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The Irish News Cup was a "north-south"
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competition in
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involving teams from the Irish League and
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mostly located in the north-west of the island. It is thus not counted among the major all-Ireland cup tournaments, since neither League champions nor Cup winners were involved. (Derry City did win the
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title in 1996-97). It was sponsored by the
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and also referred to as the Irish News North West Cup. It lasted four seasons.


List of finals


References


External links


Irish Football Club Project Archive on All-Ireland Competitions

Irish League Archive - Irish News Cup


Sources

*M. Brodie (ed.), ''Northern Ireland Soccer Yearbook 1996/97'' *M. Brodie (ed.), ''Northern Ireland Soccer Yearbook 1997/98'' *M. Brodie (ed.), ''Northern Ireland Soccer Yearbook 1998/99'' *M. Brodie (ed.), ''Northern Ireland Soccer Yearbook 1999/2000''

{{Football in Republic of Ireland Defunct all-Ireland association football cup competitions