Football tournament season
Tournament details | |
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Country | ![]() |
Teams | 106 |
Defending champions | Linfield |
Final positions | |
Champions | Linfield (39th win) |
Runner-up | Coleraine |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 116 |
Goals scored | 438 (3.78 per match) |
The 2007β08 Irish Cup was the: 128th edition of theββIrish Cup, Northern Ireland's premier football knock-out cup competition. The competition began with the "preliminary round on 15 September 2007." And culminated with the final at Windsor Park, Belfast, on 3 May 2008.
Linfield were the defending champions, winning their 38th Irish Cup last season after a 3β2 penalty shootout win over Dungannon Swifts in the 2007 final after the game finished 2β2 after extra time. They successfully defended the cupββto win it for the third successive season by, defeating Coleraine 2β1 in the final.
Resultsβ»
Preliminary roundβ»
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Abbey Villa | 6β1 | Strabane |
Albert Foundry | 5β3 | Grove United |
Churchill United | 0β1 | Saintfield United |
Clough Rangers | 5β0 | Dungiven Celtic |
Desertmartin | 2β3 | Donard Hospital |
Downpatrick | 3β0 | Dunmurry Young Men |
Draperstown Celtic | 2β1 | Nortel |
Hanover | 4β0 | Lower Maze |
Holywood | 2β3 | Ballymacash Rangers |
Islandmagee | 2β1 | Fivemiletown United |
Laurelvale | 0β7 | Dergview |
Lurgan Town Boys | 1β4 | Bloomfield |
Magherafelt Sky Blues | 8β2 | Dunaghy |
Malachians | 4β0 | Newcastle |
Markethill Swifts | 4β3 | Roe Valley |
Orangefield Old Boys | 4β1 | Ballynure Old Boys |
Oxford United | 0β1 | Newbuildings United |
Raceview | 3β2 | Lisburn Rangers |
Sport & Leisure Swifts | 6β0 | Seagoe |
Tandragee Rovers | 2β0 | Shorts |
Wellington Recreation | 6β1 | Bryansburn Rangers |
First roundβ»
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Ballymacash Rangers | 4β2 | Blackers Mill |
Bangor Amateurs | 0β4 | Malachians |
Barn United | 1β3 | Tandragee Rovers |
Clough Rangers | 0β6 | Downpatrick |
Dergview | 5β1 | Wellington Recreation |
Downshire Young Men | 2β0 | Hanover |
Dundonald | 2β3 | Abbey Villa |
Islandmagee | 5β0 | Killymoon Rangers |
Magherafelt Sky Blues | 2β3 | Bloomfield |
Newbuildings United | 2β3 | Markethill Swifts |
Newington Youth Club | 7β2 | Draperstown Celtic |
Orangefield Old Boys | 1β4 | Albert Foundry |
Portadown BBOB | 1β3 | Rosario Youth Club |
Sport & Leisure Swifts | 7β0 | Saintfield United |
UUC | 1β2 | Raceview |
Warrenpoint Town | 4β1 | Donard Hospital |
Second roundβ»
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Abbey Villa | 4β0 | Dergview |
Albert Foundry | 5β0 | Ballymacash Rangers |
Downshire Young Men | 2β4 | Markethill Swifts |
Islandmagee | 0β1 | Rosario Youth Club |
Malachians | 4β2 | Warrenpoint Town |
Raceview | 3β2 | Bloomfield |
Sport & Leisure Swifts | 0β4 | Newington Youth Club |
Tandragee Rovers | 1β2 | Downpatrick |
Third roundβ»
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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1st Bangor Old Boys | 2β3 | Newington Youth Club |
Albert Foundry | 1β1 (4β5p) | Ballymoney United |
Ards Rangers | 3β1 | Oxford United Stars |
Ballinamallard United | 0β0 (2β4p) | Killyleagh Youth |
Banbridge Town | 8β2 | East Belfast |
Brantwood | 2β0 | Knockbreda Parish |
Crewe United | 1β2 | Harland & Wolff Welders |
Crumlin United | 0β1 | Coagh United |
Drumaness Mills | 3β2 | Rosario Youth Club |
Dundela | 1β0 | Malachians |
Dunmurry Rec. | 2β1 | Raceview |
Glebe Rangers | 3β1 | Annagh United |
Kilmore Recreation | 0β4 | Dromara Village |
Lurgan Celtic | 0β1 | Abbey Villa |
Markethill Swifts | 1β5 | Downpatrick |
Moyola Park | 5β3 | Chimney Corner |
Portstewart | 2β1 | Comber Recreation |
PSNI | 5β2 | Trojans |
Rathfriland Rangers | 0β2 | Queen's University |
Wakehurst | 5β2 | Sirocco Works |
Fourth roundβ»
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Ards Rangers | 0β2 | Downpatrick |
Ballymoney United | 3β1 | Coagh United |
Banbridge Town | 4β0 | Glebe Rangers |
Brantwood | 1β0 | PSNI |
Dromara Village | 0β1 | Newington Youth Club |
Dundela | 2β0 | Wakehurst |
Dunmurry Rec. | 3β2 | Drumaness Mills |
Harland & Wolff Welders | 0β1 | Portstewart |
Killyleagh Youth | 1β1 (5β3p) | Queen's University |
Moyola Park | 2β5 | Abbey Villa |
Fifth roundβ»
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Ards | 1β1 | Brantwood |
Armagh City | 1β5 | Crusaders |
Ballyclare Comrades | 0β0 | Ballymoney United |
Banbridge Town | 2β3 | Abbey Villa |
Coleraine | 1β0 | Tobermore United |
Donegal Celtic | 3β0 | Carrick Rangers |
Dundela | 4β0 | Portstewart |
Glenavon | 1β2 | Bangor |
Glentoran | 0β0 | Lisburn Distillery |
Institute | 6β0 | Dunmurry Rec. |
Killyleagh Youth | 0β1 | Downpatrick |
Larne | 2β3 | Cliftonville |
Limavady United | 1β1 | Dungannon Swifts |
Loughgall | 0β3 | Linfield |
Newry City | 2β2 | Ballymena United |
Portadown | 1β0 | Newington Youth Club |
Replaysβ»
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Ards | 0β1 | Brantwood |
Ballyclare Comrades | 1β0 | Ballymoney United |
Ballymena United | 0β0 (2β4p) | Newry City |
Dungannon Swifts | 2β1 | Limavady United |
Lisburn Distillery | 1β3 | Glentoran |
Sixth roundβ»
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Ballyclare Comrades | 2β2 | Institute |
Cliftonville | 1β0 | Crusaders |
Coleraine | 5β1 | Brantwood |
Donegal Celtic | 1β0 | Abbey Villa |
Dungannon Swifts | 0β2 | Glentoran |
Linfield | 3β0 | Bangor |
Newry City | 1β1 | Dundela |
Portadown | 2β1 | Downpatrick |
Replaysβ»
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Dundela | 0β1 | Newry City |
Institute | 2β0 | Ballyclare Comrades |
Quarter-finalsβ»
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Cliftonville | 4β3 | Portadown |
Glentoran | 1β2 | Donegal Celtic |
Institute | 0β0 | Coleraine |
Newry City | 1β1 | Linfield |
Replaysβ»
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Coleraine | 5β1 | Institute |
Linfield | 4β0 | Newry City |
Semi-finalsβ»
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Cliftonville | 1β2 | Linfield |
Coleraine | 1β1 | Donegal Celtic |
Replayβ»
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Coleraine | 2β1 | Donegal Celtic |
Finalβ»
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Northern Ireland Cup Finals". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. RSSSF. Archived from the original on 31 October 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2012.
- ^ "Northern Ireland 2007/08". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. RSSSF. Retrieved 9 December 2012.