2012 Setanta Sports Cup

The 2012 Setanta Sports Cup was the seventh staging of the Setanta Sports Cup, an annual association football competition featuring clubs from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. It commenced on 11 February 2012 and ended on 12 May 2012, with the final played at The Oval, Belfast.

2012 Setanta Sports Cup
Country Northern Ireland &
Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland
Teams12
ChampionsNorthern Ireland Crusaders (1st title)
Runners-upRepublic of Ireland Derry City
Matches played21
Goals scored52 (2.48 per match)
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The draw for the 2012 competition was made at Aviva Stadium, Dublin, on 25 January 2012.[1]

Crusaders won the competition for the first time, defeating Derry City 5–4 on penalties after the scores were level at 2–2 after extra time. It was the first time a club from the Northern Irish IFA Premiership had won the cup since Linfield won the inaugural competition in 2005.[2]

First round

Four League of Ireland and four IFA Premiership teams played each other in the first round over two games with the winners qualifying for the quarter-finals. The first legs were played on 11 and 13 February and the second legs were played on 20 February.[3][4]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Bray Wanderers Republic of Ireland 2−7 Northern Ireland Glentoran 2−4 0−3
Lisburn Distillery Northern Ireland 0−7 Republic of Ireland Derry City 0−4 0−3
Bohemians Republic of Ireland 3−1 Northern Ireland Portadown 2−1 1−0
Cliftonville Northern Ireland 2−0 Republic of Ireland St Patrick's Athletic 1−0 1−0

First leg
Bray Wanderers2 − 4Glentoran
Waters 18', 42' Report Murray 19'
Knight 51', 88'
O'Hanlon 60'
Attendance: 650
Referee: Alan Kelly, (Cork)
Lisburn Distillery0 − 4Derry City
Cushley Red card 62' Report McLaughlin 23'
Patterson 28', 51', 60'
Referee: M.Smith (Belfast)
Bohemians2 − 1Portadown
Corcoran 45'
Moore 58'		 Report Braniff 61'
Referee: Tomás Connolly (Dublin)
Cliftonville1 − 0St Patrick's Athletic
Boyce 48' Report
Attendance: 600
Referee: Raymond Hetherington

Second leg
St Patrick's Athletic0 − 1Cliftonville
Russell Red card 65' (Report) Gormley 69'

Cliftonville won 2 − 0 on aggregate

Derry City3 − 0Lisburn Distillery
McEleney 25'
McLaughlin 60'
Patterson 63'		 (Report)

Derry City won 7 − 0 on aggregate

Portadown0 − 1Bohemians
(Report) Martin 86'

Bohemians won 3 − 1 on aggregate

Glentoran3 − 0Bray Wanderers
Boyce 11', 75 pen'
Nixon 45'		 (Report)

Glentoran won 7 − 2 on aggregate

Quarter-finals

The winners of the four first-round games joined the four seeded teams (Shamrock Rovers, Sligo Rovers, Crusaders, and Linfield) who received byes into the quarter-finals. The first legs were played on 5 March 2012 and the second legs were played on 20 March 2012. The draw for the quarter-finals was made on 20 February 2012.[5]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Crusaders Northern Ireland 2−0 Republic of Ireland Bohemians 0−0 2−0
Linfield Northern Ireland 2−4 Republic of Ireland Derry City 1−1 1−3
Shamrock Rovers Republic of Ireland 2−2 Northern Ireland Cliftonville 2−0 0−2
Sligo Rovers Republic of Ireland 3−1 Northern Ireland Glentoran 2−0 1−1

First leg
Linfield1 – 1Derry City
Thompson 13' (Report) McDaid 85'
Sligo Rovers2 – 0Glentoran
Boco 37'
Quigley 63'		 (Report) Nixon Red card 84'
Crusaders0 – 0Bohemians
(Report)
Shamrock Rovers2 – 0Cliftonville
Dennehy 12'
Hawkins 71'		 (Report)

Second leg
Bohemians0 – 2Crusaders
Pender Red card 90' (Report) Caddell 3'
McMaster 36'

Crusaders won 2 − 0 on aggregate

Cliftonville2 – 0 (a.e.t.)Shamrock Rovers
Johnston 45'
Gormley 86'		 (Report)
Penalties
Gormley soccer ball with check mark
Caldwellsoccer ball with red X
Donnelly soccer ball with red X
O'Carroll soccer ball with red X		 1 – 3 soccer ball with check mark Dennehy
soccer ball with check mark Turner
soccer ball with check mark Gartland

Shamrock Rovers won 3 – 1 on penalties after 2 – 2 draw on aggregate

Derry City3 – 1Linfield
Molloy 69'
McLaughlin 77'
Madden 90'		 (Report) Lowry 31'

Derry City won 4 − 2 on aggregate

Glentoran1 − 1Sligo Rovers
Ward 23' (Report) North 89' (pen.)

Sligo Rovers won 3 − 1 on aggregate

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was made following the second leg quarter-final matches.[6]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Crusaders Northern Ireland 3−2 Republic of Ireland Sligo Rovers 2−0 1−2
Shamrock Rovers Republic of Ireland 2−3 Republic of Ireland Derry City 0−3 2−0

First leg
Crusaders2 – 0Sligo Rovers
Rainey 40', 80' (Report)
Shamrock Rovers0 – 3Derry City
Pieterse Red card 12' (Report) Deery 15'
McEleney 51'
McBride 85'

Second leg
Sligo Rovers2 – 1 (a.e.t.)Crusaders
Boco 35'
Quigley 48'		 (Report) Coates 105' (pen.)

Crusaders won 3 − 2 on aggregate

Derry City0 – 2Shamrock Rovers
(Report) Twigg 52', 86'

Derry City won 3 − 2 on aggregate

Final
Main article: 2012 Setanta Sports Cup Final
Crusaders2 – 2 (a.e.t.)Derry City
Coates 85', 96'
McBride Red card 90'		 (Report) Patterson 80', 101' (pen.)
Penalties
Coates soccer ball with check mark
Morrow soccer ball with check mark
Snoddy soccer ball with check mark
Gargan soccer ball with red X
Dallas soccer ball with check mark
McKeown soccer ball with check mark		 5 – 4 soccer ball with check mark Patterson
soccer ball with check mark Higgins
soccer ball with check mark Molloy
soccer ball with red X Morrison
soccer ball with check mark McEleney
soccer ball with red X McCaffrey
Attendance: 3,275
Referee: Raymond Crangle


Winner of 2012 Setanta Sports Cup
Northern Ireland Crusaders
1st title

Goalscorers
6 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

References
  1. Setanta Sports Cup Committee Agrees 2012 Draw Date - FAI.ie
  2. "Crusaders 2-2 Derry City". BBC Sport. 12 May 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
  3. Draw For First Round Of Setanta Sports Cup Announced - irishexaminer.com
  4. Change To 2012 Setanta Cup Fixture Archived 2012-03-11 at the Wayback Machine - airtricityleague.ie
  5. Setanta Sports Cup Quarter-Final Draw Archived 2012-04-25 at the Wayback Machine - irishfa.com
  6. "Rovers, Derry and Sligo through to Setanta semi-finals". RTÉ News. 20 March 2012.
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