1980–81 Tyler Cup

Tyler Cup 1980–81 Northern IrelandRepublic of Ireland 1 16 Linfield Athlone Town 16 60 1979–80 The 1980–81 Tyler Cup was the 3rd and final edition of the Tyler Cup, an association football cup competition featuring teams from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.https://www.irishleaguearchive.org/north-south Irish League Archive, Tyler Cup Irish League Archive 29 April 2023 Linfield won the title, defeating Athlone Town 2–1 in the two-legged final.https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004162/19800809/010/0001 It's One Big Bore Ireland's Saturday Night 9 August 1980 1https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002318/19800814/877/0027 McCurdy at the double Belfast Telegraph 14 August 1980 27Trophy For Linfield Irish Independent 14 August 1980 14https://www.irishleaguearchive.org/tyler-cup Tyler Cup Results Irish League Archive 29 April 2023 Results First round Athlone Town 5–4 Coleraine Ballymena United 0–2 Shamrock Rovers Cliftonville 3–2 Bohemians Drogheda United 4–2 Distillery Dundalk 0–1 Crusaders Glentoran 1–3 Sligo Rovers Limerick 2–3 Portadown Linfield 2–1 Finn Harps |} Quarter-finals Athlone Town 4–3 Cliftonville Crusaders 5–0 Drogheda United Portadown 0–1 Shamrock Rovers Sligo Rovers 1–2 Linfield |} Semi-finals Linfield 3–1 Crusaders Shamrock Rovers 0–2 Athlone Town |} Final 9 August 1980 Linfield 0–0 Report Athlone Town Windsor Park, Belfast 6,000 P. Mulhall (Dublin) 13 August 1980 Athlone Town 1–2 Report Linfield Davis 84 McCurdy 20 28 St Mel's Park, Athlone 2,000 Oliver Donnelly (Newtownabbey) Linfield win 2–1 on aggregate. References External links All-Ireland Cross-Border Cup Competitions history Irish League Archive - Tyler Cup Category:1980–81 in Northern Ireland association football cups Category:1980–81 in Republic of Ireland association football