2008–09 Irish Cup

Irish Cup 2008–09 Northern Ireland 100 Crusaders (3rd win) Cliftonville 102 419 2007–08 2009–10 The 2008–09 Irish Cup was the 129th edition of the Irish Cup, Northern Ireland's premier football knock-out cup competition. The competition began on 25 October 2008 with the first round and ended on 9 May 2009 with the final. Linfield were the defending champions, winning their third consecutive Irish Cup the previous season after a 2–1 win over Coleraine in the 2008 final. This season they reached the semi-finals, but were defeated by Cliftonville. Crusaders went on to lift the trophy, beating Cliftonville 1–0 in the final. In doing so, they earned a place in the second qualifying round of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nilcuphist.html Northern Ireland Cup Finals Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation RSSSF 11 December 2012 live https://web.archive.org/web/20121031142715/http://rsssf.com/tablesn/nilcuphist.html 31 October 2012 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nilcup09.html Northern Ireland 2008/09 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation RSSSF 11 December 2012 Results First round The matches were played on 25 October and 1 November 2008. 1st Bangor Old Boys 1–4 Dunmurry Young Men Ballymacash Rangers 1–3 Annagh United Bloomfield 1–4 Grove United Bryansburn Rangers 3–2 Sirocco Works Chimney Corner 0–5 Rosario Youth Club Crewe United 2–3 Crumlin United Desertmartin 0–3 Queen's University Donard Hospital 1–2 Raceview Downpatrick 4–0 Barn United Draperstown Celtic 2–0 Magherafelt Sky Blues Dromara Village 3–0 Sport & Leisure Swifts Dunmurry Rec. 2–1 Ballynure Old Boys Holywood 1–2 Drumaness Mills Harland & Wolff Welders 1–2 Warrenpoint Town Kilmore Recreation 3–1 East Belfast Laurelvale 2–3 Moyola Park Lisburn Rangers 0–1 Rathfriland Rangers Lurgan Town Boys 2–4 Islandmagee Markethill Swifts 2–4 UUC Newcastle 3–1 Seagoe Oxford United Stars 1–2 Dungiven Celtic Portstewart 3–2 Comber Recreation Roe Valley 1–6 Newbuildings United Tandragee Rovers 7–0 Portadown BBOB Wakehurst 0–2 Dundela Wellington Recreation 2–2 (4–2 p) Downshire Young Men |} Second round The games were played on 22 November 2008. Annagh United 5–0 Rathfriland Rangers Ards Rangers 3–4 Islandmagee Brantwood 1–2 Queen's University Churchill United 3–6 Newcastle Crumlin United 9–0 Dunaghy Dollingstown 6–2 Strabane Draperstown Celtic 3–5 Nortel Dromara Village 4–3 Raceview Drumaness Mills 4–1 Bryansburn Rangers Dundela 5–0 Saintfield United Dungiven Celtic 2–3 Newbuildings United Dunmurry Rec. 1–0 Abbey Villa Fivemiletown United 1–3 Warrenpoint Town Grove United 0–1 Portstewart Hanover 3–1 Moyola Park Killyleagh Youth 2–0 Lower Maze Knockbreda Parish 2–4 Downpatrick Lurgan Celtic 1–0 Oxford United Stars Newington Youth Club 4–2 Rosario Youth Club PSNI 4–3 Albert Foundry Tandragee Rovers 1–2 Malachians UUC 1–3 Kilmore Recreation Wellington Recreation 3–2 Dunmurry Young Men |} Third round In this round entered winners from the Second Round as well as all 17 teams from IFA Championship. The games were played on 13 December 2008. Annagh United 0–1 Warrenpoint Town Armagh City 0–2 Banbridge Town Ballyclare Comrades 4–1 Newbuildings United Carrick Rangers 5–0 Drumaness Mills Coagh United 2–3 Portstewart Crumlin United 0–2 Ballymoney United Dergview 3–2 Dunmurry Rec. Donegal Celtic 3–0 Kilmore Recreation Dromara Village 1–3 Ballinamallard United Glebe Rangers 0–2 Newington Youth Club Hanover 1–5 Downpatrick Killymoon Rangers 0–2 Killyleagh Youth Larne 3–1 Dollingstown Limavady United 5–1 Lurgan Celtic Loughgall 5–0 Nortel Malachians 1–2 Ards Portadown 5–2 Dundela PSNI 6–3 Newcastle Tobermore United 3–2 Queen's University Wellington Recreation 0–3 Islandmagee |} Fourth round In this round entered winners from the Third Round as well as all 12 teams from IFA Premiership. The games were played on 17 January 2009. Ballinamallard United 0–1 Donegal Celtic Ballyclare Comrades 0–2 Ballymena United Banbridge Town 0–3 Lisburn Distillery Bangor 1–1 Carrick Rangers Cliftonville 3–1 Warrenpoint Town Coleraine 3–0 Ards Crusaders 1–0 Ballymoney United Dungannon Swifts 7–2 Downpatrick Glenavon 3–1 Newington Youth Club Glentoran 3–0 Limavady United Islandmagee 0–3 Institute Larne 1–3 Loughgall Linfield 0–0 PSNI Newry City 8–0 Portstewart Portadown 8–1 Dergview Tobermore United 4–1 Killyleagh Youth |} Replays Carrick Rangers 1–5 Bangor Linfield 3–0 PSNI |} Fifth round In this round entered the sixteen winners from the Fourth Round. The matches were played on 14 February 2009. Ballymena United 0–1 Crusaders Cliftonville 2–0 Donegal Celtic Glenavon 1–3 Linfield Glentoran 2–1 Coleraine Institute 1–0 Dungannon Swifts Lisburn Distillery 1–0 Tobermore United Newry City 1–0 Bangor Portadown 5–0 Loughgall |} Quarter-finals 7 March 2009 15:00 UTC Glentoran 0 – 1 Report Cliftonville Scannell 20 The Oval, Belfast 7 March 2009 15:00 UTC Institute 2 – 1 Report Newry City Friars 27Brown 86 Morgan 14 YMCA Grounds, Drumahoe 7 March 2009 15:00 UTC Linfield 3 – 0 Report Lisburn Distillery Ferguson 49 67McAreavey 80 Windsor Park, Belfast 7 March 2009 15:00 UTC Portadown 2 – 5 Report Crusaders Mouncey 42Baker 85 Donnelly 37Smyth 46Rainey 57Owens 70Arthurs 90+2 Shamrock Park, Portadown Semi-finals 4 April 2009 13:05 BST Cliftonville 0 – 0 Report Linfield The Oval, Belfast 4 April 2009 15:00 BST Crusaders 4 – 1 Report Institute Owens 9Doherty 11Black 33McLaughlin 79 o.g. Ramsey 64 pen. Ballymena Showgrounds, Ballymena Replay 21 April 2009 19:45 BST Cliftonville 3 – 2 Report Linfield Scannell 20 pen. 90+3Donaghy 90+4 Munster 32Garrett 76 The Oval, Belfast Final 9 May 2009 14:30 BST Cliftonville 0 – 1 Report Crusaders Dickson 47 Windsor Park, Belfast 7,500 Adrian McCourt References Category:Irish Cup seasons Cup