Setanta Sports Cup 2008

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The Setanta Sports Cup 2008 is the 4th staging of the cross-border cup competition that takes place between football clubs from the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The final is scheduled to be played on 18 October 2008.

1 Group stage
- 1.1 Group 1
- 1.2 Group 2
2 Semi-finals
3 Final
4 External links

[edit] Group stage

The draw for this round was held 17 January 2008. The matches will be played 26 February-23 September 2008.

Teams that progressed to the Semi-Finals are indicated in bold type.

Teams eliminated from the Setanta Cup are indicated in italics.

[edit] Group 1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Cork City	3	2	1	0	4	0	+4	7
Drogheda Utd	3	1	1	0	6	2	+4	7
Cliftonville	3	0	1	2	2	5	-1	1
Dungannon Swifts	3	0	1	2	0	5	-2	1

2008-02-26	Drogheda United	3 – 2	Cliftonville	United Park, Drogheda Referee: David Malcolm
	Zayed 40', 86' Baker 74'	(Report)	Murphy 57' M Holland 87'	United Park, Drogheda Referee: David Malcolm

2008-02-26	Dungannon Swifts	0 – 2	Cork City	Stangmore Park, Dungannon Referee: Alan Black
		(Report)	O'Callaghan 16', 40'	Stangmore Park, Dungannon Referee: Alan Black

2008-03-18	Cork City	0 – 0	Drogheda United	Turners Cross, Cork Referee: Dave McKeon
		(Report)		Turners Cross, Cork Referee: Dave McKeon

2008-03-18	Cliftonville	0 – 0	Dungannon Swifts	Solitude, Belfast
		(Report)		Solitude, Belfast

2008-04-14	Cork City	2 – 0	Cliftonville	Turners Cross, Cork Referee: Declan Hanney
	O'Flynn 71' Mooney 75'	(Report)		Turners Cross, Cork Referee: Declan Hanney

2008-04-14	Dungannon Swifts	0 – 4	Drogheda United	Stangmore Park, Dungannon Referee: B Turkington
		(Report)	Grant 4' Gartland 35' McGinn 63' (og) O'Brien 85'	Stangmore Park, Dungannon Referee: B Turkington

2008-09-01	Cliftonville	–	Cork City	Solitude, Belfast
				Solitude, Belfast

2008-09-01	Drogheda United	–	Dungannon Swifts	United Park, Drogheda
				United Park, Drogheda

2008-09-15	Drogheda United	–	Cork City	United Park, Drogheda
				United Park, Drogheda

2008-09-15	Dungannon Swifts	–	Cliftonville	Stangmore Park, Dungannon
				Stangmore Park, Dungannon

2008-09-22	Cliftonville	–	Drogheda United	Solitude, Belfast
				Solitude, Belfast

2008-09-22	Cork City	–	Dungannon Swifts	Turners Cross, Cork
				Turners Cross, Cork

[edit] Group 2

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Linfield	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	6
St Patrick's Athletic	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
Derry City	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
Glentoran	3	0	2	1	5	7	-2	2

2008-03-10	Linfield	3 – 1	Derry City	Windsor Park, Belfast Attendance: 3,000 (approx) Referee: Dave McKeon
	Delaney 23' (og) Thompson 40' Ferguson 86' (pen)	(Report)	Martyn 79'

2008-03-10	St Patrick's Athletic	3 – 3	Glentoran	Richmond Park, Dublin Attendance: 1,500 (approx.)
	O'Neill 20', 89' Fahey 90'	(Report)	Halliday 5' Nixon 72' (pen) Fordyce 85'	Richmond Park, Dublin Attendance: 1,500 (approx.)

2008-04-07	Glentoran	1 – 3	Linfield	The Oval, Belfast Attendance: 4,000 (approx.)
	Boyce 8'	(Report)	McAreavey 32', 49' Dickson 69'	The Oval, Belfast Attendance: 4,000 (approx.)

2008-04-07	Derry City	2 – 0	St Patrick's Athletic	The Brandywell, Derry
	Martyn 37' Brennan 47'	(Report)		The Brandywell, Derry

2008-04-15	Glentoran	1 – 1	Derry City	The Oval, Belfast Referee: Mark Courtney
	Nixon 70'	(Report)	Sammon 50' (pen)	The Oval, Belfast Referee: Mark Courtney

2008-04-15	St Patrick's Athletic	2 – 0	Linfield	Richmond Park, Dublin Referee: Alan Kelly
	Quigley 7' O'Neill 76'	(Report)		Richmond Park, Dublin Referee: Alan Kelly

2008-09-02	Derry City	–	Glentoran	The Brandywell, Derry
				The Brandywell, Derry

2008-09-02	Linfield	–	St Patrick's Athletic	Windsor Park, Belfast
				Windsor Park, Belfast

2008-09-15	Linfield	–	Glentoran	Windsor Park, Belfast
				Windsor Park, Belfast

2008-09-15	St Patrick's Athletic	–	Derry City	Richmond Park, Dublin
				Richmond Park, Dublin

2008-09-23	Derry City	–	Linfield	The Brandywell, Derry
				The Brandywell, Derry

2008-09-23	Glentoran	–	St Patrick's Athletic	The Oval, Belfast
				The Oval, Belfast

(KEY: Pts= Points; Pld= Matches Played; W= Matches Won; D= Matches Drawn; L= Matches Lost; GF= Goals For; GA= Goals Against; GD= Goal Difference)

[edit] Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was made by drawing the winners of Group A against the runners-up of Group 2 and vice-versa, with group winners having home advantage. There will be no replays if the matches are drawn; instead, extra time will decide winners immediately thereafter. If extra time does not decide the winners, a set of five alternating penalty kicks will decide winners. They will take place on 6 October and 7 October 2008.

[edit] Final

Similarly to the semi-finals, there will be no replay even if the match is drawn; instead, extra time will be used to decide the winners. If extra time fails to separate the two sides, the match will go to penalties. It will take place on 18 October 2008.