2011 Setanta Sports Cup

The 2011 Setanta Sports Cup was the sixth staging of the all Ireland association football competition. It commenced on 14 February 2011 with the final played on 14 May 2011.[1]

2011 Setanta Sports Cup
Country Northern Ireland &
Republic of Ireland
Teams12
Champions Shamrock Rovers
(1st title)
Runners-up Dundalk
Matches played21
Goals scored69 (3.29 per match)
2012 →

The draw for the 2011 competition was made at Belfast City Hall on 13 December 2010.

Changes to structure

For the 2011 competition, the Setanta Cup was expanded to 12 teams, of which the four highest ranked teams received a bye into the quarter-finals. Also unlike previous years the tournament was played as a straight knock-out competition over two legs apart from the final.[2]

Television Coverage

Setanta Sports broadcast live coverage of five games, starting with the quarter-finals.

First round

Four League of Ireland and Four IFA Premiership teams played each other in the first round over two games with the winners qualifying for the quarter-finals. The first legs were played on 14 February/21 February/1 March 2011 and the second legs were played on 28 February/1 March/7 March 2011. Sporting Fingal had originally been scheduled to compete in the tournament against Lisburn Distillery but withdrew on 9 February due to financial difficulties which saw them fold the following day and were replaced by UCD.[3]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Linfield 4−6 Dundalk 3−5 1−1
UCD 0−2 Lisburn Distillery 0−0 0−2
Cliftonville 3−2 St Patrick's Athletic 3−0 0−2
Bohemians 1−4 Portadown 1−2 0−2

Matches

First leg
Linfield3 – 5Dundalk
Thompson  43'
Garrett  64'
Allen  81'		 Report Kearns  31', 66', 90+2'
Quigley  54', 75'
Referee: Stephen Weatherall (Antrim)
UCD0 – 0Lisburn Distillery
Report
Attendance: 150
Referee: Derek Tomney (Dublin)
Cliftonville3 − 0St Patrick's Athletic
McMullan  31', 49'
O'Connor  42'		 Report
Attendance: 400
Referee: Davie Malcolm
Bohemians1 − 2Portadown
Somers  63'
Brennan  77'		 Report Braniff  45'
O'Hara  59'
Attendance: 800
Referee: Tom Connolly

Second leg
Dundalk1 − 1Linfield
Gaynor  11' Report Gault  45+3'
Attendance: 2250

Dundalk won 6 − 4 on aggregate

Lisburn Distillery2 − 0UCD
Browne  18' (pen.)
Davidson  86'		 Report
Referee: Colin Burns

Distillery won 2 − 0 on aggregate.

St Patrick's Athletic2 − 0Cliftonville
Mulcahy  41'
McMillan  80'		 Report
Attendance: 1000
Referee: Derek Tomney (Dublin)

Cliftonville won 3 − 2 on aggregate.

Portadown2 − 0Bohemians
Baker  10'
Mouncey  47'		 Report

Portadown won 4−1 on aggregate

Quarter−Finals

The winners of the four first-round games joined the four seeded teams (Shamrock Rovers, Sligo Rovers, Crusaders and Glentoran) who received a Bye into the quarter-finals. The first legs were played on 7 March/14 March/28 March 2011 and the second legs were played on 21 March/22 March/4 April 2011.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Glentoran 1−2 Dundalk 0−1 1−1
Cliftonville 10−6 Crusaders 4−2 6−4
Lisburn Distillery 2−7 Shamrock Rovers 0−3 2−4
Sligo Rovers 5−0 Portadown 3−0 2−0

Matches

First leg
Glentoran0 − 1Dundalk
Report Quigley  82'
Referee: Arnold Hunter (Fermanagh)
Cliftonville4 − 2Crusaders
McMullan  24'
McVeigh  71'
Garrett  85'
Holland  86'		 Report Magee  32'
Halliday  54'
Gibson  79'
Lisburn Distillery0 − 3Shamrock Rovers
Cooling  78' Report Sheppard  35'
Kilduff  40'
Kelly  68'
Sligo Rovers3 − 0Portadown
Dillon  21'
Russell  58'
Cretaro  90'		 Report
Sligo Showgrounds
Referee: T.Connolly

Second leg
Dundalk1 − 1Glentoran
Gaynor  80' Report Burrows  59' (pen.)
Taylor  79'
Attendance: 2100
Referee: Richie Winter (Dublin)

Dundalk won 2−1 on aggregate

Crusaders4 − 6Cliftonville
Sweeney  13'
Faulkner  18'
Caddell  39', 74'		 Report O'Connor  5', 20'
Holland  10'
McMullan  54' (pen.)
Garrett  61'
Donnelly  89'

Cliftonville won 10−6 on aggregate

Shamrock Rovers4 − 2Lisburn Distillery
Kilduff  42'
Rice  47'
Kavanagh  82', 89'		 Report Liggett  14', 57'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Neil Doyle

Shamrock Rovers won 7−2 on aggregate.

Portadown0 − 2Sligo Rovers
Report Horgan  40'
Ndo  75'

Sligo Rovers won 5−0 on aggregate

Semi−Finals

The four winners of the quarter final games played each other over two games for a place in the 2011 Setanta Sports Cup final. The first legs were played on 4 April/11 April 2011 and the second legs were played on 18 April/19 April 2011. The draw for the semi-finals was made on 23 March 2011.[4]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Cliftonville 2−5 Dundalk 1−3 1−2
Sligo Rovers 1−4 Shamrock Rovers 0−2 1−2

Matches

First leg
Cliftonville1 − 3Dundalk
McMullan  24' Report Quigley  49', 82'
Kearns  73'
Attendance: 750
Sligo Rovers0 − 2Shamrock Rovers
Russell  74' Report Finn  27'
Sheppard  58'
Sligo Showgrounds
Referee: Alan Kelly

Second leg
Dundalk2 − 1Cliftonville
Byrne  67'
Breen  90+3'		 Report O'Connor  59'
Referee: Alan Black (Antrim)

Dundalk won 5−2 on aggregate

Shamrock Rovers2 − 1Sligo Rovers
Sheppard  8'
Dennehy  25'		 Report Doyle  4'
Referee: Raymond Crangle

Shamrock Rovers won 4−1 on aggregate

Final

The two winners of the semi final games played each other over one game to decide who would be crowned Setanta Sports Cup winners for 2011. The final took place on Saturday 14 May 2011 in Tallaght Stadium.[5] Shamrock Rovers beat Dundalk to win the competition for the first time.[6]

Match
Dundalk0 – 2Shamrock Rovers
Report O'Neill  65'
Dennehy  90+3'
Attendance: 4,789
Referee: Alan Kelly
Winner of 2011 Setanta Sports Cup
Shamrock Rovers
1st Title

Goalscorers
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
  • Karl Sheppard (Shamrock Rovers)
2 goals
1 goal

References
  1. Setanta Cup draw pits Dundalk against Linfield - LOI.ie
  2. New Format for 2011 Setanta Sports Cup - irishtimes.ie
  3. Fingal Players Have Contracts Terminated Archived 10 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine - RTÉ.ie
  4. Setanta Cup Semi-Final Draw Made - irishtimes.com
  5. Setanta Sports Cup Final Details Confirmed - FAI.ie
  6. Dundalk 0–2 Shamrock Rovers Archived 16 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine - RTÉ.ie
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