2008 Setanta Sports Cup
{{infobox football tournament season
| title = Setanta Sports Cup
| year = 2008
| country = Northern Ireland
Republic of Ireland
| num_teams = 8
| defending champions = Drogheda United
| champions = Cork City (1st title)
| runner-up = Glentoran
| matches = 27
| goals = 72
| prevseason = 2007
| nextseason = 2009–10
}}
The 2008 Setanta Sports Cup was the 4th staging of the Setanta Sports Cup, a cross-border cup competition featuring football clubs from the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The final was played on November 1, 2008, at Turners Cross in Cork.
Group stage
:The draw for this round was held 17 January 2008. The matches were played 26 February 2008 – 23 September 2008.
Teams that progressed to the Semi-Finals are indicated in bold type.
Teams eliminated from the Setanta Sports Cup this stage are indicated in italics.
=Group 1=
| 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;"|{{flagicon|IRL}} Drogheda Utd |6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 14 | |
| style="background: #ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|IRL}} Cork City |6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 14 | |
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|NIR}} Cliftonville
|6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11| | |||
| 5 | 4 | |||||||
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|NIR}} Dungannon Swifts
|6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 17| | |||
| 14 | 1 |
{{football box
|date = 26 February 2008
|team1 = Drogheda United
|score = 3 – 2
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20080305184104/http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/0226/drogheda_cliftonville.html (Report)]
|team2 = Cliftonville
|goals1 = Zayed {{goal|40}}, {{goal|86}}
Baker {{goal|74}}
|goals2 = Murphy {{goal|57}}
M Holland {{goal|87}}
|stadium = United Park, Drogheda
|attendance =
|referee = {{flagicon|Northern Ireland}} David Malcolm }}
----
{{football box
|date = 26 February 2008
|team1 = Dungannon Swifts
|score = 0 – 2
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20080303003754/http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/0226/dungannon_corkcity.html (Report)]
|team2 = Cork City
|goals1 =
|goals2 = O'Callaghan {{goal|16}}, {{goal|40}}
|stadium = Stangmore Park, Dungannon
|attendance =
|referee = {{flagicon|Northern Ireland}} Alan Black }}
----
{{football box
|date = 18 March 2008
|team1 = Cork City
|score = 0 – 0
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20080409184142/http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/0318/corkcity_drogheda.html (Report)]
|team2 = Drogheda United
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Turners Cross, Cork
|attendance =
|referee = {{flagicon|IRL}} Dave McKeon }}
----
{{football box
|date = 18 March 2008
|team1 = Cliftonville
|score = 0 – 0
|report = [http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/0318/cliftonville_dungannon.html (Report)]
|team2 = Dungannon Swifts
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|attendance =
|referee = }}
----
{{football box
|date = 14 April 2008
|team1 = Cork City
|score = 2 – 0
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20080513171322/http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/0414/cork_cliftonville.html (Report)]
|team2 = Cliftonville
|goals1 = O'Flynn {{goal|68}}
Mooney {{goal|75}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = Turners Cross, Cork
|attendance =
|referee = {{flagicon|IRL}} Declan Hanney }}
----
{{football box
|date = 14 April 2008
|team1 = Dungannon Swifts
|score = 0 – 4
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20080507081050/http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/0414/dungannon_drogheda.html (Report)]
|team2 = Drogheda United
|goals1 =
|goals2 = Grant {{goal|4}}
Gartland {{goal|35}}
McMinn {{goal|63|og}}
O'Brien {{goal|85}}
|stadium = Stangmore Park, Dungannon
|attendance =
|referee = {{flagicon|NIR}} Brian Turkington }}
----
{{football box
|date = 1 September 2008
|team1 = Cliftonville
|score = 0 – 2
|report = [https://archive.today/20130217185155/http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/0901/cork_cliftonville.html (Report)]
|team2 = Cork City
|goals1 =
|goals2 = Behan {{goal|38}}, {{goal|75}}
|stadium = Donegal Celtic Park, Belfast
|attendance =
|referee = {{flagicon|NIR}} Alan Black }}
----
{{football box
|date = 1 September 2008
|team1 = Drogheda United
|score = 3 – 0
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20080904073502/http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/0901/drogheda_dungannon.html (Report)]
|team2 = Dungannon Swifts
|goals1 = Hughes {{goal|28}}
Zayed {{goal|76}}
Cahill {{goal|88}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = United Park, Drogheda
|attendance =
|referee = {{flagicon|IRL}} Damien Hancock }}
----
{{football box
|date = 15 September 2008
|team1 = Drogheda United
|score = 1 – 1
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20090827024612/http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/0915/drogheda_corkcity.html (Report)]
|team2 = Cork City
|goals1 = Tambouras {{goal|50}}
|goals2 = Murphy {{goal|44}}
|stadium = United Park, Drogheda
|attendance =
|referee = {{flagicon|IRL}} Dave McKeon }}
----
{{football box
|date = 15 September 2008
|team1 = Dungannon Swifts
|score = 2 – 4
|report =
|team2 = Cliftonville
|goals1 = Adamson {{goal|8}}
Baker {{goal|47}}
|goals2 = Patterson {{goal|2}}
Hamill {{goal|34}}, {{goal|61}}
McMullan {{goal|80}}
|stadium = Stangmore Park, Dungannon
|attendance =
|referee = }}
----
{{football box
|date = 22 September 2008
|team1 = Cliftonville
|score = 0 – 2
|report =
|team2 = Drogheda United
|goals1 =
|goals2 = Zayed {{goal|30}}
Hughes {{goal|54}}
|stadium = Donegal Celtic Park, Belfast
|attendance =
|referee = }}
----
{{football box
|date = 22 September 2008
|team1 = Cork City
|score = 4 – 1
|report =
|team2 = Dungannon Swifts
|goals1 = Murphy {{goal|23}}
Kearney {{goal|39}}
Behan {{goal|63 pen}}
Ryan {{goal|70}}
|goals2 = McGerrigan {{goal|55}}
|stadium = Turners Cross, Cork
|attendance =
|referee = }}
=Group 2=
| 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;"|{{flagicon|IRL}} Derry City |6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 13 | |
| style="background: #ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|NIR}} Glentoran |6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 8 | |
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|NIR}} Linfield
|6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12| | |||
| 4 | 7 | |||||||
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|IRL}} St Patrick's Athletic
|6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8| | |||
| 2 | 5 |
{{football box
|date = 10 March 2008
|team1 = Linfield
|score = 3 – 1
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20080311205136/http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/0310/linfield_derry.html (Report)]
|team2 = Derry City
|goals1 = Delaney {{goal|23|og}}
Thompson {{goal|40}}
Ferguson {{goal|86|pen}}
|goals2 = Martyn {{goal|79}}
|stadium = Windsor Park, Belfast
|attendance = 3,000 (approx)
|referee = {{flagicon|IRL}} Dave McKeon }}
----
{{football box
|date = 10 March 2008
|team1 = St Patrick's Athletic
|score = 3 – 3
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20080311205147/http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/0310/stpats_glentoran.html (Report)]
|team2 = Glentoran
|goals1 = O'Neill {{goal|20}}, {{goal|89}}
Fahey {{goal|90}}
|goals2 = Halliday {{goal|5}}
Nixon {{goal|72|pen}}
Fordyce {{goal|85}}
|stadium = Richmond Park, Dublin
|attendance = 1,500 (approx.)
|referee = }}
----
{{football box
|date = 7 April 2008
|team1 = Glentoran
|score = 1 – 3
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20080408190751/http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/0407/glentoran_linfield1.html (Report)]
|team2 = Linfield
|goals1 = Boyce {{goal|8}}
|goals2 = McAreavey {{goal|32}}, {{goal|49}}
Dickson {{goal|69}}
|attendance = 4,000 (approx.)
|referee = }}
----
{{football box
|date = 7 April 2008
|team1 = Derry City
|score = 2 – 0
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20080511210006/http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/0407/derry_stpats.html (Report)]
|team2 = St Patrick's Athletic
|goals1 = Martyn {{goal|37}}
Brennan {{goal|47 (o.g.)}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = The Brandywell, Derry
|attendance =
|referee = }}
----
{{football box
|date = 15 April 2008
|team1 = Glentoran
|score = 1 – 1
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20090827024607/http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/0415/glentoran_derry.html (Report)]
|team2 = Derry City
|goals1 = Nixon {{goal|70}}
|goals2 = Sammon {{goal|50|pen}}
|attendance =
|referee = {{flagicon|NIR}} Mark Courtney }}
----
{{football box
|date = 15 April 2008
|team1 = St Patrick's Athletic
|score = 2 – 0
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20080522204855/http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/0415/stpats_linfield.html (Report)]
|team2 = Linfield
|goals1 = Quigley {{goal|7}}
O'Neill {{goal|76}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = Richmond Park, Dublin
|attendance = 5,300
|referee = {{flagicon|IRL}} Alan Kelly }}
----
{{football box
|date = 2 September 2008
|team1 = Derry City
|score = 2 – 0
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20081013113613/http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/0902/derrycity_glentoran.html (Report)]
|team2 = Glentoran
|goals1 = Higgins {{goal|35}}
Farren {{goal|84}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = The Brandywell, Derry
|attendance =
|referee = {{flagicon|IRL}} Ian Stokes }}
----
{{football box
|date = 2 September 2008
|team1 = Linfield
|score = 1 – 1
|report = [https://archive.today/20130218070131/http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/0902/stpats_linfield.html (Report)]
|team2 = St Patrick's Athletic
|goals1 = Mulgrew {{goal|89}}
|goals2 = Fahey {{goal|40}}
|stadium = Windsor Park, Belfast
|attendance =
|referee = }}
----
{{football box
|date = 15 September 2008
|team1 = Linfield
|score = 1 – 4
|report = [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/irish/7617857.stm (Report)]
|team2 = Glentoran
|goals1 = Garrett {{goal|7}}
|goals2 = Gardiner {{goal|3 pen}}
Boyce {{goal|27}}
Halliday {{goal|53}}, {{goal|68}}
|stadium = Windsor Park, Belfast
|attendance =
|referee = }}
----
{{football box
|date = 15 September 2008
|team1 = St Patrick's Athletic
|score = 0 – 1
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20080924033245/http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/0923/stpats_derry.html (Report)]
|team2 = Derry City
|goals1 =
|goals2 = McHugh {{goal|33}}
|stadium = Richmond Park, Dublin
|attendance =
|referee = {{flagicon|IRL}} Anthony Buttimer }}
----
{{football box
|date = 6 October 2008
|team1 = Derry City
|score = 3 – 0
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20090602203842/http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/1006/derry_linfield.html (Report)]
|team2 = Linfield
|goals1 = Farren {{goal|23}}, {{goal|63}}, {{goal|84}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = The Brandywell, Derry
|attendance =
|referee = }}
----
{{football box
|date = 6 October 2008
|team1 = Glentoran
|score = 1 – 0
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20090802181429/http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/1006/glentoran_stpats.html (Report)]
|team2 = St Patrick's Athletic
|goals1 = Fordyce {{goal|6}}
|goals2 =
|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 2 and vice versa, with group winners having home advantage. Glentoran beat Drogheda United 1–0 in the first semi-final, which was played at United Park in Drogheda,{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/1013/drogheda_glentoran.html |title=Drogheda United 0-1 Glentoran |work=RTÉ Sport |accessdate=7 March 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090602210003/http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/1013/drogheda_glentoran.html |archivedate=2 June 2009 }} while Cork City overcame Derry City by the same scoreline at the Brandywell Stadium in Derry.{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/1014/derry_cork.html |title=Derry City 0-1 Cork City |work=RTÉ Sport |accessdate=7 March 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090602203847/http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/1014/derry_cork.html |archivedate=2 June 2009 }}
{{football box
|date = 13 October 2008
|team1 = Drogheda United
|score = 0 – 1
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20090602210003/http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/1013/drogheda_glentoran.html (Report)]
|team2 = Glentoran
|goals1 =
|goals2 = Hill {{goal|3}}
Leeman {{sent off|0|74}}
Hill {{sent off|0|89}}
|stadium = United Park, Drogheda
|attendance =
|referee = }}
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{{football box
|date = 14 October 2008
|team1 = Derry City
|score = 0 – 1
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20080311205147/http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/0310/stpats_glentoran.html (Report)]
|team2 = Cork City
|goals1 =
|goals2 = Kiely {{goal|67}}
|stadium = The Brandywell, Derry
|attendance = 3,000
|referee = {{flagicon|NIR}} David Malcolm }}
Final
The final took place on November 1, 2008, at Turners Cross stadium in front of 5,500, a sell out crowd, in Cork, where Cork City came from behind to beat Glentoran 2-1 and win the competition for the first time.{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/1101/setantacup.html |title=Cork City 2-1 Glentoran |work=RTÉ Sport |accessdate=7 March 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090602203852/http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/1101/setantacup.html |archivedate=2 June 2009 }}
{{football box
|date = 1 November 2008
|team1 = Cork City
|score = 2 – 1
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20090602203852/http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/1101/setantacup.html (Report)]
|team2 = Glentoran
|goals1 = Murray {{goal|57}}
Kearney {{goal|74}}
|goals2 = Kyle Neill {{goal|12}}
|stadium = Turners Cross, Cork
|attendance = 5,500
|referee = {{flagicon|IRL}} Ian Stokes }}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; margin: 0 auto;" |
| Winner of 2008 Setanta Sports Cup |
|---|
| {{flagicon|IRL}} Cork City 1st Title |
Goalscorers
;4 goals
- {{flagicon|IRL}} Mark Farren (Derry City)
- {{flagicon|LBY}} Éamon Zayed (Drogheda United)
;3 goals
- {{flagicon|IRL}} Denis Behan (Cork City)
- {{flagicon|NIR}} Daryl Fordyce (Glentoran)
- {{flagicon|NIR}} Michael Halliday (Glentoran)
- {{flagicon|IRL}} Gary O'Neill (St Patrick's Athletic)
;2 goals
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
- {{flagicon|NIR}} Darren Boyce (Glentoran)
- {{flagicon|IRL}} Keith Fahey (St Patrick's Athletic)
- {{flagicon|NIR}} Rory Hamill (Cliftonville)
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Adam Hughes (Drogheda United)
- {{flagicon|IRL}} Ciarán Martyn (Derry City)
- {{flagicon|NIR}} Paul McAreavey (Linfield)
- {{flagicon|IRL}} Darren Murphy (Cork City)
- {{flagicon|NIR}} Colin Nixon (Glentoran)
- {{flagicon|IRL}} George O'Callaghan (Cork City)
{{div col end}}
;1 goal
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
- {{flagicon|NIR}} Timmy Adamson (Dungannon Swifts)
- {{flagicon|NIR}} Aaron Baker (Dungannon Swifts)
- {{flagicon|IRL}} Richie Baker (Drogheda United)
- {{flagicon|IRL}} Killian Brennan (Derry City)
- {{flagicon|IRL}} Ollie Cahill (Drogheda United)
- {{flagicon|NIR}} Mark Dickson (Linfield)
- {{flagicon|NIR}} Glenn Ferguson (Linfield)
- {{flagicon|NIR}} Grant Gardiner (Glentoran)
- {{flagicon|NIR}} Robert Garrett (Linfield)
- {{flagicon|IRL}} Graham Gartland (Drogheda United)
- {{flagicon|IRL}} Tony Grant (Drogheda United)
- {{flagicon|NIR}} Ruaidhri Higgins (Derry City)
- {{flagicon|NIR}} Jason Hill (Glentoran)
- {{flagicon|NIR}} Mark Holland (Cliftonville)
- {{flagicon|IRL}} Liam Kearney (Cork City)
- {{flagicon|IRL}} Timmy Kiely (Cork City)
- {{flagicon|NIR}} Shea McGerrigan (Dungannon Swifts)
- {{flagicon|IRL}} Kevin McHugh (Derry City)
- {{flagicon|NIR}} George McMullan (Cliftonville)
- {{flagicon|IRL}} Dave Mooney (Cork City)
- {{flagicon|NIR}} Jamie Mulgrew (Linfield)
- {{flagicon|NIR}} Francis Murphy (Cliftonville)
- {{flagicon|ENG}} Dan Murray (Cork City)
- {{flagicon|IRL}} Declan O'Brien (Drogheda United)
- {{flagicon|IRL}} John O'Flynn (Cork City)
- {{flagicon|NIR}} Mark Patterson (Cliftonville)
- {{flagicon|IRL}} Mark Quigley (St Patrick's Athletic)
- {{flagicon|IRL}} Darragh Ryan (Cork City)
- {{flagicon|IRL}} Conor Sammon (Derry City)
- {{flagicon|AUS}} John Tambouras (Drogheda United)
- {{flagicon|NIR}} Peter Thompson (Linfield)
{{div col end}}
;1 own goal
- {{flagicon|IRL}} Clive Delaney (Derry City)
- {{flagicon|NIR}} Adam McMinn (Dungannon Swifts)
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080913050111/http://www.setantasports.com/en/Sport/Football/Competition/?facets%2Fsport-space%2Ffootball%2Fgreat-britain-locale%2FSetanta-Sports-Cup%2F Official Setanta Cup Site]
{{Setanta Sports Cup Seasons}}
{{2007–08 in Northern Ireland association football}}
{{2008–09 in Northern Ireland association football}}
{{2008 in Republic of Ireland association football}}
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