2007 Setanta Sports Cup

Setanta Sports Cup 2007 Northern IrelandRepublic of Ireland 8 Drogheda United (2nd title) Linfield 27 67 2006 2008 The 2007 Setanta Sports Cup was the 3rd staging of the Setanta Sports Cup, a cross-border cup competition that took place between football clubs from the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The final was played at Windsor Park in Belfast, Northern Ireland on 12 May 2007, and was won by Drogheda United with a 4-3 penalty shoot-out victory over Linfield when the scores were level at 1–1 after extra time. Drogheda won the trophy for the second successive year. Shelbourne's withdrawal The draw for the 2007 Setanta Cup competition was made on 7 December 2006 with the original competing teams being the identical ones to the previous year's competition. On 30 January 2007, however, Shelbourne announced that they were withdrawing from the competition for reasons relating to their financial troubles and the fact that they would be unlikely to field a team of players. Their place was given to the 2006 FAI Cup runners-up to Derry City, St Patrick's Athletic, despite the fact that the next best-placed in the previous season's league (Shelbourne's qualification route), who did not have a place in the Setanta Cup already, were Sligo Rovers. Group stage The draw for this round was held 7 December 2006. The matches were played 26 February-17 April 2007. Teams that progressed to the Semi-Finals are indicated in bold type. Teams eliminated from the Setanta Cup are indicated in italics. Group A TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts1. NIR Linfield633085+3122. IRL Drogheda Utd632152+3113. IRL Derry City612368-254. NIR Glentoran611448-44 2007-02-26 Drogheda United 0 – 1 (Report) Linfield O'Kane 29 United Park, Drogheda 2007-02-26 Glentoran 0 – 1 (Report) Derry City McHugh 85 The Oval, Belfast 2,728 NIR Alan Black 2007-03-05 Linfield 1 – 1 (Report) Glentoran Stewart 21 Gault 0 90+ Hill 31 Neill 0 90+ Windsor Park, Belfast IRL Ian Stokes 2007-03-12 Derry City 0 – 0 (Report) Drogheda United Brandywell, Derry 2007-03-19 Glentoran 0 – 1 (Report) Drogheda United O'Keeffe 48 The Oval, Belfast 2007-03-20 Linfield 2 – 1 (Report) Derry City Dickson 20 Kearney 45 pen Lindsay 0 79 Farren 14 Windsor Park, Belfast 2007-03-26 Derry City 2 – 2 (Report) Linfield Beckett 35 McCourt 60 O'Kane 74 Dickson 85 Brandywell, Derry 2007-03-26 Drogheda United 2 – 0 (Report) Glentoran O'Keeffe 30 Grant 45 Hill 0 35 United Park, Drogheda 2007-04-02 Derry City 1 – 2 (Report) Glentoran Brennan 16 McMenamin 54 McDonagh 87 Brandywell, Derry 2007-04-02 Linfield 0 – 0 (Report) Drogheda United Windsor Park, Belfast 2007-04-17 Drogheda United 2 – 1 (Report) Derry City Grant 69 Zayed 90+ Deery 45 United Park, Drogheda 2007-04-17 Glentoran 1 – 2 https://archive.today/20130127222708/http://www.linfieldfc.com/matchreport.asp?mid=417 (Report) Linfield Neill 42 pen Stewart 7 Thompson 55 The Oval, Belfast Group B TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts1. IRL St Patrick's Athletic6510173+14162. IRL Cork City6312145+9103. NIR Dungannon Swifts6042612-644. NIR Portadown6024320-172 2007-02-26 Dungannon Swifts 0 – 0 (Report) Cork City Stangmore Park, Dungannon NIR Frankie Hiles 2007-02-26 St Patrick's Athletic 3 – 0 (Report) Portadown Ndo 41 Kirby 47, 53 Richmond Park, Dublin 2007-03-05 Portadown 2 – 2 (Report) Dungannon Swifts Collins 68 McCutcheon 70 McCluskey 21 Gallagher 90+3 Shamrock Park, Portadown 2007-03-12 Cork City 1 – 3 (Report) St Patrick's Athletic O'Flynn 85 O'Neill 32, 90+2 pen Kirby 50 Turners Cross, Cork 2007-03-19 Dungannon Swifts 2 – 2 (Report) St Patrick's Athletic McAllister 4 Everaldo 34 Kirby 19 Fahey 49 Stangmore Park, Dungannon 2007-03-20 Cork City 4 – 0 (Report) Portadown O'Donovan 46, 76 Lordan 60 Lally 90 Turners Cross, Cork 2007-03-26 Portadown 0 – 7 (Report) Cork City Behan 15, 82 O'Flynn 18 Gamble 32 O'Donovan 44, 66, 87 Shamrock Park, Portadown 2007-03-26 St Patrick's Athletic 5 – 0 (Report) Dungannon Swifts Murphy 29 Quigley 37 O'Connor 46 Kirby 57 Brennan 61 Richmond Park, Dublin 2007-04-02 Dungannon Swifts 1 – 1 (Report) Portadown McAree 37 Collins 80 Stangmore Park, Dungannon 2007-04-02 St Patrick's Athletic 1 – 0 https://archive.today/20130217205259/http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2007/0402/stpat.html (Report) Cork City Maguire 27 Richmond Park, Dublin NIR Mark Courtney 2007-04-16 Cork City 2 – 1 (Report) Dungannon Swifts O'Brien 4 Behan 35 McCabe 64 Wells 0 81 Turners Cross, Cork IRL Declan Hanney 2007-04-16 Portadown 0 – 3 (Report) St Patrick's Athletic Lynch 52 O'Connor 62, 71 Shamrock Park, Portadown Semi-finals 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. 23 April 200720:05 IST St. Patrick's Athletic 0 – 1 (AET) https://archive.today/20130127041824/http://irishfootballonline.com/news_story.php?newsid=6391 (Report) Drogheda United Zayed 112 Richmond Park, Dublin 2,735 Adrian McCourt NIR 30 April 200720:05 IST Linfield 1 – 0 (Report) Cork City O'Kane 85 Windsor Park, Belfast 2,647 Ian Stokes IRL Final Setanta Sports Cup Final 2007 12 May 200717:00 IST Linfield 1 – 1 (AET) https://archive.today/20130126110307/http://www.irishfootballonline.com/news_story.php?newsid=6523 (Report) Drogheda United McAreavey 67 Lynch 56'Grant 77 Windsor Park, Belfast 7,700McCreevy Alex 13 May 2007 Vilmunen the hero Sunday Independent NIR Adrian McCourt Ervin Mouncey Ferguson Dickson O'Kane 3 – 4 Lynch Grant Bradley Robinson Byrne Winner of 2007 Setanta Sports CupIRL Drogheda United2nd Title Goalscorers 5 goals IRL Alan Kirby (St Patrick's Athletic) IRL Roy O'Donovan (Cork City) 3 goals IRL Denis Behan (Cork City) IRL Tony Grant (Drogheda United) IRL Sean O'Connor (St Patrick's Athletic) NIR Aidan O'Kane (Linfield) 2 goals 22em NIR Michael Collins (Portadown) NIR Mark Dickson (Linfield) IRL John O'Flynn (Cork City) IRL Aidan O'Keeffe (Drogheda United) IRL Gary O'Neill (St Patrick's Athletic) NIR Thomas Stewart (Linfield) LBY Éamon Zayed (Drogheda United) 1 goal 22em IRL Gary Beckett (Derry City) IRL Killian Brennan (Derry City) IRL Stephen Brennan (St Patrick's Athletic) IRL Kevin Deery (Derry City) BRA Everaldo (Dungannon Swifts) IRL Keith Fahey (St Patrick's Athletic) IRL Mark Farren (Derry City) NIR JP Gallagher (Dungannon Swifts) IRL Joe Gamble (Cork City) NIR Jason Hill (Glentoran) NIR Oran Kearney (Linfield) IRL Roy Lally (Cork City) IRL Cillian Lordan (Cork City) IRL Eamonn Lynch (St Patrick's Athletic) IRL Darragh Maguire (St Patrick's Athletic) NIR Mark McAllister (Dungannon Swifts) NIR Paul McAreavey (Linfield) NIR Rodney McAree (Dungannon Swifts) NIR Shane McCabe (Dungannon Swifts) NIR Ryan McCluskey (Dungannon Swifts) NIR Paddy McCourt (Derry City) SCO Gary McCutcheon (Portadown) IRL Willo McDonagh (Glentoran) IRL Kevin McHugh (Derry City) NIR BJ McMenamin (Glentoran) IRL Anthony Murphy (St Patrick's Athletic) CMR Joseph Ndo (St Patrick's Athletic) NIR Kyle Neill (Glentoran) IRL Colin O'Brien (Cork City) IRL Mark Quigley (St Patrick's Athletic) NIR Peter Thompson (Linfield) References External links Official Setanta Cup Site 2007 1 Category:2006–07 in Northern Ireland association football cups