| Organising body | Irish Football Association Football Association of Ireland |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1967 |
| Abolished | 1974 |
| Region |  Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland |
| Number of teams | 8 |
| Most successful club(s) | Coleraine (2 titles) |
The Blaxnit Cup, is a defunct club football competition which featured teams from both football associations on the island of Ireland, in a similar format to the later Setanta Cup. It was inaugurated in 1967 as a cross-border competition between clubs from the League of Ireland from the Republic of Ireland and the Irish League from Northern Ireland and ran until 1974.[1] The competition was sponsored by Blaxnit, a sock and hosiery manufacturer based in Newtownards.
The competition featured four teams from each league. The Blaxnit Cup was the third cross-border competition. Previous competitions included the Dublin and Belfast Intercity Cup 1941/42-1948/49 and the North-South Cup 1961/62-1962/63.
After the demise of the Blaxnit Cup teams from both sides of the border continued to compete in the Texaco Cup 1973/74-1974/75, the Tyler Cup 1978-1980 and after 2005 in the Setanta Sports Cup.
The tournament suffered from lack of interest and security concerns.
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Blaxnit Cup Final 1968-69 first leg
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List of finals
Finals played over two legs except 1973–74.
| Season | Winner (number of titles) |
Score | Runner-up | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967–68 | Shamrock Rovers (1)
|
2–0 | Crusaders
|
Windsor Park, Belfast |
| 1–2 (3–2 agg.) | Dalymount Park, Dublin | |||
| 1968–69 | Coleraine (1)
|
2–1 | Shamrock Rovers
|
Windsor Park, Belfast |
| 2–2 (4–3 agg.) | Dalymount Park, Dublin | |||
| 1969–70 | Coleraine (2)
|
0–1 | Sligo Rovers
|
Windsor Park, Belfast |
| 4–1 (4–2 agg.) | Dalymount Park, Dublin | |||
| 1970–71 | Linfield (1)
|
1–1 | Cork Hibernians
|
Windsor Park, Belfast |
| 2–1 (3–2 agg.) | Dalymount Park, Dublin | |||
| 1971–72 | Cork Hibernians (1)
|
3–2 | Coleraine
|
Flower Lodge, Cork |
| 2–1 (5–3 agg.) | The Showgrounds, Coleraine | |||
| 1972–73 | Glentoran (1)
|
1–1 | Cork Hibernians
|
Flower Lodge, Cork |
| 5–1 (6–2 agg.) | Castlereagh Park, Newtownards | |||
| 1973–74 | Ards (1)
|
3–1 | Ballymena United
|
Windsor Park, Belfast |
References
- ^ "All-Ireland Cross-Border Cup Competitions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 12 June 2007.
External links
- Irish Football Club Project Archive on All-Ireland Competitions
- Official Setanta Cup Site
- All-Ireland Cross-Border Cup Competitions history
- Irish League Archive - Blaxnit Cup
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