1972–73 County Antrim Shield

County Antrim Shield 1972–73 Northern Ireland 13 Linfield (30th win) Bangor 15 54 1971–72 1973–74 The 1972–73 County Antrim Shield was the 84th edition of the County Antrim Shield, a cup competition in Northern Irish football.https://www.irishleaguearchive.org/northern-ireland Irish League Archive, County Antrim Shield Irish League Archive 16 April 2023 Linfield won the tournament for the 30th time, defeating Bangor 9–1 on aggregate in the final.https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002318/19730518/597/0028 Shield On Way To Windsor Belfast Telegraph 18 May 1973 28 subscriptionhttps://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002318/19730529/722/0023 All so easy for the Blues Belfast Telegraph 29 May 1973 23 subscriptionhttps://www.irishleaguearchive.org/county-antrim-shield County Antrim Shield Results Irish League Archive 16 April 2023 Results First round Bangor 5–2 Chimney Corner Carrick Rangers 0–2 Linfield Crusaders 0–1 Dundela Glentoran 3–1 Distillery Linfield Swifts 0–1 Ards Ballymena United bye Cliftonville bye Larne bye |} Quarter-finals Ards 0–1 Linfield Bangor 3–2 Larne Cliftonville 2–1 Dundela Glentoran 5–5 (5–3 p) Ballymena United |} Semi-finals Teams that were at home in the first leg listed on the left. Bangor 3–0 Cliftonville 1–0 2–0 Linfield 4–3 Glentoran 1–1 3–2 |} Final 17 May 1973 Linfield 4–1 Report Bangor Malone 27McAllister 57Cochrane 83Shields 84 Morrison 65 Windsor Park, Belfast 1,000 V. Maxwell (Belfast) 28 May 1973 Bangor 0–5 Report Linfield McAllister 2Millen 31Malone Magee pen. T. Perry (Newtownabbey) References External links Northern Ireland - List of County Antrim Shield Winners Category:1972–73 in Northern Ireland association football cups