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

{{cite web|url=https://www.irishleaguearchive.org/gold-cup|title=Gold Cup Results|publisher=Irish League Archive|accessdate=22 April 2023}}

=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==

{{OneLegStart}}

{{OneLegResult|Ards||1–2|Derry City}}

|}

=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==

{{OneLegStart}}

{{OneLegResult|Coleraine||6–1|Portadown}}

|}

=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

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