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2022–23 Irish Cup
The 2022–23 Irish Cup (known as the Samuel Gelston's Whiskey Irish Cup for sponsorship purposes) was the 143rd edition of the Irish Cup, the premier knockout cup competition in Northern Irish football since its inauguration in 1881. The winners qualified for the 2023–24 Europa Conference League first qualifying round. Crusaders won the cup on 7 May 2023 with a 4–0 win over Ballymena United (a repeat of the previous season's final), their second consecutive Irish Cup win and third overall. Results ''The league tier of each club at the time of entering the competition is listed in parentheses.'' *''(1) = NIFL Premiership'' *''(2) = NIFL Championship'' *''(3) = NIFL Premier Intermediate League'' *''(NL) = Non-league (clubs outside the Northern Ireland Football League – levels 4–7)'' First round 101 clubs entered the first round of the main competition, with the first round draw being made on 7 July 2022. The matches were played on 13 August 2022. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Cup
The Irish Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly referred to as the Irish Cup (currently known as the Clearer Water Irish Cup for sponsorship purposes) is the primary Association football, football single elimination, knockout cup competition in Northern Ireland. Inaugurated in 1881, it is the fourth-oldest national cup competition in the world. Prior to the break-away from the Irish Football Association by clubs from what would become the Irish Free State in 1921, the Irish Cup was the national cup competition for the whole of Ireland. Since 3 October 2023, the cup has been sponsored by ''Clearer Water''. It was previously sponsored by Nationwide Building Society, Bass (beer), Bass Ireland Ltd, JJB Sports, Wellpark Brewery, Tennent's Lager and Sadler's Peaky Blinder and Samuel Gelston's Irish Whiskey. Dungannon Swifts F.C., Dungannon Swifts are the current holders after defeating Cliftonville F.C., Cliftonville 4–3 on penalties in the 2024–25 Irish Cup#Final, 2025 f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lurgan Town F
Lurgan () is a town in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, near the southern shore of Lough Neagh and roughly southwest of Belfast. The town is linked to Belfast by both the M1 motorway (Northern Ireland), M1 motorway and the Belfast–Dublin railway line. Lurgan had a population of 31,136 (38,198 District Area) at the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 UK census, and falls within the Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon District Council, Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough. For certain purposes, Lurgan is treated as part of the "Craigavon Urban Area", along with neighbouring Craigavon, County Armagh, Craigavon and Portadown. Lurgan is typical of many Plantation of Ulster settlements, with its straight and wide, planned streets, and is the home of a number of historic listed buildings, such as Brownlow House and Lurgan Town Hall. Lurgan Park is the largest urban park in Northern Ireland. Historically, and after the Industrial Revolution, the town of Lurgan was known as a major centre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
