The 2006 Setanta Sports Cup was the 2nd staging of the
Setanta Sports Cup, a cross-border cup competition that takes place between
football
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clubs from the
Republic of Ireland
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and
Northern Ireland
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. The final was played at
Tolka Park in
Dublin
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,
Republic of Ireland
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on 22 April 2006, where
Drogheda United beat
Cork City
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to win the competition for the first time.
Group stage
The draw for this round was held 12 December 2005. The matches were played 20 February 2006 – 3 April 2006.
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
Similarly to the semi-finals, there would be no replay even if the match was drawn; instead, extra time would be used to decide the winners. If extra time failed to separate the two sides, the match would go to penalties.
Goalscorers
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Denis Behan (Cork City)
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Peter Thompson (Linfield)
;3 goals
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Jason Byrne (Shelbourne)
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George O'Callaghan (Cork City)
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Paul McAreavey (Linfield)
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Declan O'Brien (Drogheda United)
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Glen Crowe (Shelbourne)
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Sean Hargan (Derry City)
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Oran Kearney (Linfield)
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Mark Leech (Drogheda United)
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John O'Flynn (Cork City)
;1 goal
* Timmy Adamson (Dungannon Swifts)
* Shane Barrett (Drogheda United)
* Gary Beckett (Derry City)
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Stephen Bradley (Drogheda United)
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Gary Browne (Glentoran)
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David Bulow (Dungannon Swifts)
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Ollie Cahill (Shelbourne)
* John Convery (Portadown)
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Mark Farren (Derry City)
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Neale Fenn (Cork City)
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Michael Gault (Linfield)
* Andrew Hunter (Linfield)
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James Keddy (Drogheda United)
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Paul Keegan (Drogheda United)
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Darren Kelly (Portadown)
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Darren Lockhart (Glentoran)
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Ciarán Martyn (Derry City)
* Rodney McAree (Dungannon Swifts)
* Henry McStay (Portadown)
* William Murphy (Linfield)
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Colin Nixon (Glentoran)
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Colin O'Brien (Cork City)
* Paddy Quinn (Portadown)
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Jamie Reed (Glentoran)
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Bobby Ryan (Shelbourne)
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David Scullion (Dungannon Swifts)
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Chris Walker (Glentoran)
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Billy Woods (Cork City)
;1 own goal
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Jason Gavin (Drogheda United)
External links
2006 Setanta Cup on fai.ie
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2006
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2005–06 in Northern Ireland association football