1933–34 Irish Cup

{{infobox football tournament season

| title = Irish Cup

| year = 1933–34

| country = Northern Ireland

| num_teams = 16

| defending_champions = Glentoran

| winners = Linfield (18th win)

| second = Cliftonville

| matches = 16

| goals = 72

| prev_season = 1932–33

| next_season = 1934–35

}}

The 1933–34 Irish Cup was the 54th edition of the Irish Cup, the premier knock-out cup competition in Northern Irish football.

Linfield won the tournament for the 18th time, defeating Cliftonville 5–0 in the final at The Oval.{{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=14 January 2023}}{{cite book |title=Football in Northern Ireland, a statistical record 1881–2005 |author=Alex Graham }}

Results

{{cite web|url=https://www.irishleaguearchive.org/irish-cup|title=IRISH CUP - Results|accessdate=14 January 2023}}

=First round=

{{OneLegStart}}

{{OneLegResult|Ards||1–2|Cliftonville}}

{{OneLegResult|Bangor||5–3|Sunnyside}}

{{OneLegResult|Cliftonville||3–1|Coleraine}}

{{OneLegResult|Crusaders||1–5|Linfield}}

{{OneLegResult|Derry City||6–0|Newry Town}}

{{OneLegResult|Distillery||2–2|Glentoran}}

{{OneLegResult|Glenavon||1–3|Ballymena}}

{{OneLegResult|Larne||1–4|Belfast Celtic}}

|}

==Replay==

{{OneLegStart}}

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

|}

=Quarter-finals=

{{OneLegStart}}

{{OneLegResult|Ballymena||1–4|Belfast Celtic}}

{{OneLegResult|Bangor||0–2|Glentoran}}

{{OneLegResult|Cliftonville||4–0|Derry City}}

{{OneLegResult|Linfield||2–0|Portadown}}

|}

=Semi-finals=

{{OneLegStart}}

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

{{OneLegResult|Linfield||7–0|Belfast Celtic}}

|}

=Final=

{{football box

|date=14 April 1934

|time=

|team1=Linfield

|score=5–0

|aet=

|report=[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0004162/19330408/038/0004?browse=true Report]

|team2=Cliftonville

|goals1=Bambrick {{goal|20}}
Caiels {{goal|28}}
Mackay {{goal|72}}
Donnelly {{goal|77}}
McCracken {{goal|89}}

|goals2=

|stadium=The Oval, Belfast

|attendance=18,500

|referee=Peter Craigmyle (Aberdeen)

}}

References

{{reflist}}

External links

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

{{Irish Cup}}

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{{1933–34 in European football (UEFA)}}

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Category:Irish Cup seasons