1891–92 Irish Cup

{{infobox football tournament season

| title = Irish Cup

| year = 1891–92

| date = 7 November 1891 –
12 March 1892

| country = Ireland

| num_teams = 38

| defending_champions = Linfield

| winners = Linfield (2nd win)

| second = Black Watch

| matches = 34

| goals = 230

| prev_season = 1890–91

| next_season = 1892–93

}}

The 1891–92 Irish Cup was the 12th edition of the Irish Cup, the premier knock-out cup competition in Irish football.

Linfield won the tournament for the 2nd time and 2nd year in a row, defeating Black Watch (a British Army team) 7–0 in the final.{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nilcuphistsemi.html |title=Northern Ireland Cup Semifinals and Finals 1880–1950 |work=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF) |access-date=19 June 2022}}{{cite book |title=Football in Northern Ireland, a statistical record 1881–2005 |author=Alex Graham |page=10}}

Results

YMCA, Linfield, Glentoran, Ulster, Cliftonville, Oldpark, Milltown, Lancashire Fusiliers, Ligoniel, Distillery, St Columb's Court, and Limavady all given byes into the third round.

=First round=

{{OneLegStart}}

{{OneLegResult|Kilrea||0–0|Coleraine YMCA}}

{{OneLegResult|Limavady Reserves||w/o|Moyola Park}}

{{OneLegResult|Omagh Wanderers||14–0|Newtownstewart}}

{{OneLegResult|Sion Mills||3–3|Strabane}}

{{OneLegResult|Ivy||7–0|St Columb's Court Wanderers}}

{{OneLegResult|St Columb's Hall||4–0|Clooney Park}}

{{OneLegResult|Rosemount||11–0|Young Ireland}}

{{OneLegResult|St Columb's Swifts||0–2|Clooney Park Rovers}}

{{OneLegResult|City Factory||w/o|Bright Stars}}

{{OneLegResult|Glendermott||1–5|Londonderry Sentinel}}

{{OneLegResult|Linfield Rangers||w/o|Distillery Rovers}}

{{OneLegResult|Donacloney||4–1|Clarence}}

{{OneLegResult|Black Watch||bye|}}

{{OneLegResult|Milford||bye|}}

|}

==Replays==

{{OneLegStart}}

{{OneLegResult|Strabane||4–2|Sion Mills}}

{{OneLegResult|Coleraine YMCA||4–2|Kilrea}}

|}

=Second round=

{{OneLegStart}}

{{OneLegResult|Coleraine YMCA||6–2|Limavady Reserves}}

{{OneLegResult|Rosemount||5–2|St Columb's Hall}}

{{OneLegResult|Ivy||w/o|Clooney Park Rovers}}

{{OneLegResult|Bright Stars||2–1|Londonderry Sentinel}}

{{OneLegResult|Omagh Wanderers||w/o|Strabane}}

{{OneLegResult|Black Watch||w/o|Donacloney}}

{{OneLegResult|Linfield Rangers||5–2|Milford}}

|}

=Third round=

{{OneLegStart}}

{{OneLegResult|Ligoniel||3–5|Glentoran}}

{{OneLegResult|Oldpark||1–7|Lancashire Fusiliers}}

{{OneLegResult|Cliftonville||1–1|YMCA}}

{{OneLegResult|Ulster||16–0|Milltown}}

{{OneLegResult|Distillery||3–6|Linfield}}

{{OneLegResult|Black Watch||5–2|Linfield Rangers}}

{{OneLegResult|St Columb's Court||5–2|Limavady|}}

{{OneLegResult|Omagh Wanderers||3–2|Bright Stars}}

{{OneLegResult|Coleraine YMCA||1–2|Ivy}}

{{OneLegResult|Rosemount||bye|}}

|}

==Replay==

{{OneLegStart}}

{{OneLegResult|Cliftonville||6–3|YMCA}}

|}

=Fourth round=

{{OneLegStart}}

{{OneLegResult|Black Watch||8–2|Lancashire Fusiliers}}

{{OneLegResult|Linfield||6–0|Glentoran}}

{{OneLegResult|Ulster||4–2|Cliftonville}}

{{OneLegResult|Omagh Wanderers||2–4|Rosemount}}

{{OneLegResult|St Columb's Court||9–0|Ivy}}

|}

=Fifth round=

{{OneLegStart}}

{{OneLegResult|St Columb's Court||9–3|Rosemount}}

{{OneLegResult|Ulster||bye|}}

{{OneLegResult|Linfield||bye|}}

{{OneLegResult|Black Watch||bye|}}

|}

=Semi-finals=

{{OneLegStart}}

{{OneLegResult|Black Watch||4–1|St Columb's Court}}

{{OneLegResult|Linfield||3–0|Ulster}}

|}

=Final=

{{football box

|date=12 March 1892

|time=

|team1=Linfield

|score=7–0

|aet=

|report=[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001123/18920314/112/0005 Report]

|team2=Black Watch

|goals1=Hill {{goal}}{{goal}}{{goal}}{{goal}}
S Torrans {{goal}}
R Torrans {{goal}}
Dalton {{goal}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Solitude, Belfast

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

References

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External links

[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nilcuphist.html Northern Ireland Cup Finals]. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF)

{{Irish Cup}}

{{1891–92 in Irish association football}}

{{1891–92 in European football (UEFA)}}

{{Association football cup competitions in Ireland}}

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Category:Irish Cup seasons