2013 Setanta Sports Cup

The 2013 Setanta Sports Cup was the eighth staging of the annual all-Ireland football competition. It commenced on 11 February 2013 and ended on 11 May 2013 with the final played at the Tallaght Stadium, Dublin.

2013 Setanta Sports Cup
Country Northern Ireland &
Republic of Ireland
Teams12
ChampionsShamrock Rovers (2nd title)
Runners-upDrogheda United
Matches played21
Goals scored66 (3.14 per match)
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Crusaders were the defending champions, after they defeated Derry City 5–4 on penalties in the 2012 final, when the match ended 2–2 after extra time. However, this season they went out 4–1 on aggregate in the quarter-finals to Cork City. Shamrock Rovers were the eventual winners for the second time overall, following a comfortable 7–1 win over Drogheda United in the final. This season's competition was notable for the fact that all four semi-finalists represented the Republic of Ireland. It was also the sixth time in the eight competitions played thus far that the winner had been a League of Ireland club.

Qualifiers

The following clubs qualified to take part in this year's competition. The eight unseeded clubs entered in the first round, while the four seeded clubs entered in the quarter-finals.

First round

The first round draw was made on 6 December 2012. Four League of Ireland and four IFA Premiership clubs 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 February 2013 and the second legs were played on 18 February 2013.[1]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Cork City 6–2 Cliftonville 4–0 2–2
Drogheda United 8–2 Portadown 3–2 5–0
Shamrock Rovers 2–1 Coleraine 0–1 2–0
St Patrick's Athletic 0–1 Glentoran 0–0 0–1

First Leg
St Patrick's Athletic0 – 0Glentoran
Flood  85' Report Birney  15'
Magee  68'
Kane  77'
Hill  82'
Attendance: 1,041
Referee: Derek Tomney
Cork City4 – 0Cliftonville
G. Morrissey  16'
Turner  26' (pen.), 45+1'}
Kavanagh  69'		 Report
Attendance: 1,273
Referee: Pádraig Sutton

Second Leg
Coleraine0 – 2Shamrock Rovers
Report Quigley  5'  73'
McCabe  53'
Sullivan  66'
Kilduff  90'
Referee: Arnold Hudson

Shamrock Rovers won 2−1 on aggregate.

Glentoran1 – 0St Patrick's Athletic
Murray  62' Report Fagan  42'
Referee: Hugh Carvill

Glentoran won 1−0 on aggregate.

Cliftonville2 – 2Cork City
Boyce  38'
Garrett  87'		 Report Horgan  15'
Furlong  52'
Morrissey  72'
Spillane  90+2'
Referee: Ross Dunlop

Cork City won 6−2 on aggregate.

Portadown0 – 5Drogheda United
Murray  10'
McNeill  61'
Ramsey  64'
Burns  89'		 Report Byrne  1'
O'Conor  12'
Brennan  55'
Cassidy  78'
Hand  90+3'
Referee: Paul McLaughlin

Drogheda United won 8−2 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

The winners of the four first-round games joined the four seeded teams in the quarter-finals. The first legs were played on 26 February and 4 March, while the second legs were played on 4 and 11 March 2013.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Cork City 4–1 Crusaders 1–0 3–1
Derry City 2–3 Drogheda United 1–1 1–2
Shamrock Rovers 7–2 Linfield 4–1 3–1
Sligo Rovers 8–0 Glentoran 5–0 3–0

First Leg
Cork City1 – 0Crusaders
D Morrissey  88' Report
Attendance: 1,026
Referee: Alan Kelly
Sligo Rovers5 – 0Glentoran
Lynch  2', 38'
Elding  20'
Connolly  36'
McMillan  53'		 Report
Showgrounds, Sligo
Attendance: 1,235
Derry City1 – 1Drogheda United
Patterson  10'  43' Report Prendergast  4'
O'Brien  53'
Sava  66'
The Brandywell, Derry
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Ray Hetherington
Shamrock Rovers4 – 1Linfield
Finn  34'  50'
Powell  42'
Kilduff  45', 73'
Rice  82'		 Report Mulgrew  23'
McCaul  31'
Burns  62'  72'
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Neil Doyle

Second Leg
Crusaders1 – 3Cork City
Heatley  89' Report Morrissey  55'
D Horgan  62'
Kavanagh  67'
Magowan  89' (o.g.)
Attendance: 600
Referee: David Baxter

Cork City won 4−1 on aggregate.

Glentoran0 – 3Sligo Rovers
Clarke  59' Report Lynch  7'
Cretaro  25'
Henderson  62'
Martin  85'
Attendance: 150
Referee: Bob Rogers

Sligo Rovers won 8−0 on aggregate.

Drogheda United2 – 1Derry City
Prendergast  68'
Brennan  90+4'		 Report McEleney  37'
McBride  48'
Rafter  64'
Hunky Dorys Park, Drogheda
Referee: Neil Doyle

Drogheda United won 3−2 on aggregate.

Linfield1 – 3Shamrock Rovers
Armstrong  4'  26' Report Stewart  32', 69'
McCormack  53'
Dennehy  80'

Shamrock Rovers won 7−2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

The first legs of the semi-finals will be played on 16 April and the second legs on 22 April.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Drogheda United 2−1 Sligo Rovers 2−0 0−1
Shamrock Rovers 3−3 Cork City 1−1 2−2

First Leg
Shamrock Rovers1 − 1Cork City
D. Murphy  39' (o.g.) Report Kavanagh  41'
Healy  81'
Attendance: 1,250
Referee: Neil Doyle
Drogheda United2 − 0Sligo Rovers
O'Neill  24'
Cassidy  35'
Grimes  52'		 Report
Hunky Dorys Park, Drogheda
Attendance: 756
Referee: Mark Courtney

Second Leg
Cork City2 − 2Shamrock Rovers
Horgan  45+1'
Kavanagh  63'  87'		 Report Foran  29'
Rice  32'  72'
Dennehy  54'  90+3'
Attendance: 2,007
Referee: Padraigh Sutton

3–3 on aggregate. Shamrock Rovers won on away goals

Sligo Rovers1 − 0Drogheda United
Cawley  30'  46'
Ventre  71'		 Report O'Neill  24'
Cassidy  39'
Showgrounds, Sligo
Attendance: 1,286
Referee: Arnie Hunter

Drogheda United won 2−1 on aggregate.

Final
Main article: 2013 Setanta Sports Cup Final
Shamrock Rovers7 − 1Drogheda United
Chambers  11'
O'Connor  13'
Sheppard  45'
Finn  55', 56'
Dennehy  75', 88'		 Report O'Neill  65'
Attendance: 4,022
Referee: Rob Rogers

References
  1. "Cliftonville to face Cork City in Setanta Cup first round". BBC Sport. 6 December 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
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