1880–81 Irish Cup

Irish Cup 5 February 1881 –9 April 1881 1880–81 Ireland 7 Moyola Park 1 Cliftonville 7 26 1881–82 The 1880–81 Irish Cup was the inaugural edition of the Irish Cup, the premier knock-out cup competition in Irish football. The competition began on 5 February 1881 with the first round and ended on 9 April 1881 with the final. Moyola Park were the first winners of the competition, and they have never won it since.http://home.online.no/~smogols/ifcp/archive/irishchallengecup/irishcup188081.htm Irish Football Club Project: Irish Challenge Cup 1880/81 Irish Football Club Project 10 September 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140910215806/http://home.online.no/~smogols/ifcp/archive/irishchallengecup/irishcup188081.htm 10 September 2014 dead The competition was played in a straight knock-out format. If a match ended level at full time, a replay was required to decide the winner. The first Irish Cup replay was between Cliftonville and Knock on 26 March 1881. William Morrow of Moyola Park scored the first goal in an Irish Cup final during his club's 1–0 win over Cliftonville to lift the trophy. Results First round The draw for the first round was made on 10 January 1881, with the matches played on Saturday, 5 February 1881. Alexander received a bye into the semi-finals as a result of the odd number of seven participants. |- Knock 11–0 Distillery Moyola Park 2–0 Avoniel Oldpark 0–2 Cliftonville |} Semi-finals The 3 first round winners entered this round, along with Alexander. The matches took place on Saturday, 12 March 1881. |- Moyola Park 3–0 Alexander Cliftonville 2–2 Knock |} Replay The match took place on Saturday, 26 March 1881. |- Knock 1–2 Cliftonville |} Final The inaugural Irish Cup final was played on 9 April 1881 at the Cliftonville Cricket Ground, Belfast in front of 1,500 spectators. Moyola Park 1 GK Robert MacKrell BK George Hewison BK Dowd HB Francis McLernon HB Patrick McSwiggan FW Robert Redmond FW Daniel McKenna FW William Hueston FW Thomas HuestonFW Mitchell RedmondFW William Morrow 75 Cliftonville 0 GK Robert Kennedy BK Howell BK John McAlery HB J Baird HB D Martin FW Renwick Potts FW Dr John Davison FW F Beyer FW Williams FW H McKeague FW David Hannay References External links Northern Ireland Cup Finals. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF) Category:Irish Cup seasons Cup