Irish Cup - Final | Ballymena V Glentoran

T H E H I S T O R Y O F T H E I R I S H C H A L L E N G E C U P

The trophy was first awarded to Moyola Park when they beat Cliftonville 1-0 in the final at Cliftonville Cricket Ground, Belfast, on 9 April 1881. Linfield have won the trophy a record 43 times, while Belfast rivals Glentoran have won it 22 times. Other winners are: Distillery 13; Belfast Celtic 8; Cliftonville 8; Glenavon 7; Ballymena United 6; Coleraine 6; Ards 4; Crusaders 4; Shelbourne 3; Derry City 3; Portadown 3; Queen’s Island 2; Bohemians 1; Moyola Park 1; Willowfield 1; Dundela 1; Carrick Rangers 1; Gordon Highlanders 1; Ulster FC 1; Bangor 1. Inaugurated in 1881 and now in its 139th season, the Irish Cup is the fourth-oldest national cup competition in the world.

RESULTS IN PREVIOUS FINALS

1881 Moyola Park 1-0 Cliftonville 1882 Queen’s Island 1-0 Cliftonville 1883 Cliftonville 5-0 Ulster FC 1884 Distillery 5-0 Wellington Park 1885 Distillery 3-0 Limavady 1886 Distillery 1-0 Limavady 1887 Ulster FC 3-0 Cliftonville 1888 Cliftonville 2-1 Distillery 1889 Distillery 5-4 YMCA 1890 Gordon Highlanders 3-1 Cliftonville (replay - first game 2-2) 1891 Linfield 4-2 Ulster FC 1892 Linfield 7-0 The Black Watch 1897 Cliftonville 3-1 Sherwood Foresters 1898 Linfield 2-0 St Columb’s Hall Celtic 1899 Linfield 2-1 Glentoran 1900 Cliftonville 2-1 Bohemians 1901 Cliftonville 1-0 Freebooters 1902 Linfield 5-1 Distillery 1903 Distillery 3-1 Bohemians 1904 Linfield 5-1 Derry Celtic 1905 Distillery 3-0 Shelbourne 1906 Shelbourne 2-0 Belfast Celtic 1907 Cliftonville 1-0 Shelbourne (replay – first game 0-0) 1908 Bohemians 3-1 Shelbourne (replay – first game 1-1) 1909 Cliftonville 2-1 Bohemians (replay – first game 0-0) 1893 Linfield 5-1 Cliftonville 1894 Distillery 3-2 Linfield (replay - first game 2-2) 1895 Linfield 10-1 Bohemians 1896 Distillery 3-1 Glentoran

(second replay – first two games ended 0-0) (second replay – first two games ended 1-1 and 0-0)

1919 Linfield 2-1 Glentoran

1920 Shelbourne awarded cup;

(semi-finalists Belfast Celtic and Glentoran were dismissed from competition)

1921 Glentoran 2-0 Glenavon 1922 Linfield 2-1 Glenavon 1923 Linfield 2-0 Glentoran 1924 Queen’s Island 1-0 Willowfield 1925 Distillery 2-1 Glentoran 1926 Belfast Celtic 3-2 Linfield 1927 Ards 3-2 Cliftonville 1928 Willowfield 1-0 Larne (replay - after 1-1 draw) 1929 Ballymena 2-1 Belfast Celtic

1930 Linfield 4-3 Ballymena 1931 Linfield 3-0 Ballymena 1932 Glentoran 2-1 Linfield 1933 Glentoran 3-1 Distillery 1934 Linfield 5-0 Cliftonville 1935 Glentoran 1-0 Larne

(second replay - after two 1-1 draws)

(second replay - after two 0-0 draws) 1936 Linfield 2-1 (after extra time) Derry City (replay - after 0-0 draw)

1937 Belfast Celtic 3-0 Linfield 1938 Belfast Celtic 2-0 Bangor (replay - after 0-0 draw) 1939 Linfield 2-0 Ballymena United 1940 Ballymena United 2-0 Glenavon 1941 Belfast Celtic 1-0 Linfield 1942 Linfield 3-1 Glentoran 1943 Belfast Celtic 1-0 Glentoran 1944 Belfast Celtic 3-1 Linfield 1945 Linfield 4-2 Glentoran 1946 Linfield 3-0 Distillery 1947 Belfast Celtic 1-0 Glentoran 1948 Linfield 3-0 Coleraine 1949 Derry City 3-1 Glentoran 1950 Linfield 2-1 Distillery 1951 Glentoran 3-1 Ballymena United 1952 Ards 1-0 Glentoran 1953 Linfield 5-0 Coleraine

1910 Distillery 1-0 Cliftonville 1911 Shelbourne 2-1 Bohemians (replay – first game 0-0) 1912 Linfield awarded cup; other clubs suspended for breaking IFA rules

1913 Linfield 2-0 Glentoran 1914 Glentoran 3-1 Linfield 1915 Linfield 1-0 Belfast Celtic 1916 Linfield 1-0 Glentoran (replay – first game 1-1) 1917 Glentoran 2-0 Belfast Celtic 1918 Belfast Celtic 2-0 Linfield

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