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2008 Setanta Sports Cup

The 2008 Setanta Sports Cup was the 4th staging of the Setanta Sports Cup, a cross-border cup competition featuring football clubs from the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The final was played on November 1, 2008, at Turners Cross in Cork.

2008 Setanta Sports Cup
Tournament details
Country Northern Ireland
Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland
Teams8
Defending championsDrogheda United
Final positions
ChampionsCork City (1st title)
Runner-upGlentoran
Tournament statistics
Matches played27
Goals scored72 (2.67 per match)
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Group stage

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The draw for this round was held 17 January 2008. The matches were played 26 February 2008 – 23 September 2008.

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

Teams eliminated from the Setanta Sports Cup this stage are indicated in italics.

Group 1

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Drogheda Utd 6 4 2 0 13 3 +10 14
  Cork City 6 4 2 0 11 2 +9 14
  Cliftonville 6 1 1 4 6 11 -5 4
  Dungannon Swifts 6 0 1 5 3 17 -14 1
Drogheda United3 – 2Cliftonville
Zayed   40',   86'
Baker   74'		 (Report) Murphy   57'
M Holland   87'
Referee:   David Malcolm
Dungannon Swifts0 – 2Cork City
(Report) O'Callaghan   16',   40'
Referee:   Alan Black
Cork City0 – 0Drogheda United
(Report)
Referee:   Dave McKeon
Cliftonville0 – 0Dungannon Swifts
(Report)
Cork City2 – 0Cliftonville
O'Flynn   68'
Mooney   75'		 (Report)
Referee:   Declan Hanney
Dungannon Swifts0 – 4Drogheda United
(Report) Grant   4'
Gartland   35'
McMinn   63' (og)
O'Brien   85'
Referee:   Brian Turkington
Cliftonville0 – 2Cork City
(Report) Behan   38',   75'
Referee:   Alan Black
Drogheda United3 – 0Dungannon Swifts
Hughes   28'
Zayed   76'
Cahill   88'		 (Report)
Referee:   Damien Hancock
Drogheda United1 – 1Cork City
Tambouras   50' (Report) Murphy   44'
Referee:   Dave McKeon
Dungannon Swifts2 – 4Cliftonville
Adamson   8'
Baker   47'		 Patterson   2'
Hamill   34',   61'
McMullan   80'
Cliftonville0 – 2Drogheda United
Zayed   30'
Hughes   54'
Cork City4 – 1Dungannon Swifts
Murphy   23'
Kearney   39'
Behan   63 pen'
Ryan   70'		 McGerrigan   55'

Group 2

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Derry City 6 4 1 1 10 4 +6 13
  Glentoran 6 2 2 2 10 10 0 8
  Linfield 6 2 1 3 8 12 -4 7
  St Patrick's Athletic 6 1 2 3 6 8 -2 5
Linfield3 – 1Derry City
Delaney   23' (og)
Thompson   40'
Ferguson   86' (pen)		 (Report) Martyn   79'
Attendance: 3,000 (approx)
Referee:   Dave McKeon
St Patrick's Athletic3 – 3Glentoran
O'Neill   20',   89'
Fahey   90'		 (Report) Halliday   5'
Nixon   72' (pen)
Fordyce   85'
Attendance: 1,500 (approx.)
Glentoran1 – 3Linfield
Boyce   8' (Report) McAreavey   32',   49'
Dickson   69'
Attendance: 4,000 (approx.)
Derry City2 – 0St Patrick's Athletic
Martyn   37'
Brennan   47 (o.g.)'		 (Report)
Glentoran1 – 1Derry City
Nixon   70' (Report) Sammon   50' (pen)
Referee:   Mark Courtney
St Patrick's Athletic2 – 0Linfield
Quigley   7'
O'Neill   76'		 (Report)
Attendance: 5,300
Referee:   Alan Kelly
Derry City2 – 0Glentoran
Higgins   35'
Farren   84'		 (Report)
Referee:   Ian Stokes
Linfield1 – 1St Patrick's Athletic
Mulgrew   89' (Report) Fahey   40'
Linfield1 – 4Glentoran
Garrett   7' (Report) Gardiner   3 pen'
Boyce   27'
Halliday   53',   68'
St Patrick's Athletic0 – 1Derry City
(Report) McHugh   33'
Derry City3 – 0Linfield
Farren   23',   63',   84' (Report)
Glentoran1 – 0St Patrick's Athletic
Fordyce   6' (Report)

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 2 and vice versa, with group winners having home advantage. Glentoran beat Drogheda United 1–0 in the first semi-final, which was played at United Park in Drogheda,[1] while Cork City overcame Derry City by the same scoreline at the Brandywell Stadium in Derry.[2]

Drogheda United0 – 1Glentoran
(Report) Hill   3'
Leeman   74'
Hill   89'
Derry City0 – 1Cork City
(Report) Kiely   67'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee:   David Malcolm

Final

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The final took place on November 1, 2008, at Turners Cross stadium in front of 5,500, a sell out crowd, in Cork, where Cork City came from behind to beat Glentoran 2-1 and win the competition for the first time.[3]

Cork City2 – 1Glentoran
Murray   57'
Kearney   74'		 (Report) Kyle Neill   12'
Attendance: 5,500
Referee:   Ian Stokes


Winner of 2008 Setanta Sports Cup
  Cork City
1st Title

Goalscorers

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4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

References

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  1. ^ "Drogheda United 0-1 Glentoran". RTÉ Sport. Archived from the original on 2 June 2009. Retrieved 7 March 2009.
  2. ^ "Derry City 0-1 Cork City". RTÉ Sport. Archived from the original on 2 June 2009. Retrieved 7 March 2009.
  3. ^ "Cork City 2-1 Glentoran". RTÉ Sport. Archived from the original on 2 June 2009. Retrieved 7 March 2009.
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