2016–17 County Antrim Shield
{{infobox football tournament season
| title = County Antrim Shield
| year = 2016–17
| country = Northern Ireland
| num_teams = 16
| defending champions = Ballymena United
| champions = Linfield (43rd win)
| runner-up = Crusaders
| matches = 15
| goals = 57
| prevseason = 2015–16
| nextseason = 2017–18
}}
The 2016–17 County Antrim Shield was the 128th 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=18 April 2023}}
Linfield won the tournament for the 43rd time, defeating Crusaders 3–1 in the final.{{cite news|title=Ex Crue Sends Blues On Way To Win|work=Belfast News Letter|date=8 February 2017|pages=38–39}}{{cite web|url=https://www.irishleaguearchive.org/county-antrim-shield|title=County Antrim Shield Results|publisher=Irish League Archive|accessdate=18 April 2023}}
Results
=First round=
{{OneLegStart}}
{{OneLegResult|Ards||3–1|Knockbreda}}
{{OneLegResult|Ballyclare Comrades||0–1|Glentoran}}
{{OneLegResult|Ballymena United||3–0|Harland & Wolff Welders}}
{{OneLegResult|Carrick Rangers||1–4|PSNI}}
{{OneLegResult|Cliftonville||7–1|Bangor}}
{{OneLegResult|Larne||0–2|Crusaders}}
{{OneLegResult|Linfield||4–0|Donegal Celtic}}
{{OneLegResult|Newington Youth||0–1|Albert Foundry}}
|}
=Quarter-finals=
{{OneLegStart}}
{{OneLegResult|Albert Foundry||0–3|PSNI}}
{{OneLegResult|Ballymena United||1–2|Ards}}
{{OneLegResult|Glentoran||1–2 {{aet}}|Crusaders}}
{{OneLegResult|Linfield||3–0|Cliftonville}}
|}
=Semi-finals=
=Final=
{{football box
|date=7 February 2017
|time=
|team1=Linfield
|score=3–1
|aet=
|report=[https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/irish-league/crusaders-1-3-linfield-david-healy-banishes-county-antrim-shield-blues/35430079.html Report]
|team2=Crusaders
|goals1=Stewart {{goal|3}}
Stafford {{goal|12}}
Lowry {{goal|79}}
|goals2=Owens {{goal|33}}
Heatley {{sent off|0|30}}
|stadium=The Showgrounds, Ballymena
|attendance=
|referee=Mervyn Smyth
}}
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nilantrimshieldhist.html Northern Ireland - List of County Antrim Shield Winners]
{{County Antrim Shield}}
{{2016–17 in Northern Ireland association football}}
{{Football in Northern Ireland}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:2016-17 County Antrim Shield}}