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1977–78 Irish Cup

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1977–78 Irish Cup
Tournament details
Country	Northern Ireland
Teams	16
Defending champions	Coleraine
Final positions
Champions	Linfield (31st win)
Runner-up	Ballymena United
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	71 (3.94 per match)
← 1976–77 1978–79 →

The 1977–78 Irish Cup was the 98th edition of the Irish Cup, Northern Ireland's premier football knock-out cup competition. It began on 4 February 1978, and concluded on 29 April 1978 with the final.

The defending champions were Coleraine, after they defeated Linfield 4–1 in the 1976–77 final.^[1] However, Linfield gained revenge by knocking the holders out with a 2–1 win in the first round. Linfield went on to win the cup for the 31st time, defeating Ballymena United 3–1 in the final.^[2]

Results[edit]

First round[edit]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ards	5–2	Dungannon Swifts
Ballymena United	6–2	Downpatrick Rec.
Cliftonville	1–3	Bangor
Dundela	1–2¹	Crusaders
Glenavon	1–3	Larne
Glentoran	5–1	RUC
Linfield	2–1	Coleraine
Portadown	5–3	Distillery

¹This tie required a replay, after the first game was a 2–2 draw.^[2]

Quarter-finals[edit]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ballymena United	1–0	Ards
Bangor	0–6	Portadown
Crusaders	1–0	Larne
Linfield	4–3	Glentoran

Semi-finals[edit]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ballymena United	1–1 (4–1 p)²	Crusaders
Linfield	2–1	Portadown

²This tie was eventually decided by a penalty shoot-out in the second replay, after all three games ended as 1–1 draws.^[2]

Final[edit]

29 April 1978

Linfield	3 – 1	Ballymena United
Dornan 14' Garrett 39' Rafferty 83'	Report	Nelson 67'

The Oval, Belfast

References[edit]

^ "Northern Ireland Cup Finals". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. RSSSF. Retrieved 26 October 2012.

^ ^a ^b ^c "Northern Ireland 1977/78". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. RSSSF. Retrieved 26 October 2012.

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v t e 1977–78 in Northern Irish football
Domestic leagues	Irish League
Domestic cups	Irish Cup Gold Cup Ulster Cup County Antrim Shield
All-Ireland competitions	Tyler Cup
European competitions	European Cup UEFA Cup European Cup Winners' Cup
Related to national team	British Home Championship 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification (Group 4)

v t e 1977–78 in European football (UEFA)
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Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '77 '78 England Faroe Islands '77 '78 Finland '77 '78 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '77 '78 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '77 '78 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '77 '78 Spain Sweden '77 '78 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '77 '78 Finland '77 '78 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '77 '78 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '77 '78 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 '77 '77–'78