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2007 Setanta Sports Cup

The 2007 Setanta Sports Cup was the 3rd staging of the Setanta Sports Cup, a cross-border cup competition that took place between football clubs from the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The final was played at Windsor Park in Belfast, Northern Ireland on 12 May 2007, and was won by Drogheda United with a 4-3 penalty shoot-out victory over Linfield when the scores were level at 1–1 after extra time. Drogheda won the trophy for the second successive year.

2007 Setanta Sports Cup
Tournament details
Country Northern Ireland
Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland
Teams8
Defending championsDrogheda United
Final positions
ChampionsDrogheda United (2nd title)
Runner-upLinfield
Tournament statistics
Matches played27
Goals scored67 (2.48 per match)
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Shelbourne's withdrawal

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The draw for the 2007 Setanta Cup competition was made on 7 December 2006 with the original competing teams being the identical ones to the previous year's competition. On 30 January 2007, however, Shelbourne announced that they were withdrawing from the competition for reasons relating to their financial troubles and the fact that they would be unlikely to field a team of players. Their place was given to the 2006 FAI Cup runners-up to Derry City, St Patrick's Athletic, despite the fact that the next best-placed in the previous season's league (Shelbourne's qualification route), who did not have a place in the Setanta Cup already, were Sligo Rovers.

Group stage

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The draw for this round was held 7 December 2006. The matches were played 26 February-17 April 2007.

Teams that progressed to the Semi-Finals are indicated in bold type.

Teams eliminated from the Setanta Cup are indicated in italics.

Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1.   Linfield 6 3 3 0 8 5 +3 12
2.   Drogheda Utd 6 3 2 1 5 2 +3 11
3.   Derry City 6 1 2 3 6 8 -2 5
4.   Glentoran 6 1 1 4 4 8 -4 4
Drogheda United0 – 1Linfield
(Report) O'Kane   29'
Glentoran0 – 1Derry City
(Report) McHugh   85'
Attendance: 2,728
Referee:   Alan Black
Linfield1 – 1Glentoran
Stewart   21'
Gault   90+'		 (Report) Hill   31'
Neill   90+'
Referee:   Ian Stokes
Derry City0 – 0Drogheda United
(Report)
Glentoran0 – 1Drogheda United
(Report) O'Keeffe   48'
Linfield2 – 1Derry City
Dickson   20'
Kearney   45 pen'
Lindsay   79'		 (Report) Farren   14'
Derry City2 – 2Linfield
Beckett   35'
McCourt   60'		 (Report) O'Kane   74'
Dickson   85'
Drogheda United2 – 0Glentoran
O'Keeffe   30'
Grant   45'		 (Report) Hill   35'
Derry City1 – 2Glentoran
Brennan   16' (Report) McMenamin   54'
McDonagh   87'
Linfield0 – 0Drogheda United
(Report)
Drogheda United2 – 1Derry City
Grant   69'
Zayed   90+'		 (Report) Deery   45'
Glentoran1 – 2Linfield
Neill   42 pen' (Report) Stewart   7'
Thompson   55'

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1.   St Patrick's Athletic 6 5 1 0 17 3 +14 16
2.   Cork City 6 3 1 2 14 5 +9 10
3.   Dungannon Swifts 6 0 4 2 6 12 -6 4
4.   Portadown 6 0 2 4 3 20 -17 2
Dungannon Swifts0 – 0Cork City
(Report)
Referee:   Frankie Hiles
St Patrick's Athletic3 – 0Portadown
Ndo   41'
Kirby   47',   53'		 (Report)
Portadown2 – 2Dungannon Swifts
Collins   68'
McCutcheon   70'		 (Report) McCluskey   21'
Gallagher   90+3'
Cork City1 – 3St Patrick's Athletic
O'Flynn   85' (Report) O'Neill   32',   90+2 pen'
Kirby   50'
Dungannon Swifts2 – 2St Patrick's Athletic
McAllister   4'
Everaldo   34'		 (Report) Kirby   19'
Fahey   49'
Cork City4 – 0Portadown
O'Donovan   46',   76'
Lordan   60'
Lally   90'		 (Report)
Portadown0 – 7Cork City
(Report) Behan   15',   82'
O'Flynn   18'
Gamble   32'
O'Donovan   44',   66',   87'
St Patrick's Athletic5 – 0Dungannon Swifts
Murphy   29'
Quigley   37'
O'Connor   46'
Kirby   57'
Brennan   61'		 (Report)
Dungannon Swifts1 – 1Portadown
McAree   37' (Report) Collins   80'
St Patrick's Athletic1 – 0Cork City
Maguire   27' (Report)
Referee:   Mark Courtney
Cork City2 – 1Dungannon Swifts
O'Brien   4'
Behan   35'		 (Report) McCabe   64'
Wells   81'
Referee:   Declan Hanney
Portadown0 – 3St Patrick's Athletic
(Report) Lynch   52'
O'Connor   62',   71'

Semi-finals

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The draw for the semi-finals was made by drawing the winners of Group A against the runners-up of Group B and vice versa, with group winners having home advantage. There would be no replays if the matches were drawn; instead, extra time would decide winners immediately thereafter. If extra time did not decide the winners, a set of five alternating penalty kicks would decide winners.

St. Patrick's Athletic0 – 1 (AET)Drogheda United
(Report) Zayed   112'
Attendance: 2,735
Referee: Adrian McCourt  
Linfield1 – 0Cork City
O'Kane   85' (Report)
Attendance: 2,647
Referee: Ian Stokes  

Final

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Main article: Setanta Sports Cup Final 2007
Linfield1 – 1 (AET)Drogheda United
McAreavey   67' (Report) Lynch   56'
Grant   77'
Penalties
Ervin  
Mouncey  
Ferguson  
Dickson  
O'Kane  		 3 – 4   Lynch
  Grant
  Bradley
  Robinson
  Byrne
Referee:   Adrian McCourt


Winner of 2007 Setanta Sports Cup
  Drogheda United
2nd Title

Goalscorers

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5 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
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