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
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
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
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 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 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
The Football Association of Ireland Senior Challenge Cup (FAI Cup), known as the Extra.ie FAI Cup for sponsorship reasons, is a knock-out association football competition contested annually by teams from the Republic of Ireland (as well as Derry ...
runners-up to
Derry City
Derry, officially Londonderry (), is the second-largest city in Northern Ireland and the fifth-largest city on the island of Ireland. The name ''Derry'' is an anglicisation of the Old Irish name (modern Irish: ) meaning 'oak grove'. The ...
,
St Patrick's Athletic
St Patrick's Athletic Football Club ( ga, Cumann Peile Lúthchleas Phádraig Naofa) is a professional Irish association football club based in Inchicore, Dublin, that plays in the Irish Premier Division. Founded in May 1929, they played origin ...
, 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
Sligo Rovers Football Club ( ga, Cumann Peile Ruagairí Shligigh) is an Irish professional football club playing in the Premier Division of the League of Ireland. The club is based in Sligo in the west of Ireland.
The club was founded in 1928 ...
.
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.
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Final
Goalscorers
;5 goals
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Alan Kirby
Alan Kirby (born 8 September 1977) is an Irish former footballer. He played as a midfielder, most often on the right wing.
As a 16-year-old, Kirby went to England to join Premier League club Aston Villa. He spent four years with the club witho ...
(St Patrick's Athletic)
*
Roy O'Donovan (Cork City)
;3 goals
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Denis Behan
Denis Behan (born 2 January 1984) is an Irish football coach and former player who played as a forward. He spent many years playing for League of Ireland clubs Cork City and Limerick, as well as in the English Football League for Hartlepool Uni ...
(Cork City)
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Tony Grant (Drogheda United)
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Sean O'Connor (St Patrick's Athletic)
*
Aidan O'Kane
Aidan O'Kane (born 24 November 1979 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a retired footballer.
While at Cliftonville, he played in the UEFA Intertoto Cup. From his time at York he played against Leeds, Boro, Sheff Wed and Sunderland in friendly ga ...
(Linfield)
;2 goals
*
Michael Collins Michael Collins or Mike Collins most commonly refers to:
* Michael Collins (Irish leader) (1890–1922), Irish revolutionary leader, soldier, and politician
* Michael Collins (astronaut) (1930–2021), American astronaut, member of Apollo 11 and Ge ...
(Portadown)
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Mark Dickson (Linfield)
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John O'Flynn (Cork City)
* Aidan O'Keeffe (Drogheda United)
* Gary O'Neill (St Patrick's Athletic)
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Thomas Stewart (Linfield)
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Éamon Zayed
Éamon Zayed ( ar, أیمن زايد; born 4 October 1983) is a former professional footballer who played as a forward. He is currently the head coach of Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC in USL League One. Born in the Republic of Ireland, he re ...
(Drogheda United)
;1 goal
* Gary Beckett (Derry City)
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Killian Brennan (Derry City)
* Stephen Brennan (St Patrick's Athletic)
* Kevin Deery (Derry City)
*
Everaldo (Dungannon Swifts)
*
Keith Fahey
Keith Declan Fahey (born 15 January 1983) is an Irish former footballer, who played most of his career with League of Ireland side St Patrick's Athletic, as well as English club Birmingham City. He played predominantly as a central midfielder, ...
(St Patrick's Athletic)
*
Mark Farren
Mark Farren (1 May 1982 – 3 February 2016) was an Irish footballer who played as a forward for Derry City in his prime.[Joe Gamble
Joseph Finbar Gamble (born 14 January 1982) is a retired Irish footballer.
Gamble's playing career spanned 16 years and saw him play for a number of teams across England and Ireland, most notably his local Cork City, as well as being capped twi ...]
(Cork City)
* Jason Hill (Glentoran)
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Oran Kearney
Oran Kearney (born 29 July 1978) is a Northern Irish professional football manager and former player who is currently in charge of NIFL Premiership side Coleraine.
Playing career
Kearney joined Ballymena United from Moyola Park (Stephen Doey ...
(Linfield)
* Roy Lally (Cork City)
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Cillian Lordan (Cork City)
* Eamonn Lynch (St Patrick's Athletic)
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Darragh Maguire
Darragh Maguire (born 6 February 1976 in Dublin) is a former Irish footballer.
St Patrick's Athletic
Maguire was a central defender and he joined St. Pats from Newry Town F.C.
He was voted St Pats' Player of the Year in 2005 season and in 20 ...
(St Patrick's Athletic)
* Mark McAllister (Dungannon Swifts)
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Paul McAreavey
Paul McAreavey (born 3 December 1980) is a Northern Irish football manager and former player. He previously played for Swindon Town, Linfield, Dundalk, Ballymena United and Donegal Celtic.
In May 2006 the Belfast native signed a three-year fu ...
(Linfield)
*
Rodney McAree
Rodney Joseph McAree (born 19 August 1974) is a Northern Irish former footballer and current manager of NIFL Premiership side Dungannon Swifts.
His father Joe was awarded an MBE, in the 2014 New Year Honours List, for services to sport and to ...
(Dungannon Swifts)
* Shane McCabe (Dungannon Swifts)
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Ryan McCluskey (Dungannon Swifts)
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Paddy McCourt
Patrick James McCourt (born 16 December 1983) is a Northern Irish former footballer who played as a winger.
He started his professional career with Third Division club Rochdale in 2001 before moving to League of Ireland club Shamrock Rovers ...
(Derry City)
*
Gary McCutcheon
Gary McCutcheon (born Dumfries, 8 October 1978) is a Scottish professional footballer who retired in 2015. He is also Reserve Team Manager at Stranraer.
He began his career at Kilmarnock where he had spells on loan at Stenhousemuir and Clydeba ...
(Portadown)
*
Willo McDonagh
Willo McDonagh (born 14 March 1983) is an Irish former footballer. The defensive midfield player played for Bohemians, Carlisle United, Shamrock Rovers, Glentoran, Monaghan United and Shelbourne.
Biography
He made his Rovers debut on 18 March ...
(Glentoran)
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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)
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Mark Quigley
Mark Quigley (born 27 October 1985) is an Irish former professional footballer who played for Millwall, Shamrock Rovers (over 2 spells), St Patrick's Athletic (over 2 spells), Bohemians (over 2 spells), Dundalk, Sligo Rovers and Derry City.
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(St Patrick's Athletic)
*
Peter Thompson (Linfield)
External links
Official Setanta Cup Site
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2006–07 in Northern Ireland association football