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1994–95 Irish League Cup
Wilkinson Sword League Cup
Tournament details
Country	Northern Ireland
Teams	32
Defending champions	Linfield
Final positions
Champions	Ards (1st win)
Runner-up	Cliftonville
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Goals scored	129 (4.16 per match)
← 1993–94 1995–96 →

The 1994–95 Irish League Cup (known as the Wilkinson Sword League Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 9th edition of the Irish League Cup, Northern Ireland's secondary football knockout cup competition. It concluded on 25 April 1995 with the final.

Linfield unsuccessfully defended its 1994 title in the second round losing to Cliftonville. Cliftonville unsuccessfully defended its pursuit of a title on penalties in the final against first cup winners Ards.

First round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ards	3–3 (6–5 p)	Dungannon Swifts
Ballyclare Comrades	3–2	Queen's University
Ballymena United	2–0	Ballinamallard United
Ballymoney United	2–5	Carrick Rangers
Banbridge Town	1–2	Crusaders
Bangor	2–1	Cookstown United
Brantwood	2–7	Omagh Town
Cliftonville	3–0	Moyola Park
Coleraine	3–1	Harland & Wolff Welders
Distillery	4–0	Tobermore United
Dundela	3–3 (2–4 p)	Newry Town
Glenavon	5–0	Limavady United
Glentoran	2–1	Loughgall
Larne	4–1	RUC
Linfield	5–0	Chimney Corner
Portadown	5–0	Armagh City

Second round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ballymena United	1–2	Ballyclare Comrades
Bangor	3–2	Glentoran
Crusaders	5–0	Carrick Rangers
Larne	4–2	Distillery
Linfield	2–3	Cliftonville
Newry Town	0–2	Coleraine
Omagh Town	2–3	Ards
Portadown	3–1	Glenavon

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ballyclare Comrades	2–4	Ards
Bangor	2–0	Larne
Coleraine	0–2	Cliftonville
Crusaders	3–1	Portadown

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ards	2–1	Bangor
Cliftonville	2–0	Crusaders

Final

25 April 1995

Ards	0 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Cliftonville
	Report
Penalties
Erskine McCann Mooney Murphy	2 – 0	O'Neill McDonald Gill Manley

Windsor Park, BelfastReferee: Norman Cowie (Carryduff)

References

"Northern Ireland - List of League Cup Finals". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. RSSSF. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
"Northern Ireland 1994/95". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. RSSSF. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
"Ards Glory Night". Belfast News Letter. 26 April 1995. p. 40.

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Domestic leagues	Irish League
Domestic cups	Irish Cup Irish League Cup Gold Cup Ulster Cup Floodlit Cup County Antrim Shield Charity Shield
European competitions	UEFA Cup UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
Related to national team	Canada Cup UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying (Group 6)

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Supercups	England Germany Italy
UEFA competitions	Champions League (Qualifying, Group stage, knockout stage, Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
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