Tournament details | |
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Country | ![]() ![]() |
Teams | 8 |
Defending champions | Shamrock Rovers |
Final positions | |
Champions | Coleraine (1st title) |
Runner-up | Shamrock Rovers |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 8 |
Goals scored | 23 (2.88 per match) |
The 1968–69 Blaxnit Cup was the 2nd edition of the Blaxnit Cup, an association football cup competition featuring teams from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.[1]
Coleraine won the title for the 1st time, defeating Shamrock Rovers 4–3 on aggregate in the two-legged final.[2][3][4][5][6]
Results
[edit]Quarter-finals
[edit]Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Coleraine | 4–0 | Cork Celtic |
Glentoran | 0–2 | Shamrock Rovers |
Limerick | 2–1 | Ards |
Shelbourne | 3–0 | Distillery |
Semi-finals
[edit]Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Coleraine | 2–1 | Limerick |
Shamrock Rovers | 1–0 | Shelbourne |
Final
[edit]Coleraine | 2–1 | Shamrock Rovers |
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Curley ![]() Jennings ![]() |
Report | Leech ![]() |
Shamrock Rovers | 2–2 | Coleraine |
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Lawlor ![]() O'Neill ![]() |
Report | Kearin ![]() Dickson ![]() |
Referee: Jack Adair (Belfast)
Coleraine win 4–3 on aggregate.
References
[edit]- ^ "Irish League Archive, Blaxnit Cup". Irish League Archive. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
- ^ "'Away' Goal May Help Rovers". Belfast Telegraph. 21 May 1969. p. 23.
- ^ "Coleraine Grab Lead - Now Rovers Must Go Flat Out". Belfast News Letter. 21 May 1969. p. 16.
- ^ "Coleraine triumph with power finish". Belfast Telegraph. 24 May 1969. p. 12.
- ^ "Last Gasp Coleraine". Belfast News Letter. 24 May 1969. p. 11.
- ^ "Blaxnit Cup Results". Irish League Archive. Retrieved 29 April 2023.