1960–61 North-South Cup

The 1960–61 North-South Cup was the 1st edition of the North-South Cup, an association football cup competition featuring teams from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.^[1]

1960–61 North-South Cup

Tournament details
Country	Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Linfield
Runners-up	Glentoran
Tournament statistics
Matches played	14
Goals scored	55 (3.93 per match)
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Linfield won the competition, defeating Glentoran 7–1 on aggregate in the two-legged final.^[2][3][4][5] Due to fixture congestion, the final was not held until the 1961–62 season.^[6]

Results

Teams that were at home in the first leg listed on the left.

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Distillery	1–5	Drumcondra	0–2	1–3
Glentoran	6–3	St Patrick's Athletic	3–1	3–2
Shamrock Rovers	2–4	Glenavon	0–2	2–2
Shelbourne	4–5	Linfield	2–2	2–3

Semi-finals

Teams that were at home in the first leg listed on the left.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Glentoran	5–4	Drumcondra	5–2	0–2
Linfield	5–4	Glenavon	3–3	2–1

Final

30 January 1962

Linfield	0–0	Glentoran
	Report

Windsor Park, Belfast

5 February 1962

Glentoran	1–7	Linfield
M. Doherty 22'	Report	Reid 10' Braithwaite 11', 58' Stewart 17' Wilson 43' Dickson 48', 81'

Grosvenor Park, Belfast

Linfield win 7–1 on aggregate.