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1978–79 Irish Cup

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Football tournament season
1978–79Irish Cup
Tournament details
CountryNorthern Ireland
Teams16
Defending championsLinfield
Final positions
ChampionsCliftonville (8th win)
Runners-upPortadown
Tournament statistics
Matches played17
Goals scored68 (4 per match)

The1978–79 Irish Cup was the 99th edition of theIrish Cup,Northern Ireland's premierfootball knock-out cup competition.

The defending champions wereLinfield, who defeatedBallymena United 3–1 in the 1977–78 final.[1] However, they were knocked out by eventual winnersCliftonville in the first round. Cliftonville went on to win the cup for the 8th time, defeatingPortadown 3–2 in the final. The 1979 victory represented their first cup success in 70 years; this remains a record for the longest gap between Irish Cup wins.[2] This was Cliftonville's last Irish Cup success until the club won the Irish Cup for the first time in 45 years in2024, though they had reached the final five times since this win; in1997,1999,2009,2013 and2018. They lost the 1997, 2009, 2013 and 2018 finals, and were disqualified before the final was played in 1999 when it was discovered that they had fielded an ineligible player in the earlier rounds.

Results

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First round

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Team 1 Score Team 2
Ards1–3Portadown
Ballymena United2–1Crusaders
Coleraine5–2Downpatrick Rec.
Distillery0–2Banbridge Town
Glenavon4–1Bangor
Larne3–2Glentoran
Linfield3–4Cliftonville
Omagh Town2–6RUC

Quarter-finals

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Team 1 Score Team 2
Coleraine2–3Cliftonville
Glenavon3–2Banbridge Town
Portadown2–11Ballymena United
RUC0–1Larne

1This tie required a replay, after the first game ended as a 0–0 draw.[2]

Semi-finals

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Team 1 Score Team 2
Cliftonville1–02Larne
Portadown2–1Glenavon

2This tie required a replay, after the first game ended as a 2–2 draw.[2]

Final

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Cliftonville3 – 2Portadown
Platt 32'
Adair 46'
Bell 89'
ReportCampbell 2'
Alexander 77'

References

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  1. ^"Northern Ireland Cup Finals".Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.RSSSF. Retrieved26 October 2012.
  2. ^abc"Northern Ireland 1978/79".Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.RSSSF. Retrieved26 October 2012.
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