1969–70 Gold Cup
{{infobox football tournament season
| title = Gold Cup
| year = 1969–70
| country = Northern Ireland
| num_teams = 12
| defending_champions = Linfield
| winners = Coleraine (3rd win)
| second = Glentoran
| matches = 16
| goals = 56
| prev_season = 1968–69
| next_season = 1970–71
}}
The 1969–70 Gold Cup was the 51st edition of the Gold Cup, a cup competition in Northern Irish football.{{cite web|url=https://www.irishleaguearchive.org/northern-ireland|title=Irish League Archive, Gold Cup|publisher=Irish League Archive|accessdate=22 April 2023}}
The tournament was won by Coleraine for the 3rd time, defeating Glentoran 1–0 in the final at Windsor Park.{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002318/19691210/671/0021|title=Coleraine take their chance|work=Belfast Telegraph|date=10 December 1969|page=21|url-access=subscription}}{{cite news|title=Jennings' Goal Rocks Glens|work=Belfast News Letter|date=10 December 1969|page=12}}
Results
=First round=
{{OneLegStart}}
{{OneLegResult|Coleraine||6–3|Cliftonville}}
{{OneLegResult|Derry City||1–1|Ards}}
{{OneLegResult|Distillery||0–4|Glentoran}}
{{OneLegResult|Portadown||2–1|Bangor}}
{{OneLegResult|Ballymena United||bye|}}
{{OneLegResult|Crusaders||bye|}}
{{OneLegResult|Glenavon||bye|}}
{{OneLegResult|Linfield||bye|}}
|}
==Replay==
=Quarter-finals=
{{OneLegStart}}
{{OneLegResult|Coleraine||2–2|Portadown}}
{{OneLegResult|Crusaders||1–0|Linfield}}
{{OneLegResult|Glenavon||2–2|Ballymena United}}
{{OneLegResult|Glentoran||1–1|Derry City}}
|}
==Replays==
{{OneLegStart}}
{{OneLegResult|Ballymena United||2–1|Glenavon}}
{{OneLegResult|Derry City||1–3|Glentoran}}
{{OneLegResult|Portadown||0–0|Coleraine}}
|}
==Second replay==
=Semi-finals=
{{OneLegStart}}
{{OneLegResult|Coleraine||3–1|Ballymena United}}
{{OneLegResult|Glentoran||4–1|Crusaders}}
|}
=Final=
{{football box
|date=9 December 1969
|time=
|team1=Coleraine
|score=1–0
|aet=
|report=[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002318/19691210/671/0021 Report]
|team2=Glentoran
|goals1=Jennings {{goal|55}}
|goals2=
|stadium=Windsor Park, Belfast
|attendance=
|referee=Jack Adair (Belfast)
}}
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nilgoldcuphist.html Northern Ireland - List of Gold Cup Winners]
{{Gold Cup}}
{{1969–70 in Northern Ireland association football}}
{{Football in Northern Ireland}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:1969-70 Gold Cup}}