1947–48 Dublin and Belfast Inter-City Cup

1947–48 Dublin and Belfast Inter-City Cup
Tournament details
CountryNorthern Ireland Northern Ireland
Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland
Teams12
Defending championsShamrock Rovers
Final positions
ChampionsBelfast Celtic (1st win)
Distillery (1st win)
Tournament statistics
Matches played27
Goals scored79 (2.93 per match)

The 1947–48 Dublin and Belfast Inter-City Cup was the 7th 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]

Belfast Celtic and Distillery ended up sharing the title. Celtic won the first leg 2–1,[2] and a date could not be found for the second leg, so both teams decided to share the trophy.[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
Ballymena United 4–2 Shelbourne1 4–1 0–1
Belfast Celtic 7–2 Drumcondra 5–0 2–2
Cliftonville 2–4 Bohemians 1–1 1–3
Derry City 2–3 Limerick 1–0 1–3
Dundalk 1–4 Glentoran 0–0 1–4
Shamrock Rovers 3–32 Distillery 2–2 1–1

1Despite losing their ties, Shelbourne progressed to the quarter-finals as "best losers".
2Darkness prevented Shamrock Rovers and Distillery from playing extra time in their second leg, so it was decided that both teams would advance to the quarter-finals.

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
Belfast Celtic 8–0 Limerick 5–0 3–0
Bohemians 2–3 Distillery 1–1 1–2
Glentoran 1–1 Shelbourne 1–0 0–1
Shamrock Rovers 8–3 Ballymena United 4–1 4–2

Playoff

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Glentoran 2–0 Shelbourne

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
Distillery 4–1 Glentoran 3–1 1–0
Shamrock Rovers 2–4 Belfast Celtic 1–2 1–2

Final

Belfast Celtic2–1Distillery
Bonnar 18', 19' Report Lonsdale 53'


Distillerynot playedBelfast Celtic
Report

Belfast Celtic and Distillery shared the trophy.

References

  1. ^ "Irish League Archive, Dublin and Belfast Inter-City Cup". Irish League Archive. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Distillery's Old Failing Puts Them One Goal Down". Belfast Telegraph. 18 May 1948. p. 4.
  3. ^ "Inter-City Cup Game Off". Dublin Evening Herald. 20 May 1948. p. 8.
  4. ^ "Dublin and Belfast Inter-City Cup Results". Irish League Archive. Retrieved 10 April 2023.