1984–85 Irish Cup

Irish Cup 1984–85 Northern Ireland 32 Glentoran (11th win) Linfield 36 115 1983–84 1985–86 The 1984–85 Irish Cup was the 105th edition of the Irish Cup, Northern Ireland's premier football knock-out cup competition. It began on 19 January 1985, and concluded on 11 May 1985 with the replayed final. Ballymena United were the defending champions after winning their 5th Irish Cup last season, defeating Carrick Rangers 4–1 in the 1984 final.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nilcuphist.html Northern Ireland Cup Finals Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation RSSSF 27 October 2012 This season they reached the semi-finals, but lost to Linfield. Glentoran won their 11th Irish Cup, defeating archrivals Linfield 1–0 in the final replay after the first game ended 1–1.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nil85.html Northern Ireland 1984/85 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation RSSSF 27 October 2012 Results First round Ballyclare Comrades 2–2 Newry Town Ballymena United 3–0 Michelin Banbridge Town 2–5 Linfield Civil Service 0–5 Harland & Wolff Welders Cliftonville 2–0 Brantwood Distillery 1–1 Dunmurry Rec. Downpatrick Rec. 1–5 Limavady United Bangor 0–3 Ards Coleraine 2–1 Chimney Corner Larne 2–1 STC Portadown 5–1 Barn United Glenavon 3–1 Crusaders Glentoran 4–0 Carrick Rangers Islandmagee 1–1 Ballymoney United Killyleagh Youth 1–0 Omagh Town Tobermore United 1–2 RUC |} Replays Ballymoney United 3–1 Islandmagee Dunmurry Rec. 1–3 Distillery Newry Town 1–3 Ballyclare Comrades |} Second round Ards 2–0 Ballymoney United Ballyclare Comrades 2–2 Glentoran Ballymena United 2–0 Killyleagh Youth Distillery 2–0 Limavady United Coleraine 3–1 RUC Larne 1–2 Linfield Portadown 2–1 Harland & Wolff Welders Glenavon 1–0 Cliftonville |} Replay Glentoran 3–1 Ballyclare Comrades |} Quarter-finals Ards 0–1 Ballymena United Distillery 0–3 Glentoran Portadown 1–2 Linfield Glenavon 0–4 Coleraine |} Semi-finals Ballymena United 0–3 Linfield Coleraine 1–2 Glentoran |} Final 4 May 1985 Glentoran 1 – 1 Report Linfield Mullan 24 McKeown 42 The Oval, Belfast Replay 11 May 1985 Linfield 0 – 1 Report Glentoran Mooney 36 o.g. Windsor Park, Belfast References Category:Irish Cup seasons Cup