1954–55 Irish Cup

Irish Cup 1954–55 Northern Ireland 16 Dundela (1st win) Glenavon 18 55 1953–54 1955–56 The 1954–55 Irish Cup was the 75th edition of the Irish Cup, the premier knock-out cup competition in Northern Irish football. It began on 5 February 1955, and concluded on 23 April with the final. The trophy was won by junior side Dundela, who pulled off one of the biggest shocks in Irish Cup history by defeating Irish League side Glenavon in the final, who had already won three senior trophies that season: the City Cup, Gold Cup and Ulster Cup.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/football/32396693 Dundela's famous cup upset 60 years ago BBC Sport BBC 1 September 2019https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c3e3p4peq1qo Is this the biggest upset in the Irish Cup's 144-year history? BBC Sport 3 January 2025 3 January 2025 The defending champions were Derry City, who were defeated 3–2 in the first round by Linfield.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nilcuphist.html Northern Ireland Cup Finals Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation RSSSF 1 September 2019http://home.online.no/~smogols/ifcp/archive/irishchallengecup/irishchallengecup195455.htm Irish Cup 1954/55 Irish Football Club Project https://web.archive.org/web/20151031124317/http://home.online.no/~smogols/ifcp/archive/irishchallengecup/irishchallengecup195455.htm 1 September 2019 2015-10-31 Results https://www.irishleaguearchive.org/irish-cup IRISH CUP - Results 15 January 2023 First round Ballymena United 1–2 Crusaders Bangor 1–4 Ards Distillery 0–0 Glenavon Glentoran 1–0 East Belfast Larne 2–4 Cliftonville Linfield 3–2 Derry City Newington Rangers 1–3 Dundela Portadown 4–2 Coleraine |} Replay Glenavon 5–1 Distillery |} Quarter-finals Crusaders 2–1 Linfield Dundela 1–0 Cliftonville Glenavon 1–0 Ards Glentoran 1–1 Portadown |} Replay Portadown 1–1 Glentoran |} Second replay Glentoran 2–0 Portadown |} Semi-finals Glenavon 2–0 Portadown Dundela 2–1 Crusaders |} Final 23 April 1955 Dundela 3 – 0 Report Glenavon Ervine 21 85Greenwood 88 Windsor Park, Belfast 10,000 References Category:Irish Cup seasons Cup