2018–19 County Antrim Shield

{{infobox football tournament season

| title = County Antrim Shield

| year = 2018–19

| country = Northern Ireland

| num_teams = 16

| defending champions = Crusaders

| champions = Crusaders (8th win)

| runner-up = Linfield

| matches = 15

| goals = 54

| prevseason = 2017–18

| nextseason = 2019–20

}}

The 2018–19 County Antrim Shield was the 130th 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}}

Crusaders won the tournament for the 8th time and 2nd consecutive season, defeating Linfield 4–3 in the final.{{cite news|title=Cushley is the hero in Crues' thrilling comeback|work=Belfast Telegraph|date=13 March 2019|pages=46–47}}{{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||1–0|Dundela}}

{{OneLegResult|Ballyclare Comrades||3–1|Newington}}

{{OneLegResult|Ballymena United||5–0|Harland & Wolff Welders}}

{{OneLegResult|Carrick Rangers||0–2|Larne}}

{{OneLegResult|Cliftonville||5–0|Lisburn Distillery}}

{{OneLegResult|Crusaders||2–1|Knockbreda}}

{{OneLegResult|Glentoran||2–1|Queen's University}}

{{OneLegResult|Linfield||2–1|PSNI}}

|}

=Quarter-finals=

{{OneLegStart}}

{{OneLegResult|Ballymena United||3–0|Ballyclare Comrades}}

{{OneLegResult|Crusaders||4–3|Cliftonville}}

{{OneLegResult|Larne||3–1|Ards}}

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

|}

=Semi-finals=

{{OneLegStart}}

{{OneLegResult|Ballymena United||1–2|Linfield}}

{{OneLegResult|Crusaders||1–0|Larne}}

|}

=Final=

{{football box

|date=12 March 2019

|time=

|team1=Crusaders

|score=4–3

|aet=

|report=[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/47545832 Report]

|team2=Linfield

|goals1=Cushley {{goal|27||90}}
Coates {{goal|61}}
Forsythe {{goal|88}}

|goals2=Stafford {{goal|8}}
Millar {{goal|28}}
Coates {{goal|29|o.g.}}

|stadium=Seaview, Belfast

|attendance=

|referee=Evan Boyce

}}

References

{{reflist}}

External links

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

{{County Antrim Shield}}

{{2018–19 in Northern Ireland association football}}

{{Football in Northern Ireland}}

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Category:2018–19 in Northern Ireland association football