2007–08 Irish Cup

Irish Cup 2007–08 Northern Ireland 106 Linfield (39th win) Coleraine 116 438 2006–07 2008–09 The 2007–08 Irish Cup was the 128th edition of the Irish Cup, Northern Ireland's premier football knock-out cup competition. The competition began with the preliminary round on 15 September 2007 and culminated with the final at Windsor Park, Belfast, on 3 May 2008. Linfield were the defending champions, winning their 38th Irish Cup last season after a 3–2 penalty shootout win over Dungannon Swifts in the 2007 final after the game finished 2–2 after extra time. They successfully defended the cup to win it for the third successive season by defeating Coleraine 2–1 in the final.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nilcuphist.html Northern Ireland Cup Finals Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation RSSSF 9 December 2012 live https://web.archive.org/web/20121031142715/http://rsssf.com/tablesn/nilcuphist.html 31 October 2012 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nilcup08.html Northern Ireland 2007/08 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation RSSSF 9 December 2012 Results Preliminary round Abbey Villa 6–1 Strabane Albert Foundry 5–3 Grove United Churchill United 0–1 Saintfield United Clough Rangers 5–0 Dungiven Celtic Desertmartin 2–3 Donard Hospital Downpatrick 3–0 Dunmurry Young Men Draperstown Celtic 2–1 Nortel Hanover 4–0 Lower Maze Holywood 2–3 Ballymacash Rangers Islandmagee 2–1 Fivemiletown United Laurelvale 0–7 Dergview Lurgan Town Boys 1–4 Bloomfield Magherafelt Sky Blues 8–2 Dunaghy Malachians 4–0 Newcastle Markethill Swifts 4–3 Roe Valley Orangefield Old Boys 4–1 Ballynure Old Boys Oxford United 0–1 Newbuildings United Raceview 3–2 Lisburn Rangers Sport & Leisure Swifts 6–0 Seagoe Tandragee Rovers 2–0 Shorts Wellington Recreation 6–1 Bryansburn Rangers |} First round Ballymacash Rangers 4–2 Blackers Mill Bangor Amateurs 0–4 Malachians Barn United 1–3 Tandragee Rovers Clough Rangers 0–6 Downpatrick Dergview 5–1 Wellington Recreation Downshire Young Men 2–0 Hanover Dundonald 2–3 Abbey Villa Islandmagee 5–0 Killymoon Rangers Magherafelt Sky Blues 2–3 Bloomfield Newbuildings United 2–3 Markethill Swifts Newington Youth Club 7–2 Draperstown Celtic Orangefield Old Boys 1–4 Albert Foundry Portadown BBOB 1–3 Rosario Youth Club Sport & Leisure Swifts 7–0 Saintfield United UUC 1–2 Raceview Warrenpoint Town 4–1 Donard Hospital |} Second round Abbey Villa 4–0 Dergview Albert Foundry 5–0 Ballymacash Rangers Downshire Young Men 2–4 Markethill Swifts Islandmagee 0–1 Rosario Youth Club Malachians 4–2 Warrenpoint Town Raceview 3–2 Bloomfield Sport & Leisure Swifts 0–4 Newington Youth Club Tandragee Rovers 1–2 Downpatrick |} Third round 1st Bangor Old Boys 2–3 Newington Youth Club Albert Foundry 1–1 (4–5p) Ballymoney United Ards Rangers 3–1 Oxford United Stars Ballinamallard United 0–0 (2–4p) Killyleagh Youth Banbridge Town 8–2 East Belfast Brantwood 2–0 Knockbreda Parish Crewe United 1–2 Harland & Wolff Welders Crumlin United 0–1 Coagh United Drumaness Mills 3–2 Rosario Youth Club Dundela 1–0 Malachians Dunmurry Rec. 2–1 Raceview Glebe Rangers 3–1 Annagh United Kilmore Recreation 0–4 Dromara Village Lurgan Celtic 0–1 Abbey Villa Markethill Swifts 1–5 Downpatrick Moyola Park 5–3 Chimney Corner Portstewart 2–1 Comber Recreation PSNI 5–2 Trojans Rathfriland Rangers 0–2 Queen's University Wakehurst 5–2 Sirocco Works |} Fourth round Ards Rangers 0–2 Downpatrick Ballymoney United 3–1 Coagh United Banbridge Town 4–0 Glebe Rangers Brantwood 1–0 PSNI Dromara Village 0–1 Newington Youth Club Dundela 2–0 Wakehurst Dunmurry Rec. 3–2 Drumaness Mills Harland & Wolff Welders 0–1 Portstewart Killyleagh Youth 1–1 (5–3p) Queen's University Moyola Park 2–5 Abbey Villa |} Fifth round Ards 1–1 Brantwood Armagh City 1–5 Crusaders Ballyclare Comrades 0–0 Ballymoney United Banbridge Town 2–3 Abbey Villa Coleraine 1–0 Tobermore United Donegal Celtic 3–0 Carrick Rangers Dundela 4–0 Portstewart Glenavon 1–2 Bangor Glentoran 0–0 Lisburn Distillery Institute 6–0 Dunmurry Rec. Killyleagh Youth 0–1 Downpatrick Larne 2–3 Cliftonville Limavady United 1–1 Dungannon Swifts Loughgall 0–3 Linfield Newry City 2–2 Ballymena United Portadown 1–0 Newington Youth Club |} Replays Ards 0–1 Brantwood Ballyclare Comrades 1–0 Ballymoney United Ballymena United 0–0 (2–4p) Newry City Dungannon Swifts 2–1 Limavady United Lisburn Distillery 1–3 Glentoran |} Sixth round Ballyclare Comrades 2–2 Institute Cliftonville 1–0 Crusaders Coleraine 5–1 Brantwood Donegal Celtic 1–0 Abbey Villa Dungannon Swifts 0–2 Glentoran Linfield 3–0 Bangor Newry City 1–1 Dundela Portadown 2–1 Downpatrick |} Replays Dundela 0–1 Newry City Institute 2–0 Ballyclare Comrades |} Quarter-finals Cliftonville 4–3 Portadown Glentoran 1–2 Donegal Celtic Institute 0–0 Coleraine Newry City 1–1 Linfield |} Replays Coleraine 5–1 Institute Linfield 4–0 Newry City |} Semi-finals Cliftonville 1–2 Linfield Coleraine 1–1 Donegal Celtic |} Replay Coleraine 2–1 Donegal Celtic |} Final 3 May 2008 Linfield 2 – 1 Report Coleraine Thompson 49 52 McLaughlin 19 Windsor Park, Belfast 8,452 References Category:Irish Cup seasons Cup