2012–13 Irish League Cup

Irish League Cup 2012–13 Irn-Bru League Cup Northern Ireland 41 Cliftonville (2nd win) Crusaders 40 165 2011–12 2013–14 The 2012–13 Irish League Cup (known as the Irn-Bru League Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 27th edition of the Irish League Cup, Northern Ireland's secondary football knock-out cup competition. It was contested by the twelve members of the IFA Premiership, as well as the 29 members of the IFA Championship. The competition began on 14 August 2012, and ended with the final on 26 January 2013. Crusaders were the defending champions after defeating Coleraine 1–0 in the 2011–12 final.Coleraine 0–1 Crusaders They reached the final again this season, but were unable to defend the trophy as they were defeated 4–0 by Cliftonville in the final, who lifted the cup for the second time. This made it six different winners of the cup in the last six seasons.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/21200615 Cliftonville beat Crusaders 4-0 in League Cup final 26 January 2013 BBC Sport 26 January 2013 The 4–0 scoreline equalled the record for the highest in a final, set when Linfield defeated Coleraine by the same score in 2000. Format The competition was played in a straight knock-out format and was open to all members of the IFA Premiership and both divisions of the IFA Championship. Twenty clubs from the IFA Championship entered in the first round, with the remaining ten Championship clubs given byes into the second round. They were joined by the twelve members of the IFA Premiership. Newry City were expelled from the IFA this season and their result in the second round match against Dergview was expunged from the records.http://www.irishfa.com/domestic/item/7665/irish-fa-statement/ IRISH FA STATEMENT 28 September 2012 Irish Football Association 3 October 2012 Replays were not used in the competition - all matches used extra time and penalties to determine the winner if necessary. RoundDraw dateFirst match dateFixturesClubs First round 24 July 2012 14 August 2012 10 41 → 31 Second round 24 July 2012 27 August 2012 15 31 → 16 Third round 29 August 2012 9 October 2012 8 16 → 8 Quarter-finals 10 October 2012 5 November 2012 4 8 → 4 Semi-finals 7 November 2012 11 December 2012 2 4 → 2 Final N/A 26 January 2013 1 2 → 1 First round The draw for the first round was made on 24 July 2012. The games were played on 14 August 2012. The first round draw was made randomly and included all 29 clubs from the IFA Championship. 20 of those clubs were drawn to face each other with the remaining 9 receiving a bye into the next round. Armagh City, Ballymoney United, Bangor, Carrick Rangers, Coagh United, Dundela, Institute, Killymoon Rangers, and Limavady United all received byes into the second round.http://www.irishfa.com/domestic/item/7485/irn-bru-league-cup-launches-with-rounds-1-and-2-draws/ IRN-BRU LEAGUE CUP LAUNCHES WITH ROUNDS 1 & 2 DRAWS 2012-07-24 2012-07-31 https://web.archive.org/web/20120731211543/http://www.irishfa.com/domestic/item/7485/irn-bru-league-cup-launches-with-rounds-1-and-2-draws/ dead Ards 4–0 Annagh United Banbridge Town 2–1 Queen's University Dergview 7–1 Ballyclare Comrades Glebe Rangers 1–0 Larne Knockbreda 1–0 Warrenpoint Town Loughgall 0–4 Lurgan Celtic Moyola Park 0–1 Tobermore United Portstewart 1–3 Harland & Wolff Welders PSNI 4–3 Chimney Corner Sport & Leisure Swifts 3–3 (5–4 p) Wakehurst |} Second round The draw for the second round was also made on 24 July 2012. The games were played on 27 August 2012. The draw was later revised, switching some venues to the club originally drawn to play away from home.http://www.irishfa.com/domestic/item/7485/irn-bru-league-cup-launches-with-rounds-1-and-2-draws/ IRN-BRU LEAGUE CUP - REVISED SECOND ROUND DRAW 2012-07-24 2012-07-31 https://web.archive.org/web/20120731211543/http://www.irishfa.com/domestic/item/7485/irn-bru-league-cup-launches-with-rounds-1-and-2-draws/ dead The 12 members of the IFA Premiership entered the draw at this stage, along with the 10 winners from the first round matches, and the 9 clubs that received byes. Dergview were effectively given a bye to the third round, after their 2–1 second round victory over Newry City was later expunged from the official records. The draw was seeded so that the IFA Premiership clubs and the top 4 clubs from last season's second tier (IFA Championship 1) avoided each other. Ballinamallard United 4–1 Knockbreda Ballymena United 4–1 Lurgan Celtic Ballymoney United 1–4 Coleraine Bangor 4–2 Armagh City Cliftonville 4–1 Tobermore United Crusaders 3–0 Glebe Rangers Donegal Celtic 1–2 Harland & Wolff Welders Dungannon Swifts 2–2 (6–7 p) Coagh United Glenavon 6–1 Sport & Leisure Swifts Glentoran 3–1 PSNI Institute 1–0 Banbridge Town Killymoon Rangers 0–5 Carrick Rangers Limavady United 1–3 Lisburn Distillery Linfield 3–1 Ards Portadown 3–0 Dundela |} Third round The draw for the third round was made on 29 August 2012. Six clubs from IFA Championship 1 made it through to the third round along with the ten remaining clubs from the top flight, but none made it through from Championship 2. The matches were played on 9 October 2012.IRN-BRU LEAGUE CUP REACHES LAST 16 STAGE Ballymena United 3–1 Harland & Wolff Welders Bangor 0–4 Portadown Carrick Rangers 3–4 Crusaders Cliftonville 5–0 Ballinamallard United Coleraine 0–1 Linfield Glenavon 2–1 Dergview Institute 2–2 (2–4 p) Glentoran Lisburn Distillery 9–0 Coagh United |} Quarter-finals The quarter-finals draw was made on 10 October 2012. No club from outside the IFA Premiership reached this stage. The matches were played on 5 November 2012.Ballymena United drawn against Linfield in League Cup 5 November 2012 19:45 GMT Ballymena United 0 – 6 Report Linfield Thompson 20Black 30Carvill 35McCaul 37 44Browne 83 The Showgrounds, Ballymena 5 November 2012 19:45 GMT Cliftonville 3 – 1 Report Portadown Gormley 70Boyce 75O'Carroll 82 Ramsey 2 Solitude, Belfast 5 November 2012 19:45 GMT Crusaders 3 – 1 Report Lisburn Distillery Heatley 12Adamson 63Caddell 65 Hughes 87 Seaview, Belfast 5 November 2012 19:45 GMT Glenavon 2 – 1 Report Glentoran McGrory 11 47 Callacher 82 Mourneview Park, Lurgan Semi-finals The semi-finals draw was made on 7 November 2012. The matches were played on 11 December 2012.Glenavon boss Hamilton unhappy over Solitude cup semi-final 11 December 2012 19:45 GMT Cliftonville 3 – 0 Report Glenavon Garrett 45+1McMullan 65 pen.Boyce 81 Solitude, Belfast 11 December 2012 19:45 GMT Linfield 0 – 1 Report Crusaders Owens 64 Windsor Park, Belfast Final The final was played on 26 January 2013 at Windsor Park. 26 January 2013 17:30 GMT Cliftonville 4 – 0 Report Crusaders O'Carroll 23Gormley 25 72Catney 74 Heatley 0 50 Windsor Park, Belfast 4,948 References External links 2012–13 Irish League Cup results Category:Irish League Cup seasons League Cup