The 2008 Setanta Sports Cup was the 4th staging of the

Setanta Sports Cup The Setanta Sports Cup was a club football (soccer), 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 ...

, a cross-border cup competition featuring

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clubs from the

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and

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. The final was played on November 1, 2008, at Turners Cross in

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Group stage

:''The draw for this round was held 17 January 2008. The matches were played 26 February 2008 – 23 September 2008.'' Teams that progressed to the Semi-Finals are indicated in bold type. Teams eliminated from the Setanta Sports Cup this stage are indicated in ''italics''.

Group 1

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Group 2

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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 2 and vice versa, with group winners having home advantage.

Glentoran Glentoran Football Club is a professional football club based in East Belfast, Northern Ireland, that plays in the NIFL Premiership. The club was founded in 1882 and has since won more than 130 major honours. They are one of three Northern Iris ...

beat

Drogheda United Drogheda United Football Club is a professional Irish association football club based in Drogheda, County Louth playing in the League of Ireland Premier Division. They play their home matches at Sullivan & Lambe Park. The current club is the ...

1–0 in the first semi-final, which was played at

United Park Sullivan and Lambe Park, also known as United Park, and formerly O2 Park, Hunky Dorys Park, Head In The Game Park and Weavers Park for sponsorship purposes, is a football stadium in Drogheda, Ireland. The ground has been home to League of Irel ...

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, while

Cork City Cork ( ; from , meaning 'marsh') is the second-largest city in Republic of Ireland, Ireland, the county town of County Cork, the largest city in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster and the List of settlements on the island of Ireland ...

overcame Derry City by the same scoreline at the

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Final

The final took place on November 1, 2008, at Turners Cross stadium in front of 5,500, a sell out crowd, in

, where

came from behind to beat

2-1 and win the competition for the first time.

Goalscorers

;4 goals * Mark Farren (Derry City) * Éamon Zayed (Drogheda United) ;3 goals * Denis Behan (Cork City) *

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(Glentoran) *

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(Glentoran) * Gary O'Neill (St Patrick's Athletic) ;2 goals * Darren Boyce (Glentoran) * Keith Fahey (St Patrick's Athletic) *

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(Cliftonville) *

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(Drogheda United) * Ciarán Martyn (Derry City) * Paul McAreavey (Linfield) * Darren Murphy (Cork City) * Colin Nixon (Glentoran) * George O'Callaghan (Cork City) ;1 goal * Timmy Adamson (Dungannon Swifts) * Aaron Baker (Dungannon Swifts) * Richie Baker (Drogheda United) *

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(Derry City) * Ollie Cahill (Drogheda United) * Mark Dickson (Linfield) * Glenn Ferguson (Linfield) * Grant Gardiner (Glentoran) * Robert Garrett (Linfield) * Graham Gartland (Drogheda United) * Tony Grant (Drogheda United) * Ruaidhri Higgins (Derry City) * Jason Hill (Glentoran) * Mark Holland (Cliftonville) * Liam Kearney (Cork City) * Timmy Kiely (Cork City) * Shea McGerrigan (Dungannon Swifts) * Kevin McHugh (Derry City) * George McMullan (Cliftonville) * Dave Mooney (Cork City) * Jamie Mulgrew (Linfield) * Francis Murphy (Cliftonville) * Dan Murray (Cork City) * Declan O'Brien (Drogheda United) * John O'Flynn (Cork City) * Mark Patterson (Cliftonville) * Mark Quigley (St Patrick's Athletic) * Darragh Ryan (Cork City) * Conor Sammon (Derry City) * John Tambouras (Drogheda United) * Peter Thompson (Linfield) ;1 own goal * Clive Delaney (Derry City) * Adam McMinn (Dungannon Swifts)

References

External links

Official Setanta Cup Site
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