Irish Cup - Final | Larne V Linfield

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 23 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 140th season, the Irish Cup is the fourth-oldest national cup competition in the world.

RESULTS IN PREVIOUS FINALS

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1918

Moyola Park 1-0 Cliftonville Queen’s Island 1-0 Cliftonville Cliftonville 5-0 Ulster FC Distillery 5-0 Wellington Park

Belfast Celtic 2-0 Linfield (second replay – first two games ended 0-0) Linfield 2-1 Glentoran (second replay – first two games ended 1-1 and 0-0) Glentoran 2-0 Glenavon Linfield 2-1 Glenavon Linfield 2-0 Glentoran Distillery 2-1 Glentoran Belfast Celtic 3-2 Linfield Ards 3-2 Cliftonville Willowfield 1-0 Larne (replay - after 1-1 draw) Ballymena 2-1 Belfast Celtic Queen’s Island 1-0 Willowfield

1919

Distillery 3-0 Limavady Distillery 1-0 Limavady Ulster FC 3-0 Cliftonville Cliftonville 2-1 Distillery

1920

Shelbourne awarded cup; (semi-finalists Belfast Celtic and Glentoran were dismissed from competition)

Distillery 5-4 YMCA

1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1936 1937 1938

Gordon Highlanders 3-1 Cliftonville (replay - first game 2-2)

Linfield 4-2 Ulster FC

Linfield 7-0 The Black Watch Linfield 5-1 Cliftonville Distillery 3-2 Linfield (replay - first game 2-2) Linfield 10-1 Bohemians Distillery 3-1 Glentoran

Cliftonville 3-1 Sherwood Foresters Linfield 2-0 St Columb’s Hall Celtic

Linfield 4-3 Ballymena Linfield 3-0 Ballymena Glentoran 2-1 Linfield

Linfield 2-1 Glentoran

Cliftonville 2-1 Bohemians Cliftonville 1-0 Freebooters Linfield 5-1 Distillery Distillery 3-1 Bohemians Linfield 5-1 Derry Celtic Distillery 3-0 Shelbourne Shelbourne 2-0 Belfast Celtic Cliftonville 1-0 Shelbourne (replay – first game 0-0) Bohemians 3-1 Shelbourne (replay – first game 1-1) Cliftonville 2-1 Bohemians (replay – first game 0-0) Distillery 1-0 Cliftonville Shelbourne 2-1 Bohemians (replay – first game 0-0) Linfield 2-0 Glentoran Glentoran 3-1 Linfield Linfield 1-0 Belfast Celtic Linfield 1-0 Glentoran (replay – first game 1-1) Glentoran 2-0 Belfast Celtic

Glentoran 3-1 Distillery (second replay - after two 1-1 draws)

Linfield 5-0 Cliftonville

Glentoran 1-0 Larne (second replay - after two 0-0 draws)

Linfield 2-1 (after extra time) Derry City (replay - after 0-0 draw)

Belfast Celtic 3-0 Linfield Belfast Celtic 2-0 Bangor (replay - after 0-0 draw) Linfield 2-0 Ballymena United Ballymena United 2-0 Glenavon Belfast Celtic 1-0 Linfield Linfield 3-1 Glentoran Belfast Celtic 1-0 Glentoran Belfast Celtic 3-1 Linfield Belfast Celtic 1-0 Glentoran Linfield 3-0 Coleraine Derry City 3-1 Glentoran Linfield 2-1 Distillery Glentoran 3-1 Ballymena United Linfield 4-2 Glentoran Linfield 3-0 Distillery

1908

1909

1910 1911

1912

Linfield awarded cup; other clubs suspended for breaking IFA rules

1913 1914 1915 1916

1917

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