Tournament details | |
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Country | ![]() |
Teams | 12 |
Defending champions | Portadown |
Final positions | |
Champions | Linfield (25th win) |
Runner-up | Portadown |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 12 |
Goals scored | 43 (3.58 per match) |
The 1972–73 Gold Cup was the 54th edition of the Gold Cup, a cup competition in Northern Irish football.[1]
The tournament was won by Linfield for the 25th time, defeating Portadown 2–0 in the final at Castlereagh Park.[2][3]
Results
[edit]First round
[edit]Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Ards | 2–0 | Coleraine |
Distillery | 1–2 | Glenavon |
Glentoran | 0–2 | Portadown |
Larne | 1–2 | Crusaders |
Ballymena United | bye | |
Bangor | bye | |
Cliftonville | bye | |
Linfield | bye |
Quarter-finals
[edit]Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Bangor | 4–0 | Glenavon |
Cliftonville | 2–2 | Ards |
Linfield | 3–2 | Crusaders |
Portadown | 5–1 | Ballymena United |
Replay
[edit]Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Ards | 3–2 | Cliftonville |
Semi-finals
[edit]Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Linfield | 4–1 | Ards |
Portadown | 2–0 | Bangor |
Final
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Irish League Archive, Gold Cup". Irish League Archive. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
- ^ "Blues Strike 'Gold'". Ireland's Saturday Night. 26 May 1973. p. 1.
- ^ "Linfield Give Carlisle The Blues". Belfast News Letter. 26 May 1973. p. 10.
- ^ "Gold Cup Results". Irish League Archive. Retrieved 22 April 2023.