2011 Setanta Sports Cup

The 2011 Setanta Sports Cup was the sixth staging of the Setanta Sports Cup, an association football competition featuring clubs from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. 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 Republic of Ireland
Teams12
ChampionsRepublic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers
(1st title)
Runners-upRepublic of Ireland 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 Northern Ireland 4−6 Republic of Ireland Dundalk 3−5 1−1
UCD Republic of Ireland 0−2 Northern Ireland Lisburn Distillery 0−0 0−2
Cliftonville Northern Ireland 3−2 Republic of Ireland St Patrick's Athletic 3−0 0−2
Bohemians Republic of Ireland 1−4 Northern Ireland 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 Red card 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 Northern Ireland 1−2 Republic of Ireland Dundalk 0−1 1−1
Cliftonville Northern Ireland 10−6 Northern Ireland Crusaders 4−2 6−4
Lisburn Distillery Northern Ireland 2−7 Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers 0−3 2−4
Sligo Rovers Republic of Ireland 5−0 Northern Ireland 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 Red card 79'
Lisburn Distillery0 − 3Shamrock Rovers
Cooling Red card 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 Red card 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 Northern Ireland 2−5 Republic of Ireland Dundalk 1−3 1−2
Sligo Rovers Republic of Ireland 1−4 Republic of Ireland 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 Red card 74' Report Finn 27'
Sheppard 58'
Referee: Alan Kelly

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
Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers
1st Title

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

References
  1. Setanta Cup draw pits Dundalk against Linfield - LOI.ie
  2. New Format for 2011 Setanta Sports Cup - irishtimes.ie
  3. Fingal Players Have Contracts Terminated Archived 10 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine - RTÉ.ie
  4. Setanta Cup Semi-final Draw Made - irishtimes.com
  5. Setanta Sports Cup Final Details Confirmed - FAI.ie
  6. Dundalk 0–2 Shamrock Rovers Archived 16 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine - RTÉ.ie
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