1982–83 Irish Cup

Irish Cup 1982–83 Northern Ireland 32 Glentoran 10 Linfield 41 132 1981–82 1983–84 The 1982–83 Irish Cup was the 103rd edition of the Irish Cup, Northern Ireland's premier football knock-out cup competition. It began on 22 January 1983, and concluded on 7 May 1983 with the replayed final. The cup was expanded this season, doubling the number of clubs taking part to 32. The extra clubs meant that an additional round was added to the competition. Linfield were the defending champions after winning their 33rd Irish Cup last season, defeating Coleraine 2–1 in the 1982 final.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nilcuphist.html Northern Ireland Cup Finals Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation RSSSF 26 October 2012 This season they reached the final again, but lost to archrivals Glentoran after a replay. Glentoran won their 10th Irish Cup, defeating Linfield 2–1 in the final replay, after the first game was a 1–1 draw.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nil83.html Northern Ireland 1982/83 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation RSSSF 27 October 2012 Results First round Ballymoney United 4–2 Stranmillis College Banbridge Town 3–0 Ulster Polytechnic Bangor 0–1 Ards Brantwood 1–2 Larne Distillery 2–3 Linfield Dundela 2–2 Ballyclare Comrades Dunmurry Rec. 0–4 Carrick Rangers Glenavon 0–2 Crusaders Glentoran 4–0 Ballymena United Limavady United 1–1 New University of Ulster Newry Town 0–2 Cliftonville Omagh Town 1–1 Coleraine Portadown 0–1 Milford Everton POSC 0–4 Dungannon Swifts Roe Valley 0–0 Cookstown United RUC 1–1 Tobermore United |} Replays Ballyclare Comrades 2–0 Dundela Cookstown United 1–1 Roe Valley Coleraine 8–0 Omagh Town New University of Ulster 0–3 Limavady United Tobermore United 2–6 RUC |} Second replay Roe Valley 2–0 Cookstown United |} Second round Ballyclare Comrades 3–2 Milford Everton Ballymoney United 0–2 Glentoran Banbridge Town 1–1 Larne Cliftonville 3–1 Carrick Rangers Crusaders 1–2 Coleraine Dungannon Swifts 0–3 Ards Limavady United 1–1 RUC Roe Valley 0–5 Linfield |} Replays Larne 2–1 Banbridge Town RUC 6–1 Limavady United |} Quarter-finals Ards 2–1 Larne Ballyclare Comrades 1–1 Cliftonville Coleraine 2–3 Glentoran Linfield 3–1 RUC |} Replay Cliftonville 0–1 Ballyclare Comrades |} Semi-finals Ballyclare Comrades 0–3 Glentoran Linfield 2–1 Ards |} Final 30 April 1983 Linfield 1 – 1 Report Glentoran McKeown (pen.) Mullan Windsor Park, Belfast Replay 7 May 1983 Glentoran 2 – 1 Report Linfield Jameson x2 McGaughey The Oval, Belfast References Category:Irish Cup seasons Cup