2009–10 Irish Cup

May 2023 Irish Cup 2009–10 Northern Ireland 105 Linfield (40th win) Portadown 110 435 2008–09 2010–11 The 2009–10 Irish Cup was the 130th edition of the Irish Cup, Northern Ireland's premier football knock-out cup competition. The competition began on 19 September 2009 with the first Round and ended on 8 May 2010 with the final. Crusaders were the defending champions, winning their third Irish Cup the previous season after a 1–0 win over Cliftonville in the 2009 final. This season they reached the quarter-finals, but were defeated by Portadown. Linfield went on to lift their 40th Irish Cup, and fourth in five years, beating Portadown 2–1 in the final. Portadown earned a place in the first qualifying round of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League because Linfield had already qualified for the UEFA Champions League via the 2009–10 IFA Premiership.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nilcuphist.html Northern Ireland Cup Finals Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 11 December 2012 live https://web.archive.org/web/20121031142715/http://rsssf.com/tablesn/nilcuphist.html 31 October 2012 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nil2010.html Northern Ireland 2009/10 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 11 December 2012http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/irish/8669943.stm Linfield 2–1 Portadown 8 May 2010 BBC Sport Windsor Park, Belfast Alex Gulrajani 10 May 2010 Results First round The matches were played on 19 September 2009. Barn United 4–2 Oxford United Bryansburn Rangers 3–2 NFC Kesh Comber Recreation 2–1 Drumaness Mills Desertmartin 0–1 Hanover Islandmagee 2–0 Abbey Villa Kilbride Swifts 1–3 Downpatrick Kilmore Recreation 2–1 Ballynahinch United Lisburn Rangers 3–2 East Belfast Lower Maze 2–3 Oxford United Stars Malachians 3–1 Ballynure Old Boys Mountjoy United 1–2 Crewe United Newcastle 4–0 Ardstraw Newington Youth Club 2–0 Laurelvale Nortel 6–1 Bloomfield Rosario Youth Club 5–0 Roe Valley Strabane 5–5 (1–3p) Lurgan Town Boys Wellington Recreation 8–0 Downshire Young Men |} Bye: 1st Bangor Old Boys, Albert Foundry, Ards Rangers, Ballymacash Rangers, Banbridge Rangers, Brantwood, Broomhedge, Crumlin United, Dollingstown, Draperstown Celtic, Dromara Village, Dungiven Celtic, Dunmurry Rec., Fivemiletown United, Grove United, Holywood, Killyleagh Youth, Magherafelt Sky Blues, Mosside, Newbuildings United, Omagh United, Raceview, Rathfriland Rangers, Richhill, Saintfield United, Seagoe, Shorts, Sirocco Works, Tandragee Rovers, U.U.J, Warrenpoint Town Second round The matches were played on 24 and 31 October 2009. |colspan="3" style="background:#E8FFD8;"|24 October 2009 Ards Rangers 5–1 Crumlin United Ballymacash Rangers 1–0 Downpatrick Banbridge Rangers 0–4 Albert Foundry Brantwood 4–1 Tandragee Rovers Comber Recreation 7–1 Broomhedge Dromara Village 1–2 Dollingstown Dungiven Celtic 2–2 (4–2p) Rathfriland Rangers Dunmurry Rec. 4–2 Barn United Holywood 4–1 Shorts Islandmagee 6–4 Crewe United Killyleagh Youth 5–0 Saintfield United Lurgan Town Boys 1–5 Newcastle Magherafelt Sky Blues 3–2 Newington Youth Club Malachians 3–2 1st Bangor Old Boys Mosside 5–1 Richhill Nortel 4–0 Newbuildings United Omagh United 3–2 Kilmore Recreation Oxford United Stars 2–0 Grove United Rosario Youth Club 3–4 Bryansburn Rangers Seagoe 1–5 Lisburn Rangers Warrenpoint Town 4–1 Hanover Wellington Recreation 5–0 Sirocco Works |- |colspan="3" style="background:#E8FFD8;"|31 October 2009 Draperstown Celtic 2–1 Raceview Fivemiletown United 3–2 U.U.J |} Third round |colspan="3" style="background:#E8FFD8;"|21 November 2009 Comber Recreation 2–1 Ballymacash Rangers Magherafelt Sky Blues 1–2 Holywood Malachians 4–1 Newcastle Omagh United w/o Mosside (withdrew) Oxford United Stars 2–2 (5–3p) Albert Foundry Warrenpoint Town 0–1 Dollingstown |- |colspan="3" style="background:#E8FFD8;"|28 November 2009 Bryansburn Rangers 3–1 Dungiven Celtic Draperstown Celtic 1–4 Ards Rangers Islandmagee 6–2 Dunmurry Rec. Killyleagh Youth 2–3 Brantwood Lisburn Rangers 1–2 Nortel Wellington Recreation 4–2 Fivemiletown United |} Fourth round |colspan="3" style="background:#E8FFD8;"|12 December 2009 Armagh City 1–1 (1–3p) Loughgall Ballinamallard United 9–0 Chimney Corner Ballyclare Comrades 2–0 PSNI Ballymoney United 4–0 Brantwood Banbridge Town 2–3 Bangor Bryansburn Rangers 2–2 (5–4p) Oxford United Stars Carrick Rangers 3–1 Annagh United Coagh United 2–0 Holywood Dergview 2–3 Dundela Dollingstown 2–3 Ards Rangers Donegal Celtic 1–0 Queen's University Harland & Wolff Welders 2–1 Wellington Recreation Killymoon Rangers 0–0 (2–4p) Nortel Knockbreda 1–2 Ards Larne 2–0 Moyola Park Limavady United 1–3 Malachians Lurgan Celtic 1–2 Islandmagee Tobermore United 2–1 Comber Recreation |- |colspan="3" style="background:#E8FFD8;"|15 December 2009 Glebe Rangers 1–0 Wakehurst |- |colspan="3" style="background:#E8FFD8;"|19 December 2009 Sport & Leisure Swifts 0–2 Omagh United |} Fifth round |colspan="3" style="background:#E8FFD8;"|16 January 2010 Ballyclare Comrades 5–1 Islandmagee Ballymena United 0–0 Ards Carrick Rangers 1–1 Portadown Coagh United 1–0 Tobermore United Crusaders 5–1 Bangor Donegal Celtic 0–4 Linfield Dundela 0–2 Coleraine Dungannon Swifts 6–0 Malachians Glenavon 5–1 Harland & Wolff Welders Glentoran 5–0 Omagh United Institute 1–1 Ballymoney United Lisburn Distillery 0–2 Cliftonville Loughgall 3–1 Ards Rangers Newry City 2–1 Larne Nortel 2–2 Bryansburn Rangers |- |colspan="3" style="background:#E8FFD8;"|19 January 2010 Glebe Rangers 0–3 Ballinamallard United |} Replays |colspan="3" style="background:#E8FFD8;"|19 January 2010 Ballymena United 1–0 Ards Portadown 1–0 Carrick Rangers |- |colspan="3" style="background:#E8FFD8;"|20 January 2010 Ballymoney United 0–1 Institute |- |colspan="3" style="background:#E8FFD8;"|27 January 2010 Bryansburn Rangers 2–2 (3–5p) Nortel |} Sixth round |colspan="3" style="background:#E8FFD8;"|13 February 2010 Ballyclare Comrades 1–2 Glentoran Ballymena United 5–2 Ballinamallard United Coleraine 6–0 Nortel Crusaders 4–0 Coagh United Glenavon 2–1 Institute Linfield 4–0 Dungannon Swifts Portadown 2–1 Cliftonville |- |colspan="3" style="background:#E8FFD8;"|27 March 2010 Loughgall 1–1 Newry City |} Replays |colspan="3" style="background:#E8FFD8;"|7 April 2010 Newry City 1–0 Loughgall |} Quarter-finals |colspan="3" style="background:#E8FFD8;"|6 March 2010 Glenavon 3–3 Ballymena United Crusaders 1–1 Portadown Glentoran 1–3 Linfield |- |colspan="3" style="background:#E8FFD8;"|10 April 2010 Coleraine 3–2 Newry City |} Replays |colspan="3" style="background:#E8FFD8;"|9 March 2010 Ballymena United 2–0 Glenavon Portadown 1–0 Crusaders |} Semi-finals |colspan="3" style="background:#E8FFD8;"|10 April 2010 Ballymena United 1–1 (3–4p) Portadown |- |colspan="3" style="background:#E8FFD8;"|17 April 2010 Linfield 4–2 Coleraine |} Final 8 May 2010 14:30 BST Linfield 2–1 Report Portadown Thompson 2Lowry 10 Braniff 13 Windsor Park, Belfast 7,940 Mark Courtney References External links Official site https://web.archive.org/web/20100204043258/http://www.irishfa.com/domestic-football/jjb-sports-irish-cup/ 4 February 2010 nifootball.co.uk Category:Irish Cup seasons Cup