1941–42 Dublin and Belfast Inter-City Cup

Football tournament season

1941–42 Dublin and Belfast Inter-City Cup
Tournament details
Country	Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland
Teams	12
Final positions
Champions	Dundalk (1st win)
Runner-up	Shamrock Rovers
Tournament statistics
Matches played	25
Goals scored	105 (4.2 per match)
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The 1941–42 Dublin and Belfast Inter-City Cup was the inaugural edition of the Dublin and Belfast Inter-City Cup, an association football cup competition featuring teams from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.

Teams from outside Dublin and Belfast competed, but played their home matches in either Dublin (if based in the Republic of Ireland) or Belfast (if based in Northern Ireland).

Dundalk won the title for the 1st time, defeating Shamrock Rovers 1–0 in the final at Dalymount Park.

Results

First round

Teams that were at home in the first leg listed on the left.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Belfast Celtic	4–1	Shelbourne	2–0	2–1
Bohemians	5–3	Cliftonville	4–1	1–2
Derry City	3–10	Shamrock Rovers	2–5	1–5
Distillery	6–0	Cork United	3–0	3–0
Glentoran	3–6	Dundalk	1–5	2–1
St James's Gate	8–2	Linfield	6–1	2–1

Despite losing their ties, Cliftonville and Shelbourne progressed to the quarter-finals as "best losers".

Quarter-finals

Teams that were at home in the first leg listed on the left.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bohemians	7–8	Belfast Celtic	5–2	2–6
Distillery	2–2	Dundalk	1–0	1–2
Shamrock Rovers	10–5	Shelbourne	6–3	4–2
St James's Gate	3–3	Cliftonville	3–0	0–3

Although the tie finished level on goals scored, the tie was awarded to Dundalk after Distillery left the pitch before extra time commenced in protest at the officials' decisions.
Cliftonville progressed by virtue of winning more corner kicks.

Semi-finals

Teams that were at home in the first leg listed on the left.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Belfast Celtic	2–3	Dundalk	2–2	0–1
Shamrock Rovers	7–1	Cliftonville	5–1	2–0

Final

31 May 1942

Dundalk	1–0	Shamrock Rovers
A. Kelly 73'	Report

Dalymount Park, DublinAttendance: 20,000

References

"Irish League Archive, Dublin and Belfast Inter-City Cup". Irish League Archive. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
"Champions of All Ireland". Irish Independent. 1 June 1942. p. 4.
"Dublin and Belfast Inter-City Cup Results". Irish League Archive. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
"Dundalk Awarded Match, Distillery Team Called Off". Irish Independent. 21 May 1942. p. 4.

External links

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