Setanta_Sports_Cup_2007
2007 Setanta Sports Cup
Football tournament season
The 2007 Setanta Sports Cup was the 3rd staging of the Setanta Sports Cup, a cross-border cup competition that took place between football clubs from the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The final was played at Windsor Park in Belfast, Northern Ireland on 12 May 2007, and was won by Drogheda United with a 4-3 penalty shoot-out victory over Linfield when the scores were level at 1–1 after extra time. Drogheda won the trophy for the second successive year.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country |  Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland |
| Teams | 8 |
| Defending champions | Drogheda United |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Drogheda United (2nd title) |
| Runner-up | Linfield |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 27 |
| Goals scored | 67 (2.48 per match) |
The draw for the 2007 Setanta Cup competition was made on 7 December 2006 with the original competing teams being the identical ones to the previous year's competition. On 30 January 2007, however, Shelbourne announced that they were withdrawing from the competition for reasons relating to their financial troubles and the fact that they would be unlikely to field a team of players. Their place was given to the 2006 FAI Cup runners-up to Derry City, St Patrick's Athletic, despite the fact that the next best-placed in the previous season's league (Shelbourne's qualification route), who did not have a place in the Setanta Cup already, were Sligo Rovers.
- The draw for this round was held 7 December 2006. The matches were played 26 February-17 April 2007.
Teams that progressed to the Semi-Finals are indicated in bold type.
Teams eliminated from the Setanta Cup are indicated in italics.
Group A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Linfield |
6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 12 |
| 2. Drogheda Utd |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 11 |
| 3. Derry City |
6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 5 |
| 4. Glentoran |
6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 4 |
Ian Stokes| Drogheda United | 2 – 0 | Glentoran |
|---|---|---|
O'Keeffe  30' Grant 45' |
(Report) | Hill  35' |
| Derry City | 1 – 2 | Glentoran |
|---|---|---|
| Brennan 16' |
(Report) | McMenamin 54' McDonagh 87' |
| Drogheda United | 2 – 1 | Derry City |
|---|---|---|
| Grant 69' Zayed 90+' |
(Report) | Deery 45' |
Group B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. St Patrick's Athletic |
6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 3 | +14 | 16 |
| 2. Cork City |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 10 |
| 3. Dungannon Swifts |
6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 4 |
| 4. Portadown |
6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 20 | -17 | 2 |
Frankie Hiles| St Patrick's Athletic | 3 – 0 | Portadown |
|---|---|---|
| Ndo 41' Kirby 47', 53' |
(Report) |
| Portadown | 2 – 2 | Dungannon Swifts |
|---|---|---|
| Collins 68' McCutcheon 70' |
(Report) | McCluskey 21' Gallagher 90+3' |
| Cork City | 1 – 3 | St Patrick's Athletic |
|---|---|---|
| O'Flynn 85' |
(Report) | O'Neill 32', 90+2 pen' Kirby 50' |
| Dungannon Swifts | 2 – 2 | St Patrick's Athletic |
|---|---|---|
| McAllister 4' Everaldo 34' |
(Report) | Kirby 19' Fahey 49' |
| St Patrick's Athletic | 5 – 0 | Dungannon Swifts |
|---|---|---|
| Murphy 29' Quigley 37' O'Connor 46' Kirby 57' Brennan 61' |
(Report) |
| Dungannon Swifts | 1 – 1 | Portadown |
|---|---|---|
| McAree 37' |
(Report) | Collins 80' |
Mark Courtney| Cork City | 2 – 1 | Dungannon Swifts |
|---|---|---|
| O'Brien 4' Behan 35' |
(Report) | McCabe 64' Wells 81' |
Declan Hanney| Portadown | 0 – 3 | St Patrick's Athletic |
|---|---|---|
| (Report) | Lynch 52' O'Connor 62', 71' |
The draw for the semi-finals was made by drawing the winners of Group A against the runners-up of Group B and vice versa, with group winners having home advantage. There would be no replays if the matches were drawn; instead, extra time would decide winners immediately thereafter. If extra time did not decide the winners, a set of five alternating penalty kicks would decide winners.
| St. Patrick's Athletic | 0 – 1 (AET) | Drogheda United |
|---|---|---|
| (Report) | Zayed 112' |
| Linfield | 1 – 1 (AET) | Drogheda United |
|---|---|---|
| McAreavey 67' |
(Report) | Lynch  56'Grant 77' |
| Penalties | ||
Ervin  Mouncey Ferguson Dickson O'Kane |
3 – 4 | Lynch Grant Bradley Robinson Byrne |
Adrian McCourt| Winner of 2007 Setanta Sports Cup |
|---|
| Drogheda United 2nd Title |
- 5 goals
Alan Kirby (St Patrick's Athletic)- Roy O'Donovan (Cork City)
- 3 goals
- Denis Behan (Cork City)
- Tony Grant (Drogheda United)
- Sean O'Connor (St Patrick's Athletic)
Aidan O'Kane (Linfield)
- 2 goals
- Michael Collins (Portadown)
- Mark Dickson (Linfield)
- John O'Flynn (Cork City)
- Aidan O'Keeffe (Drogheda United)
- Gary O'Neill (St Patrick's Athletic)
- Thomas Stewart (Linfield)
Éamon Zayed (Drogheda United)
- 1 goal
- Gary Beckett (Derry City)
- Killian Brennan (Derry City)
- Stephen Brennan (St Patrick's Athletic)
- Kevin Deery (Derry City)
Everaldo (Dungannon Swifts)- Keith Fahey (St Patrick's Athletic)
- Mark Farren (Derry City)
- JP Gallagher (Dungannon Swifts)
- Joe Gamble (Cork City)
- Jason Hill (Glentoran)
- Oran Kearney (Linfield)
- Roy Lally (Cork City)
- Cillian Lordan (Cork City)
- Eamonn Lynch (St Patrick's Athletic)
- Darragh Maguire (St Patrick's Athletic)
- Mark McAllister (Dungannon Swifts)
- Paul McAreavey (Linfield)
- Rodney McAree (Dungannon Swifts)
- Shane McCabe (Dungannon Swifts)
- Ryan McCluskey (Dungannon Swifts)
- Paddy McCourt (Derry City)
Gary McCutcheon (Portadown)- Willo McDonagh (Glentoran)
- Kevin McHugh (Derry City)
- BJ McMenamin (Glentoran)
- Anthony Murphy (St Patrick's Athletic)
Joseph Ndo (St Patrick's Athletic)- Kyle Neill (Glentoran)
- Colin O'Brien (Cork City)
- Mark Quigley (St Patrick's Athletic)
- Peter Thompson (Linfield)
