the Setanta Sports Cup, a cross-border cup competition that takes place between football clubs from the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The final was played at Tolka Park in Dublin, Republic of Ireland on 22 April 2006, where Drogheda United beat Cork City to win the competition for the first time.

2006 Setanta Sports Cup
Tournament details
Country Northern Ireland
Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland
Teams8
Defending championsLinfield
Final positions
ChampionsDrogheda United (1st title)
Runner-upCork City
Tournament statistics
Matches played27
Goals scored59 (2.19 per match)
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Group stage

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The draw for this round was held 12 December 2005. The matches were played 20 February 2006 – 3 April 2006.

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Cork City (A) 6 5 1 0 11 2 +9 16 Advanced to the semi-finals
2   Drogheda Utd (A) 6 3 1 2 7 5 +2 10
3   Dungannon Swifts 6 1 1 4 4 8 −4 4
4   Portadown 6 0 3 3 4 11 −7 3
Source: [citation needed]
(A) Advance to a further round
Drogheda United1 – 0Dungannon Swifts
Leech   43' (Report)


Cork City2 – 0Drogheda United
Behan   58'
Gavin o.g.   80'
(Report) Bradley   76'
Fahey   77'
Referee:   Alan Kelly

Dungannon Swifts1 – 1Portadown
McAree   85 pen' (Report) Convery   23'



Drogheda United4 – 0Portadown
Keegan   7'
Barrett   9'
O'Brien   33',   55'
(Report) Neill   69'


Cork City3 – 1Portadown
Woods   2'
Behan   70'
O'Callaghan   90'
(Report) Quinn   72'


Drogheda United0 – 2Cork City
Connor   78' (Report) Behan   13'
O'Callaghan   79 pen'

Portadown1 – 2Dungannon Swifts
McStay   86' (Report) Adamson   74'
Bulow   84'

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Linfield (A) 6 2 4 0 12 4 +8 10 Advanced to the semi-finals
2   Shelbourne (A) 6 2 3 1 7 3 +4 9
3   Derry City 6 1 4 1 5 4 +1 7
4   Glentoran 6 1 1 4 5 18 −13 4
Source: [citation needed]
(A) Advance to a further round

Shelbourne3 – 0Glentoran
Ryan   29'
Crowe   36',   60'
(Report)


Glentoran3 – 3Linfield
Lockhart   11'
Nixon   21 pen'
Browne   74'
(Report) McAreavey   17'
Kearney   50',   69'
Ferguson   57'

Derry City3 – 1Glentoran
Hargan   11',   35'
Beckett   38'
(Report) Walker   90'

Linfield2 – 0Shelbourne
Gault   35'
Thompson   53'
(Report)

Glentoran1 – 0Derry City
Reed   8' (Report) Hargan   41'

Shelbourne0 – 0Linfield
Hawkins   75' (Report) McAreavey   24'
Referee:   Alan Kelly


Glentoran0 – 3Shelbourne
(Report) Byrne   17',   68'
Cahill   30'

Shelbourne1 – 1Derry City
Byrne   17' (Report) Martyn   89'

Linfield6 – 0Glentoran
Hunter   25 pen'
Thompson   41',   90'
McAreavey   56',   82'
Murphy   62'
(Report) Glendinning   40'

Semi-finals

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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.

Cork City2 – 0Shelbourne
O'Brien   34'
Fenn   62'
(Report)

Linfield0 – 1Drogheda United
(Report) Keddy   33'

Final

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Similarly to the semi-finals, there would be no replay even if the match was drawn; instead, extra time would be used to decide the winners. If extra time failed to separate the two sides, the match would go to penalties.

Cork City0 – 1 (AET)Drogheda United
(Report) Leech   102'


 Winner of 2006 Setanta Sports Cup 
  Drogheda United
1st title

Goalscorers

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4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
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