Setanta Sports Cup Stats into 2014

TOP SCORERS 2005-2013

GLS	PLAYER	CLUBS	2005-2011	2012	2013
11	Peter Thompson	Linfield	2 4 1 1 1 1	1
11	Denis Behan	Cork City	1 4 3 3 0 0
10	Mark Quigley	St. Patrick’s Ath/Dundalk/Sligo/ShamR	0 0 1 1 0 5	2	1
8	Paul McAreavey	Linfield	2 3 1 2 0 0
8	Rory Patterson	Coleraine/Derry City	0 0 0 0 1 0	6	1
8	Gary O’Neill	St. Pats/Shamrock Rovers/Drogheda	0 0 2 3 0 1		2
7	Jason Byrne	Shelbourne/Bohemians/Dundalk	2 3 0 0 1 1
7	Billy Dennehy	Shamrock Rovers	0 0 0 0 0 2	1	4
6	Darren Boyce	Glentoran/Coleraine	0 0 0 2 2 0	2
6	Mark Farren	Derry City	0 1 1 4 0 0
6	Michael Halliday	Glentoran/Crusaders	2 0 0 3 0 1
6	George McMullan	Cliftonville	0 0 0 1 0 5
6	Eamon Zayed	Drogheda United	0 0 2 4 0 0
6	Thomas Stewart	Linfield/Derry City/Shamrock Rovers	0 0 2 1 1 0		2
5	Alan Kirby	St. Patrick’s Athletic	0 0 5 0 0 0
5	George O’Callaghan	Cork City	0 3 0 2 0 0
5	Roy O’Donovan	Cork City	0 0 5 0 0 0
5	John O’Flynn	Cork City	0 2 2 1 0 0
5	Ciaran Kilduff	Shamrock Rovers	0 0 0 0 0 2		3
4	Colin Nixon	Glentoran	0 1 0 2 0 0	1
4	Tony Grant	Drogheda United	0 0 3 1 0 0
4	Gary Hamilton	Portadown/Glentoran	3 0 0 0 1 0
4	Mark Holland	Cliftonville	0 0 0 1 0 3
4	Daniel Kearns	Dundalk	0 0 0 0 0 4
4	Declan O’Brien	Drogheda United	0 3 0 1 0 0
4	Raffaele Cretaro	Sligo Rovers	0 0 0 0 2 1		1
4	Daryl Horgan	Sligo Rovers /Cork City	0 0 0 0 0 1		3
4	Daryl Kavanagh	Cork City	0 0 0 0 0 0		4
4	Sean O’Connor	St. Patrick’s Athletic/Shamrock Rovers	0 0 3 0 0 0		1
4	Karl Sheppard	Shamrock Rovers	0 0 0 0 0 3		1
4	Ronan Finn	Shamrock Rovers	0 0 0 0 0 1		3

2013 GOALSCORERS

Daryl Kavanagh	Cork City	4
Billy Dennehy	Shamrock Rovers	4
Ciaran Kilduff	Shamrock Rovers	3
Lee Lynch	Sligo Rovers	3
Daryl Horgan	Cork City	3
Ronan Finn	Shamrock Rovers	3
Ian Turner	Cork City	2
Paul O’Conor	Drogheda United	2
Gavin Brennan	Drogheda United	2
Ryan Brennan	Drogheda United	2
Tommy Stewart	Shamrock Rovers	2
David Cassidy	Drogheda United	2
Stephen Rice	Shamrock Rovers	2
Gary O’Neill	Drogheda United	2
Liam Boyce	Cliftonville	1
Stephen Garrett	Cliftonville	1
David Scullion	Coleraine	1
Gearóid Morrissey	Cork City	1
Danny Furlong	Cork City	1
Danny Morrissey	Cork City	1
Paul Heatley	Crusaders	1
Rory Patterson	Derry City	1
Michael Rafter	Derry City	1
Alan Byrne	Drogheda United	1
Philip Hand	Drogheda United	1
Derek Prendergast	Drogheda United	1
Declan “Fabio” O’Brien	Drogheda United	1
Martin Murray	Glentoran	1
Billy Joe Burns	Linfield	1
David Armstrong	Linfield	1
Aaron Burns	Portadown	1
Kevin Braniff	Portadown	1
Mark Quigley	Shamrock Rovers	1
Anthony Elding	Sligo Rovers	1
Ryan Connolly	Sligo Rovers	1
Evan McMillan	Sligo Rovers	1
Raffaele Creatro	Sligo Rovers	1
Liam Martin	Sligo Rovers	1
David Cawley	Sligo Rovers	1
James Chambers	Shamrock Rovers	1
Sean O’Connor	Shamrock Rovers	1
Karl Sheppard	Shamrock Rovers	1
own goal	Cork City	1
own goal	Shamrock Rovers	1

465	TOTAL GOALS	GPG
66	2013	3.14
52	2012	2.48
69	2011	3.29
47	2010	2.47
72	2008	2.67
67	2007	2.48
59	2006	2.19
33	2005	2.54

CLUB RECORDS	P	W	D	L	F	A	APPS	TITLES	RU
Bohemians	13	7	3	3	14	11	3	1
Bray Wanderers	2	0	0	2	2	7	1
Cliftonville	21	7	2	12	29	39	5
Coleraine	6	1	2	3	4	8	2
Cork City	35	20	9	6	59	23	6	1	1
Crusaders	9	2	2	5	14	18	3	1
Derry City	30	10	12	8	41	28	6		1
Drogheda United	30	17	7	6	43	24	4	2	1
Dundalk	7	4	2	1	13	9	1		1
Dungannon Swifts	18	1	6	11	13	37	3
Glentoran	38	10	9	19	42	67	8		1
Linfield	37	13	13	11	53	51	8	1	1
Lisburn Dist	6	1	1	4	4	14	2
Longford Town	4	2	0	2	4	4	1
Portadown	24	3	7	14	19	53	6
Shamrock Rovers	16	11	2	3	36	15	3	2
Shelbourne	12	4	4	4	12	11	2		1
Sligo Rovers	17	9	2	6	30	20	3
St Patrick’s Athletic	25	9	6	10	33	24	6		1
UCD	2	0	1	1	0	2	1

Setanta Sports Cup 2005-2013 All-Time Top Scorers

GLS	PLAYER	CLUBS	2005-2011	2012	2013
11	Peter Thompson	Linfield	2 4 1 1 1 1	1
11	Denis Behan	Cork City	1 4 3 3 0 0
10	Mark Quigley	St. Patrick’s Ath/Dundalk/Sligo/ShamR	0 0 1 1 0 5	2	1
8	Paul McAreavey	Linfield	2 3 1 2 0 0
8	Rory Patterson	Coleraine/Derry City	0 0 0 0 1 0	6	1
8	Gary O’Neill	St. Pats/Shamrock Rovers/Drogheda	0 0 2 3 0 1		2
7	Jason Byrne	Shelbourne/Bohemians/Dundalk	2 3 0 0 1 1
7	Billy Dennehy	Shamrock Rovers	0 0 0 0 0 2	1	4
6	Darren Boyce	Glentoran/Coleraine	0 0 0 2 2 0	2
6	Mark Farren	Derry City	0 1 1 4 0 0
6	Michael Halliday	Glentoran/Crusaders	2 0 0 3 0 1
6	George McMullan	Cliftonville	0 0 0 1 0 5
6	Eamon Zayed	Drogheda United	0 0 2 4 0 0
6	Thomas Stewart	Linfield/Derry City/Shamrock Rovers	0 0 2 1 1 0		2
5	Alan Kirby	St. Patrick’s Athletic	0 0 5 0 0 0
5	George O’Callaghan	Cork City	0 3 0 2 0 0
5	Roy O’Donovan	Cork City	0 0 5 0 0 0
5	John O’Flynn	Cork City	0 2 2 1 0 0
5	Ciaran Kilduff	Shamrock Rovers	0 0 0 0 0 2		3
4	Colin Nixon	Glentoran	0 1 0 2 0 0	1
4	Tony Grant	Drogheda United	0 0 3 1 0 0
4	Gary Hamilton	Portadown/Glentoran	3 0 0 0 1 0
4	Mark Holland	Cliftonville	0 0 0 1 0 3
4	Daniel Kearns	Dundalk	0 0 0 0 0 4
4	Declan O’Brien	Drogheda United	0 3 0 1 0 0
4	Raffaele Cretaro	Sligo Rovers	0 0 0 0 2 1		1
4	Daryl Horgan	Sligo Rovers /Cork City	0 0 0 0 0 1		3
4	Daryl Kavanagh	Cork City	0 0 0 0 0 0		4
4	Sean O’Connor	St. Patrick’s Athletic/Shamrock Rovers	0 0 3 0 0 0		1
4	Karl Sheppard	Shamrock Rovers	0 0 0 0 0 3		1
4	Ronan Finn	Shamrock Rovers	0 0 0 0 0 1		3
3	Stephen McLaughlin	Derry City	0 0 0 0 0 0	3
3	Declan Caddell	Crusaders	0 0 0 0 0 2	1
3	Richie Baker	Shelbourne/Drogheda United	2 0 0 1 0 0
3	Mark Dickson	Linfield	0 0 2 1 0 0
3	Keith Fahey	St. Patrick’s Athletic	0 0 1 2 0 0
3	Glenn Ferguson	Linfield	2 0 0 1 0 0
3	Daryl Fordyce	Glentoran	0 0 0 2 1 0
3	Oran Kearney	Linfield	0 2 1 0 0 0
3	Ciaran Martyn	Derry City	0 1 0 2 0 0
3	Kieran O’Connor	Cliftonville	0 0 0 0 0 3
3	Aidan O’Kane	Linfield	0 0 3 0 0 0
3	Colin Coates	Crusaders	0 0 0 0 0 0	3
3	Kevin Braniff	Portadown	0 0 0 0 0 1	1	1
3	Liam Boyce	Cliftonville	0 0 0 0 1 0	1	1
3	Stephen Garrett	Cliftonville	0 0 0 0 0 2		1
3	Lee Lynch	Sligo Rovers	0 0 0 0 0 0		3
3	Stephen Rice	Shamrock Rovers	0 0 0 0 0 1		2
2	Kieran “Marty” Waters	Bray Wanderers	0 0 0 0 0 0	2
2	Leon Knight	Glentoran	0 0 0 0 0 0	2
2	Joe Gormley	Cliftonville	0 0 0 0 0 0	2
2	Timmy Adamson	Dungannon Swifts	0 1 0 1 0 0
2	Aaron Baker	Dungannon Swifts/Portadown	0 0 0 1 0 1
2	Gary Beckett	Derry City	0 1 1 0 0 0
2	Gary Browne	Glentoran/Lisburn Distillery	0 1 0 0 0 1
2	Paul Byrne	St. Patrick’s Athletic	0 0 0 0 2 0
2	Ollie Cahill	Shelbourne/Drogheda United	0 1 0 1 0 0
2	Michael Collins	Portadown	0 0 2 0 0 0
2	Glen Crowe	Shelbourne	0 2 0 0 0 0
2	Eoin Doyle	Sligo Rovers	0 0 0 0 1 1
2	Joe Gamble	Cork City	0 0 1 0 1 0
2	Robert Garrett	Linfield	0 0 0 1 0 1
2	Michael Gault	Linfield	0 1 0 0 0 1
2	Ross Gaynor	Dundalk	0 0 0 0 0 2
2	Rory Hamill	Cliftonville	0 0 0 2 0 0
2	Sean Hargan	Derry City	0 2 0 0 0 0
2	Jason Hill	Glentoran	0 0 1 1 0 0
2	Adam Hughes	Drogheda United	0 0 0 2 0 0
2	Paddy Kavanagh	Shamrock Rovers	0 0 0 0 0 2
2	Liam Kearney	Cork City	0 0 0 2 0 0
2	Darren Kelly	Portadown	1 1 0 0 0 0
2	Mark Leech	Drogheda United	0 2 0 0 0 0
2	Gary Liggett	Lisburn Distillery	0 0 0 0 0 2
2	Darren Lockhart	Glentoran	1 1 0 0 0 0
2	Paddy Madden	Bohemians	0 0 0 0 2 0
2	Dean Marshall	Sligo Rovers	0 0 0 0 2 0
2	Mark McAllister	Dungannon Swifts/Glentoran	0 0 1 0 1 0
2	Rodney McAree	Dungannon Swifts	0 1 1 0 0 0
2	Kevin McHugh	Derry City	0 0 1 1 0 0
2	Tim Mouncey	Linfield/Portadown	1 0 0 0 0 1
2	Anto Murphy	St. Patrick’s Athletic/Bohemians	0 0 1 0 1 0
2	Darren Murphy	Cork City	0 0 0 2 0 0
2	William Murphy	Linfield	1 1 0 0 0 0
2	Joseph Ndo	St. Patrick’s Athletic/Sligo Rovers	0 0 1 0 0 1
2	Kyle Neill	Glentoran	0 0 1 1 0 0
2	Colin O’Brien	Cork City	0 1 1 0 0 0
2	Aidan O’Keeffe	Drogheda United	0 0 2 0 0 0
2	Stephen Paisley	Longford Town	2 0 0 0 0 0
2	Rob Turner	Sligo Rovers	0 0 0 0 2 0
2	Andy Waterworth	Glentoran	0 0 0 0 2 0
2	Patrick McEleney	Derry City	0 0 0 0 0 0	2
2	Kevin Deery	Derry City	0 0 1 0 0 0	1
2	David Rainey	Crusaders	0 0 0 0 0 0	2
2	Romauld Boco	Sligo Rovers	0 0 0 0 0 0	2
2	Gary Twigg	Shamrock Rovers	0 0 0 0 0 0	2
2	David Scullion	Dungannon Swifts/Coleraine	0 1 0 0 0 0		1
2	Ian Turner	Cork City	0 0 0 0 0 0		2
2	Martin Murray	Glentoran	0 0 0 0 0 0	1	1
2	Gavin Brennan	Drogheda United	0 0 0 0 0 0		2
2	Paul O’Conor	Drogheda United	0 0 0 0 0 0		2
2	Ryan Brennan	Drogheda United	0 0 0 0 0 0		2
2	David Cassidy	Drogheda United	0 0 0 0 0 0		2
1	Jim O’Hanlon	Glentoran	0 0 0 0 0 0	1
1	Dinny Corcoran	Bohemians	0 0 0 0 0 0	1
1	Karl Moore	Bohemians	0 0 0 0 0 0	1
1	Adam Martin	Bohemians	0 0 0 0 0 0	1
1	David McDaid	Derry City	0 0 0 0 0 0	1
1	Colin Hawkins	Shamrock Rovers	0 0 0 0 0 0	1
1	Kevin McBride	Derry City	0 0 0 0 0 0	1
1	Declan McMaster	Crusaders	0 0 0 0 0 0	1
1	Barry Johnstone	Cliftonville	0 0 0 0 0 0	1
1	Barry Molloy	Derry City	0 0 0 0 0 0	1
1	Simon Madden	Derry City	0 0 0 0 0 0	1
1	Philip Lowry	Linfield	0 0 0 0 0 0	1
1	Sean Ward	Glentoran	0 0 0 0 0 0	1
1	Danny North	Sligo Rovers	0 0 0 0 0 0	1
1	Curtis Allen	Linfield	0 0 0 0 0 1
1	Padraig Amond	Sligo Rovers	0 0 0 0 1 0
1	James Bannon	Cliftonville	0 0 0 0 1 0
1	Shane Barrett	Drogheda United	0 1 0 0 0 0
1	Wesley Boyle	Portadown	1 0 0 0 0 0
1	Stephen Bradley	Drogheda United	0 1 0 0 0 0
1	Johnny Breen	Dundalk	0 0 0 0 0 1
1	Killian Brennan	Derry City	0 0 1 0 0 0
1	Stephen Brennan	St. Patrick’s Athletic	0 0 1 0 0 0
1	David Bulow	Dungannon Swifts	0 1 0 0 0 0
1	Matty Burrows	Glentoran	0 0 0 0 0 1
1	John Convery	Portadown	0 1 0 0 0 0
1	Gareth Coughlan	St. Patrick’s Athletic	0 0 0 0 1 0
1	Scott Davidson	Lisburn Distillery	0 0 0 0 0 1
1	Paul Deasy	Cork City	0 0 0 0 1 0
1	John Dillon	Sligo Rovers	0 0 0 0 0 1
1	Mark Doninger	Sligo Rovers	0 0 0 0 1 0
1	Rory Donnelly	Cliftonville	0 0 0 0 0 1
1	Kevin Doyle	Cork City	1 0 0 0 0 0
1	Jim Ervin	Linfield	0 0 0 0 1 0
1	Willie Faulkner	Crusaders	0 0 0 0 0 1
1	Neale Fenn	Cork City	0 1 0 0 0 0
1	John Paul Gallagher	Dungannon Swifts	0 0 1 0 0 0
1	Grant Gardiner	Glentoran	0 0 0 1 0 0
1	Ryan Guy	St. Patrick’s Athletic	0 0 0 0 1 0
1	Andy Hall	Glentoran	0 0 0 0 1 0
1	Jamie Harris	Shelbourne	1 0 0 0 0 0
1	Owen Heary	Bohemians	0 0 0 0 1 0
1	Ruairdhi Higgins	Derry City	0 0 0 1 0 0
1	Shaun Holmes	Glentoran	1 0 0 0 0 0
1	Andrew Hunter	Linfield	0 1 0 0 0 0
1	James Keddy	Drogheda United	0 1 0 0 0 0
1	Paul Keegan	Drogheda United	0 1 0 0 0 0
1	Paul Keegan	Longford Town	1 0 0 0 0 0
1	Dean Kelly	Shamrock Rovers	0 0 0 0 0 1
1	Joe Kendrick	Drogheda United	0 0 0 1 0 0
1	Timmy Kiely	Cork City	0 0 0 1 0 0
1	Stuart King	Linfield	1 0 0 0 0 0
1	Ray Lally	Cork City	0 0 1 0 0 0
1	David Larmour	Linfield	1 0 0 0 0 0
1	John Lester	St. Patrick’s Athletic	0 0 0 0 1 0
1	Cillian Lordan	Cork City	0 0 1 0 0 0
1	Everaldo Luiz	Dungannon Swifts	0 0 1 0 0 0
1	Damian Lynch	St. Patrick’s Athletic	0 0 0 0 1 0
1	Eamonn Lynch	St. Patrick’s Athletic	0 0 1 0 0 0
1	Jonathan Magee	Crusaders	0 0 0 0 0 1
1	Darragh Maguire	St. Patrick’s Athletic	0 0 1 0 0 0
1	David McAllister	St. Patrick’s Athletic	0 0 0 0 1 0
1	Shane McCabe	Dungannon Swifts	0 0 1 0 0 0
1	Ryan McCluskey	Dungannon Swifts	0 0 1 0 0 0
1	Paddy McCourt	Derry City	0 0 1 0 0 0
1	Gary McCutcheon	Portadown	0 0 1 0 0 0
1	Willo McDonagh	Glentoran	0 0 1 0 0 0
1	Shea McGerrigan	Dungannon Swifts	0 0 0 1 0 0
1	Jason McGuinness	Bohemians	0 0 0 0 1 0
1	Brendan McMenamin	Glentoran	0 0 1 0 0 0
1	Tom McManus	Derry City	0 0 0 0 1 0
1	David McMillan	St. Patrick’s Athletic	0 0 0 0 0 1
1	Henry McStay	Portadown	0 1 0 0 0 0
1	Dermot McVeigh	Cliftonville	0 0 0 0 0 1
1	Gavin Melaugh	Glentoran	1 0 0 0 0 0
1	Dave Mooney	Cork City	0 0 0 1 0 0
1	Dave Mulcahy	St. Patrick’s Athletic	0 0 0 0 0 1
1	Jamie Mulgrew	Linfield	0 0 0 1 0 0
1	Paul Munster	Linfield	0 0 0 0 1 0
1	Francis Murphy	Cliftonville	0 0 0 1 0 0
1	Dan Murray	Cork City	0 0 0 1 0 0
1	Andy Myler	Longford Town	1 0 0 0 0 0
1	Ken Oman	Bohemians	0 0 0 0 1 0
1	Conor O’Grady	Sligo Rovers	0 0 0 0 1 0
1	Keith O’Hara	Portadown	0 0 0 0 0 1
1	Stephen Parkhouse	Glentoran	1 0 0 0 0 0
1	Mark Patterson	Cliftonville	0 0 0 1 0 0
1	Paddy Quinn	Portadown	0 1 0 0 0 0
1	Mark Reed	Glentoran	0 1 0 0 0 0
1	Mark Rossiter	Bohemians	0 0 0 0 1 0
1	John Russell	Sligo Rovers	0 0 0 0 0 1
1	Bobby Ryan	Shelbourne	0 1 0 0 0 0
1	Darragh Ryan	Cork City	0 0 0 1 0 0
1	Richie Ryan	Sligo Rovers	0 0 0 0 1 0
1	Conor Sammon	Derry City	0 0 0 1 0 0
1	Guntars Silagailis	Cork City	0 0 0 0 1 0
1	Karl Somers	Bohemians	0 0 0 0 0 1
1	Vincent Sweeney	Crusaders	0 0 0 0 0 1
1	John Tambouras	Drogheda United	0 0 0 1 0 0
1	Danny Ventre	Sligo Rovers	0 0 0 0 1 0
1	Chris Walker	Glentoran	0 1 0 0 0 0
1	Alex Williams	St. Patrick’s Athletic	0 0 0 0 1 0
1	Billy Woods	Cork City	0 1 0 0 0 0
1	Gearóid Morrissey	Cork City	0 0 0 0 0 0		1
1	Danny Morrissey	Cork City	0 0 0 0 0 0		1
1	Aaron Burns	Portadown	0 0 0 0 0 0		1
1	Danny Furlong	Cork City	0 0 0 0 0 0		1
1	Alan Byrne	Drogheda United	0 0 0 0 0 0		1
1	Philip Hand	Drogheda United	0 1 0 0 0 0		1
1	Anthony Elding	Sligo Rovers	0 0 0 0 0 0		1
1	Ryan Connolly	Sligo Rovers	0 0 0 0 0 0		1
1	Evan McMillan	Sligo Rovers	0 0 0 0 0 0		1
1	Declan “Fabio” O’Brien	Drogheda United	0 0 0 0 0 0		1
1	Billy Joe Burns	Linfield	0 0 0 0 0 0		1
1	Paul Heatley	Crusaders	0 0 0 0 0 0		1
1	Liam Martin	Sligo Rovers	0 0 0 0 0 0		1
1	Derek Prendergast	Drogheda United	0 0 0 0 0 0		1
1	Michael Rafter	Derry City	0 0 0 0 0 0		1
1	David Cawley	Sligo Rovers	0 0 0 0 0 0		1
1	David Armstrong	Linfield	0 0 0 0 0 0		1
1	James Chambers	Shamrock Rovers	0 0 0 0 0 0		1
2	own goals	Cork City	0 1 0 0 0 0		1
1	own goals	Derry City	0 0 0 1 0 0
1	own goals	Drogheda United	0 0 0 1 0 0
1	own goals	Linfield	1 0 0 0 0 0
1	own goals	Shamrock Rovers	0 0 0 0 0 0		1

Setanta Sports Cupdate 22/4/13

Another dramatic semi-finals night with Cork City seemingly scoring a late winner against Shamrock Rovers at Turner’s Cross only for Shamrock Rovers to score an even later leveller to send them through to the May 11 Final on away goals.

Some key lines from last night – 

Shamrock Rovers’ late late equaliser at Turner’s Cross was the eight time in 14 games this season Cork City have conceded after the 85th minute (h/t @trevorcarey1982)

Sligo Rovers’ 1-0 win over Drogheda was their first in the #SSCup over #LOI opposition, but still lost the tie overall.

Daryl Kavanagh is now outright top scorer in the #SSCup this season on four goals.

Five of the all-time top 20 #SSCup scorers are still in the competition – Mark Quigley, Gary O’Neill, Thomas Stewart, Billy Dennehy, Ciaran Kilduff (all ShamR)

Denis Behan and Peter Thompson remain as joint top scorers on 11 goals, and pnly Mark Quigley on 10 can realistically surpass them this season.

Shamrock Rovers’ two draws against Cork City are the only two they’ve ever had in the competition.

Drogheda United are through to their third final – a new record. They’ve won the previous two.

Drogheda are also the only club to win the competition more than once – in 2006 and 2007.

 

Setanta Sports Cupdate 17/4/13

So both Setanta Sports Cup semi-finals are still wide open ahead of next week’s second legs, with Drogheda United taking a 2-0 lead with them to Sligo, while Cork City and Shamrock Rovers will resume at one-all in front of the cameras at Turner’s Cross.

Some notable updated lines from last night – 

Danny Murphy’s own goal for Shamrock Rovers against his own Cork City was the sixth scored in competition history, the first against Cork.

Had Rovers’ goal been credited to Mark Quigley, it would have been his 11^th, drawing him level with Denis Behan and Peter Thompson.

Cork City are highest scorers in #SSCup history with 57. Linfield have 53, Glentoran 42, Derry City 41.

Daryl Kavanagh (Cork), Lee Lynch (Sligo) and Ciaran Kilduff (ShamR) are joint top scorers this season with three goals. Rory Patterson top-scored last season with six.

Last night’s one-all draw between Shamrock Rovers and Cork City was Rovers’ first ever in the #SSCup.

Sligo Rovers have played LOI opposition six times in the #SSCup – they’ve never won a game yet.

53 goals have been scored in the 2013 Setanta Sports Cup – one more than in 2012.

450 goals exactly have now been scored in Setanta Sports Cup history since 2005.

Setanta Sports Cupdate 16/4/13

Semi-finals night in the Setanta Sports Cup tonight (first legs). Shamrock Rovers v Cork City is the live game at 7:30, with Drogheda United hosting Sligo Rovers at 7:45.

Some random notes ahead of tonight –

Shamrock Rovers and Cork City have never met in the competition before, neither have Drogheda United or Sligo Rovers.

Denis Behan is joint top all-time scorer alongside Peter Thompson on 11 goals, but hasn’t scored in the comp since 2008.

Mark Quigley on 10 goals is one behind Behan and Thompson.

It’s Cork’s 34th #SSCup tie tonight – only Glentoran and Linfield have played more.

Three of the fourth sides playing tonight are in a joint record fourth #SSCup semi-final – Cork City, Sligo Rovers and Drogheda.

Shamrock Rovers record against LOI clubs: P5 W4 D0 L1 Gls8-4

Cork City’s record against LOI clubs: P12 W5 D3 L4 Gls12-9

Drogheda United’s record against LOI clubs: P10 W4 D4 L2 Gls8-8

Sligo Rovers’ record against LOI clubs: P5 W0 D1 L4 Gls5-12

 

Club records in the Setanta Sports Cup for the four semi-finalists