Tournament details | |
---|---|
Country | Northern Ireland |
Teams | 32 |
Defending champions | Glenavon |
Final positions | |
Champions | Glentoran (17th win) |
Runner-up | Glenavon |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 35 |
Goals scored | 99 (2.83 per match) |
The 1997β98 Irish Cup was the 118th edition of the Irish Cup, Northern Ireland's premier football knock-out cup competition. It concluded on 2 May 1998 with the final.
Glenavon were the defending champions after winning their 5th Irish Cup last season, with a 1β0 win over Cliftonville in the 1997 final. This season Glenavon reached the final again for the third year in a row, but were defeated 1β0 after extra time by Glentoran, who won the cup for the 17th time. This was a repeat of the 1995β96 final two years earlier that also ended 1β0 to the Glens. [1] [2]
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
---|---|---|
Ards | 0β2 | Institute |
Ballyclare Comrades | 5β1 | Ballymoney United |
Ballymena United | 1β1 | Glentoran |
Carrick Rangers | 2β3 | Armagh City |
Cliftonville | 0β2 | Glenavon |
Coleraine | 3β1 | Chimney Corner |
Crusaders | 1β0 | Bangor |
Distillery | 2β0 | RUC |
Drumaness Mills | 0β0 | Killyleagh Youth |
Dungannon Swifts | 6β2 | Ballinamallard United |
Dunmurry Rec. | 0β4 | Ards Rangers |
Larne | 1β2 | Portadown |
Linfield | 1β0 | Tobermore United |
Loughgall | 4β0 | Crumlin United |
Newry Town | 1β0 | Dundela |
Omagh Town | 3β0 | Limavady United |
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
---|---|---|
Glentoran | 2β1 | Ballymena United |
Killyleagh Youth | 2β0 | Drumaness Mills |
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
---|---|---|
Armagh City | 0β0 | Ards Rangers |
Crusaders | 2β1 | Killyleagh Youth |
Dungannon Swifts | 0β1 | Institute |
Glenavon | 0β0 | Ballyclare Comrades |
Glentoran | 3β2 | Coleraine |
Linfield | 2β1 | Newry Town |
Loughgall | 1β2 | Distillery |
Portadown | 2β0 | Omagh Town |
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
---|---|---|
Armagh City | 3β1 | Ards Rangers |
Ballyclare Comrades | 0β4 | Glenavon |
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
---|---|---|
Armagh City | 1β3 | Glentoran |
Crusaders | 4β0 | Institute |
Linfield | 3β0 | Portadown |
Distillery | 0β2 | Glenavon |
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
---|---|---|
Crusaders | 1β3 | Glenavon |
Glentoran | 2β1 | Linfield |
Tournament details | |
---|---|
Country | Northern Ireland |
Teams | 32 |
Defending champions | Glenavon |
Final positions | |
Champions | Glentoran (17th win) |
Runner-up | Glenavon |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 35 |
Goals scored | 99 (2.83 per match) |
The 1997β98 Irish Cup was the 118th edition of the Irish Cup, Northern Ireland's premier football knock-out cup competition. It concluded on 2 May 1998 with the final.
Glenavon were the defending champions after winning their 5th Irish Cup last season, with a 1β0 win over Cliftonville in the 1997 final. This season Glenavon reached the final again for the third year in a row, but were defeated 1β0 after extra time by Glentoran, who won the cup for the 17th time. This was a repeat of the 1995β96 final two years earlier that also ended 1β0 to the Glens. [1] [2]
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
---|---|---|
Ards | 0β2 | Institute |
Ballyclare Comrades | 5β1 | Ballymoney United |
Ballymena United | 1β1 | Glentoran |
Carrick Rangers | 2β3 | Armagh City |
Cliftonville | 0β2 | Glenavon |
Coleraine | 3β1 | Chimney Corner |
Crusaders | 1β0 | Bangor |
Distillery | 2β0 | RUC |
Drumaness Mills | 0β0 | Killyleagh Youth |
Dungannon Swifts | 6β2 | Ballinamallard United |
Dunmurry Rec. | 0β4 | Ards Rangers |
Larne | 1β2 | Portadown |
Linfield | 1β0 | Tobermore United |
Loughgall | 4β0 | Crumlin United |
Newry Town | 1β0 | Dundela |
Omagh Town | 3β0 | Limavady United |
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
---|---|---|
Glentoran | 2β1 | Ballymena United |
Killyleagh Youth | 2β0 | Drumaness Mills |
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
---|---|---|
Armagh City | 0β0 | Ards Rangers |
Crusaders | 2β1 | Killyleagh Youth |
Dungannon Swifts | 0β1 | Institute |
Glenavon | 0β0 | Ballyclare Comrades |
Glentoran | 3β2 | Coleraine |
Linfield | 2β1 | Newry Town |
Loughgall | 1β2 | Distillery |
Portadown | 2β0 | Omagh Town |
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
---|---|---|
Armagh City | 3β1 | Ards Rangers |
Ballyclare Comrades | 0β4 | Glenavon |
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
---|---|---|
Armagh City | 1β3 | Glentoran |
Crusaders | 4β0 | Institute |
Linfield | 3β0 | Portadown |
Distillery | 0β2 | Glenavon |
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
---|---|---|
Crusaders | 1β3 | Glenavon |
Glentoran | 2β1 | Linfield |