Irish Cup 1978/79
Irish Cup 1978/79 | |
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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 | |||||||||||||||
Ards FC | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Portadown FC | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
Portadown FC | 2 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Ballymena United | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Ballymena United | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Crusaders FC | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Portadown FC | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Glenavon FC | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Banbridge Town FC | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Lisburn Distillery | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Banbridge Town FC | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Glenavon FC | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
Glenavon FC | 4th | |||||||||||||||||
Bangor FC | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Portadown FC | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Cliftonville FC | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
RUC | 6th | |||||||||||||||||
Omagh Town FC | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
RUC | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Larne FC | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Larne FC | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
Glentoran FC | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Larne FC | 0 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Cliftonville FC | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Coleraine FC | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
Downpatrick Recreation | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Coleraine FC | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Cliftonville FC | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
Linfield FC | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
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 - Cliftonville 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 |
References and web links
- Results at www.rsssf.com , accessed April 24, 2013
- Results on home.online.no , accessed on April 24, 2013