2005–06 Irish Cup

Irish Cup 2005–06 Northern Ireland 101 Linfield (37th win) Glentoran 117 446 2004–05 2006–07 The 2005–06 Irish Cup was the 126th edition of the Irish Cup, Northern Ireland's premier football knock-out cup competition. It concluded on 6 May 2006 with the final.Brodie Malcolm The Northern Ireland Soccer Yearbook 2006/07 Portadown were the defending champions, winning their 3rd Irish Cup last season after a 5–1 win over Larne in the 2005 final. This season Portadown reached the quarter-finals, but were defeated by Glentoran. Linfield went on to lift the cup for the 37th time, defeating archrivals Glentoran 2–1 in the final. This was the 15th and to date, last time that both clubs have met in the final.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nilcuphist.html Northern Ireland Cup Finals Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation RSSSF 9 December 2012https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nilcup06.html Northern Ireland 2005/06 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation RSSSF 9 December 2012 Results First preliminary round Barn United 2–1 Desertmartin Magherafelt Sky Blues 4–0 Draperstown Celtic Malachians 2–1 Oxford United Stars Newcastle 1–3 Downpatrick Portglenone 0–3 Bryansburn Rangers Seagoe 1–11 Wellington Recreation Sirocco Works 2–4 Tandragee Rovers Strabane w/o Coleraine Crusaders |} Second preliminary round Abbey Villa 4–1 Banbridge AFC Ballymacash Rangers 4–2 Larne Tech Old Boys Ballynahinch United 3–1 Dundonald Bangor Amateurs 0–3 Laurelvale Blackers Mill 1–2 Newington Youth Bryansburn Rangers 4–3 Roe Valley Cookstown Olympic 1–3 Downshire Young Men Dergview 4–3 Barn United Dervock 2–4 Trojans Dromore Amateurs 2–5 Annagh United Dungiven Celtic 4–1 Markethill Swifts Fivemiletown United 1–2 Albert Foundry Glebe Rangers 4–0 Broomhedge Grove United 1–2 Downpatrick Hanover 3–1 Churchill United Islandmagee 4–0 Saintfield United Killymoon Rangers 1–0 Magherafelt Sky Blues Lisburn Rangers 1–0 UUC Malachians 1–0 Wellington Recreation Newbuildings United 3–2 Donard Hospital Portadown BBOB 1–2 Dunmurry Young Men Rosario Youth 9–1 Lower Maze Shorts 4–3 Holywood Sport & Leisure 2–5 Nortel Strabane 2–1 Orangefield Old Boys Tandragee Rovers 3–2 Warrenpoint Town |} First round Laurelvale 0–4 Albert Foundry Trojans 0–3 Killymoon Rangers |} Second round Abbey Villa 0–3 Dergview Annagh United 2–4 Ballymacash Rangers Ballynahinch United 1–0 Lisburn Rangers Bryansburn Rangers 2–5 Malachians Downpatrick 0–4 Islandmagee Downshire Young Men 1–4 Glebe Rangers Dunmurry Young Men 0–4 Albert Foundry Hanover 3–1 Rosario Youth Killymoon Rangers 2–4 Newington Youth Nortel 7–1 Tandragee Rovers Shorts 0–1 Dungiven Celtic Strabane 2–1 Newbuildings United |} Third round Ards Rangers 2–3 Portstewart Ballymoney United 2–1 Drumaness Mills Banbridge Town 5–0 1st Bangor Old Boys Brantwood 1–2 Islandmagee Chimney Corner 2–1 Ballinamallard United Comber Recreation 4–2 Albert Foundry Crumlin United 0–2 Dundela Donegal Celtic 3–0 Hanover Dromara Village 1–0 Dunmurry Recreation East Belfast 0–3 Malachians Harland & Wolff Welders 4–1 Dungiven Celtic Kilmore Recreation 2–0 Dergview Knockbreda 1–1 (a.e.t.)(2–3 p) Killyleagh Youth Lurgan Celtic 8–0 Rathfriland Rangers Moyola Park 5–4 Nortel PSNI 4–2 Ballymacash Rangers Queen's University 3–2 Ballynahinch United Strabane 2–4 Wellington Recreation Wakehurst 3–0 Glebe Rangers |} Fourth round Banbridge Town 5–0 Malachians Chimney Corner 1–2 Portstewart Dundela 5–2 Dromara Village Harland & Wolff Welders 2–1 Comber Recreation Killyleagh Youth 1–4 Newington Youth Kilmore Recreation 1–0 Islandmagee Moyola Park 2–3 Coagh United PSNI 3–2 Lurgan Celtic Queen's University 0–2 Donegal Celtic Wakehurst 1–5 Ballymoney United |} Fifth round Ards 1–2 Glentoran Ballymena United 4–0 Kilmore Recreation Ballymoney United 1–2 Carrick Rangers Ballynure Old Boys 0–4 Ballyclare Comrades Banbridge Town 0–0 Loughgall Cliftonville 1–1 Dungannon Swifts Coleraine 1–1 Newry City Crusaders 2–2 Portadown Glenavon 2–1 Dundela Harland & Wolff Welders 1–1 Bangor Institute 1–3 Lisburn Distillery Larne 1–1 Donegal Celtic Linfield 5–0 Armagh City Newington Youth 1–1 Coagh United PSNI 0–5 Limavady United Tobermore United 2–3 Portstewart |} Replays Bangor 3–1 Harland & Wolff Welders Coagh United 0–2 Newington Youth Dungannon Swifts 1–0 Cliftonville Larne 3–1 Donegal Celtic Loughgall 3–2 Banbridge Town Newry City 0–0 (3–4p) Coleraine Portadown 1–0 Crusaders |} Sixth round Dungannon Swifts 1–1 Portadown Glenavon 3–0 Coleraine Glentoran 1–0 Ballyclare Comrades Larne 3–0 Carrick Rangers Limavady United 1–3 Bangor Linfield 1–1 Loughgall Lisburn Distillery 0–0 Ballymena United Newington Youth 1–0 Portstewart |} Replays Ballymena United 1–2 Lisburn Distillery Loughgall 1–3 Linfield Portadown 3–1 Dungannon Swifts |} Quarter-finals Lisburn Distillery 0–1 Bangor Glentoran 2–0 Portadown Linfield 3–0 Glenavon Newington Youth 1–2 Larne |} Semi-finals Bangor 1–3 Linfield Larne 0–2 Glentoran |} Final 6 May 2006 Glentoran 1 – 2 Report Linfield Halliday 44 Thompson 45 65 Windsor Park, Belfast 12,500 References Category:Irish Cup seasons Cup