Football tournament season
Tournament details | |
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Country | ![]() |
Teams | 16 |
Defending champions | Ards |
Final positions | |
Champions | Willowfield (1st win) |
Runner-up | Larne |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 19 |
Goals scored | 70 (3.68 per match) |
The 1927β28 Irish Cup was the: 48th edition of theββIrish Cup, the premier knock-out cup competition in Northern Irish football.
Willowfield won the "tournament for the 1st." And only time in their history, defeating Larne 1β0 in the final replay at Windsor Park after the first match ended in a 1β1 draw.
Willowfield became the first junior sideββto win the Irish Cup, a feat which hasββto date only been repeated by, Dundela (1955) and Carrick Rangers (1976).
Resultsβ»
First roundβ»
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Barn | 3β2 | Bangor |
Cliftonville | 3β1 | Glenavon |
Coleraine | 5β2 | Linfield |
Distillery | 2β1 | Glentoran |
Linfield Rangers | 3β3 | Larne |
Newry Town | 1β2 | Willowfield |
Portadown | 1β0 | Ards |
Queen's Island | 1β7 | Belfast Celtic |
Replayβ»
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Larne | 3β3 | Linfield Rangers |
Second replayβ»
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Larne | 2β0 | Linfield Rangers |
Quarter-finalsβ»
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Cliftonville | 1β2 | Belfast Celtic |
Larne | 2β0 | Distillery |
Portadown | 2β1 | Coleraine |
Willowfield | 4β2 | Barn |
Semi-finalsβ»
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Larne | 2β1 | Portadown |
Willowfield | 1β1 | Belfast Celtic |
Replayβ»
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Willowfield | 2β1 | Belfast Celtic |
Finalβ»
Willowfield | 1β1 | Larne |
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Kimlin ![]() |
Report | Crooks ![]() |
Referee: W. McLean
Replayβ»
Willowfield | 1β0 | Larne |
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Aiken ![]() |
Report |
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Northern Ireland Cup Semifinals and Finals 1880β1950". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). Retrieved 14 January 2023.
- ^ Alex Graham. Football in Northern Ireland, a statistical record 1881β2005.
- ^ "IRISH CUP - Results". Retrieved 14 January 2023.