1995–96 Irish League Cup

Irish League Cup Wilkinson Sword League Cup 1995–96 Northern Ireland 32 Portadown (1st win) Crusaders 31 94 1994–95 1996–97 The 1995–96 Irish League Cup (known as the Wilkinson Sword League Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 10th edition of the Irish League Cup, Northern Ireland's secondary football knockout cup competition. It concluded on 19 September 1995 with the final. Ards unsuccessfully defended its 1995 title in the second round losing to Coleraine. Portadown successfully pursued its first title in the final, defeating Crusaders, 2-1.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nilleagcuphist.html Northern Ireland - List of League Cup Finals Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation RSSSF 24 December 2012https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nil96.html Northern Ireland 1995/96 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation RSSSF 24 December 2012Casey Hits Cup Jackpot Belfast News Letter 20 September 1995 32 First round Ards 2–0 Queen's University Armagh City 2–3 Crusaders Ballyclare Comrades 0–1 Banbridge Town Carrick Rangers 1–0 Cookstown United Chimney Corner 0–1 Ballymena United Cliftonville 5–0 Limavady United Coleraine 3–1 Ballinamallard United Distillery 0–1 Harland & Wolff Welders Dundela 0–1 Portadown Dungannon Swifts 1–2 Bangor Glenavon 5–0 Moyola Park Glentoran 3–0 Brantwood Larne 3–0 Ballymoney United Linfield 6–0 RUC Loughgall 3–4 (aet) Omagh Town Newry Town 2–0 Tobermore United |} Second round Ards 1–2 Coleraine Ballymena United 0–4 Portadown Carrick Rangers 2–0 Banbridge Town Cliftonville 6–1 Bangor Crusaders 1–0 Harland & Wolff Welders Glentoran 0–1 Linfield Larne 0–1 Glenavon Omagh Town 3–1 Newry Town |} Quarter-finals Carrick Rangers 2–6 Omagh Town Cliftonville 0–0 (0–3 p) Crusaders Coleraine 0–3 Glenavon Portadown 0–0 (5–4 p) Linfield |} Semi-finals Crusaders 3–1 Omagh Town Portadown 3–0 Glenavon |} Final 19 September 1995 Crusaders 1 – 2 Report Portadown Burrows 79 Haylock 50Casey 83 Windsor Park, Belfast Leslie Irvine (Limavady) References Category:Irish League Cup seasons League Cup