2009–10 Setanta Sports Cup

The 2009–10 Setanta Sports Cup was the 5th staging of the cross-border Setanta Sports Cup competition - which featured football clubs from the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. It commenced on 28 August 2009, and the final was played on 15 May 2010, with Bohemians defeating St Patrick's Athletic 1–0 to claim their first Setanta Cup triumph.

2009–2010 Setanta Sports Cup

Tournament details
Country	Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland
Teams	9
Defending champions	Cork City
Final positions
Champions	Bohemians (1st title)
Runners-up	St Patrick's Athletic
Tournament statistics
Matches played	23
Goals scored	59 (2.57 per match)
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On 22 June 2009, the draw for the competition was postponed because of the financial troubles of organiser Setanta Sports. However, on 19 July 2009, it was confirmed that the competition would be going ahead as planned, and the draw was made at FAI headquarters in Abbotstown, Dublin, on 28 July.^[1][2]

Changes to structure

"It is only fair for the tournament winners to be given the chance to defend their crown."

Milo Corcoran, Chairman of Setanta Sports Cup Organising Committee

In the 2009–10 season, the Setanta Cup was expanded to nine teams, comprising three groups of three. The three group winners qualified for the semi-finals, as did the group runner-up with the best record. Teams were drawn from the top four of both leagues,^[3] with an additional place for the winners of the previous competition, Cork City. In a further change to the format of previous years, games were expected to take place on weekends instead of midweek.^[4]

Group stages

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
Sligo Rovers	4	3	1	0	11	4	+7	10
Cork City	4	1	1	2	3	8	-5	4
Cliftonville	4	1	0	3	5	7	-2	3

29 August 2009

Cork City	1 – 0	Cliftonville
Gamble 37'	(Report)

Turners Cross, Cork

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13 September 2009

Sligo Rovers	2 – 2	Cork City
Ryan 45' Marshall 59'	(Report)	Silagailis 16' Deasy 90'

Showgrounds, Sligo

Referee: Damien Hancock

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3 October 2009

Cliftonville	2 – 3	Sligo Rovers
Boyce 9' Bannon 67'	(Report)	Turner 24', 39' Marshall 75'

Solitude, Belfast

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9 November 2009

Cork City	P – P	Sligo Rovers
	(Report)

Turners Cross, Cork

Postponed due to waterlogged pitch

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22 February 2010

Cork City	0 – 3	Sligo Rovers

Turners Cross, Cork

Due to Cork City's resignation from the competition, Sligo Rovers were awarded a 3-0 win

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26 February 2010

Sligo Rovers	3 – 0	Cliftonville
Ventre 39' Doyle 45' Amond 86'	(Report)

Showgrounds, Sligo

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13 March 2010

Cliftonville	3 – 0	Cork City

Solitude, Belfast

Due to Cork City's resignation from the competition, Cliftonville were awarded a 3-0 win

Group 2

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Bohemians	4	2	2	0	6	3	+3	8
Glentoran	4	1	2	1	5	5	0	5
Coleraine	4	0	2	2	3	6	-3	2

29 August 2009

Glentoran	1 – 2	Bohemians
Waterworth 51'	(Report)	McGuinness 61' Byrne 88'

The Oval, Belfast

Referee: David Malcolm

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19 September 2009

Coleraine	0 – 0	Glentoran

The Showgrounds, Coleraine

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6 October 2009

Bohemians	0 – 0	Coleraine
	(Report)

Dalymount Park, Dublin

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3 November 2009

Glentoran	3 – 2	Coleraine
Waterworth 29' Fordyce 59' Hall 62'	(Report)	Boyce 6', 66'

The Oval, Belfast

Referee: Raymond Crangle

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27 February 2010

Coleraine	1 – 3	Bohemians
Patterson 2'	(Report)	Heary 27' Rossiter 47' Madden 81'

The Showgrounds, Coleraine

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13 March 2010

Bohemians	1 – 1	Glentoran
Cretaro 61'	(Report)	Hamilton 51'

Dalymount Park, Dublin

Group 3

Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
Linfield	4	2	2	0	6	2	+4	8
St Patrick's Athletic	4	1	2	1	5	3	+2	5
Derry City	4	0	2	2	2	8	-6	2

22 September 2009

Derry City	1 – 1	St Patrick's Athletic
Stewart 45 pen'	(Report)	Lester 56'

The Brandywell, Derry

Referee: Richie Winter

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3 October 2009

Linfield	1 – 1	Derry City
Munster 14'	(Report)	McManus 85'

Windsor Park, Belfast

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10 November 2009

St Patrick's Athletic	3 – 0	Derry City

Richmond Park, Dublin

Derry City ceased to exist, St Patrick's Athletic awarded 3-0 win^[5]

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26 February 2010

St Patrick's Athletic	1 – 1	Linfield
Williams 15'	(Report)	Ervin 36 pen'

Richmond Park, Dublin

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13 March 2010

Linfield	1 – 0	St Patrick's Athletic
Thompson 90'	(Report)

Windsor Park, Belfast

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Derry City	0 – 3	Linfield

The Brandywell, Derry

Derry City ceased to exist, Linfield awarded 3-0 win^[6]

Semi finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bohemians	3–1	Linfield	2–1	1–0
St Patrick's Athletic	6–2	Sligo Rovers	4–1	2–1

First leg

3 April 2010

Bohemians	2 – 1	Linfield
Oman 43' Cretaro 86'	(Report)	McAllister 16' Kane  67'

Dalymount Park, Dublin

Referee: Thomas Connolly

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13 April 2010

St Patrick's Athletic	4 – 1	Sligo Rovers
Byrne 9' McAllister 37' Coughlan 50' Guy 85'	(Report)	Doninger 45'

Richmond Park, Dublin

Referee: Declan Hanney

Second leg

17 April 2010

Sligo Rovers	1 – 2	St Patrick's Athletic
O'Grady 5'	(Report)	Byrne 18' Lynch 59'

Showgrounds, Sligo

Referee: Trevor Moutray

St Patrick's Athletic won 6 − 2 on aggregate

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19 April 2010

Linfield	0 – 1	Bohemians
	(Report)	Madden 5'

Windsor Park, Belfast

Bohemians won 3 − 1 on aggregate

Final

15 May 2010

18:30

St Patrick's Athletic	0 – 1	Bohemians
	Report	Murphy 24'

Tallaght Stadium, Dublin

Attendance: 3,896

Referee: Alan Black

Winner of 2009–10 Setanta Sports Cup
Bohemians 1st Title

Goalscorers

2 goals

• Darren Boyce (Coleraine)
• Paul Byrne (St Patrick's Athletic)
• Raffaele Cretaro (Bohemians)
• Paddy Madden (Bohemians)
• Dean Marshall (Sligo Rovers)
• Rob Turner (Sligo Rovers)
• Andrew Waterworth (Glentoran)

1 goal

• Pádraig Amond (Sligo Rovers)
• Jason Bannon (Cliftonville)
• Liam Boyce (Cliftonville)
• Jason Byrne (Bohemians)
• Gareth Coughlan (St Patrick's Athletic)
• Paul Deasy (Cork City)
• Mark Doninger (Sligo Rovers)
• Eoin Doyle (Sligo Rovers)
• Jim Ervin (Linfield)
• Daryl Fordyce (Glentoran)
• Joe Gamble (Cork City)
• Ryan Guy (St Patrick's Athletic)
• Andrew Hall (Glentoran)
• Gary Hamilton (Glentoran)
• Owen Heary (Bohemians)
• John Lester (St Patrick's Athletic)
• Damian Lynch (St Patrick's Athletic)
• David McAllister (St Patrick's Athletic)
• Mark McAllister (Linfield)
• Jason McGuinness (Bohemians)
• Tam McManus (Derry City)
• Paul Munster (Linfield)
• Anto Murphy (Bohemians)
• Conor O'Grady (Sligo Rovers)
• Ken Oman (Bohemians)
• Rory Patterson (Coleraine)
• Mark Rossiter (Bohemians)
• Richie Ryan (Sligo Rovers)
• Guntars Silagailis (Cork City)
• Thomas Stewart (Derry City)
• Peter Thompson (Linfield)
• Danny Ventre (Sligo Rovers)
• Alex Williams (St Patrick's Athletic)