The 2007 Setanta Sports Cup was the 3rd staging of the

Setanta Sports Cup The Setanta Sports Cup was a club football competition featuring teams from both football associations on the island of Ireland. Inaugurated in 2005, it was a cross-border competition between clubs in the League of Ireland from the Republic of I ...

, a cross-border cup competition that took place between football clubs from the

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and

Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. Nort ...

. The final was played at

Windsor Park Windsor Park is a football stadium in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is the home ground of Linfield F.C. who own the land the stadium is built on, while the Irish Football Association own and operate the stadium and pay Linfield an annual renta ...

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on 12 May 2007, and was won by

Drogheda United Drogheda United Football Club ( ga, Cumann Peile Dhroichead Átha Aontaithe) is a semi-professional Irish association football club based in Drogheda, County Louth playing in the League of Ireland Premier Division. They play their home matches ...

with a 4-3

penalty shoot-out The penalty shootout is a method of determining a winner in sports matches that would have otherwise been drawn or tied. The rules for penalty shootouts vary between sports and even different competitions; however, the usual form is similar to pe ...

victory over Linfield when the scores were level at 1–1 after extra time. Drogheda won the trophy for the second successive year.

Shelbourne's withdrawal

The draw for the 2007

Setanta Cup The Setanta Sports Cup was a club football competition featuring teams from both football associations on the island of Ireland. Inaugurated in 2005, it was a cross-border competition between clubs in the League of Ireland from the Republic of I ...

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.

Group stage

:''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

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Group B

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Semi-finals

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. ----

Final

Goalscorers

;5 goals * Alan Kirby (St Patrick's Athletic) *

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(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 *

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(Portadown) * Mark Dickson (Linfield) *

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(Cork City) * Aidan O'Keeffe (Drogheda United) * Gary O'Neill (St Patrick's Athletic) * Thomas Stewart (Linfield) *

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(Drogheda United) ;1 goal * Gary Beckett (Derry City) *

Killian Brennan Killian Brennan (born 31 January 1984) is an Irish retired footballer who played as a midfielder in the League of Ireland Premier Division. Career Early career Noted for his wing play and ability to fire in accurate crosses, Brennan was signe ...

(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) *

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(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 Kevin McHugh ( ga, Caoimhín MacAodha); born 19 January 1980 in Letterkenny, Ireland) is an Irish former footballer and current manager of Finn Harps F.C. under-15 League of Ireland team. He is considered one of Donegal's best-known sportstars. ...

(Derry City) * BJ McMenamin (Glentoran) * Anthony Murphy (St Patrick's Athletic) *

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(St Patrick's Athletic) * Kyle Neill (Glentoran) * Colin O'Brien (Cork City) * Mark Quigley (St Patrick's Athletic) * Peter Thompson (Linfield)

External links

Official Setanta Cup Site
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