2004–05 County Antrim Shield#Final

{{infobox football tournament season

| title = County Antrim Shield

| year = 2004–05

| country = Northern Ireland

| num_teams = 16

| defending champions = Linfield

| champions = Linfield (40th win)

| runner-up = Crusaders

| matches = 15

| goals = 52

| prevseason = 2003–04

| nextseason = 2005–06

}}

The 2004–05 County Antrim Shield was the 116th 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 40th time and 2nd consecutive season, defeating Crusaders 2–1 in the final.{{cite news|title=Peter picks the perfect moment to show her class|work=Belfast Telegraph|date=2 March 2005|page=28}}{{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||2–1|Dundela}}

{{OneLegResult|Ballymena United||0–1|Kilmore Recreation}}

{{OneLegResult|Cliftonville||2–1|Larne Tech Old Boys}}

{{OneLegResult|Crusaders||3–1|Ballymoney United}}

{{OneLegResult|Glentoran||11–0|Glebe Rangers}}

{{OneLegResult|Larne||2–3|Bangor}}

{{OneLegResult|Linfield||5–0|Malachians}}

{{OneLegResult|Lisburn Distillery||2–0|Newington Youth}}

|}

=Quarter-finals=

{{OneLegStart}}

{{OneLegResult|Bangor||1–3|Linfield}}

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

{{OneLegResult|Crusaders||3–0|Ards}}

{{OneLegResult|Lisburn Distillery||1–1 {{aet}}
(2–3 p)|Kilmore Recreation}}

|}

=Semi-finals=

{{OneLegStart}}

{{OneLegResult|Crusaders||1–0|Cliftonville}}

{{OneLegResult|Linfield||2–0|Kilmore Recreation}}

|}

=Final=

{{football box

|date=1 March 2005

|time=

|team1=Linfield

|score=2–1

|aet=yes

|report=

|team2=Crusaders

|goals1=Thompson {{goal|37||96}}
Murphy {{sent off|0|70}}

|goals2=Munster {{goal|74}}

|stadium=The Oval, Belfast

|attendance=

|referee=Adrian McCourt (Belfast)

}}

References

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