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1935–36 Irish Cup

{{infobox football tournament season

| title = Irish Cup

| year = 1935–36

| country = Northern Ireland

| num_teams = 16

| defending_champions = Glentoran

| winners = Linfield (19th win)

| second = Derry City

| matches = 23

| goals = 80

| prev_season = 1934–35

| next_season = 1936–37

}}

The 1935–36 Irish Cup was the 56th edition of the Irish Cup, the premier knock-out cup competition in Northern Irish football.

Linfield won the tournament for the 19th time, defeating Derry City 2–1 in the replay at Celtic Park, after the previous match had finished in a draw.{{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||2–3|Glentoran II}}

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

{{OneLegResult|Belfast Celtic II||3–3|Derry City}}

{{OneLegResult|Distillery||5–2|Coleraine}}

{{OneLegResult|Glenavon||9–2|Linfield}}

{{OneLegResult|Glentoran||1–1|Cliftonville}}

{{OneLegResult|Newry Town||3–1|Bangor}}

{{OneLegResult|Portadown||3–1|Ballymena United}}

|}

==Replay==

{{OneLegStart}}

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

{{OneLegResult|Derry City||0–0|Belfast Celtic II}}

|}

==Second replay==

{{OneLegStart}}

{{OneLegResult|Belfast Celtic II||1–3|Derry City}}

|}

=Quarter-finals=

{{OneLegStart}}

{{OneLegResult|Belfast Celtic||1–1|Newry Town}}

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

{{OneLegResult|Glentoran II||3–1|Distillery}}

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

|}

==Replay==

{{OneLegStart}}

{{OneLegResult|Newry Town||1–1|Belfast Celtic}}

{{OneLegResult|Portadown||1–3|Linfield}}

|}

==Second replay==

{{OneLegStart}}

{{OneLegResult|Belfast Celtic||0–0|Newry Town}}

|}

==Third replay==

{{OneLegStart}}

{{OneLegResult|Newry Town||1–5|Belfast Celtic}}

|}

=Semi-finals=

{{OneLegStart}}

{{OneLegResult|Derry City||3–0|Glentoran II}}

{{OneLegResult|Linfield||1–0|Belfast Celtic}}

|}

=Final=

{{football box

|date=4 April 1936

|time=

|team1=Linfield

|score=0–0

|aet=

|report=[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001542/19360406/084/0005 Report]

|team2=Derry City

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Celtic Park, Belfast

|attendance=22,000

|referee=J. Thompson (Northumberland)

}}

==Replay==

{{football box

|date=8 April 1936

|time=

|team1=Linfield

|score=2–1

|aet=yes

|report=[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001542/19360409/191/0010 Report]

|team2=Derry City

|goals1=Baird {{goal|53}}
McCormick {{goal|93}}

|goals2=Kelly {{goal|10}}

|stadium=Celtic Park, Belfast

|attendance=14,000

|referee=J. Thompson (Northumberland)

}}

References

{{reflist}}

External links

{{Irish Cup}}

{{1935–36 in Northern Ireland association football}}

{{1935–36 in European football (UEFA)}}

{{Football in Northern Ireland}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:1935-36 Irish Cup}}

Category:Irish Cup seasons

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