2012 Setanta Sports Cup

The 2012 Setanta Sports Cup was the seventh staging of the annual all-Ireland association football competition. It commenced on 11 February 2012 and ended on 12 May 2012, with the final played at The Oval, Belfast.

2012 Setanta Sports Cup
Country Northern Ireland &
Republic of Ireland
Teams12
Champions Crusaders (1st title)
Runners-up Derry City
Matches played21
Goals scored52 (2.48 per match)
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The draw for the 2012 competition was made at Aviva Stadium, Dublin, on 25 January 2012.[1]

Crusaders won the competition for the first time, defeating Derry City 5–4 on penalties after the scores were level at 2–2 after extra time. It was the first time a club from the Northern Irish IFA Premiership had won the cup since Linfield won the inaugural competition in 2005.[2]

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 11 and 13 February and the second legs were played on 20 February.[3][4]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Bray Wanderers 2−7 Glentoran 2−4 0−3
Lisburn Distillery 0−7 Derry City 0−4 0−3
Bohemians 3−1 Portadown 2−1 1−0
Cliftonville 2−0 St Patrick's Athletic 1−0 1−0

First Leg
Bray Wanderers2 − 4Glentoran
Waters  18', 42' Report Murray  19'
Knight  51', 88'
O'Hanlon  60'
Attendance: 650
Referee: Alan Kelly, (Cork)
Lisburn Distillery0 − 4Derry City
Cushley  62' Report McLaughlin  23'
Patterson  28', 51', 60'
Referee: M.Smith (Belfast)
Bohemians2 − 1Portadown
Corcoran  45'
Moore  58'		 Report Braniff  61'
Referee: Tomás Connolly (Dublin)
Cliftonville1 − 0St Patrick's Athletic
Boyce  48' Report
Attendance: 600
Referee: Raymond Hetherington

Second leg
St Patrick's Athletic0 − 1Cliftonville
Russell  65' (Report) Gormley  69'

Cliftonville won 2 − 0 on aggregate

Derry City3 − 0Lisburn Distillery
McEleney  25'
McLaughlin  60'
Patterson  63'		 (Report)
The Brandywell, Derry

Derry City won 7 − 0 on aggregate

Portadown0 − 1Bohemians
(Report) Martin  86'

Bohemians won 3 − 1 on aggregate

Glentoran3 − 0Bray Wanderers
Boyce  11',  75 pen'
Nixon  45'		 (Report)

Glentoran won 7 − 2 on aggregate

Quarter-finals

The winners of the four first-round games joined the four seeded teams (Shamrock Rovers, Sligo Rovers, Crusaders, and Linfield) who received byes into the quarter-finals. The first legs were played on 5 March 2012 and the second legs were played on 20 March 2012. The draw for the quarter-finals was made on 20 February 2012.[5]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Crusaders 2−0 Bohemians 0−0 2−0
Linfield 2−4 Derry City 1−1 1−3
Shamrock Rovers 2−2 Cliftonville 2−0 0−2
Sligo Rovers 3−1 Glentoran 2−0 1−1

First leg
Linfield1 – 1Derry City
Thompson  13' (Report) McDaid  85'
Sligo Rovers2 – 0Glentoran
Boco  37'
Quigley  63'		 (Report) Nixon  84'
Showgrounds, Sligo
Crusaders0 – 0Bohemians
(Report)
Shamrock Rovers2 – 0Cliftonville
Dennehy  12'
Hawkins  71'		 (Report)

Second leg
Bohemians0 – 2Crusaders
Pender  90' (Report) Caddell  3'
McMaster  36'

Crusaders won 2 − 0 on aggregate

Cliftonville2 – 0 (a.e.t.)Shamrock Rovers
Johnston  45'
Gormley  86'		 (Report)
Penalties
Gormley
Caldwell
Donnelly
O'Carroll 		1 – 3 Dennehy
Turner
Gartland

Shamrock Rovers won 3 – 1 on penalties after 2 – 2 draw on aggregate

Derry City3 – 1Linfield
Molloy  69'
McLaughlin  77'
Madden  90'		 (Report) Lowry  31'
The Brandywell, Derry

Derry City won 4 − 2 on aggregate

Glentoran1 − 1Sligo Rovers
Ward  23' (Report) North  89' (pen.)

Sligo Rovers won 3 − 1 on aggregate

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was made following the second leg quarter-final matches.[6]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Crusaders 3−2 Sligo Rovers 2−0 1−2
Shamrock Rovers 2−3 Derry City 0−3 2−0

First leg
Crusaders2 – 0Sligo Rovers
Rainey  40', 80' (Report)
Shamrock Rovers0 – 3Derry City
Pieterse  12' (Report) Deery  15'
McEleney  51'
McBride  85'

Second leg
Sligo Rovers2 – 1 (a.e.t.)Crusaders
Boco  35'
Quigley  48'		 (Report) Coates  105' (pen.)
Showgrounds, Sligo

Crusaders won 3 − 2 on aggregate

Derry City0 – 2Shamrock Rovers
(Report) Twigg  52', 86'
The Brandywell, Derry

Derry City won 3 − 2 on aggregate

Final
Main article: 2012 Setanta Sports Cup Final
Crusaders2 – 2 (a.e.t.)Derry City
Coates  85', 96'
McBride  90'		 (Report) Patterson  80', 101' (pen.)
Penalties
Coates
Morrow
Snoddy
Gargan
Dallas
McKeown 		5 – 4 Patterson
Higgins
Molloy
Morrison
McEleney
McCaffrey
Attendance: 3,275
Referee: Raymond Crangle


Winner of 2012 Setanta Sports Cup
Crusaders
1st title

Goalscorers
6 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

References
  1. Setanta Sports Cup Committee Agrees 2012 Draw Date - FAI.ie
  2. "Crusaders 2-2 Derry City". BBC Sport. 12 May 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
  3. Draw For First Round Of Setanta Sports Cup Announced - irishexaminer.com
  4. Change To 2012 Setanta Cup Fixture Archived 2012-03-11 at the Wayback Machine - airtricityleague.ie
  5. Setanta Sports Cup Quarter-Final Draw Archived 2012-04-25 at the Wayback Machine - irishfa.com
  6. "Rovers, Derry and Sligo through to Setanta semi-finals". RTÉ News. 20 March 2012.
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