1948–49 Gold Cup

The 1948–49 Gold Cup was the 30th edition of the Gold Cup, a cup competition in Northern Irish football.^[1]

1948–49 Gold Cup

Tournament details
Country	Northern Ireland
Teams	12
Defending champions	Belfast Celtic
Final positions
Champions	Linfield (13th win)
Runners-up	Glenavon
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	51 (3.4 per match)
← 1947–48 1949–50 →

The tournament was won by Linfield for the 13th time, defeating Glenavon 5–0 in the final at Solitude.^[2]

Results

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First round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ards	0–2	Ballymena United
Belfast Celtic	2–1	Glentoran
Derry City	0–4	Glenavon
Portadown	5–5	Cliftonville
Bangor	bye
Coleraine	bye
Distillery	bye
Linfield	bye

Replay

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Cliftonville	2–1	Portadown

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Bangor	2–5	Linfield
Cliftonville	0–1	Belfast Celtic
Distillery	0–0	Coleraine
Glenavon	1–1	Ballymena United

Replays

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ballymena United	2–4	Glenavon
Coleraine	0–0	Distillery

Second replay

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Distillery	0–1	Coleraine

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Glenavon	2–1	Belfast Celtic
Linfield	3–1	Coleraine

Final

24 November 1948

Linfield	5–0	Glenavon
Thompson 3' Simpson 16', 26', 58' McDowell 40'	Report

Solitude, Belfast

Attendance: 18,000