The 2006–07 Irish Cup was the 127th edition of the

Irish Cup The Irish Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly referred to as the Irish Cup (currently known as the Samuel Gelston's Whiskey Irish Cup for sponsorship purposes) is the primary football knock-out cup competition in Northern Ireland. Ina ...

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's premier football knock-out cup competition. It concluded on 5 May 2007 with the final. Linfield were the defending champions, winning their 37th Irish Cup last season after a 2–1 win over archrivals

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in the 2006 final. They successfully defended the cup by defeating Dungannon Swifts 3–2 on penalties, when the final ended 2–2 after extra time. This was the first, and to date only Irish Cup final ever to be decided by a penalty shootout.

Results

First preliminary round

Second preliminary round

First round

Second round

Third round

Fourth round

Fifth round

Replays

Sixth round

Quarter-finals

Replay

Semi-finals

Final

References

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