Tournament details | |
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Country | ![]() ![]() |
Teams | 8 |
Defending champions | Coleraine |
Final positions | |
Champions | Linfield (1st title) |
Runner-up | Cork Hibernians |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 9 |
Goals scored | 23 (2.56 per match) |
The 1970–71 Blaxnit Cup was the 4th edition of the Blaxnit Cup, an association football cup competition featuring teams from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.[1]
Linfield won the title for the 1st time, defeating Cork Hibernians 3–2 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 | 1–0 | Limerick |
Cork Hibernians | 2–0 | Distillery |
Drogheda United | 2–1 | Derry City |
Linfield | 2–0 | St Patrick's Athletic |
Semi-finals
[edit]Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Cork Hibernians | 2–0 | Coleraine |
Linfield | 3–3 | Drogheda United |
Replay
[edit]Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Drogheda United | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p) |
Linfield |
Final
[edit]Linfield | 1–1 | Cork Hibernians |
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McAteer ![]() |
Report | Marsden ![]() |
Referee: F. Boylan (Dublin)
Cork Hibernians | 1–2 | Linfield |
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Wallace ![]() |
Report | Cathcart ![]() Magee ![]() |
Referee: Malcolm Wright (Portadown)
Linfield win 3–2 on aggregate.
References
[edit]- ^ "Irish League Archive, Blaxnit Cup". Irish League Archive. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
- ^ "Dalymount will be real crunch". Belfast Telegraph. 20 May 1971. p. 23.
- ^ "Hibs Must Be Hot Favourites Now". Belfast News Letter. 20 May 1971. p. 12.
- ^ "Brilliant Blues are all-Ireland champs". Belfast Telegraph. 22 May 1971. p. 13.
- ^ "Blues Take Pounding - But Also The Cup". Belfast News Letter. 22 May 1971. p. 12.
- ^ "Blaxnit Cup Results". Irish League Archive. Retrieved 29 April 2023.