Irish Cup 1978/79

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Irish Cup 1978/79
Cup winners Cliftonville FC (8th title)
European
Cup Winners' Cup		 Cliftonville FC
Beginning 3rd February 1979
final April 28, 1979
Final stadium Windsor Park
Teams 16
Games 17th
Gates 68  (ø 4 per game)

The Irish Cup 1978/79 was the 99th edition of the Northern Irish soccer cup competition . The first games took place on February 3, 1979, the final on April 28, 1979.

Cliftonville FC won the title for the first time since the 1908-09 season . It was the seventh success in the club's history.

Tournament course

  Round of 16   Quarter finals   Semifinals   final
                                     
Coats of arms of None.svg Ards FC 1                  
Portadown FC Portadown FC 3  
Portadown FC Portadown FC 2 1
  Ballymena United Ballymena United 1  
Ballymena United Ballymena United 2
 
Crusaders FC Crusaders FC 1  
Portadown FC Portadown FC 2
  Glenavon FC Glenavon FC 1  
Coats of arms of None.svg Banbridge Town FC 2      
 
Coats of arms of None.svg Lisburn Distillery 0  
Coats of arms of None.svg Banbridge Town FC 2
  Glenavon FC Glenavon FC 3  
Glenavon FC Glenavon FC 4th
 
Bangor FC 1  
Portadown FC Portadown FC 2
  Cliftonville FC Cliftonville FC 3
Coats of arms of None.svg RUC 6th            
 
Coats of arms of None.svg Omagh Town FC 2  
Coats of arms of None.svg RUC 0
  Coats of arms of None.svg Larne FC 1  
Coats of arms of None.svg Larne FC 3
 
Glentoran FC Glentoran FC 2  
Coats of arms of None.svg Larne FC 0 2
  Cliftonville FC Cliftonville FC 1  
Coleraine FC Coleraine FC 5      
 
Coats of arms of None.svg Downpatrick Recreation 2  
Coleraine FC Coleraine FC 2
  Cliftonville FC Cliftonville FC 3  
Linfield FC 3
 
Cliftonville FC Cliftonville FC 4th  
1 Replay after a 0-0 game in the first game.
2 Replay after a 2-2 win in the first game.

final

pairing Portadown FC Portadown FC - Cliftonville FCCliftonville FC
Result 2: 3
date April 28, 1979
Stadion Windsor Park , Belfast
spectator 15,000
Gates 1: 0 Jim Campbell (2nd)
1: 1 John Platt (32nd)
1: 2 Michael Adair (46th)
2: 2 Jim Alexander (77th)
2: 3 Tony Bell (89th)
Portadown FC McCullum, Smyth, Douglas, Wilson, Kilburn, Cleary, Willie Gordon, Magee (J. Bell, 66.), Jim Alexander, Campbell, Quinn
Cliftonville FC Brian Johnstone, Brendan McGuickan, Eamonn Largey, John Flanagan, Marty Quinn, Ciaran McCurry, Tony Bell, Peter McCusker, Walter Mills (John O'Connor, 66th), John Platt, Michael Adair

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