1950–51 Ulster Cup

{{infobox football tournament season

| title = Ulster Cup

| year = 1950–51

| country = Northern Ireland

| num_teams = 16

| defending_champions = Larne

| winners = Glentoran (1st win)

| second = Linfield

| matches = 32

| goals = 118

| prev_season = 1949–50

| next_season = 1951–52

}}

The 1950–51 Ulster Cup was the third edition of the Ulster Cup, a cup competition in Northern Irish football.{{cite web|url=https://www.irishleaguearchive.org/northern-ireland|title=Irish League Archive, Ulster Cup|publisher=Irish League Archive|accessdate=24 April 2023}}

Glentoran won the tournament for the 1st time, defeating Linfield 2–1 in the final.{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000038/19510111/147/0006|title=Glentoran's Ulster Cup Triumph|work=Belfast News Letter|date=11 January 1951|page=6|url-access=subscription}}{{cite web|url=https://www.irishleaguearchive.org/ulster-cup|title=Ulster Cup Results|publisher=Irish League Archive|accessdate=24 April 2023}}

Group stage

=Section A=

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|show_limit=5

|res_col_header=Result

|winpoints=2

|use_goal_ratio=y

|team1=COL|name_COL=Coleraine

|team2=BAL|name_BAL=Ballymena United

|team3=DER|name_DER=Derry City

|team4=ULS|name_ULS=Ulsterville

|win_COL=3|draw_COL=0|loss_COL=0|gf_COL=10|ga_COL=2

|win_BAL=2|draw_BAL=0|loss_BAL=1|gf_BAL=7|ga_BAL=2

|win_DER=1|draw_DER=0|loss_DER=2|gf_DER=4|ga_DER=6

|win_ULS=0|draw_ULS=0|loss_ULS=3|gf_ULS=2|ga_ULS=13

|col_A=#ccffcc|text_A=Advance to semi-final

|result1=A

|update=complete|source=[https://www.irishleaguearchive.org/ulster-cup-tables Irish League Archive]

}}

=Section B=

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|show_limit=5

|res_col_header=Result

|winpoints=2

|use_goal_ratio=y

|team1=GLT|name_GLT=Glentoran

|team2=ARD|name_ARD=Ards

|team3=DUN|name_DUN=Dundela

|team4=BAN|name_BAN=Bangor

|win_GLT=2|draw_GLT=1|loss_GLT=0|gf_GLT=12|ga_GLT=3

|win_ARD=2|draw_ARD=1|loss_ARD=0|gf_ARD=10|ga_ARD=5

|win_DUN=1|draw_DUN=0|loss_DUN=2|gf_DUN=3|ga_DUN=9

|win_BAN=0|draw_BAN=0|loss_BAN=3|gf_BAN=2|ga_BAN=10

|col_A=#ccffcc|text_A=Advance to semi-final

|result1=A

|update=complete|source=[https://www.irishleaguearchive.org/ulster-cup-tables Irish League Archive]

}}

==Playoff==

=Section C=

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|show_limit=5

|res_col_header=Result

|winpoints=2

|use_goal_ratio=y

|team1=LIN|name_LIN=Linfield

|team2=GLA|name_GLA=Glenavon

|team3=POR|name_POR=Portadown

|team4=BRA|name_BRA=Brantwood

|win_LIN=2|draw_LIN=1|loss_LIN=0|gf_LIN=11|ga_LIN=5

|win_GLA=2|draw_GLA=1|loss_GLA=0|gf_GLA=6|ga_GLA=2

|win_POR=1|draw_POR=0|loss_POR=2|gf_POR=5|ga_POR=11

|win_BRA=0|draw_BRA=0|loss_BRA=3|gf_BRA=5|ga_BRA=9

|col_A=#ccffcc|text_A=Advance to semi-final

|result1=A

|update=complete|source=[https://www.irishleaguearchive.org/ulster-cup-tables Irish League Archive]

}}

==Playoff==

===Replay===

=Section D=

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|show_limit=5

|res_col_header=Result

|winpoints=2

|use_goal_ratio=y

|team1=CLI|name_CLI=Cliftonville

|team2=LAR|name_LAR=Larne

|team3=CRU|name_CRU=Crusaders

|team4=DIS|name_DIS=Distillery

|win_CLI=2|draw_CLI=1|loss_CLI=0|gf_CLI=5|ga_CLI=3

|win_LAR=2|draw_LAR=1|loss_LAR=0|gf_LAR=8|ga_LAR=5

|win_CRU=1|draw_CRU=0|loss_CRU=2|gf_CRU=3|ga_CRU=4

|win_DIS=0|draw_DIS=0|loss_DIS=3|gf_DIS=1|ga_DIS=5

|col_A=#ccffcc|text_A=Advance to semi-final

|result1=A

|update=complete|source=[https://www.irishleaguearchive.org/ulster-cup-tables Irish League Archive]

}}

==Playoff==

Semi-finals

{{OneLegStart}}

{{OneLegResult|Glentoran||4–1|Cliftonville}}

{{OneLegResult|Linfield||2–2|Coleraine}}

{{end}}

=Replay=

{{OneLegStart}}

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

{{end}}

Final

{{football box

|date=10 January 1951

|time=

|team1=Glentoran

|score=2–1

|aet=

|report=[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000038/19510111/147/0006 Report]

|team2=Linfield

|goals1=Hughes {{goal|26}}
Cunningham {{goal|29}}

|goals2=McDowell {{goal|34}}

|stadium=Grosvenor Park, Belfast

|attendance=

|referee=J. S. Cox (Rutherglen)

}}

References

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