1900–01 Irish Cup

{{infobox football tournament season

| title = Irish Cup

| year = 1900–01

| date = 27 October 1900 –
13 April 1901

| country = Ireland

| num_teams = 17

| defending_champions = Cliftonville

| winners = Cliftonville (5th win)

| second = Freebooters

| matches = 13

| goals = 61

| prev_season = 1899–1900

| next_season = 1901–02

}}

The 1900–01 Irish Cup was the 21st edition of the Irish Cup, the premier knock-out cup competition in Irish football.

Cliftonville won the tournament for the 5th time and 2nd year in a row, defeating Freebooters 1–0 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=19}}

Results

{{cite web|url=https://www.irishleaguearchive.org/irish-cup|title=IRISH CUP - Results|accessdate=15 January 2023}}

=First round=

{{OneLegStart}}

{{OneLegResult|Derry Hibernians||w/o|Bright Stars}}

{{OneLegResult|Distillery||0–1|Cliftonville}}

{{OneLegResult|Freebooters||10–0|Dundalk}}

{{OneLegResult|Glentoran||0–3|Celtic}}

{{OneLegResult|Richmond Rovers||w/o|Dublin University}}

{{OneLegResult|St Columb's Court||1–8|Derry Celtic}}

{{OneLegResult|Tritonville||2–5|Bohemians}}

{{OneLegResult|Linfield||bye|}}

{{OneLegResult|North End||bye|}}

{{OneLegResult|Shelbourne||bye|}}

|}

=Second round=

{{OneLegStart}}

{{OneLegResult|Bohemians||1–4|Linfield}}

{{OneLegResult|Cliftonville||4–1|Derry Hibernians}}

{{OneLegResult|Derry Celtic||w/o|Shelbourne}}

{{OneLegResult|Freebooters||3–1|Richmond Rovers}}

{{OneLegResult|North End||w/o|Celtic}}

|}

=Quarter-finals=

{{OneLegStart}}

{{OneLegResult|Cliftonville||2–0¹|Celtic}}

{{OneLegResult|Derry Celtic||bye|}}

{{OneLegResult|Freebooters||bye|}}

{{OneLegResult|Linfield||bye|}}

|}

¹ A replay was ordered after a protest.

==Replay==

{{OneLegStart}}

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

|}

=Semi-finals=

{{OneLegStart}}

{{OneLegResult|Cliftonville||3–1|Derry Celtic}}

{{OneLegResult|Freebooters||2–1|Linfield}}

|}

=Final=

{{football box

|date=13 April 1901

|time=

|team1=Cliftonville

|score=1–0

|aet=

|report=[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000434/19010415/147/0007 Report]

|team2=Freebooters

|goals1=Scott {{goal|23}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Grosvenor Park, Belfast

|attendance=

|referee=Tom Robertson (Glasgow)

}}

References

{{reflist}}

External links

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

{{Irish Cup}}

{{1900–01 in Irish association football}}

{{1900–01 in European football (UEFA)}}

{{Association football cup competitions in Ireland}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:1900-01 Irish Cup}}

Category:Irish Cup seasons