Top Four Cup (Northern Ireland)

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Top Four Cup
Organising bodyIrish Football Association
Founded1965
Abolished1969
RegionNorthern Ireland Northern Ireland
Most successful club(s)Linfield (2 titles)

The Top Four Cup was a football competition played between the top four clubs in the Irish League from 1965–66 to 1968–69. It was a knock-out competition, consisting of two semi-finals and a final.

Final results[edit]

Season Date Winner Score Runner-up Venue
1965–66 6 May 1966 Derry City 2 – 1 Linfield Solitude, Belfast
1966–67 17 May 1967 Linfield 2 – 1 Coleraine Solitude, Belfast
1967–68 16 May 1968 Linfield 1 – 1 (a.e.t.) Coleraine Solitude, Belfast
Replay 30 May 1968 3 – 1 Solitude, Belfast
1968–69 16 April 1969 Coleraine 1 – 0 Linfield The Oval, Belfast

Sources[edit]

  • W.H.W. Platt (1986) A History of Derry City Football and Athletic Club 1929-1972.
  • Bill Irwin (ed.) (1969) Irish Association Football Guide: Season 1969-70. Belfast: Century Newspapers Ltd
  • Bill Irwin (ed.) (1968) Irish Association Football Guide: Season 1968-69. Belfast: Century Newspapers Ltd
  • Bill Irwin (ed.) (1967) Irish Association Football Guide: Season 1967-68. Belfast: Century Newspapers Ltd
  • Irish Football Club Project

External links[edit]

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