2007 Setanta Sports Cup
{{infobox football tournament season
| title = Setanta Sports Cup
| year = 2007
| country = Northern Ireland
Republic of Ireland
| num_teams = 8
| defending champions = Drogheda United
| champions = {{nowrap|Drogheda United (2nd title)}}
| runner-up = Linfield
| matches = 27
| goals = 67
| prevseason = 2006
| nextseason = 2008
}}
The 2007 Setanta Sports Cup was the 3rd staging of the Setanta Sports Cup, a cross-border cup competition that took place between football clubs from the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The final was played at Windsor Park in Belfast, Northern Ireland on 12 May 2007, and was won by Drogheda United with a 4-3 penalty shoot-out victory over Linfield when the scores were level at 1–1 after extra time. Drogheda won the trophy for the second successive year.
Shelbourne's withdrawal
The draw for the 2007 Setanta Cup competition was made on 7 December 2006 with the original competing teams being the identical ones to the previous year's competition. On 30 January 2007, however, Shelbourne announced that they were withdrawing from the competition for reasons relating to their financial troubles and the fact that they would be unlikely to field a team of players. Their place was given to the 2006 FAI Cup runners-up to Derry City, St Patrick's Athletic, despite the fact that the next best-placed in the previous season's league (Shelbourne's qualification route), who did not have a place in the Setanta Cup already, were Sligo Rovers.
Group stage
:The draw for this round was held 7 December 2006. The matches were played 26 February-17 April 2007.
Teams that progressed to the Semi-Finals are indicated in bold type.
Teams eliminated from the Setanta Cup are indicated in italics.
=Group A=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | ||||||||
| width="175"|Team | width="20"|Pld | width="20"|W | width="20"|D | width="20"|L | width="20"|GF | width="20"|GA | width="20"|GD | width="20"|Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background: #ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|1. {{flagicon|NIR}} Linfield |6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 12 | |
| style="background: #ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|2. {{flagicon|IRL}} Drogheda Utd |6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 11 | |
| style="text-align:left;"|3. {{flagicon|IRL}} Derry City
|6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8| | |||
| 2 | 5 | |||||||
| style="text-align:left;"|4. {{flagicon|NIR}} Glentoran
|6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8| | |||
| 4 | 4 |
{{football box
|date = 2007-02-26
|team1 = Drogheda United
|score = 0 – 1
|report = [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/irish/6399075.stm (Report)]
|team2 = Linfield
|goals1 =
|goals2 = O'Kane {{goal|29}}
|stadium = United Park, Drogheda
|attendance =
|referee = }}
----
{{football box
|date = 2007-02-26
|team1 = Glentoran
|score = 0 – 1
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927013442/http://www.elevenaside.com/setantacup/irish_soccer_detail.asp?newsid=26686 (Report)]
|team2 = Derry City
|goals1 =
|goals2 = McHugh {{goal|85}}
|attendance = 2,728
|referee = {{flagicon|NIR}} Alan Black }}
----
{{football box
|date = 2007-03-05
|team1 = Linfield
|score = 1 – 1
|report = [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/irish/6421407.stm (Report)]
|team2 = Glentoran
|goals1 = Stewart {{goal|21}}
Gault {{sent off|0|90+}}
|goals2 = Hill {{goal|31}}
Neill {{sent off|0|90+}}
|stadium = Windsor Park, Belfast
|attendance =
|referee = {{flagicon|IRL}} Ian Stokes }}
----
{{football box
|date = 2007-03-12
|team1 = Derry City
|score = 0 – 0
|report = [http://www.irishfootballonline.com/news/6088.html (Report)]
|team2 = Drogheda United
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Brandywell, Derry
|attendance =
|referee = }}
----
{{football box
|date = 2007-03-19
|team1 = Glentoran
|score = 0 – 1
|report = [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/irish/6468749.stm (Report)]
|team2 = Drogheda United
|goals1 =
|goals2 = O'Keeffe {{goal|48}}
|attendance =
|referee = }}
----
{{football box
|date = 2007-03-20
|team1 = Linfield
|score = 2 – 1
|report = [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/irish/6473489.stm (Report)]
|team2 = Derry City
|goals1 = Dickson {{goal|20}}
Kearney {{goal|45 pen}}
Lindsay {{sent off|0|79}}
|goals2 = Farren {{goal|14}}
|stadium = Windsor Park, Belfast
|attendance =
|referee = }}
----
{{football box
|date = 2007-03-26
|team1 = Derry City
|score = 2 – 2
|report = [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/irish/6497455.stm (Report)]
|team2 = Linfield
|goals1 = Beckett {{goal|35}}
McCourt {{goal|60}}
|goals2 = O'Kane {{goal|74}}
Dickson {{goal|85}}
|stadium = Brandywell, Derry
|attendance =
|referee = }}
----
{{football box
|date = 2007-03-26
|team1 = Drogheda United
|score = 2 – 0
|report = [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/irish/6497451.stm (Report)]
|team2 = Glentoran
|goals1 = O'Keeffe {{goal|30}}
Grant {{goal|45}}
|goals2 = Hill {{sent off|0|35}}
|stadium = United Park, Drogheda
|attendance =
|referee = }}
----
{{football box
|date = 2007-04-02
|team1 = Derry City
|score = 1 – 2
|report = [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/irish/6516683.stm (Report)]
|team2 = Glentoran
|goals1 = Brennan {{goal|16}}
|goals2 = McMenamin {{goal|54}}
McDonagh {{goal|87}}
|stadium = Brandywell, Derry
|attendance =
|referee = }}
----
{{football box
|date = 2007-04-02
|team1 = Linfield
|score = 0 – 0
|report = [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/irish/6520377.stm (Report)]
|team2 = Drogheda United
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Windsor Park, Belfast
|attendance =
|referee = }}
----
{{football box
|date = 2007-04-17
|team1 = Drogheda United
|score = 2 – 1
|report = [http://www.rte.ie/sport/2007/0417/drogheda1.html (Report)]
|team2 = Derry City
|goals1 = Grant {{goal|69}}
Zayed {{goal|90+}}
|goals2 = Deery {{goal|45}}
|stadium = United Park, Drogheda
|attendance =
|referee = }}
----
{{football box
|date = 2007-04-17
|team1 = Glentoran
|score = 1 – 2
|report = [https://archive.today/20130127222708/http://www.linfieldfc.com/matchreport.asp?mid=417 (Report)]
|team2 = Linfield
|goals1 = Neill {{goal|42 pen}}
|goals2 = Stewart {{goal|7}}
Thompson {{goal|55}}
|attendance =
|referee = }}
=Group B=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | ||||||||
| width="175"|Team | width="20"|Pld | width="20"|W | width="20"|D | width="20"|L | width="20"|GF | width="20"|GA | width="20"|GD | width="20"|Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background: #ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|1. {{flagicon|IRL}} St Patrick's Athletic |6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 3 | +14 | 16 | |
| style="background: #ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|2. {{flagicon|IRL}} Cork City |6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 10 | |
| style="text-align:left;"|3. {{flagicon|NIR}} Dungannon Swifts
|6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12| | |||
| 6 | 4 | |||||||
| style="text-align:left;"|4. {{flagicon|NIR}} Portadown
|6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 20| | |||
| 17 | 2 |
{{football box
|date = 2007-02-26
|team1 = Dungannon Swifts
|score = 0 – 0
|report = [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/irish/6394887.stm (Report)]
|team2 = Cork City
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stangmore Park, Dungannon
|attendance =
|referee = {{flagicon|NIR}} Frankie Hiles }}
----
{{football box
|date = 2007-02-26
|team1 = St Patrick's Athletic
|score = 3 – 0
|report = [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/irish/6394801.stm (Report)]
|team2 = Portadown
|goals1 = Ndo {{goal|41}}
Kirby {{goal|47}}, {{goal|53}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = Richmond Park, Dublin
|attendance =
|referee = }}
----
{{football box
|date = 2007-03-05
|team1 = Portadown
|score = 2 – 2
|report = [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/irish/6421409.stm (Report)]
|team2 = Dungannon Swifts
|goals1 = Collins {{goal|68}}
McCutcheon {{goal|70}}
|goals2 = McCluskey {{goal|21}}
Gallagher {{goal|90+3}}
|stadium = Shamrock Park, Portadown
|attendance =
|referee = }}
----
{{football box
|date = 2007-03-12
|team1 = Cork City
|score = 1 – 3
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20120415165434/http://www.irishfootballonline.com/news/6086.html (Report)]
|team2 = St Patrick's Athletic
|goals1 = O'Flynn {{goal|85}}
|goals2 = O'Neill {{goal|32}}, {{goal|90+2 pen}}
Kirby {{goal|50}}
|stadium = Turners Cross, Cork
|attendance =
|referee = }}
----
{{football box
|date = 2007-03-19
|team1 = Dungannon Swifts
|score = 2 – 2
|report = [http://beta.walkthechalk.com/matchdetails.php?id=1103 (Report)]
|team2 = St Patrick's Athletic
|goals1 = McAllister {{goal|4}}
Everaldo {{goal|34}}
|goals2 = Kirby {{goal|19}}
Fahey {{goal|49}}
|stadium = Stangmore Park, Dungannon
|attendance =
|referee = }}
----
{{football box
|date = 2007-03-20
|team1 = Cork City
|score = 4 – 0
|report = [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/irish/6473065.stm (Report)]
|team2 = Portadown
|goals1 = O'Donovan {{goal|46}}, {{goal|76}}
Lordan {{goal|60}}
Lally {{goal|90}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = Turners Cross, Cork
|attendance =
|referee = }}
----
{{football box
|date = 2007-03-26
|team1 = Portadown
|score = 0 – 7
|report = [http://beta.walkthechalk.com/matchdetails.php?id=1132 (Report)]
|team2 = Cork City
|goals1 =
|goals2 = Behan {{goal|15}}, {{goal|82}}
O'Flynn {{goal|18}}
Gamble {{goal|32}}
O'Donovan {{goal|44}}, {{goal|66}}, {{goal|87}}
|stadium = Shamrock Park, Portadown
|attendance =
|referee = }}
----
{{football box
|date = 2007-03-26
|team1 = St Patrick's Athletic
|score = 5 – 0
|report = [http://beta.walkthechalk.com/matchdetails.php?id=1133 (Report)]
|team2 = Dungannon Swifts
|goals1 = Murphy {{goal|29}}
Quigley {{goal|37}}
O'Connor {{goal|46}}
Kirby {{goal|57}}
Brennan {{goal|61}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = Richmond Park, Dublin
|attendance =
|referee = }}
----
{{football box
|date = 2007-04-02
|team1 = Dungannon Swifts
|score = 1 – 1
|report = [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/irish/6520401.stm (Report)]
|team2 = Portadown
|goals1 = McAree {{goal|37}}
|goals2 = Collins {{goal|80}}
|stadium = Stangmore Park, Dungannon
|attendance =
|referee = }}
----
{{football box
|date = 2007-04-02
|team1 = St Patrick's Athletic
|score = 1 – 0
|report = [https://archive.today/20130217205259/http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2007/0402/stpat.html (Report)]
|team2 = Cork City
|goals1 = Maguire {{goal|27}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = Richmond Park, Dublin
|attendance =
|referee = {{flagicon|NIR}} Mark Courtney }}
----
{{football box
|date = 2007-04-16
|team1 = Cork City
|score = 2 – 1
|report = [http://www.rte.ie/sport/2007/0416/corkcity.html (Report)]
|team2 = Dungannon Swifts
|goals1 = O'Brien {{goal|4}}
Behan {{goal|35}}
|goals2 = McCabe {{goal|64}}
Wells {{sent off|0|81}}
|stadium = Turners Cross, Cork
|attendance =
|referee = {{flagicon|IRL}} Declan Hanney }}
----
{{football box
|date = 2007-04-16
|team1 = Portadown
|score = 0 – 3
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20070706084700/http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2007/0416/stpatricks.html (Report)]
|team2 = St Patrick's Athletic
|goals1 =
|goals2 = Lynch {{goal|52}}
O'Connor {{goal|62}}, {{goal|71}}
|stadium = Shamrock Park, Portadown
|attendance =
|referee = }}
Semi-finals
The draw for the semi-finals was made by drawing the winners of Group A against the runners-up of Group B and vice versa, with group winners having home advantage. There would be no replays if the matches were drawn; instead, extra time would decide winners immediately thereafter. If extra time did not decide the winners, a set of five alternating penalty kicks would decide winners.
{{football box
|date = 23 April 2007
20:05 IST
|team1 = St. Patrick's Athletic
|score = 0 – 1 (AET)
|report = [https://archive.today/20130127041824/http://irishfootballonline.com/news_story.php?newsid=6391 (Report)]
|team2 = Drogheda United
|goals1 =
|goals2 = Zayed {{goal|112}}
|stadium = Richmond Park, Dublin| attendance = 2,735 | referee =Adrian McCourt {{flagicon|NIR}}}}
----
{{football box
|date = 30 April 2007
20:05 IST
|team1 = Linfield
|score = 1 – 0
|report = [http://www.fai.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1991 (Report)]
|team2 = Cork City
|goals1 = O'Kane {{goal|85}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = Windsor Park, Belfast| attendance = 2,647 | referee =Ian Stokes {{flagicon|IRL}}}}
Final
{{main|Setanta Sports Cup Final 2007}}
{{football box
|date = 12 May 2007
17:00 IST
|team1 = Linfield
|score = 1 – 1 (AET)
|report = [https://archive.today/20130126110307/http://www.irishfootballonline.com/news_story.php?newsid=6523 (Report)]
|team2 = Drogheda United
|goals1 = McAreavey {{goal|67}}
|goals2 = Lynch {{penmiss}} 56'
Grant {{goal|77}}
|stadium = Windsor Park, Belfast
|attendance = 7,700{{Cite news |last=McCreevy |first=Alex |date=13 May 2007 |title=Vilmunen the hero |work=Sunday Independent}}
|referee = {{flagicon|NIR}} Adrian McCourt
|penalties1 = Ervin {{pengoal}}
Mouncey {{pengoal}}
Ferguson {{pengoal}}
Dickson {{penmiss}}
O'Kane {{penmiss}}
|penaltyscore = 3 – 4
|penalties2 = {{penmiss}} Lynch
{{pengoal}} Grant
{{pengoal}} Bradley
{{pengoal}} Robinson
{{pengoal}} Byrne }}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; margin: 0 auto;" |
| Winner of 2007 Setanta Sports Cup |
|---|
| {{flagicon|IRL}} Drogheda United 2nd Title |
Goalscorers
;5 goals
- {{flagicon|IRL}} Alan Kirby (St Patrick's Athletic)
- {{flagicon|IRL}} Roy O'Donovan (Cork City)
;3 goals
- {{flagicon|IRL}} Denis Behan (Cork City)
- {{flagicon|IRL}} Tony Grant (Drogheda United)
- {{flagicon|IRL}} Sean O'Connor (St Patrick's Athletic)
- {{flagicon|NIR}} Aidan O'Kane (Linfield)
;2 goals
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
- {{flagicon|NIR}} Michael Collins (Portadown)
- {{flagicon|NIR}} Mark Dickson (Linfield)
- {{flagicon|IRL}} John O'Flynn (Cork City)
- {{flagicon|IRL}} Aidan O'Keeffe (Drogheda United)
- {{flagicon|IRL}} Gary O'Neill (St Patrick's Athletic)
- {{flagicon|NIR}} Thomas Stewart (Linfield)
- {{flagicon|LBY}} Éamon Zayed (Drogheda United)
{{div col end}}
;1 goal
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- {{flagicon|IRL}} Gary Beckett (Derry City)
- {{flagicon|IRL}} Killian Brennan (Derry City)
- {{flagicon|IRL}} Stephen Brennan (St Patrick's Athletic)
- {{flagicon|IRL}} Kevin Deery (Derry City)
- {{flagicon|BRA}} Everaldo (Dungannon Swifts)
- {{flagicon|IRL}} Keith Fahey (St Patrick's Athletic)
- {{flagicon|IRL}} Mark Farren (Derry City)
- {{flagicon|NIR}} JP Gallagher (Dungannon Swifts)
- {{flagicon|IRL}} Joe Gamble (Cork City)
- {{flagicon|NIR}} Jason Hill (Glentoran)
- {{flagicon|NIR}} Oran Kearney (Linfield)
- {{flagicon|IRL}} Roy Lally (Cork City)
- {{flagicon|IRL}} Cillian Lordan (Cork City)
- {{flagicon|IRL}} Eamonn Lynch (St Patrick's Athletic)
- {{flagicon|IRL}} Darragh Maguire (St Patrick's Athletic)
- {{flagicon|NIR}} Mark McAllister (Dungannon Swifts)
- {{flagicon|NIR}} Paul McAreavey (Linfield)
- {{flagicon|NIR}} Rodney McAree (Dungannon Swifts)
- {{flagicon|NIR}} Shane McCabe (Dungannon Swifts)
- {{flagicon|NIR}} Ryan McCluskey (Dungannon Swifts)
- {{flagicon|NIR}} Paddy McCourt (Derry City)
- {{flagicon|SCO}} Gary McCutcheon (Portadown)
- {{flagicon|IRL}} Willo McDonagh (Glentoran)
- {{flagicon|IRL}} Kevin McHugh (Derry City)
- {{flagicon|NIR}} BJ McMenamin (Glentoran)
- {{flagicon|IRL}} Anthony Murphy (St Patrick's Athletic)
- {{flagicon|CMR}} Joseph Ndo (St Patrick's Athletic)
- {{flagicon|NIR}} Kyle Neill (Glentoran)
- {{flagicon|IRL}} Colin O'Brien (Cork City)
- {{flagicon|IRL}} Mark Quigley (St Patrick's Athletic)
- {{flagicon|NIR}} Peter Thompson (Linfield)
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== References ==
{{reflist}}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070514073146/http://ie.setanta.com/portal/systemcontent/setantasportscup07 Official Setanta Cup Site]
{{Setanta Sports Cup Seasons}}
{{2006–07 in Northern Ireland association football}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:2007 Setanta Sports Cup}}