2008 Setanta Sports Cup

The 2008 Setanta Sports Cup was the 4th staging of the Setanta Sports Cup, a cross-border cup competition featuring football clubs from the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The final was played on November 1, 2008, at Turners Cross in Cork.

2008 Setanta Sports Cup

Tournament details
Country	Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland
Teams	8
Defending champions	Drogheda United
Final positions
Champions	Cork City (1st title)
Runners-up	Glentoran
Tournament statistics
Matches played	27
Goals scored	72 (2.67 per match)
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Group stage

The draw for this round was held 17 January 2008. The matches were played 26 February 2008 – 23 September 2008.

Teams that progressed to the Semi-Finals are indicated in bold type.

Teams eliminated from the Setanta Sports Cup this stage are indicated in italics.

Group 1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Drogheda Utd	6	4	2	0	13	3	+10	14
Cork City	6	4	2	0	11	2	+9	14
Cliftonville	6	1	1	4	6	11	-5	4
Dungannon Swifts	6	0	1	5	3	17	-14	1

26 February 2008

Drogheda United	3 – 2	Cliftonville
Zayed 40', 86' Baker 74'	(Report)	Murphy 57' M Holland 87'

United Park, Drogheda

Referee: David Malcolm

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26 February 2008

Dungannon Swifts	0 – 2	Cork City
	(Report)	O'Callaghan 16', 40'

Stangmore Park, Dungannon

Referee: Alan Black

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18 March 2008

Cork City	0 – 0	Drogheda United
	(Report)

Turners Cross, Cork

Referee: Dave McKeon

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18 March 2008

Cliftonville	0 – 0	Dungannon Swifts
	(Report)

Solitude, Belfast

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14 April 2008

Cork City	2 – 0	Cliftonville
O'Flynn 68' Mooney 75'	(Report)

Turners Cross, Cork

Referee: Declan Hanney

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14 April 2008

Dungannon Swifts	0 – 4	Drogheda United
	(Report)	Grant 4' Gartland 35' McMinn 63' (o.g.) O'Brien 85'

Stangmore Park, Dungannon

Referee: Brian Turkington

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1 September 2008

Cliftonville	0 – 2	Cork City
	(Report)	Behan 38', 75'

Donegal Celtic Park, Belfast

Referee: Alan Black

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1 September 2008

Drogheda United	3 – 0	Dungannon Swifts
Hughes 28' Zayed 76' Cahill 88'	(Report)

United Park, Drogheda

Referee: Damien Hancock

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15 September 2008

Drogheda United	1 – 1	Cork City
Tambouras 50'	(Report)	Murphy 44'

United Park, Drogheda

Referee: Dave McKeon

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15 September 2008

Dungannon Swifts	2 – 4	Cliftonville
Adamson 8' Baker 47'		Patterson 2' Hamill 34', 61' McMullan 80'

Stangmore Park, Dungannon

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22 September 2008

Cliftonville	0 – 2	Drogheda United
		Zayed 30' Hughes 54'

Donegal Celtic Park, Belfast

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22 September 2008

Cork City	4 – 1	Dungannon Swifts
Murphy 23' Kearney 39' Behan 63 pen' Ryan 70'		McGerrigan 55'

Turners Cross, Cork

Group 2

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Derry City	6	4	1	1	10	4	+6	13
Glentoran	6	2	2	2	10	10	0	8
Linfield	6	2	1	3	8	12	-4	7
St Patrick's Athletic	6	1	2	3	6	8	-2	5

10 March 2008

Linfield	3 – 1	Derry City
Delaney 23' (o.g.) Thompson 40' Ferguson 86' (pen.)	(Report)	Martyn 79'

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 3,000 (approx)

Referee: Dave McKeon

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10 March 2008

St Patrick's Athletic	3 – 3	Glentoran
O'Neill 20', 89' Fahey 90'	(Report)	Halliday 5' Nixon 72' (pen.) Fordyce 85'

Richmond Park, Dublin

Attendance: 1,500 (approx.)

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7 April 2008

Glentoran	1 – 3	Linfield
Boyce 8'	(Report)	McAreavey 32', 49' Dickson 69'

The Oval, Belfast

Attendance: 4,000 (approx.)

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7 April 2008

Derry City	2 – 0	St Patrick's Athletic
Martyn 37' Brennan 47 (o.g.)'	(Report)

The Brandywell, Derry

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15 April 2008

Glentoran	1 – 1	Derry City
Nixon 70'	(Report)	Sammon 50' (pen.)

The Oval, Belfast

Referee: Mark Courtney

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15 April 2008

St Patrick's Athletic	2 – 0	Linfield
Quigley 7' O'Neill 76'	(Report)

Richmond Park, Dublin

Attendance: 5,300

Referee: Alan Kelly

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2 September 2008

Derry City	2 – 0	Glentoran
Higgins 35' Farren 84'	(Report)

The Brandywell, Derry

Referee: Ian Stokes

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2 September 2008

Linfield	1 – 1	St Patrick's Athletic
Mulgrew 89'	(Report)	Fahey 40'

Windsor Park, Belfast

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15 September 2008

Linfield	1 – 4	Glentoran
Garrett 7'	(Report)	Gardiner 3 pen' Boyce 27' Halliday 53', 68'

Windsor Park, Belfast

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15 September 2008

St Patrick's Athletic	0 – 1	Derry City
	(Report)	McHugh 33'

Richmond Park, Dublin

Referee: Anthony Buttimer

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6 October 2008

Derry City	3 – 0	Linfield
Farren 23', 63', 84'	(Report)

The Brandywell, Derry

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6 October 2008

Glentoran	1 – 0	St Patrick's Athletic
Fordyce 6'	(Report)

The Oval, Belfast

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was made by drawing the winners of Group A against the runners-up of Group 2 and vice versa, with group winners having home advantage. Glentoran beat Drogheda United 1–0 in the first semi-final, which was played at United Park in Drogheda,^[1] while Cork City overcame Derry City by the same scoreline at the Brandywell Stadium in Derry.^[2]

13 October 2008

Drogheda United	0 – 1	Glentoran
	(Report)	Hill 3' Leeman  74' Hill  89'

United Park, Drogheda

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14 October 2008

Derry City	0 – 1	Cork City
	(Report)	Kiely 67'

The Brandywell, Derry

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: David Malcolm

Final

The final took place on November 1, 2008, at Turners Cross stadium in front of 5,500, a sell out crowd, in Cork, where Cork City came from behind to beat Glentoran 2-1 and win the competition for the first time.^[3]

1 November 2008

Cork City	2 – 1	Glentoran
Murray 57' Kearney 74'	(Report)	Kyle Neill 12'

Turners Cross, Cork

Attendance: 5,500

Referee: Ian Stokes

Winner of 2008 Setanta Sports Cup
Cork City 1st Title

Goalscorers

4 goals

• Mark Farren (Derry City)
• Éamon Zayed (Drogheda United)

3 goals

• Denis Behan (Cork City)
• Daryl Fordyce (Glentoran)
• Michael Halliday (Glentoran)
• Gary O'Neill (St Patrick's Athletic)

2 goals

• Darren Boyce (Glentoran)
• Keith Fahey (St Patrick's Athletic)
• Rory Hamill (Cliftonville)
• Adam Hughes (Drogheda United)
• Ciarán Martyn (Derry City)
• Paul McAreavey (Linfield)
• Darren Murphy (Cork City)
• Colin Nixon (Glentoran)
• George O'Callaghan (Cork City)

1 goal

• Timmy Adamson (Dungannon Swifts)
• Aaron Baker (Dungannon Swifts)
• Richie Baker (Drogheda United)
• Killian Brennan (Derry City)
• Ollie Cahill (Drogheda United)
• Mark Dickson (Linfield)
• Glenn Ferguson (Linfield)
• Grant Gardiner (Glentoran)
• Robert Garrett (Linfield)
• Graham Gartland (Drogheda United)
• Tony Grant (Drogheda United)
• Ruaidhri Higgins (Derry City)
• Jason Hill (Glentoran)
• Mark Holland (Cliftonville)
• Liam Kearney (Cork City)
• Timmy Kiely (Cork City)
• Shea McGerrigan (Dungannon Swifts)
• Kevin McHugh (Derry City)
• George McMullan (Cliftonville)
• Dave Mooney (Cork City)
• Jamie Mulgrew (Linfield)
• Francis Murphy (Cliftonville)
• Dan Murray (Cork City)
• Declan O'Brien (Drogheda United)
• John O'Flynn (Cork City)
• Mark Patterson (Cliftonville)
• Mark Quigley (St Patrick's Athletic)
• Darragh Ryan (Cork City)
• Conor Sammon (Derry City)
• John Tambouras (Drogheda United)
• Peter Thompson (Linfield)

1 own goal

• Clive Delaney (Derry City)
• Adam McMinn (Dungannon Swifts)