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2003–04 County Antrim Shield#Final

{{infobox football tournament season

| title = County Antrim Shield

| year = 2003–04

| country = Northern Ireland

| num_teams = 16

| defending champions = Glentoran

| champions = Linfield (39th win)

| runner-up = Ards

| matches = 15

| goals = 49

| prevseason = 2002–03

| nextseason = 2004–05

}}

The 2003–04 County Antrim Shield was the 115th edition of the County Antrim Shield, a cup competition in Northern Irish football.{{cite web|url=https://www.irishleaguearchive.org/northern-ireland|title=Irish League Archive, County Antrim Shield|publisher=Irish League Archive|accessdate=17 April 2023}}

Linfield won the tournament for the 39th time, defeating Ards 2–0 in the final.{{cite news|title=One down, two to go|work=Belfast Telegraph|date=3 March 2004|page=24}}{{cite web|url=https://www.irishleaguearchive.org/county-antrim-shield|title=County Antrim Shield Results|publisher=Irish League Archive|accessdate=17 April 2023}}

Results

=First round=

{{OneLegStart}}

{{OneLegResult|Ards||4–1|Carrick Rangers}}

{{OneLegResult|Ballymena United||3–1|Dunmurry Young Men}}

{{OneLegResult|Cliftonville||6–0|Holywood}}

{{OneLegResult|Crusaders||3–0|Bangor}}

{{OneLegResult|Glentoran||6–1|Donegal Celtic}}

{{OneLegResult|Larne||4–0|Larne Tech Old Boys}}

{{OneLegResult|Linfield||4–0|Islandmagee}}

{{OneLegResult|Lisburn Distillery||0–1|Ballyclare Comrades}}

|}

=Quarter-finals=

{{OneLegStart}}

{{OneLegResult|Ballyclare Comrades||0–4|Ards}}

{{OneLegResult|Crusaders||0–1|Ballymena United}}

{{OneLegResult|Glentoran||3–0|Cliftonville}}

{{OneLegResult|Linfield||3–0|Larne}}

|}

=Semi-finals=

{{OneLegStart}}

{{OneLegResult|Ards||1–0|Ballymena United}}

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

|}

=Final=

{{football box

|date=2 March 2004

|time=

|team1=Linfield

|score=2–0

|aet=

|report=

|team2=Ards

|goals1=Hunter {{goal|69|o.g.}}
Larmour {{goal|88}}

|goals2=

|stadium=The Oval, Belfast

|attendance=

|referee=David Malcolm (Bangor)

}}

References

{{reflist}}

External links

  • [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nilantrimshieldhist.html Northern Ireland - List of County Antrim Shield Winners]

{{County Antrim Shield}}

{{2003–04 in Northern Ireland association football}}

{{Football in Northern Ireland}}

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Category:2003–04 in Northern Ireland association football