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1976–77 Irish Cup
Tournament details
Country	Northern Ireland
Teams	16
Defending champions	Carrick Rangers
Final positions
Champions	Coleraine (4th win)
Runner-up	Linfield
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	66 (3.3 per match)
← 1975–76 1977–78 →

The 1976–77 Irish Cup was the 97th edition of the Irish Cup, Northern Ireland's premier football knock-out cup competition. It began on 5 February 1977, and concluded on 23 April 1977 with the final.

The defending champions were Carrick Rangers after they defeated Linfield 2–1 in the 1975–76 final - one of the biggest shocks in the Cup's history. However, this season they went out in the first round to eventual winners Coleraine, who defeated Linfield 4–1 in the final to condemn the Blues to defeat in the Irish Cup final for the third successive season (a record that still stands), and the fourth time in five years. It was a repeat of the 1974–75 final two years earlier, which was also won by Coleraine.

Results

First round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Bangor	0–0	Ards
Carrick Rangers	2–5	Coleraine
Chimney Corner	0–2	Larne
Cliftonville	0–2	Glenavon
Distillery	4–1	Ballymena United
Dundela	0–6	Portadown
Dungannon Swifts	1–5	Crusaders
Glentoran	1–1	Linfield

Replays

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ards	0–0	Bangor
Linfield	3–0	Glentoran

Second replay

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Bangor	1–3	Ards

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ards	0–6	Linfield
Crusaders	0–1	Coleraine
Glenavon	0–3	Distillery
Portadown	1–3	Larne

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Coleraine	0–0	Distillery
Larne	1–1	Linfield

Replays

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Distillery	0–3	Coleraine
Linfield	3–2	Larne

Final

23 April 1977

Coleraine	4 – 1	Linfield
Beckett 19' Dickson 74' Moffatt 75' Guy 89'	Report	Lemon 32'

The Oval, Belfast

References

"Northern Ireland Cup Finals". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. RSSSF. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
"Irish Cup 1976/77". Irish Football Club Project. Archived from the original on 2015-10-31. Retrieved 13 January 2013.

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Domestic leagues	Irish League
Domestic cups	Irish Cup Gold Cup Ulster Cup County Antrim Shield
European competitions	European Cup UEFA Cup European Cup Winners' Cup
Related to national team	British Home Championship 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification (Group 4)

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Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '76 '77 Finland '76 '77 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '76 '77 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '76 '77 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Poland Republic of Ireland Scotland Switzerland
Super cups	Soviet Union
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '76 '77

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Men	NIFL Premiership NIFL Championship NIFL Premier Intermediate League Ballymena & Provincial Football League Mid-Ulster Football League Northern Amateur Football League NIFL Premiership Development League
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