1974–75 Gold Cup
Appearance
Tournament details | |
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Country | ![]() |
Teams | 12 |
Defending champions | Ards |
Final positions | |
Champions | Ballymena United (1st win) |
Runner-up | Glentoran |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 11 |
Goals scored | 41 (3.73 per match) |
The 1974–75 Gold Cup was the 56th edition of the Gold Cup, a cup competition in Northern Irish football.[1]
The tournament was won by Ballymena United for the 1st time, defeating Glentoran 3–2 in the final at Windsor Park.[2]
Results
[edit]First round
[edit]Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Coleraine | 2–0 | Ards |
Distillery | 1–4 | Crusaders |
Linfield | 3–1 | Glenavon |
Portadown | 0–1 | Larne |
Ballymena United | bye | |
Bangor | bye | |
Cliftonville | bye | |
Glentoran | bye |
Quarter-finals
[edit]Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Ballymena United | 2–0 | Linfield |
Bangor | 6–0 | Cliftonville |
Coleraine | 1–1 (5–4 p) | Larne |
Glentoran | 2–1 | Crusaders |
Semi-finals
[edit]Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Ballymena United | 5–1 | Coleraine |
Bangor | 1–3 | Glentoran |
Final
[edit]Ballymena United | 3–2 | Glentoran |
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Brown ![]() Orr ![]() McFall ![]() |
Report | Feeney ![]() Caskey ![]() |
References
[edit]- ^ "Irish League Archive, Gold Cup". Irish League Archive. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
- ^ "Its Ballymena's 'Golden' Night". Belfast Telegraph. 14 November 1974. p. 25.
- ^ "Gold Cup Results". Irish League Archive. Retrieved 23 April 2023.