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 12/5/13

All over for another season – Shamrock Rovers’ astonishing 7-1 drubbing of Drogheda United was one of the most complete performances seen in a domestic Cup Final, and both sides easily could have scored more.

A rapturous but-sometimes-drenched crowd of 4022 – a figure presumably not including the on-watching President Michael D Higgins – helped make the eighth Setanta Sports Cup Final a sparkling occasion marked by a lot of significant records.

Shamrock Rovers celebrate their second Setanta Sports Cup crown. Photo – George Kelly, Shamrock Rovers Facebook

Shamrock Rovers are All-Ireland champions for an eighth time, a new record, and join Drogheda United on two Setanta Sports Cup wins.

It was the highest scoring one-leg All-Ireland Cup Final ever, surpassed only by Glentoran 5-4 Belfast Celtic over two legs in 1944.

The eight-goal tally in the #SSC Final surpasses all other scorelines in every previous FAI Cup and one-leg League of Ireland Cup Final.

Only two Irish Cup Finals surpass the eight-goal aggregate – Linfield 10-1 Bohemians in 1895 and Distillery 5-4 YMCA in 1889 when the Irish Cup covered the whole of Ireland (up to 1922)

It was Shamrock Rovers’ largest ever #SSCup win and Drogheda’s largest ever #SSCup defeat.

Drogheda had previously only lost 2-0 twice, while Rovers had a hat-trick of three-goal victories to their name.

It was only the second time any club had scored seven goals in a #SSCup game – Cork City’s 7-0 win at Portadown in 2007 remains the largest victory. Linfield beat Glentoran 6-0 in 2006.

It was the joint second-highest aggregate scoreline in a #SSCup tie, matching Linfield 3-5 Dundalk from 2011, but surpassed by Crusaders 4-6 Cliftonville from the same year.

Pat Sullivan and Shane Robinson have now won three winners’ medals, matching the feat of Brian Shelley and Paul Keegan.

Four new players join the list of winners with two clubs: Brian Shelley, Paul Keegan, Dan Murray, Pat Sullivan, Alan Mannus, Shane Robinson, Barry Murphy, Jason McGuinness, Mark Quigley. Robinson didn’t come off the bench but still gets a winner’s medal.

Conor Powell who missed the final through injury had won previously with Bohemians in 2010.

Pld in three finals: Paul Keegan (3 wins), Brian Shelley (3 wins), Pat Sullivan (3 wins), Mark Quigley (2 wins, 1 loss), Alan Mannus (2 wins, 1 loss), Dan Murray (2 wins, 1 loss), Jason Byrne (1 win, 2 losses), Stuart Byrne (1 win, 2 losses)

Also involved in three finals, but didn’t play in every one: Shane Robinson (3 wins), Declan “Fabio” O’Brien (2 wins, 1 loss), Glen Fitzpatrick (2 wins, 1 loss – the first three finals), Shane Guthrie (3 lost)

Shane Guthrie is the only man to be involved in three finals, and to have lost every one. No-one has featured in four finals before.

Billy Dennehy finishes the #SSCup season as joint top scorer with Cork City’s Daryl Kavanagh – Dennehy is also Shamrock Rovers’ all-time #SSCup top scorer with seven.

Gary O’Neill’s consolation for Drogheda United was his eighth all-time Setanta Sports Cup goal, putting him joint fourth on the all-time list alongside Linfield’s Paul McAreavey and Rory Patterson.

Dennehy’s brace puts him in joint seventh alongside Jason Byrne on seven goals.

It’s the second successive year that two players have scored a brace in the final – Ronan Finn and Dennehy this year, Colin Coates and Rory Patterson last year. These are the only four people to achieve the feat.

James Chambers’ opener after 11 minutes is the fastest to be scored in the #SSC Final, beating Anto Murphy’s winner after 24 minutes for Bohemians in the 2010 final.

66 goals were scored in this year’s competition – up 14 on last year’s tally of 52, also over 21 games.

There were an average 3.14 goals per game, the second-highest average over the eight seasons of competition, beaten only by the 3.29 average from 2011.

All time goals – 465. Denis Behan and Peter Thompson top the list with 11, Mark Quigley 10.

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

Will Downing

Setanta Sports Cup Final Facts and Figures

It’s the eighth Setanta Sports Cup Final today, pitting together Shamrock Rovers and Drogheda United in a rematch of last season’s League Cup Final, which the Boynesiders won.

It’s the last decider under the current sponsorship, which is the longest-running in Irish senior football. Organisers are confident of securing a new sponsor – they’ve spoken to a few candidates already – and that it will be business as usual next season.

Some facts and figures ahead of the big game –

Drogheda United are the only club to win the Setanta Sports Cup twice, and will become the first club to play in three finals.

Paul Keegan and Brian Shelley are the only men to have won the Setanta Sports Cup three times – 2006+ 07 for Drogheda 2010 for Bohs.

Pat Sullivan and Shane Robinson for Rovers and Declan “Fabio” O’Brien of Drogheda are all going for a third winners’ medal today – Robinson and O’Brien both won their titles with Drogheda.

Pld in three finals: Paul Keegan (3 wins), Brian Shelley (3 wins), Alan Mannus (2 wins, 1 loss), Dan Murray (2 wins, 1 loss), Jason Byrne (1 win, 2 losses), Stuart Byrne (1 win, 2 losses)

Also involved in three finals, but didn’t play in every one: Glen Fitzpatrick (2 wins, 1 loss – the first three finals), Shane Guthrie (3 lost)

Shane Guthrie is the only man to be involved in three finals, and to have lost every one. No-one has featured in four finals before.

Stuart Byrne and Shane Guthrie are the only men to be involved in three finals, with a different club each time. Byrne: Shels 2005, Drogheda 2007, St Pats 2010; Guthrie: Cork 2006, St Pats 2010, Dundalk 2011.

Dan Murray is the only man to captain two different clubs to Setanta Cup glory – Cork City in 2008, Shamrock Rovers in 2010.

Pat Sullivan was at Drogheda when they won the Setanta Cup in 2006, but missed the final through injury, so this is his third final.

Winners with two clubs: Brian Shelley, Paul Keegan, Dan Murray, Pat Sullivan, Alan Mannus.

Alan Mannus is the only player to have won the Setanta Sports Cup with clubs from both Associations – Linfield in 2005 and Shamrock Rovers in 2011.

Mark Quigley goes into the final on 10 goals, one behind all-time top-scorers Denis Behan and Peter Thompson.

Quigley is the only player to have netted for four different clubs in Setanta Sports Cup history – St Pats, Dundalk, Sligo and Shamrock Rovers.

Three other players have scored for three different clubs – Jason Byrne, Gary O’Neill, Thomas Stewart.

Cork City are all-time leading scorers on 59 goals, followed by Linfield on 53, Glentoran 42, Derry City 41, Drogheda 40.

Glentoran have conceded most Setanta Sports Cup goals all-time, letting in 67. Next are Portadown 53, Linfield 51, Cliftonville 39, Dungannon 37.

Out of 28 all-time semi-finalists, only six have come from the Irish League. It’s the fourth all-LOI final.

LOI clubs have won five Setanta Sports Cups, IFA clubs have come out on top twice – Linfield in 2005, Crusaders 2012.

Three finals have gone to extra-time – 2006 Shels v Cork, 2007 Linfield v Drogheda, 2012 Crusaders v Derry – the last two going to penalties.

Four players have been sent-off in Setanta Sports Cup finals – Jason Byrne and Alan Moore (both Shelbourne) v Linfield in 2005; Danny Murphy (Cork City) v Drogheda United in 2006; Stephen McBride (Crusaders) v Derry City 2012.

PREVIOUS FINALS

2005	Linfield 2-0 Shelbourne	Tolka Park
2006	Drogheda United 1-0 Cork City	Tolka Park
2007	Drogheda United 1-1 Linfield (pens 4-3)	Windsor Park
2008	Cork City 2-1 Glentoran	Turner’s Cross
2010	Bohemians 1-0 St Patrick’s Athletic	Tallaght Stadium
2011	Shamrock Rovers 2-0 Dundalk	Tallaght Stadium
2012	Crusaders 2-2 Derry City (pens 5-4)	The Oval

All-time leading scorers – 

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

Scorers this season –

Daryl Kavanagh	Cork City	4
Ciaran Kilduff	Shamrock Rovers	3
Lee Lynch	Sligo Rovers	3
Daryl Horgan	Cork City	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
Billy Dennehy	Shamrock Rovers	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
Gary O’Neill	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
Ronan Finn	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
own goal	Cork City	1
own goal	Shamrock Rovers	1

Exactly 200 players have featured in Setanta Sports Cup Finals.

FINAL PLAYERS	05	06	07	08	10	11	12
Aaron Greene (Bohs)					10
Admir Softic (Cork City)		06S
Aidan O’Kane (Linfield)	05		07
Aidan Watson (Crusaders)							12
Alan Bennett (Cork City)		06
Alan Cawley (Shels)	05B
Alan Mannus (Linfield/ShamRov)	05		07			11
Alan Moore (Shels)	05S
Alan O’Connor (Cork City)				08
Alex Williams (St Pats)					10S
Andrew Hunter (Linfield)	05B
Anto Murphy (Bohs)					10
Barry Molloy (Derry City)							12
Barry Murphy (Bohs)					10
Billy Dennehy (Shamrock Rovers)						11
Billy Woods (Cork City)		06S
Bobby Ryan (Shels)	05S
Brian McGroary (Derry City)							12B
Brian Shelley (Drogheda/Bohs)		06	07		10
Bryan McCarthy (Cork City)		06S
Chris Kerr (Dundalk)						11B
Chris Morrow (Crusaders)							12
Chris O’Connor (Bohs)					10B
Chris Turner (Shamrock Rovers)						11B
Ciaran Gargan (Crusaders)							12S
Ciaran Kilduff (Shamrock Rovers)						11B
Cillian Lordan (Cork City)		06B		08B
Colin Coates (Crusaders)							12
Colin Hawkins (Shels/Dundalk)	05					11
Colin Nixon (Glentoran)				08
Colin O’Brien (Cork City)		06
Conan Byrne (Drogheda)			07S
Conor Kenna (St Pats)					10
Conor McCormick (Shamrock Rovers)						11
Conor Powell (Bohs)					10
Conor Sinnott (St Pats)					10S
Damien Lynch (Drogheda)		06B	07
Dan Connor (Drogheda)		06			10B
Dan Murray (Cork City)		06		08		11
Daniel Kearns (Dundalk)						11
Danny Murphy (Cork City)		06		08
Darragh Ryan (Cork City)				08S
Darren Boyce (Glentoran)				08B
Darren Murphy (Cork City)				08
Darren Murphy (Linfield)	05
Daryl Fordyce (Glentoran)				08
Dave Mulcahy (St Pats)					10
Dave Rogers (Shels)	05
David Crawley (Shels)	05
David Gibson (Crusaders)							12B
David Larmour (Linfield)	05S
David Magowan (Crusaders)							12
David McDaid (Derry City)							12
David McMaster (Crusaders)							12B
David Rainey (Crusaders)							12
David Scullion (Glentoran)				08
Dean Bennett (Dundalk)						11S
Dean Delaney (Shels)	05B
Dean Fitzgerald (Glentoran)				08S
Declan Caddell (Crusaders)							12
Declan O’Brien (Drogheda)		06	07
Denis Behan (Cork City)		06		08
Derek Doyle (St Pats)					10S
Derek Pender (St Pats)					10
Derek Tyrell (Drogheda)		06B
Dermot McCaffrey (Derry City)							12
Eamon Zayed (Drogheda)			07
Eddie McCallion (Derry City)							12S
Elliot Morris (Glentoran)				08
Enda Stevens (Shamrock Rovers)						11
Eoin Forde (Cork City)				08S
Eugene Ferry (Derry City)							12B
Gareth Coughlan (St Pats)					10
Gareth McKeown (Crusaders)							12S
Gary Burke (Bohs)					10B
Gary Cambridge (Cork City)				08S
Gary Hamilton (Glentoran)				08
Gary McCabe (Shamrock Rovers)						11S
Gary O’Neill (Shamrock Rovers)						11
Gary Rogers (St Pats)					10
Gary Twigg (Shamrock Rovers)						11S
Gavin Whelan (Drogheda)		06B	07B
George O’Callaghan (Cork City)		06
Gerard Doherty (Derry City)							12
Glen Crowe (Shels)	05B
Glen Fitzpatrick (Shels/Drogheda)	05B	06	07B
Glenn Cronin (Bohs)					10
Glenn Ferguson (Linfield)	05		07
Graham Gartland (Drogheda)		06	07
Grant Gardiner (Glentoran)				08B
Greg Bolger (Dundalk)						11
Gregg Shannon (Linfield)	05B		07B
Ian Bermingham (St Pats)					10
James Keddy (Drogheda)		06
James Taylor (Glentoran)				08B
Jamie McGovern (Glentoran)				08S
Jamie Mulgrew (Linfield)			07
Jason Byrne (Shels/Bohs/Dundalk)	05				10	11
Jason Gavin (Drogheda)		06
Jason McGuinness (Bohs)					10
Jim Crawford (Shels)	05
Jim Ervin (Linfield)			07
Joe Gamble (Cork City)		06		08
Johnny Black (Glentoran)				08B
Johnny Breen (Dundalk)						11S
Johnny Taylor (Glentoran)				08
Johnny Waterworth (Glentoran)				08S
Joseph Ndo (Shels)	05S
Karl Sheppard (Shamrock Rovers)						11
Keith Fahey (Drogheda)		06S
Keith Ward (Dundalk)						11S
Ken Oman (Shamrock Rovers)						11
Killian Brennan (Bohs)					10
Kyle Neill (Glentoran)				08
Lawrie Dudfield (Cork City)				08
Liam Kearney (Cork City)				08
Mark Dickson (Linfield)			07
Mark Griffin (Dundalk)						11B
Mark Leech (Drogheda)		06S
Mark McNulty (Cork City)		06B		08
Mark Picking (Linfield)	05B
Mark Quigley (Bohs)					10S	11
Mark Rossiter (Bohs)					10B
Matthew Crossan (Derry City)							12B
Matthew Snoddy (Crusaders)							12S
Michael Barr (Derry City)							12B
Michael Devine (Cork City)		06		08B
Michael Gault (Linfield)	05		07S
Michael Halliday (Glentoran)				08			12B
Michael Hector (Dundalk)						11
Mikko Vilmunen (Drogheda)			07
Nathan Murphy (Dundalk)						11
Neal Horgan (Cork City)		06		08
Neale Fenn (Cork City)		06
Neil Harney (St Pats)					10B
Noel Bailie (Linfield)	05		07
Noel Haverty (St Pats)					10B
Ollie Cahill (Shels/Drogheda)	05		07
Owen Heary (Bohs)					10
Owen Morrison (Derry City)							12S
Paddy Kavanagh (Shamrock Rovers)						11B
Paddy Madden (Bohs)					10S
Pat Flynn (Shamrock Rovers)						11B
Pat Sullivan (Cork City/ShamRov)				08		11
Patrick McEleney (Derry City)							12
Patrick McShane (Linfield)	05B		07
Paul Byrne (St Pats)					10
Paul Keegan (Drogheda/Bohs)		06	07S		10
Paul Leeman (Crusaders)							12
Paul McAreavey (Linfield)	05		07
Paul Murphy (Dundalk)						11B
Peter Cherrie (Dundalk)						11
Peter Thompson (Linfield)	05		07
Philip Simpson (Glentoran)				08
Raffaele Cretaro (Bohs)					10S
Raymond Lally (Cork City)		06B
Richie Baker (Shels)	05
Robert Garrett (Linfield)			07B
Ronan Finn (Shamrock Rovers)						11
Rory Patterson (Derry City)							12
Ross Gaynor (Dundalk)						11
Roy O’Donovan (Cork City)		06
Ruaidhri Higgins (Derry City)							12
Ryan Curran (Derry City)							12B
Ryan Guy (St Pats)					10
Ryan McBride (Derry City)							12
Ryan McCann (Linfield/Crusaders)	05S		07S				12B
Ryan Thompson (Shamrock Rovers)						11B
Sami Ristila (Drogheda)		06B	07B
Sean Kelly (Cork City)				08S
Sean O’Neill (Crusaders)							12
Sean Ward (Glentoran)				08
Shane Guthrie (Cork/Pats/Dundalk)		06B			10	11B
Shane McCabe (Glentoran)				08
Shane McEleney (Derry City)							12
Shane Robinson (Drogheda)		06	07
Shane Treacy (Drogheda)		06B
Simon Madden (Dundalk)						11	12
Simon Webb (Drogheda)		06	07
Stephen Bradley (Drogheda)		06	07
Stephen Brennan (Shels)	05
Stephen McBride (Crusaders)							12
Stephen McDonnell (Dundalk)						11
Stephen McLaughlin (Derry City)							12
Stephen Rice (Shamrock Rovers)						11
Stephen Traynor (Bohs)					10B
Steve Williams (Shels)	05
Steven Douglas (Linfield)	05		07B
Steven Gray (Drogheda)			07S
Stuart Byrne (Shels/Drog/Pats)	05		07		10
Stuart Dallas (Crusaders)							12
Stuart King (Linfield)	05B
Thomas Stewart (Linfield)			07B
Tim Mouncey (Linfield)	05		07S
Timmy Adamson (Crusaders)							12
Timmy Kiely (Cork City)				08S
Tony Grant (Drogheda)			07S
Vinny Faherty (St Pats)					10
Wes Hoolahan (Shels)	05
William Murphy (Linfield)	05		07

Players injured or not picked for final not included

05 = player started final

05S = player came on as sub

05B = player was a named substitute, but did not come on

OWN GOALS
19/04/2005	Philip Simpson (Glentoran) for Linfield
27/02/2006	Jason Gavin (Drogheda U) for Cork City
07/04/2008	Stephen Brennan (St Pats) for Derry City
14/04/2008	Adam McMinn (Dungannon) for Drogheda
04/03/2013	David Magowan (Crusaders) for Cork City
16/04/2013	Danny Murphy (Cork City) for Shamrock Rovers
HAT-TRICKS
Roy O’Donovan	Cork City v Portadown, 7-0A, 2007
Mark Farren	Derry City v Linfield, 3-0H, 2008
Daniel Kearns	Dundalk v Linfield, 5-3A, 2011
Rory Patterson	Derry City v Lisburn Distillery, 4-0A, 2012

– Will Downing

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

  

Setanta Sports Cup All-Time Scorers

Just off the plane from Gothenburg and it’s immediately off to Tallaght for the Setanta Sports Cup quarter-final first-leg between Shamrock Rovers and Linfield – their first meeting since 1984.

Two of the three all-time top scorers in the competition are due to play tonight – Peter Thompson and Mark Quigley. The Rovers attacker has scored 10 goals so far across four different clubs – a now-corrected Wikipedia article wrongly credited a 2011 semi-final goal to Daniel Kearns, which is why you may have seen it reported elsewhere as him being on nine.

The top 23 scorers of all-time are – 

Shamrock Rovers and Linfield both come into the game with a 50-50 record against teams from the other side of the border.

Rovers have supplied an excellent stats pack for the game, compiled by Karl Reilly – and that’s definitely worth a name-check tonight. But I’ll probably forget, so he’ll get one here.

Linfield will become all-time tournament top scorers again if they outscore Cork City by two goals tonight – the FAI don’t incorporate walkovers into their records.

Coverage on Setanta Ireland is from 7pm, kick-off at 7:30pm.

Will Downing, Dublin