2013 Setanta Sports Cup

Setanta Sports Cup 2013 Northern IrelandRepublic of Ireland 12 Shamrock Rovers (2nd title) Drogheda United 21 66 2012 2014 The 2013 Setanta Sports Cup was the eighth staging of the Setanta Sports Cup, an annual football competition featuring clubs from Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland. It commenced on 11 February 2013 and ended on 11 May 2013 with the final played at the Tallaght Stadium, Dublin. Crusaders were the defending champions, after they defeated Derry City 5–4 on penalties in the 2012 final, when the match ended 2–2 after extra time. However, this season they went out 4–1 on aggregate in the quarter-finals to Cork City. Shamrock Rovers were the eventual winners for the second time overall, following a comfortable 7–1 win over Drogheda United in the final. This season's competition was notable for the fact that all four semi-finalists represented the Republic of Ireland. It was also the sixth time in the eight competitions played thus far that the winner had been a League of Ireland club. Qualifiers The following clubs qualified to take part in this year's competition. The eight unseeded clubs entered in the first round, while the four seeded clubs entered in the quarter-finals. Seeded teams NIR Crusaders (holders) IRL Derry City (2012 FAI Cup winners) NIR Linfield (2011–12 IFA Premiership champions and 2011–12 Irish Cup winners) IRL Sligo Rovers (2012 League of Ireland Premier Division champions) Unseeded teams NIR Cliftonville NIR Coleraine IRL Cork City IRL Drogheda United NIR Glentoran NIR Portadown IRL St Patrick’s Athletic IRL Shamrock Rovers First round The first round draw was made on 6 December 2012. Four League of Ireland and four IFA Premiership clubs played each other in the first round over two games with the winners qualifying for the quarter-finals. The first legs were played on 11 February 2013 and the second legs were played on 18 February 2013.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/20634582 Cliftonville to face Cork City in Setanta Cup first round 6 December 2012 BBC Sport 6 December 2012 Cork City IRE 6–2 Cliftonville NIR 4–0 2–2 Drogheda United IRE 8–2 Portadown NIR 3–2 5–0 Shamrock Rovers IRE 2–1 Coleraine NIR 0–1 2–0 St Patrick's Athletic IRE 0–1 Glentoran NIR 0–0 0–1 |} First leg EEEEEE 11 February 2013 19:30 St Patrick's Athletic 0 – 0 Report Glentoran Flood 85 Birney 15Magee 68Kane 77Hill 82 Richmond Park, Dublin 1,041 Derek Tomney EEEEEE 11 February 2013 19:45 Cork City 4 – 0 Report Cliftonville G. Morrissey 16Turner 26 pen. 45+1}Kavanagh 69 Turners Cross, Cork 1,273 Pádraig Sutton Second leg EEEEEE 18 February 2013 19:30 Coleraine 0 – 2 Report Shamrock Rovers Quigley 5 73McCabe 53Sullivan 66Kilduff 90 The Showgrounds, Coleraine Arnold Hudson Shamrock Rovers won 2−1 on aggregate. EEEEEE 18 February 2013 19:45 Glentoran 1 – 0 Report St Patrick's Athletic Murray 62 Fagan 42 The Oval, Belfast Hugh Carvill Glentoran won 1−0 on aggregate. EEEEEE 18 February 2013 19:45 Cliftonville 2 – 2 Report Cork City Boyce 38Garrett 87 Horgan 15Furlong 52Morrissey 72Spillane 0 90+2 Solitude, Belfast Ross Dunlop Cork City won 6−2 on aggregate. EEEEEE 18 February 2013 19:45 Portadown 0 – 5 Report Drogheda United Murray 10McNeill 61Ramsey 64Burns 89 Byrne 1O'Conor 12Brennan 55Cassidy 78Hand 90+3 Shamrock Park, Portadown Paul McLaughlin Drogheda United won 8−2 on aggregate. Quarter-finals The winners of the four first-round games joined the four seeded teams in the quarter-finals. The first legs were played on 26 February and 4 March, while the second legs were played on 4 and 11 March 2013. Cork City IRE 4–1 Crusaders NIR 1–0 3–1 Derry City IRE 2–3 Drogheda United IRE 1–1 1–2 Shamrock Rovers IRE 7–2 Linfield NIR 4–1 3–1 Sligo Rovers IRE 8–0 Glentoran NIR 5–0 3–0 |} First leg EEEEEE 26 February 2013 19:45 Cork City 1 – 0 Report Crusaders D Morrissey 88 Turners Cross, Cork 1,026 Alan Kelly EEEEEE 4 March 2013 19:45 Sligo Rovers 5 – 0 Report Glentoran Lynch 2 38Elding 20Connolly 36McMillan 53 Showgrounds, Sligo 1,235 EEEEEE 4 March 2013 19:45 Derry City 1 – 1 Report Drogheda United Patterson 10 43 Prendergast 4O'Brien 53Sava 66 The Brandywell, Derry 1,000 Ray Hetherington EEEEEE 4 March 2013 20:30 Shamrock Rovers 4 – 1 Report Linfield Finn 34 50Powell 42Kilduff 45 73Rice 82 Mulgrew 23McCaul 31Burns 62 72 Tallaght Stadium, Dublin 3,500 Neil Doyle Second leg EEEEEE 4 March 2013 19:45 Crusaders 1 – 3 Report Cork City Heatley 89 Morrissey 55D Horgan 62Kavanagh 67Magowan 89 o.g. Seaview, Belfast 600 David Baxter Cork City won 4−1 on aggregate. EEEEEE 11 March 2013 19:45 Glentoran 0 – 3 Report Sligo Rovers Clarke 59 Lynch 7Cretaro 25Henderson 62Martin 85 The Oval, Belfast 150 Bob Rogers Sligo Rovers won 8−0 on aggregate. EEEEEE 11 March 2013 19:45 Drogheda United 2 – 1 Report Derry City Prendergast 68 R. Brennan 90+4 McEleney 37McBride 0 48Rafter 64 Hunky Dorys Park, Drogheda Neil Doyle Drogheda United won 3−2 on aggregate. EEEEEE 11 March 2013 19:45 Linfield 1 – 3 Report Shamrock Rovers Armstrong 4 26 Stewart 32 69McCormack 53Dennehy 80 Windsor Park, Belfast Shamrock Rovers won 7−2 on aggregate. Semi-finals The first legs of the semi-finals will be played on 16 April and the second legs on 22 April. Drogheda United IRE 2−1 Sligo Rovers IRE 2−0 0−1 Shamrock Rovers IRE 3−3 Cork City IRE 1−1 2−2 |} First leg EEEEEE 16 April 2013 19:30 Shamrock Rovers 1 − 1 Report Cork City D. Murphy 39 o.g. Kavanagh 41Healy 81 Tallaght Stadium, Dublin 1,250 Neil Doyle EEEEEE 16 April 2013 19:45 Drogheda United 2 − 0 Report Sligo Rovers O'Neill 24Cassidy 35Grimes 52 Hunky Dorys Park, Drogheda 756 Mark Courtney Second leg EEEEEE 22 April 2013 19:30 Cork City 2 − 2 Report Shamrock Rovers Horgan 45+1Kavanagh 63 87 Foran 29Rice 32 72Dennehy 54 90+3 Turners Cross, Cork 2,007 Padraigh Sutton 3–3 on aggregate. Shamrock Rovers won on away goals EEEEEE 22 April 2013 19:45 Sligo Rovers 1 − 0 Report Drogheda United Cawley 30 46Ventre 71 O'Neill 24Cassidy 39 Showgrounds, Sligo 1,286 Arnie Hunter Drogheda United won 2−1 on aggregate. Final 2013 Setanta Sports Cup Final EEEEEE 11 May 2013 15:00 Shamrock Rovers 7 − 1 Report Drogheda United Chambers 11 O'Connor 13Sheppard 45 Finn 55 56 Dennehy 75 88 O'Neill 65 Tallaght Stadium, Dublin 4,022 Rob Rogers References External links Fixtures and Results 2013 1 Category:2012–13 in Northern Ireland association football cups