1942–43 Dublin and Belfast Inter-City Cup

Football tournament season

1942–43 Dublin and Belfast Inter-City Cup
Tournament details
Country	Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland
Teams	12
Defending champions	Dundalk
Final positions
Champions	Shamrock Rovers (1st win)
Runner-up	Bohemians
Tournament statistics
Matches played	26
Goals scored	95 (3.65 per match)
← 1941–42 1943–44 →

The 1942–43 Dublin and Belfast Inter-City Cup was the 2nd edition of the Dublin and Belfast Inter-City Cup, an association football cup competition featuring teams from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.

Teams from outside Dublin and Belfast competed, but played their home matches in either Dublin (if based in the Republic of Ireland) or Belfast (if based in Northern Ireland).

Shamrock Rovers won the title for the 1st time, defeating Bohemians 19–9 on corner kicks, after the two-legged final between the teams ended in a 2-2 aggregate draw.

Results

First round

Teams that were at home in the first leg listed on the left.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Belfast Celtic	5–2	Cork United	5–1	0–1
Bohemians	1–1	Distillery	1–0	0–1
Cliftonville	3–4	Dundalk	2–1	1–3
Shamrock Rovers	7–4	Linfield	3–2	4–2
Shelbourne	3–0	Glentoran	1–0	2–0
St James's Gate	3–5	Derry City	3–1	0–4

Despite losing their ties, Bohemians and Cliftonville progressed to the quarter-finals as "best losers".
Distillery progressed by virtue of winning more corner kicks.

Quarter-finals

Teams that were at home in the first leg listed on the left.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bohemians	7–3	Derry City	4–2	3–1
Cliftonville	2–4	Shamrock Rovers	1–1	1–3
Distillery	10–5	Dundalk	5–2	5–3
Shelbourne	2–7	Belfast Celtic	1–4	1–3

Semi-finals

Teams that were at home in the first leg listed on the left.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bohemians	3–2	Belfast Celtic	2–2	1–0
Distillery	2–6	Shamrock Rovers	0–2	2–4

Final

29 May 1943

Shamrock Rovers	0–2	Bohemians
	Report	O'Flanagan 42', 52'

Windsor Park, Belfast

30 May 1943

Bohemians	0–2	Shamrock Rovers
	Report	Molloy 8' (o.g.) Coad 55'

Dalymount Park, Dublin

Shamrock Rovers win 19–9 on corner kicks after final finished 2–2 on aggregate.

References

"Irish League Archive, Dublin and Belfast Inter-City Cup". Irish League Archive. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
"Bohs Two Up In Final Of Tourney". Ireland's Saturday Night. 29 May 1942. p. 4.
"Inter-City Cup Won By Shamrock Rovers, 10 Corners' Margin". Belfast News Letter. 31 May 1943. p. 2.
"Dublin and Belfast Inter-City Cup Results". Irish League Archive. Retrieved 10 April 2023.

External links

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