2009–10 Setanta Sports Cup

2009–2010 Setanta Sports Cup
Tournament details
Country Northern Ireland
Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland
Teams9
Defending championsCork City
Final positions
ChampionsBohemians (1st title)
Runner-upSt Patrick's Athletic
Tournament statistics
Matches played23
Goals scored59 (2.57 per match)
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The 2009–10 Setanta Sports Cup was the 5th staging of the cross-border Setanta Sports Cup competition - which featured football clubs from the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. It commenced on 28 August 2009, and the final was played on 15 May 2010, with Bohemians defeating St Patrick's Athletic 1–0 to claim their first Setanta Cup triumph.

On 22 June 2009, the draw for the competition was postponed because of the financial troubles of organiser Setanta Sports. However, on 19 July 2009, it was confirmed that the competition would be going ahead as planned, and the draw was made at FAI headquarters in Abbotstown, Dublin, on 28 July.[1][2]

Changes to structure

"It is only fair for the tournament winners to be given the chance to defend their crown."

Milo Corcoran, Chairman of Setanta Sports Cup Organising Committee

In the 2009–10 season, the Setanta Cup was expanded to nine teams, comprising three groups of three. The three group winners qualified for the semi-finals, as did the group runner-up with the best record. Teams were drawn from the top four of both leagues,[3] with an additional place for the winners of the previous competition, Cork City. In a further change to the format of previous years, games were expected to take place on weekends instead of midweek.[4]

Group stages

Teams that progressed to the semi-finals are indicated in bold type.

Teams eliminated from the Setanta Sports Cup this stage are indicated in italics.

Group 1

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Republic of Ireland Sligo Rovers 4 3 1 0 11 4 +7 10
Republic of Ireland Cork City 4 1 1 2 3 8 -5 4
Northern Ireland Cliftonville 4 1 0 3 5 7 -2 3
Cork City1 – 0Cliftonville
Gamble 37' (Report)
Sligo Rovers2 – 2Cork City
Ryan 45'
Marshall 59'		 (Report) Silagailis 16'
Deasy 90'
Referee: Republic of Ireland Damien Hancock
Cliftonville2 – 3Sligo Rovers
Boyce 9'
Bannon 67'		 (Report) Turner 24', 39'
Marshall 75'
Cork CityP – PSligo Rovers
(Report)

Postponed due to waterlogged pitch

Cork City0 – 3Sligo Rovers

Due to Cork City's resignation from the competition, Sligo Rovers were awarded a 3-0 win

Sligo Rovers3 – 0Cliftonville
Ventre 39'
Doyle 45'
Amond 86'		 (Report)
Cliftonville3 – 0Cork City

Due to Cork City's resignation from the competition, Cliftonville were awarded a 3-0 win

Group 2

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Republic of Ireland Bohemians 4 2 2 0 6 3 +3 8
Northern Ireland Glentoran 4 1 2 1 5 5 0 5
Northern Ireland Coleraine 4 0 2 2 3 6 -3 2
Glentoran1 – 2Bohemians
Waterworth 51' (Report) McGuinness 61'
Byrne 88'
Referee: Northern Ireland David Malcolm
Coleraine0 – 0Glentoran
[1]
Bohemians0 – 0Coleraine
(Report)
Glentoran3 – 2Coleraine
Waterworth 29'
Fordyce 59'
Hall 62'		 (Report) Boyce 6', 66'
Referee: Northern Ireland Raymond Crangle
Coleraine1 – 3Bohemians
Patterson 2' (Report) Heary 27'
Rossiter 47'
Madden 81'
Bohemians1 – 1Glentoran
Cretaro 61' (Report) Hamilton 51'

Group 3

Team Pld W D L F A GD Pts
Northern Ireland Linfield 4 2 2 0 6 2 +4 8
Republic of Ireland St Patrick's Athletic 4 1 2 1 5 3 +2 5
Republic of Ireland Derry City 4 0 2 2 2 8 -6 2
Derry City1 – 1St Patrick's Athletic
Stewart 45 pen' (Report) Lester 56'
Referee: Republic of Ireland Richie Winter
Linfield1 – 1Derry City
Munster 14' (Report) McManus 85'
St Patrick's Athletic3 – 0Derry City

Derry City ceased to exist, St Patrick's Athletic awarded 3-0 win[5]

St Patrick's Athletic1 – 1Linfield
Williams 15' (Report) Ervin 36 pen'
Linfield1 – 0St Patrick's Athletic
Thompson 90' (Report)
Derry City0 – 3Linfield

Derry City ceased to exist, Linfield awarded 3-0 win[6]

Semi finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Bohemians Republic of Ireland 3–1 Northern Ireland Linfield 2–1 1–0
St Patrick's Athletic Republic of Ireland 6–2 Republic of Ireland Sligo Rovers 4–1 2–1

First leg

Bohemians2 – 1Linfield
Oman 43'
Cretaro 86'		 (Report) McAllister 16'
Kane Red card 67'
Referee: Republic of Ireland Thomas Connolly
St Patrick's Athletic4 – 1Sligo Rovers
Byrne 9'
McAllister 37'
Coughlan 50'
Guy 85'		 (Report) Doninger 45'
Referee: Republic of Ireland Declan Hanney

Second leg

Sligo Rovers1 – 2St Patrick's Athletic
O'Grady 5' (Report) Byrne 18'
Lynch 59'
Referee: Northern Ireland Trevor Moutray

St Patrick's Athletic won 6 − 2 on aggregate

Linfield0 – 1Bohemians
(Report) Madden 5'

Bohemians won 3 − 1 on aggregate

Final

St Patrick's Athletic0 – 1Bohemians
Report Murphy 24'
Attendance: 3,896
Referee: Northern Ireland Alan Black


Winner of 2009–10 Setanta Sports Cup
Republic of Ireland Bohemians
1st Title

Goalscorers

2 goals
1 goal

References

  1. ^ "Setanta Sports Cup to go ahead". RTÉ Sport. 19 July 2009. Retrieved 28 July 2009.
  2. ^ "Setanta Cup draw is made". RTÉ Sport. 28 July 2009. Archived from the original on 31 July 2009. Retrieved 28 July 2009.
  3. ^ Setanta Sports Cup to be expanded[permanent dead link‍] - eircomloi.ie
  4. ^ Setanta matches moved to weekends - BBC Sport
  5. ^ Derry City FC removed from Setanta Cup Archived 16 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine - RTÉ Sport
  6. ^ Derry City FC removed from Setanta Cup Archived 16 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine - RTÉ Sport