1955–56 Irish Cup

Irish Cup 1955–56 Northern Ireland 16 Distillery (11th win) Glentoran 20 69 1954–55 1956–57 The 1955–56 Irish Cup was the 76th edition of the Irish Cup, the premier knock-out cup competition in Northern Irish football. Distillery won the cup for the 11th time, defeating Glentoran 1–0 in the second final replay at Windsor Park after the previous two matches ended in draws.Football in Northern Ireland, a statistical record 1881–2005 Alex Graham Dundela were the holders but they were defeated 5-1 by Linfield Swifts in the first round.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nilcuphist.html Northern Ireland Cup Finals Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation RSSSF 15 January 2023 Results https://www.irishleaguearchive.org/irish-cup IRISH CUP - Results 15 January 2023 First round Ards 1–1 Glenavon Ballymena United 0–4 Glentoran Bangor 2–3 Crusaders Chimney Corner 1–7 Linfield Cliftonville 6–0 Carrick Rangers Coleraine 0–3 Distillery Derry City 0–2 Portadown Dundela 1–5 Linfield Swifts |} Replay Glenavon 0–0 Ards |} Second replay Ards 4–2 Glenavon |} Quarter-finals Ards 1–2 Cliftonville Crusaders 0–4 Distillery Linfield 1–1 Portadown Linfield Swifts 0–3 Glentoran |} Replay Portadown 2–1 Linfield |} Semi-finals Distillery 1–0 Cliftonville Glentoran 4–0 Portadown |} Final 21 April 1956 Distillery 2–2 Report Glentoran McEvoy 52Curry 86 Fogarty 44Nolan 83 Windsor Park, Belfast 20,000 A. Brown (Middlesbrough) Replay 26 April 1956 Distillery 1–1 Report Glentoran Tait 14 Nolan 11 Windsor Park, Belfast 15,000 A. Brown (Middlesbrough) Second replay 30 April 1956 Distillery 1–0 Report Glentoran Curry 61 Windsor Park, Belfast 12,000 References External links The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation - Northern Ireland - Cup Finals Category:Irish Cup seasons Cup