Tyler Cup

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title: "Tyler Cup" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["defunct-all-ireland-association-football-cup-competitions"] description: "All-Ireland football tournament" topic_path: "sports" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyler_Cup" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary All-Ireland football tournament ::

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Field	Value
name	Tyler Cup
organiser	Irish Football Association
Football Association of Ireland
founded	1978
abolished	1980
region	Northern Ireland
Republic of Ireland
most successful club	Shamrock Rovers
Athlone Town
Linfield
(1 title each)
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| name = Tyler Cup | organiser = Irish Football Association Football Association of Ireland | current = | founded = 1978 | abolished = 1980 | region = Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland | number of teams = | champion = | most successful club = Shamrock Rovers Athlone Town Linfield (1 title each)

The Tyler Cup, also called the Tyler All-Ireland Cup, was an association football competition played between clubs in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. The competition ran from 1978 to 1980, and was similar to the earlier Blaxnit Cup, North-South Cup, Dublin and Belfast Intercity Cup, or the Setanta Sports Cup inaugurated in the 2000s.

Format

The tournament began late in the 1977–78 season, before skipping a year and returning for the 1979–80 season. It ran again, for the last time, at the beginning of the 1980–81 season and was sponsored by a footwear company. The format for the first competition involved four teams from each country taking part in a knock-out first round, then semi-finals and a final. All ties were decided by a single match and the tournament was won by Shamrock Rovers. For the second and third seasons eight teams from each country took part. Again it was a knock-out with a first round, quarter-finals, semi-finals and a final. The final was over two legs but the preceding matches were all single ties. These two editions were won by Athlone Town and Linfield respectively.

List of finals

::data[format=table] | Season | Winner (number of titles) | Score | Runner-up | Venue | |---|---|---|---|---| | 1977–78 | IRL Shamrock Rovers (1) | 1 – 0 | IRL Finn Harps | Glenmalure Park, Dublin | | 1978–79 | Tournament not held | | | | | 1979–80 | IRL Athlone Town (1) | 2 – 0 | IRL Drogheda United | St Mel's Park, Athlone | | 2 – 1 (3 – 2 agg.) | United Park, Drogheda | | | | | 1980–81 | NIR Linfield (1) | 0 – 0 | IRL Athlone Town | Windsor Park, Belfast | | 2 – 1 (2 – 1 agg.) | St Mel's Park, Athlone | | | | ::

References

References

1. (7 June 2020). "Who are Northern Ireland's one-hit wonders?". BBC Sport.
2. "Irish League Archive, Tyler Cup". Irish League Archive.
3. (18 May 1978). "Lynex Header Sees Rovers Through!". Irish Press.
4. (18 May 1978). "Another Title For Giles' Men". Irish Independent.
5. (7 September 1979). "Athlone Go Two Up In Tyler". Irish Independent.
6. (7 September 1979). "Athlone Well In Command". Irish Press.
7. (13 September 1979). "Athlone's Joy Night". Irish Independent.
8. (13 September 1979). "Salmon Poaches It For Athlone!". Irish Press.
9. (9 August 1980). "It's One Big Bore". Ireland's Saturday Night.
10. (14 August 1980). "McCurdy at the double". Belfast Telegraph.
11. (14 August 1980). "Trophy For Linfield". Irish Independent.
12. "Tyler Cup Results". Irish League Archive.

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