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2008 Setanta Sports Cup

FieldValue
titleSetanta Sports Cup
year2008
countryNorthern Ireland
Republic of Ireland
num_teams8
defending championsDrogheda United
championsCork City (1st title)
runner-upGlentoran
matches27
goals72
prevseason[2007](2007-setanta-sports-cup)
nextseason[2009–10](2009-10-setanta-sports-cup)

Republic of Ireland | runner-up = Glentoran

The 2008 Setanta Sports Cup was the 4th staging of the Setanta Sports Cup, a cross-border cup competition featuring football clubs from the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The final was played on November 1, 2008, at Turners Cross in Cork.

Group stage

:The draw for this round was held 17 January 2008. The matches were played 26 February 2008 – 23 September 2008.

Teams that progressed to the Semi-Finals are indicated in bold type.

Teams eliminated from the Setanta Sports Cup this stage are indicated in italics.

Group 1

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
IRL **Drogheda Utd**6420133+10**14**
IRL **Cork City**6420112+9**14**
NIR *Cliftonville*6114611-5**4**
NIR *Dungannon Swifts*6015317-14**1**

Baker M Holland

Mooney

Gartland
McMinn
O'Brien

Zayed
Cahill

Baker Hamill ,
McMullan

Hughes

Kearney
Behan
Ryan

Group 2

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
IRL **Derry City**6411104+6**13**
NIR **Glentoran**622210100**8**
NIR *Linfield*6213812-4**7**
IRL *St Patrick's Athletic*612368-2**5**

Thompson
Ferguson

Fahey Nixon
Fordyce

Dickson

Brennan

O'Neill

Farren

Boyce
Halliday ,

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was made by drawing the winners of Group A against the runners-up of Group 2 and vice versa, with group winners having home advantage. Glentoran beat Drogheda United 1–0 in the first semi-final, which was played at United Park in Drogheda, while Cork City overcame Derry City by the same scoreline at the Brandywell Stadium in Derry.

Leeman
Hill

Final

The final took place on November 1, 2008, at Turners Cross stadium in front of 5,500, a sell out crowd, in Cork, where Cork City came from behind to beat Glentoran 2-1 and win the competition for the first time.

Kearney

Winner of 2008 Setanta Sports Cup
IRL **Cork City**
**1st Title**

Goalscorers

;4 goals

  • IRL Mark Farren (Derry City)
  • LBY Éamon Zayed (Drogheda United)

;3 goals

  • IRL Denis Behan (Cork City)
  • NIR Daryl Fordyce (Glentoran)
  • NIR Michael Halliday (Glentoran)
  • IRL Gary O'Neill (St Patrick's Athletic)

;2 goals

  • NIR Darren Boyce (Glentoran)
  • IRL Keith Fahey (St Patrick's Athletic)
  • NIR Rory Hamill (Cliftonville)
  • AUS Adam Hughes (Drogheda United)
  • IRL Ciarán Martyn (Derry City)
  • NIR Paul McAreavey (Linfield)
  • IRL Darren Murphy (Cork City)
  • NIR Colin Nixon (Glentoran)
  • IRL George O'Callaghan (Cork City)

;1 goal

  • NIR Timmy Adamson (Dungannon Swifts)
  • NIR Aaron Baker (Dungannon Swifts)
  • IRL Richie Baker (Drogheda United)
  • IRL Killian Brennan (Derry City)
  • IRL Ollie Cahill (Drogheda United)
  • NIR Mark Dickson (Linfield)
  • NIR Glenn Ferguson (Linfield)
  • NIR Grant Gardiner (Glentoran)
  • NIR Robert Garrett (Linfield)
  • IRL Graham Gartland (Drogheda United)
  • IRL Tony Grant (Drogheda United)
  • NIR Ruaidhri Higgins (Derry City)
  • NIR Jason Hill (Glentoran)
  • NIR Mark Holland (Cliftonville)
  • IRL Liam Kearney (Cork City)
  • IRL Timmy Kiely (Cork City)
  • NIR Shea McGerrigan (Dungannon Swifts)
  • IRL Kevin McHugh (Derry City)
  • NIR George McMullan (Cliftonville)
  • IRL Dave Mooney (Cork City)
  • NIR Jamie Mulgrew (Linfield)
  • NIR Francis Murphy (Cliftonville)
  • ENG Dan Murray (Cork City)
  • IRL Declan O'Brien (Drogheda United)
  • IRL John O'Flynn (Cork City)
  • NIR Mark Patterson (Cliftonville)
  • IRL Mark Quigley (St Patrick's Athletic)
  • IRL Darragh Ryan (Cork City)
  • IRL Conor Sammon (Derry City)
  • AUS John Tambouras (Drogheda United)
  • NIR Peter Thompson (Linfield)

;1 own goal

  • IRL Clive Delaney (Derry City)
  • NIR Adam McMinn (Dungannon Swifts)

References

References

  1. "Drogheda United 0-1 Glentoran". RTÉ Sport.
  2. "Derry City 0-1 Cork City". RTÉ Sport.
  3. "Cork City 2-1 Glentoran". RTÉ Sport.
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