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2005 Setanta Cup
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| title | Setanta Cup |
| year | 2005 |
| country | Northern Ireland |
| Republic of Ireland | |
| num_teams | 6 |
| champions | Linfield (1st title) |
| runner-up | Shelbourne |
| matches | 13 |
| goals | 33 |
| nextseason | 2006 |
Republic of Ireland | runner-up = Shelbourne
The 2005 Setanta Cup was the first edition of the Setanta Sports Cup, a club football competition featuring teams from both football associations on the island of Ireland. It was inaugurated as a cross-border competition between clubs from the League of Ireland in the Republic of Ireland and the Irish League in Northern Ireland.
The cup is sponsored by Setanta Sports; the Irish sports television network. The competition was launched with Setanta providing support for prize money (€350,000) and sponsorship (€1.6 million over 4 years).
For this season the cup was simply known as the Setanta Cup before being renamed the Setanta Sports Cup from 2006 onwards.
Glentoran beat Longford Town 2–1 in the first ever game of the competition on 15 March 2005. The first final saw Belfast side Linfield defeat Dublin's Shelbourne 2–0 at Tolka Park in Dublin on 21 May 2005 to collect the winner's prize of €150,000.
Format
The teams would be split into two groups of 3 teams and play each other twice, once at home and once away. The winners of each group would play in a single game final, to be held in Tolka Park if at least one team from the Republic of Ireland was involved. If the final was played between two teams from Northern Ireland, the final would be held at Windsor Park.
Qualification
League of Ireland
Shelbourne qualified by winning the 2004 League of Ireland Premier Division title. Longford Town qualified by winning the 2004 FAI Cup Final. Cork City took the third spot by finishing second in the 2004 League of Ireland Premier Division.
Irish League
Linfield qualified by winning the 2003–04 Irish Premier League. Glentoran qualified by winning the 2003–04 Irish Cup. The third spot went to Portadown for finishing second in the 2003–04 Irish Premier League.
Following a draw (in which league winners were kept apart), the teams were placed as follows;
- Group 1; Linfield, Longford Town, Glentoran
- Group 2; Shelbourne, Portadown, Cork City
Group stage
Group 1
Parkhouse
Myler
King
Simpson o.g.
Melaugh
Paisley
McCann
Holmes
Murphy
Ferguson
Mouncey
Group 2
Byrne Boyle
Gamble
Hamilton
Final
Moore Thompson
Goalscorers
;3 goals
- NIR Gary Hamilton (Portadown)
;2 goals
- IRL Richie Baker (Shelbourne)
- IRL Jason Byrne (Shelbourne)
- NIR Glenn Ferguson (Linfield)
- NIR Michael Halliday (Glentoran)
- NIR Paul McAreavey (Linfield)
- IRL Stephen Paisley (Longford Town)
- NIR Peter Thompson (Linfield)
;1 goal
- IRL Denis Behan (Cork City)
- NIR Wesley Boyle (Portadown)
- IRL Kevin Doyle (Cork City)
- WAL Jamie Harris (Shelbourne)
- NIR Shaun Holmes (Glentoran)
- IRL Paul Keegan (Longford Town)
- NIR Darren Kelly (Portadown)
- NIR Stuart King (Linfield)
- NIR Davy Larmour (Linfield)
- NIR Darren Lockhart (Glentoran)
- NIR Gavin Melaugh (Glentoran)
- NIR Tim Mouncey (Linfield)
- NIR William Murphy (Linfield)
- IRL Andy Myler (Longford Town)
- NIR Stephen Parkhouse (Glentoran)
;1 own goal
- NIR Philip Simpson (Glentoran)
References
References
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