The The Irish Football Association Challenge Cup (also known as the Tennent's Irish Cup for sponsorship purposes) is a major football knock-out cup competition in Northern Ireland. Inaugurated in 1881, it is the fourth oldest national cup competition in the world. Before the break of the Irish Football Association by the clubs of what would become the Irish Free State in 1921, the Irish Cup was a national cup competition for the whole of Ireland. Coleraine is the current holder after beating Cliftonville 3-1 in the 2018 final.
Since December 2015, the trophies have been sponsored by Tennent's Lager - the title sponsor of the first competition since 2012. It was previously sponsored by the Nationwide Building Society, Bass Ireland Ltd. and JJB Sports. 129 clubs entering the 2015-16 competition.
Video Irish Cup
Format
Various formats and rules have been used in the past in terms of eligibility to enter the competition, number of teams and rounds, replays, extra time, penalties, etc. Competition begins in August or September with the first round, and ends with the final in May of the following year. Competition open to all clubs in Northern Ireland with medium or senior status. The Club obtains such status by meeting the minimum criteria established by the Irish Football Association in terms of facilities, etc. Each club, for example, must have its own enclosed ground. Members of the NIFL Premier Intermediate League and all regional league players from level 4 and below enter the first round, sometimes needing a bye into the second round, depending on the number of arrivals. 24 senior members of the Northern Ireland Football League were released until the fifth round, consisting of 32 clubs and played in January.
Competition is always played in knock-out format drawn at random. Teams are drawn against each other at random. The first team drawn from each tie is the home team, except in the case of an intermediate team from outside the first drawn Championship against the senior team, when a tie is played on the ground of the senior team. If the game ends in a draw after 90 minutes, extra time is played and (if necessary) a penalty is used to determine the winner. Both semi-finals and finals are played at Windsor Park.
The winners of the Cup are entitled to represent Northern Ireland in the UEFA Europa League the following season. However, if they are qualified for European competition as the winner or runner-up of the NIFL Premiership, the 4th Premiership club is awarded a place, and should not participate in the Europa League Premiership play-offs.
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History
Since its founding in 1881, the Irish Cup has always been, and continues, regarded as the most important competition in Northern Ireland (and, before 1921, Ireland), second only to the NIFL Premiership. The Cup Final is the climax of the domestic season in Northern Ireland and usually attracts the greatest presence of any club match. The Irish Cup started in the 1880-81 season. The first round draw took place on 10 January 1881. The trophy was first awarded to Moyola Park (from Castledawson in County Londonderry) when they defeated Cliftonville (from Belfast) 1-0 in the final at Cliftonville Cricket Ground, Belfast on April 9, 1881.
Since the start of the Irish Football League in 1890-91 (and excluding the years of First and Second World Wars when the League was postponed), the Cup has been won by Irish League clubs at every opportunity except for three notable events of 'giant murder' when clubs "junior" defeated senior opponents in the final: in 1928, Willowfield defeated Larne 1-0; in 1955, Dundela beat Glenavon 3-0; and in 1976, Carrick Rangers beat Linfield 2-1. In the early years, an Army regiment stationed in Ireland entered teams like King's Own Rifles (Cork), three of which reached the final: Gordon Highlanders in 1890, Black Watch (Limerick) in 1892 and Sherwood Foresters (Curragh , County). Kildare) in 1897. Gordon Highlanders was the only Army team to win the Cup.
From 1881 to 1921, when the Irish Cup was a competition throughout Ireland, the southern clubs (from what would become Irish Free State and then Republic of Ireland) only won the competition four times out of a possible 41: Shelbourne (from Dublin) won three times 1906, 1911 and 1920); and Bohemians (also from Dublin) won it in 1908. There were two all-southern finals: Bohemians defeated Shelbourne in 1908, and Shelbourne defeated the Bohemians in 1911 (both in need of a replay). Shelbourne, Bohemians, and Derry City are the only clubs to win both Ireland and the FAI Cup. Other Dublin clubs to compete in the Irish Cup are Dublin University, St James's Gate, Dublin Association, Tritonville and Richmond Rovers.
In the second competition in 1881-82, Queen's Island became the first Belfast club to win the Cup and did not leave Belfast again for 24 years, when in 1905-06, Shelbourne became the first club from Dublin to win it. Of the 135 matches played since 1881, the Belfast club have won the Cup 100 times. The last time a club from outside Belfast won the trophy was in 2014, when Glenavon beat Ballymena United 2-1 to win the trophy for the sixth time and become the most successful trophy club from outside Belfast.
In the early years of the competition, the finals were played in different places in Belfast, including Oval, Solitude, Grosvenor Park and Celtic Park, as well as Dalymount Park in Dublin. From 1996-2014 the final was played exclusively at Windsor Park. However, the 2015 final should be diverted to the Oval, following the discovery of damage to the stands at the usual Windsor Park spot. The first finals played outside Belfast occurred in 1903, when Distillery won their 7th Irish Cup with a 3-1 win over Bohemians at Dalymount Park, Dublin. The last finals played outside Belfast were in 1975; Coleraine won the Cup with a 1-0 win over Linfield in the second replay, after a 1-1 and 0-0 draw in the first two games. Since then the final has been played at The Oval, or Windsor Park. The first final between the two clubs from outside Belfast was in 1908, when the Bohemians beat Shelbourne 3-1 after a replay.
In 1921, Glenavon became the first club from County Armagh to reach the final, but no club from Armagh won the Cup until Glenavon in 1957. Finalist and first Down World Cup winner was Ards in 1927; and County Antrim's was Ballymena in 1929. In 2007, Dungannon Swifts became the first club from County Tyrone to reach the final.
Before the replay is removed in the final, a replay is needed to decide the 21st final winner, the first in 1890 after Cliftonville and Gordon Highlanders drew 2-2. Of the 21 finals to be screened, eight of them need a second replay to separate the two finalists. The last time this happened, and the last last replay ever played before they were removed was in 1993, when Bangor beat Ards 1-0 after two 1-1 draws. It was decided after this that there should be only one replay in which the penalty would be used to determine the winner if necessary, and finally the rule was changed to remove the final replay, with penalty used if needed after extra time in the first game. The first, and for now only the final to be won on a penalty shootout that occurred in 2007, when Linfield beat Dungannon Swifts 3-2 on penalties following a 2-2 draw after extra time. In 2014, rules are changed to eliminate replays of all competitions. All bond levels after 90 minutes now use 30 minutes of additional time, and if necessary, a penalty shootout to determine the winner.
Final is not played on three occasions:
- In 1912, Linfield was awarded the Cup after three other semi-finalists (Cliftonville, Glentoran and Shelbourne) withdrew from the IFA in a referee's wage dispute.
- In 1920, Shelbourne, who beat Glenavon in the semi-finals, was awarded the Cup after the other semi-final was void and void as both clubs were removed from the competition: Belfast Celtic after Celtic fans fired into Glentoran supporters during the riots, and Glentoran to degrade unregistered players.
- In 1999, Portadown was awarded the Cup when another finalist, Cliftonville, was expelled from the competition after it was discovered that they had dropped an unqualified player during the previous round.
A total of 24 different clubs have won the Cup, but only 13 clubs have done it more than once. 33 different clubs have reached the final, with 11 of them appearing only once. Of the 11 clubs, five of them have won the Cup in their last appearance. On five occasions, two of the same clubs have reached the finals in successive years: in 1885 and 1886, Distillery and Alexander; in 1913 and 1914, Glentoran and Linfield; in 1930 and 1931, Ballymena United and Linfield; Coleraine and Glentoran in 2003 and 2004; and in 2011 and 2012 Linfield and the Crusaders. The most common finals are between Glentoran and Linfield, which has happened 15 times. Linfield has won eight meetings, with Glentoran winning seven. The last time the two clubs reached the final was in 2006, when Linfield won 2-1.
In 2001, the final was broadcast live on television for the first time on BBC Northern Ireland and has been around since then
Windsor Park hosts the final (70, including replays), followed by The Oval with 25, and Solitude with 22.
Recordings
Most wins : 43, Linfield
The most successive wins : 4, Glentoran (1985, 1986, 1987 & 1988)
Most appearances at the end : 62, Linfield
The most consecutive look in the final : 5, Linfield (1891, 1892, 1893, 1894 & amp; 1895)
Most defeats in the final : 20, Linfield
The most successive defeat in the final : 3, Linfield (1975, 1976 & 1977)
The greatest victory in the final : Linfield 10-1 Bohemians (1895)
The longest distance between wins at the end : 70 years, Cliftonville (1909 and 1979)
Longest distance between ending appearances : 55 years old, Bangor (1938 and 1993)
Most appearances in the final without winning : 5, Larne (1928, 1935, 1987, 1989 & amp; 2005)
The general couple of finalists : Glentoran v Linfield (15 times), 1899, 1913, 1914, 1916, 1919, 1923, 1932, 1942, 1945, 1966, 1973, 1983, 1985, 2001 & 2006
End result
Kunci:
Statistics
Performance by Club
Total glasses won by city or city
24 different clubs have won trophies, and most of the cups have been won by clubs from Belfast.
Last place
There are 133 Irish Cup finals contested over the 136 competitions settled so far, because the final is not played on three occasions. In addition, 29 reruns of the final have been contested, with a total of 162 matches played in twelve different reasons. Windsor Park has become the most common place, having hosted the final 71 including replays.
Note
References
External links
- Irish FA Website
- Northern Ireland Cup Final - RSSSF
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