1944–45 Dublin and Belfast Inter-City Cup

1944–45 Dublin and Belfast Inter-City Cup
Tournament details
CountryNorthern Ireland Northern Ireland
Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland
Teams12
Defending championsGlentoran
Final positions
ChampionsBohemians (1st win)
Runner-upBelfast Celtic
Tournament statistics
Matches played26
Goals scored110 (4.23 per match)

The 1944–45 Dublin and Belfast Inter-City Cup was the 4th edition of the Dublin and Belfast Inter-City Cup, an association football cup competition featuring teams from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.

Teams from outside Dublin and Belfast competed, but played their home matches in either Dublin (if based in the Republic of Ireland) or Belfast (if based in Northern Ireland).[1]

Bohemians won the title for the 1st time, defeating Belfast Celtic 3–2 on aggregate in the two-legged final.[2][3][4]

Results

First round

Teams that were at home in the first leg listed on the left.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Cliftonville 3–4 Bohemians 2–3 1–1
Derry City 4–6 Shelbourne 1–3 3–3
Distillery 6–4 Dundalk 5–2 1–2
Glentoran1 3–32 Limerick 2–1 1–2
Linfield 9–7 Cork United1 8–2 1–5
Shamrock Rovers 0–8 Belfast Celtic 0–3 0–5

1Despite losing their ties, Glentoran and Cork United progressed to the quarter-finals as "best losers".
2Limerick won the tie on corner kicks.

Quarter-finals

Teams that were at home in the first leg listed on the left.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Distillery 6–1 Limerick 5–0 1–1
Glentoran 3–31 Bohemians 1–0 2–3
Linfield 5–1 Cork United 3–0 2–1
Shelbourne 2–4 Belfast Celtic 0–0 2–4

1Glentoran won the tie on corner kicks.

Semi-finals

Teams that were at home in the first leg listed on the left.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Bohemians 8–3 Distillery 5–1 3–2
Linfield 5–7 Belfast Celtic 2–2 3–5

Final

Belfast Celtic2–2Bohemians
Bonnar 80', 83' Report Cullen 50' (o.g.)
Smith 57'
Attendance: 12,000


Bohemians1–0Belfast Celtic
M. O'Flanagan 67' Report
Referee: Mr P. Morris (Belfast)

Bohemians win 3–2 on aggregate.

References

  1. ^ "Irish League Archive, Dublin and Belfast Inter-City Cup". Irish League Archive. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Frayed Tempers At Windsor Park". Belfast Telegraph. 31 May 1945. p. 4.
  3. ^ "Bohemians Win By Single Goal". Ireland's Saturday Night. 2 June 1945. p. 5.
  4. ^ "Dublin and Belfast Inter-City Cup Results". Irish League Archive. Retrieved 10 April 2023.