2006 Setanta Sports Cup
Tournament details
Country Northern Ireland
Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland
Teams8
Defending championsLinfield
Final positions
ChampionsDrogheda United (1st title)
Runner-upCork City
Tournament statistics
Matches played27
Goals scored59 (2.19 per match)
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The 2006 Setanta Sports Cup was the 2nd staging of the Setanta Sports Cup, a cross-border cup competition that takes place between football clubs from the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The final was played at Tolka Park in Dublin, Republic of Ireland on 22 April 2006, where Drogheda United beat Cork City to win the competition for the first time.

Group stage

The draw for this round was held 12 December 2005. The matches were played 20 February 2006 – 3 April 2006.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Republic of Ireland Cork City (A) 6 5 1 0 11 2 +9 16 Advanced to the semi-finals
2 Republic of Ireland Drogheda Utd (A) 6 3 1 2 7 5 +2 10
3 Northern Ireland Dungannon Swifts 6 1 1 4 4 8 −4 4
4 Northern Ireland Portadown 6 0 3 3 4 11 −7 3
Source:[citation needed]
(A) Advance to a further round
Drogheda United1 – 0Dungannon Swifts
Leech 43' (Report)
United Park, Drogheda
Portadown1 – 1Cork City
Kelly 45' (Report) O'Flynn 21'
Shamrock Park, Portadown
Cork City2 – 0Drogheda United
Behan 58'
Gavin o.g. 80'		 (Report) Bradley Red card 76'
Fahey Red card 77'
Turners Cross, Cork
Referee: Republic of Ireland Alan Kelly
Dungannon Swifts1 – 1Portadown
McAree 85 pen' (Report) Convery 23'
Stangmore Park, Dungannon
Cork City2 – 0Dungannon Swifts
O'Flynn 39'
O'Callaghan 47'
O'Donovan Red card 28'		 (Report)
Turners Cross, Cork
Portadown0 – 0Drogheda United
(Report)
Shamrock Park, Portadown
Drogheda United4 – 0Portadown
Keegan 7'
Barrett 9'
O'Brien 33', 55'		 (Report) Neill Red card 69'
United Park, Drogheda
Dungannon Swifts0 – 1Cork City
(Report) Behan 52'
Stangmore Park, Dungannon
Cork City3 – 1Portadown
Woods 2'
Behan 70'
O'Callaghan 90'		 (Report) Quinn 72'
Turners Cross, Cork
Dungannon Swifts1 – 2Drogheda United
Scullion 74' (Report) O'Brien 9'
Bradley 59'
Stangmore Park, Dungannon
Drogheda United0 – 2Cork City
Connor Red card 78' (Report) Behan 13'
O'Callaghan 79 pen'
United Park, Drogheda
Portadown1 – 2Dungannon Swifts
McStay 86' (Report) Adamson 74'
Bulow 84'
Shamrock Park, Portadown

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Northern Ireland Linfield (A) 6 2 4 0 12 4 +8 10 Advanced to the semi-finals
2 Republic of Ireland Shelbourne (A) 6 2 3 1 7 3 +4 9
3 Republic of Ireland Derry City 6 1 4 1 5 4 +1 7
4 Northern Ireland Glentoran 6 1 1 4 5 18 −13 4
Source:[citation needed]
(A) Advance to a further round
Linfield1 – 1Derry City
Thompson 9' (Report) Farren 16'
Windsor Park, Belfast
Shelbourne3 – 0Glentoran
Ryan 29'
Crowe 36', 60'		 (Report)
Tolka Park, Dublin
Derry City0 – 0Shelbourne
(Report)
Brandywell, Derry
Glentoran3 – 3Linfield
Lockhart 11'
Nixon 21 pen'
Browne 74'		 (Report) McAreavey 17'
Kearney 50', 69'
Ferguson Red card 57'
The Oval, Belfast
Derry City3 – 1Glentoran
Hargan 11', 35'
Beckett 38'		 (Report) Walker 90'
Brandywell, Derry
Linfield2 – 0Shelbourne
Gault 35'
Thompson 53'		 (Report)
Windsor Park, Belfast
Glentoran1 – 0Derry City
Reed 8' (Report) Hargan Red card 41'
The Oval, Belfast
Shelbourne0 – 0Linfield
Hawkins Red card 75' (Report) McAreavey Red card 24'
Tolka Park, Dublin
Referee: Republic of Ireland Alan Kelly
Derry City0 – 0Linfield
(Report)
Brandywell, Derry
Glentoran0 – 3Shelbourne
(Report) Byrne 17', 68'
Cahill 30'
The Oval, Belfast
Shelbourne1 – 1Derry City
Byrne 17' (Report) Martyn 89'
Tolka Park, Dublin
Linfield6 – 0Glentoran
Hunter 25 pen'
Thompson 41', 90'
McAreavey 56', 82'
Murphy 62'		 (Report) Glendinning Red card 40'
Windsor Park, Belfast

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was made by drawing the winners of Group A against the runners-up of Group B and vice versa, with group winners having home advantage. There would be no replays if the matches were drawn; instead, extra time would decide winners immediately thereafter. If extra time did not decide the winners, a set of five alternating penalty kicks would decide winners.

Cork City2 – 0Shelbourne
O'Brien 34'
Fenn 62'		 (Report)
Turners Cross, Cork
Linfield0 – 1Drogheda United
(Report) Keddy 33'
Windsor Park, Belfast

Final

Similarly to the semi-finals, there would be no replay even if the match was drawn; instead, extra time would be used to decide the winners. If extra time failed to separate the two sides, the match would go to penalties.

Cork City0 – 1 (AET)Drogheda United
(Report) Leech 102'
Tolka Park, Dublin


 Winner of 2006 Setanta Sports Cup 
Republic of Ireland Drogheda United
1st title

Goalscorers

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

External links

Setanta Sports Cup
2006 in Republic of Ireland football
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