1976–77 Irish Cup

Irish Cup 1976–77 Northern Ireland 16 Coleraine (4th win) Linfield 20 66 1975–76 1977–78 The 1976–77 Irish Cup was the 97th edition of the Irish Cup, Northern Ireland's premier football knock-out cup competition. It began on 5 February 1977, and concluded on 23 April 1977 with the final. The defending champions were Carrick Rangers after they defeated Linfield 2–1 in the 1975–76 final - one of the biggest shocks in the Cup's history.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nilcuphist.html Northern Ireland Cup Finals Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation RSSSF 13 January 2013 However, this season they went out in the first round to eventual winners Coleraine, who defeated Linfield 4–1 in the final to condemn the Blues to defeat in the Irish Cup final for the third successive season (a record that still stands), and the fourth time in five years. It was a repeat of the 1974–75 final two years earlier, which was also won by Coleraine.http://home.online.no/~smogols/ifcp/archive/irishchallengecup/irishcup197677.htm Irish Cup 1976/77 Irish Football Club Project 13 January 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20151031125447/http://home.online.no/~smogols/ifcp/archive/irishchallengecup/irishcup197677.htm 2015-10-31 dead Results First round Bangor 0–0 Ards Carrick Rangers 2–5 Coleraine Chimney Corner 0–2 Larne Cliftonville 0–2 Glenavon Distillery 4–1 Ballymena United Dundela 0–6 Portadown Dungannon Swifts 1–5 Crusaders Glentoran 1–1 Linfield |} Replays Ards 0–0 Bangor Linfield 3–0 Glentoran |} Second replay Bangor 1–3 Ards |} Quarter-finals Ards 0–6 Linfield Crusaders 0–1 Coleraine Glenavon 0–3 Distillery Portadown 1–3 Larne |} Semi-finals Coleraine 0–0 Distillery Larne 1–1 Linfield |} Replays Distillery 0–3 Coleraine Linfield 3–2 Larne |} Final 23 April 1977 Coleraine 4 – 1 Report Linfield Beckett 19Dickson 74Moffatt 75Guy 89 Lemon 32 The Oval, Belfast References Category:Irish Cup seasons Cup