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Gold Cup (Northern Ireland)

FieldValue
nameGold Cup
organiserIrish Football Association
founded1911
abolished2001
regionNorthern Ireland (1921–2001)
Ireland (1911–1921)
most successful clubLinfield (33 titles)

Ireland (1911–1921)

The Gold Cup is a defunct cup competition which involved competitors from Ireland and, from 1921 onwards, just for Northern Ireland. It was initially run by the New Irish Football Association but later, and mainly, by the Irish Football Association.

The competition was first played in the 1911–12 season after seven of the eight participating clubs left the IFA (only Linfield remained) after a dispute over money and founded the New IFA. This new organisation introduced the cup as the "New Irish Cup". At the end of the season after many discussions, the dissident clubs returned to the IFA and the tournament was not held in 1912-13. However, it was revived by the IFA as the Gold Cup in 1913–14 season. In the seasons 1915–16 to 1918–19 season it was played in a league format. This involved a play-off between the two teams topping the table in the first of these seasons. The competition was last staged in 2000-01.

Last year of competition

The last season that the Gold Cup was competed for was during the 2000-01 season. Glentoran were the victors after defeating Coleraine in the final. It was Glentoran's third Gold Cup victory in as many seasons.

Format

The format for the Gold Cup varied throughout its history, but most commonly it was organised on a knock-out basis.

The format over the years was as follows:

YearsNo. of seasonsFormat
1911–12 and 1913–153knock-out
1915–19194league
1919–19201knock-out
1920–19233league
1923–194017knock-out
1940–19477league
1947–197629knock-out
1976–19837group system plus final
1983–19852group system plus top-four knock-out
1985–19861league followed by top-four knock-out
1986–19915group system plus top-four knock-out
1991–19998group system plus top-eight knock-out
1999–20012knock-out

In 1915–16, there was a play-off between the top two teams.

Sponsorship

From the late 1970s on the Gold Cup was sponsored by Hennessy, TNT (1984/85-1994/95), Sun Life (1995/96-1996/97) and Nationwide (1997/98-2000/01).

List of Gold Cup finals

Key:

SeasonWinner
(number of titles)ScoreRunner-upVenueAttendance
1911–12Belfast Celtic (1)2–0GlentoranGrosvenor Park, Belfast9,500
1913–14Distillery (1)0–0ShelbourneShelbourne Park, Dublin
Replay3–2Grosvenor Park, Belfast
1914–15Shelbourne (1)1–0LinfieldSolitude, Belfast18,000
1915–16Linfield (1)League formatDistillery——
1916–17Glentoran (1)Linfield
1917–18Linfield (2)Glentoran
1918–19Linfield (3)Glentoran
1919–20Distillery (2)3–1GlentoranWindsor Park, Belfast
1920–21Linfield (4)League formatGlenavon——
1921–22Linfield (5)Cliftonville
1922–23Cliftonville (1)Linfield
1923–24Linfield (6)1–0DistilleryThe Oval, Belfast
1924–25Distillery (3)2–0Queen's IslandCeltic Park, Belfast
1925–26Belfast Celtic (2)3–0CliftonvilleWindsor Park, Belfast15,000
1926–27Linfield (7)1–0GlenavonCeltic Park, Belfast
1927–28Linfield (8)3–2Belfast CelticGrosvenor Park, Belfast
1928–29Linfield (9)3–1ArdsThe Oval, Belfast
1929–30Distillery (4)3–0BangorWindsor Park, Belfast
1930–31Linfield (10)6–1Belfast CelticGrosvenor Park, Belfast
1931–32Coleraine (1)3–0BallymenaSolitude, Belfast10,000
1932–33Cliftonville (2)2–1LinfieldCeltic Park, Belfast
1933–34Portadown (1)1–0GlentoranSolitude, Belfast
1934–35Belfast Celtic (3)4–0LinfieldGrosvenor Park, Belfast8,000
1935–36Linfield (11)3–0DistilleryCeltic Park, Belfast
1936–37Linfield (12)7–2Derry CityThe Oval, Belfast
1937–38Portadown (2)2–0Belfast CelticGrosvenor Park, Belfast12,000
1938–39Belfast Celtic (4)2–1GlenavonThe Oval, Belfast
1939–40Belfast Celtic (5)1–0LinfieldGrosvenor Park, Belfast10,000
1947–48Belfast Celtic (6)2–0DistillerySolitude, Belfast
1948–49Linfield (13)5–0GlenavonSolitude, Belfast
1949–50Linfield (14)3–2PortadownThe Oval, Belfast
1950–51Linfield (15)5–1GlentoranSolitude, Belfast
1951–52Glentoran (2)2–1GlenavonWindsor Park, Belfast15,000
1952–53Portadown (3)2–1LinfieldSeaview, Belfast
1953–54Ards (1)2–1DistillerySeaview, Belfast6,000
1954–55Glenavon (1)3–2LinfieldThe Oval, Belfast
1955–56Linfield (16)3–0PortadownGrosvenor Park, Belfast
1956–57Glenavon (2)3–1Derry CityThe Oval, Belfast
1957–58Linfield (17)1–0GlenavonGrosvenor Park, Belfast
1958–59Coleraine (2)1–0GlentoranWindsor Park, Belfast
1959–60Linfield (18)3–2PortadownSolitude, Belfast
1960–61Glentoran (3)4–2LinfieldSolitude, Belfast
1961–62Linfield (19)4–0GlentoranGrosvenor Park, Belfast
1962–63Glentoran (4)3–1Derry CityWindsor Park, Belfast
1963–64Linfield (20)2–2GlentoranWindsor Park, Belfast
Replay3–2Windsor Park, Belfast
1964–65Derry City (1)5–2CrusadersWindsor Park, Belfast
1965–66Linfield (21)6–0PortadownThe Oval, Belfast
1966–67Glentoran (5)5–2CrusadersWindsor Park, Belfast
1967–68Linfield (22)3–2ArdsThe Oval, Belfast
1968–69Linfield (23)0–0GlentoranWindsor Park, Belfast
Replay2–1The Oval, Belfast20,000
1969–70Coleraine (3)1–0GlentoranWindsor Park, Belfast
1970–71Linfield (24)2–1GlentoranThe Oval, Belfast15,000
1971–72Portadown (4)0–0ArdsMourneview Park, Lurgan5,000
Replay2 – 1 Mourneview Park, Lurgan3,500
1972–73Linfield (25)2–0PortadownCastlereagh Park, Newtownards
1973–74Ards (2)4–1BangorThe Oval, Belfast
1974–75Ballymena United (1)3–2GlentoranWindsor Park, Belfast2,000
1975–76Coleraine (5)2–1Ballymena UnitedShowgrounds, Ballymena6,000
1976–77Glentoran (6)5–1LinfieldWindsor Park, Belfast10,000
1977–78Glentoran (7)3–1GlenavonWindsor Park, Belfast
1978–79Portadown (5)2 – 1 CliftonvilleWindsor Park, Belfast6,000
1979–80Linfield (26)2–1Ballymena UnitedWindsor Park, Belfast
1980–81Cliftonville (3)3–1LinfieldWindsor Park, Belfast10,000
1981–82Linfield (27)1 – 1 (5 – 4 pens.)Ballymena UnitedThe Oval, Belfast
1982–83Glentoran (8)2–0LinfieldThe Oval, Belfast
1983–84Linfield (28)3–1GlentoranWindsor Park, Belfast
1984–85Linfield (29)1–0GlentoranWindsor Park, Belfast
1985–86Crusaders (1)3–1LinfieldThe Oval, Belfast
1986–87Glentoran (9)3–2LinfieldThe Oval, Belfast
1987–88Linfield (30)3–0Newry TownThe Oval, Belfast5,000
1988–89Linfield (31)1–0PortadownThe Oval, Belfast
1989–90Linfield (32)0 – 0 PortadownThe Oval, Belfast
Replay2–0The Oval, Belfast
1990–91Glenavon (3)2–1PortadownWindsor Park, Belfast8,000
1991–92Glentoran (10)1–0CliftonvilleWindsor Park, Belfast10,000
1992–93Portadown (6)1–0CliftonvilleWindsor Park, Belfast7,000
1993–94Distillery (5)3 – 2 BangorWindsor Park, Belfast750
1994–95Glentoran (11)1 – 1 (3 – 0 pens.)CrusadersWindsor Park, Belfast2,000
1995–96Crusaders (2)1–0LinfieldThe Oval, Belfast
1996–97Linfield (33)1–0GlenavonThe Oval, Belfast3,253
1997–98Glenavon (4)4–2ColeraineWindsor Park, Belfast2,036
1998–99Glentoran (12)3–1PortadownWindsor Park, Belfast2,670
1999–00Glentoran (13)4–2LinfieldWindsor Park, Belfast6,000
2000–01Glentoran (14)4–3ColeraineWindsor Park, Belfast3,000

Performance by club

ClubWinnersRunners-upWinning yearsRunners-up years
Linfield33141915–16, 1917–18, 1918–19, 1920–21, 1921–22, 1923–24, 1926–27, 1927–28, 1928–29, 1930–31, 1935–36, 1936–37, 1948–49, 1949–50, 1950–51, 1955–56, 1957–58, 1959–60, 1961–62, 1963–64, 1965–66, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1970–71, 1972–73, 1979–80, 1981–82, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1996–971914–15, 1932–33, 1934–35, 1939–40, 1952–53, 1954–55, 1960–61, 1976–77, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1995–96, 1999–00
Glentoran14151916–17, 1951–52, 1960–61, 1962–63, 1966–67, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1982–83, 1986–87, 1991–92, 1994–95, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–011911–12, 1917–18, 1918–19, 1919–20, 1933–34, 1950–51, 1958–59, 1961–62, 1963–64, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1974–75, 1983–84, 1984–85
Portadown691933–34, 1937–38, 1952–53, 1971–72, 1978–79, 1992–931949–50, 1955–56, 1959–60, 1965–66, 1972–73, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1998–99
Belfast Celtic631911–12, 1925–26, 1934–35, 1938–39, 1939–40, 1947–481927–28, 1930–31, 1937–38
Distillery561913–14, 1919–20, 1924–25, 1929–30, 1993–941915–16, 1916–17, 1923–24, 1935–36, 1947–48, 1953–54
Glenavon491954–55, 1956–57, 1990–91, 1997–981920–21, 1922–23, 1926–27, 1938–39, 1948–49, 1951–52, 1957–58, 1977–78, 1996–97
Coleraine421931–32, 1958–59, 1969–70, 1975–761997–98, 2000–01
Cliftonville351922–23, 1932–33, 1980–811921–22, 1925–26, 1978–79, 1991–92, 1992–93
Ards231953–54, 1973–741928–29, 1967–68, 1971–72
Crusaders231985–86, 1995–961964–65, 1966–67, 1994–95
Derry City131964–651936–37, 1956–57, 1962–63
Ballymena United131974–751975–76, 1979–80, 1981–82
Shelbourne111914–151913–14
Bangor03—1929–30, 1973–74, 1993–94
Queen's Island01—1924–25
Ballymena01—1931–32
Newry Town01—1987–88

Substitute Gold Cup

Between the 1940/41 and 1946/47 seasons the Gold Cup was competed for by the Northern Regional League Clubs and known as the "Substitute Gold Cup".

SeasonWinner
(number of titles)ScoreRunner-up
1940–41Belfast Celtic (1)League formatGlentoran
1941–42Glentoran (1)Distillery
1942–43Linfield (1)Belfast Celtic
1943–44Belfast Celtic (2)Distillery
1944–45Linfield (2)Distillery
1945–46Belfast Celtic (3)Linfield
1946–47Belfast Celtic (4)Linfield

Performance by club

ClubWinnersRunners-upWinning yearsRunners-up years
Belfast Celtic411940–41, 1943–44, 1945–46, 1946–471942–43
Linfield221942–43, 1944–451945–46, 1946–47
Glentoran111941–421940–41
Distillery03—1941–42, 1943–44, 1944–45

References

References

  1. "Ballymena United Season by Season".
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