1997–98 Irish League Cup

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1997–98
Irish League Cup
Wilkinson Sword League Cup
Tournament details
Country Northern Ireland
Teams32
Defending championsCrusaders
Final positions
ChampionsLinfield (4th win)
Runner-upGlentoran
Tournament statistics
Matches played31
Goals scored120 (3.87 per match)

The 1997–98 Irish League Cup (known as the

Irish League Cup, Northern Ireland's secondary football
knock-out cup competition. It concluded on 9 September 1997 with the final.

Crusaders were the defending champions after their first League Cup win last season; a 1–0 victory over Glentoran in the previous final. This season they went out in the quarter-finals to eventual winners Linfield, who lifted their fourth League Cup with a 1–0 victory over arch-rivals Glentoran in the final, condemning the Glens to their second successive League Cup final defeat.[1][2]

This was the last competition to feature clubs from the

Irish League B Division
. From the following season onwards, the competition would only be open to senior clubs in the top two divisions.

First round

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Ards 7–2 Brantwood
Ballyclare Comrades 1–2 RUC
Carrick Rangers 1–1 (4–5 p) Banbridge Town
Chimney Corner 1–0 Cliftonville
Cookstown United 0–5 Larne1
Crusaders 3–0 Armagh City
Dundela 1–4 Ballymena United
Dungannon Swifts 1–0 Distillery
Glenavon 2–0 Harland & Wolff Welders
Glentoran 5–1 Tobermore United
Limavady United 0–2 Bangor
Linfield 7–1 Ballinamallard United
Loughgall 0–1 Portadown
Moyola Park 0–3 Coleraine
Newry Town 3–1 Ballymoney United
Omagh Town 1–6 Institute

1 Larne were disqualified for fielding an ineligible player. Cookstown United were reinstated.

Second round

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Bangor 0–3 Portadown
Coleraine 3–5 Crusaders
Glenavon 2-1 Ards
Glentoran 9–2 Dungannon Swifts
Institute 5–1 Banbridge Town
Linfield 3–0 Cookstown United
Newry Town 1–1 (4–5 p) Ballymena United
RUC 1–2 Chimney Corner

Quarter-finals

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Chimney Corner 1–2 Portadown
Crusaders 0–1 Linfield
Glenavon 6–1 Ballymena United
Glentoran 3–2 Institute

Semi-finals

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Glentoran 1–0 Glenavon
Portadown 1–2 Linfield

Final

Linfield1 – 0Glentoran
Spiers 45' Report

References

  1. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. RSSSF
    . Retrieved 24 December 2012.
  2. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. RSSSF
    . Retrieved 24 December 2012.
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