1913–14 Gold Cup

1913–14 Gold Cup

Tournament details
Country	Ireland
Teams	7
Defending champions	Belfast Celtic
Final positions
Champions	Distillery (1st win)
Runner-up	Shelbourne
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	17 (2.83 per match)

The 1913–14 Gold Cup was the 2nd edition of the Gold Cup, a cup competition in Irish football. It was the first staging of the competition under the name of the Gold Cup - the previous edition in 1911–12 was played under the name of the New Irish Cup.[1]

The tournament was won by Distillery for the 1st time, defeating Shelbourne 3–2 in the final replay at Grosvenor Park,[2] after the original final match ended in a 0–0 draw at Dalymount Park.[3]

Results

[4]

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Belfast Celtic	2–1	Cliftonville
Distillery	w/o	Glentoran
Linfield	2–1	Glenavon
Shelbourne	bye

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Distillery	3–1	Linfield
Shelbourne	2–0	Belfast Celtic

Final

29 April 1914

Shelbourne	0–0	Distillery
	Report

Dalymount Park, Dublin

Replay

6 May 1914

Distillery	3–2	Shelbourne
Milne Atkins Burnison (pen.)	Report	Grant

Grosvenor Park, Belfast

Referee: George Jenkins (Belfast)

References

1. "Irish League Archive, Gold Cup". Irish League Archive. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
2. "Irish Gold Cup Final, Distillery v Shelbourne". Belfast News-Letter. 7 May 1914. p. 2.
3. "Gold Cup Final". Freeman's Journal. 30 April 1914. p. 11.
4. "Gold Cup Results". Irish League Archive. Retrieved 18 March 2023.

External links

• Northern Ireland - List of Gold Cup Winners