2007 Setanta Sports Cup final

The Setanta Sports Cup Final 2007 took place at Windsor Park, Belfast on Saturday 12 May 2007 between Linfield and Drogheda United. It was the third Setanta Cup Final and the first to be played in Northern Ireland.

Match details

12 May 2007
17:00 IST

Linfield	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Drogheda United
McAreavey 67'	(Report)	Grant 77'
Penalties
Ervin Mouncey Ferguson Dickson O'Kane	3–4	Lynch Grant Bradley Robinson Byrne

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 7,700^[1]

Referee: Adrian McCourt (Northern Ireland)

GK 1 Alan Mannus DF 21 Jim Ervin DF 11 Noel Bailie (c) DF 5 William Murphy DF 3 Pat McShane  14' MF 22 Jamie Mulgrew  93' MF 15 Mark Dickson MF 14 Paul McAreavey  73' MF 16 Aidan O'Kane FW 17 Peter Thompson  54' FW 9 Glenn Ferguson Substitutes: GK 18 Greg Shannon DF 2 Steven Douglas DF 19 Tim McCann  14' MF 6 Tim Mouncey  93' MF 4 Michael Gault  54' FW 23 Stephen Garret FW 24 Thomas Stewart Manager: David Jeffrey Man of the Match:Alan Mannus (Linfield)

GK 23 Mikko Vilmunen DF 2 Damian Lynch  5' DF 6 Graham Gartland DF 14 Brian Shelley DF 3 Simon Webb  59' MF 7 Shane Robinson MF 16 Stuart Byrne MF 15 Stephen Bradley MF 26 Ollie Cahill  77' FW 17 Éamon Zayed FW 9 Declan O'Brien (c)  59' Substitutes: GK 25 Cian Byrne DF 4 Steven Gray  59' MF 8 Gavin Whelan MF 18 Paul Keegan  77' MF 19 Sami Ristila FW 10 Glen Fitzpatrick FW 12 Tony Grant  59' Manager: Paul Doolin

Trivia

• The two teams competing in the final, Linfield and Drogheda United, are the only teams to have won the competition previously.
• This was the first final played in Northern Ireland. The two previous finals were held in Tolka Park, Dublin.
• Linfield and Drogheda United have previously met three times in the history of the Setanta Cup. Each side has a win each; the other match was a draw.
• Drogheda United have won the Setanta Cup each time they have qualified for it.

See also

• Setanta Sports Cup 2007