2002–03 Irish Cup

Irish Cup 2002–03 Northern Ireland 77 Coleraine (5th win) Glentoran 93 398 2001–02 2003–04 The 2002–03 Irish Cup was the 123rd edition of the Irish Cup, Northern Ireland's premier football knock-out cup competition. It concluded on 3 May 2003 with the final.Brodie Malcolm The Northern Ireland Soccer Yearbook 2003/04 Linfield were the defending champions, winning their 36th Irish Cup last season after a 2–1 win over Portadown in the 2002 final. This season Linfield reached the quarter-finals, but went out to Omagh Town. Coleraine were the eventual winners, in what was their first appearance in the final in 17 years. The last time they had done so was in 1986, when they were defeated 2–1 by Glentoran. It was the same opposition but a different outcome this time. A 1–0 victory over the Glens, who were appearing in the final for the fifth time in eight years, was enough to seal Coleraine's first Irish Cup win in 26 years. The last time they had won the competition was in 1977.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nilcuphist.html Northern Ireland Cup Finals Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation RSSSF 8 December 2012https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nilcup03.html Northern Ireland 2002/03 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation RSSSF 8 December 2012 Results First round 1st Bangor Old Boys 2–1 (a.e.t.) Orangefield Old Boys Abbey Villa 2–2 (a.e.t.)(5–3 p) Ballymacash Rangers Albert Foundry 1–2 Drummond United Downshire Young Men 0–5 Larne Tech Old Boys Draperstown Celtic 3–1 Lower Maze Dromore Amateurs 1–2 Oxford United Stars Dungiven Celtic 5–0 Donard Hospital Grove United 4–6 Annagh United Islandmagee 3–3 (a.e.t.)(8–7 p) Glebe Rangers Laurelvale 8–2 Desertmartin Malachians 4–1 Barn United Newington w/o Dundonald Portadown BBOB 2–4 Roe Valley Richhill 1–6 Nortel Saintfield United 5–1 Hanover Seagoe 1–1 (a.e.t.)(3–1 p) Wellington Recreation Sperrin Olympic 2–4 Magherafelt Sky Blues Tandragee Rovers 8–6 (a.e.t.) Shorts UUC 0–3 Sirocco Works Warrenpoint Town 0–1 Wakehurst |} Second round Annagh United 2–5 Bangor Amateurs Ballycastle United 2–3 (a.e.t.) 1st Bangor Old Boys Ballynahinch United 2–8 Dungiven Celtic Draperstown Celtic 2–3 Laurelvale Drummond United 1–7 Queen's University Islandmagee 1–2 Seagoe Magherafelt Sky Blues 1–5 Tandragee Rovers Nortel 2–3 Larne Tech Old Boys Oxford United Stars 1–0 Newington Sirocco Works 2–1 Roe Valley Wakehurst 1–3 Malachians |} Third round Comber Recreation 4–5 Tandragee Rovers Dunmurry Recreation 2–4 Ballymoney United Knockbreda Parish 2–1 Larne Tech Old Boys Lurgan Celtic 4–1 East Belfast |} Third round (A) Ards Rangers 1–2 Banbridge Town Ballinamallard United 1–0 Knockbreda Parish Ballymoney United 7–0 Seagoe Brantwood 2–1 Queen's University Chimney Corner 1–2 Dundela Crumlin United 3–0 Crewe United Drumaness Mills 0–1 Kilmore Recreation Donegal Celtic 2–1 Coagh United Dromara Village 3–1 Kilbride Swifts Enkalon 3–1 Bangor Amateurs Harland & Wolff Welders 4–3 Abbey Villa Killyleagh Youth 5–2 PSNI Malachians 4–0 Sirocco Works Moyola Park 5–1 1st Bangor Old Boys Portstewart 2–0 Dungiven Celtic Rathfriland Rangers 1–2 Lurgan Celtic Saintfield United w/o Laurelvale Tandragee Rovers 2–3 Oxford United Stars |} Fourth round Banbridge Town 5–2 Donegal Celtic Brantwood 2–1 Crumlin United Dromara Village 2–4 Malachians Drumaness Mills 0–2 Knockbreda Parish Enkalon 1–8 Lurgan Celtic Harland & Wolff Welders 2–1 Ballymoney United Killyleagh Youth 4–1 Dundela Laurelvale 1–6 Oxford United Stars Moyola Park 3–2 Portstewart |} Fifth round Larne received a bye into the sixth round. Armagh City 1–2 Ballyclare Comrades Ballynure Old Boys 0–3 Limavady United Carrick Rangers 2–6 Omagh Town Crusaders 2–0 Lurgan Celtic Dungannon Swifts 1–0 Institute Glenavon 4–0 Loughgall Glentoran 11–0 Oxford United Stars Harland & Wolff Welders 2–1 Bangor Killyleagh Youth 2–1 Banbridge Town Linfield 1–0 Cliftonville Lisburn Distillery 0–2 Coleraine Moyola Park 1–2 Ards Newry Town 1–1 Knockbreda Parish Portadown 1–1 Ballymena United Tobermore United 2–0 Brantwood |} Replays Knockbreda Parish 2–1 Newry Town Portadown 6–0 Ballymena United |} Sixth round Ards 1–0 Killyleagh Youth Ballyclare Comrades 0–3 Glentoran Coleraine 2–0 Larne Crusaders 1–1 Harland & Wolff Welders Limavady United 0–3 Glenavon Omagh Town 1–0 Dungannon Swifts Portadown 2–0 Knockbreda Parish Tobermore United 0–2 Linfield |} Replay Crusaders 2–1 Harland & Wolff Welders |} Quarter-finals Ards 0–1 Glentoran Coleraine 2–0 Crusaders Omagh Town 1–0 Linfield Portadown 5–0 Glenavon |} Semi-finals Coleraine 5–2 Omagh Town Glentoran 6–1 Portadown |} Final 3 May 2003 Coleraine 1 – 0 Report Glentoran Tolan 11 Windsor Park, Belfast 9,000 References Category:Irish Cup seasons Cup