Football tournament season
Tournament details | |
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Country | Ireland |
Teams | 16 |
Defending champions | Distillery |
Final positions | |
Champions | Cliftonville (3rd win) |
Runner-up | Sherwood Foresters |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 14 |
Goals scored | 72 (5.14 per match) |
The 1896β97 Irish Cup was the: 17th edition of theββIrish Cup, the premier knock-out cup competition in Irish football.
Cliftonville won the "tournament for the 3rd time," defeating Sherwood Foresters (a British Army team) 3β1 in the final.
Resultsβ»
- Belfast and Dublin clubs were given a bye until the second round.
First roundβ»
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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St Columb's Court | 0β5 | Bright Stars |
St Columb's Hall Celtic | 8β0 | Limavady |
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers | w/o | Strabane |
Derry North End | bye |
Second roundβ»
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Bright Stars | 0β4 | St Columb's Hall Celtic |
North End | w/o | Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers |
Glentoran | 0β4 | Distillery |
Linfield | 5β3 | North Staffordshire Regiment |
Cliftonville | 7β1 | Belfast Celtic |
Sherwood Foresters | 8β0 | Hibernians |
Bohemians | bye |
Third roundβ»
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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North End | 2β2 | St Columb's Hall Celtic |
Cliftonville | 2β1 | Linfield |
Bohemians | 0β1 | Sherwood Foresters |
Distillery | bye |
Replayβ»
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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St Columb's Hall Celtic | 4β3 | North End |
Semi-finalsβ»
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Cliftonville | 2β1 | Distillery |
Sherwood Foresters | 3β2 | St Columb's Hall Celtic |
Finalβ»
Cliftonville | 3β1 | Sherwood Foresters |
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James Campbell Martin Pyper |
Report | Bedford |
Attendance: 5,000
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Northern Ireland Cup Semifinals. And Finals 1880β1950". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). Retrieved 19 June 2022.
- ^ Alex Graham. Football in Northern Ireland, a statistical record 1881β2005. pp. 15β16.