1953–54 Ulster Cup - Misplaced Pages

Football tournament season

The 1953–54 Ulster Cup was the sixth edition of the Ulster Cup, a cup competition in Northern Irish football.

Crusaders won the tournament for the 1st time, defeating Linfield 2–1 in the final.

Group standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Result
1	Linfield	10	8	0	2	29	13	2.231	16	Advance to final
2	Distillery	10	4	3	3	24	17	1.412	11
3	Ards	10	3	5	2	17	17	1.000	11
4	Portadown	10	3	2	5	17	23	0.739	8
5	Glenavon	10	3	1	6	21	27	0.778	7
6	Bangor	10	3	1	6	19	30	0.633	7

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Result
1	Crusaders	10	7	2	1	21	11	1.909	16	Advance to final
2	Glentoran	10	5	4	1	28	17	1.647	14
3	Coleraine	10	4	2	4	18	18	1.000	10
4	Derry City	10	2	4	4	15	23	0.652	8
5	Ballymena United	10	2	2	6	16	21	0.762	6
6	Cliftonville	10	3	0	7	14	22	0.636	6

29 September 1953

Crusaders	2–1	Linfield
Tully 42' Shields 80'	Report	Lunn 16'

"Irish League Archive, Ulster Cup". Irish League Archive. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
"Crusaders Beat Linfield For First Time: First Senior Cup". Northern Whig. 30 September 1953. p. 6.
"Ulster Cup Results". Irish League Archive. Retrieved 24 April 2023.

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National teams

Men	NIFL Premiership NIFL Championship NIFL Premier Intermediate League Ballymena & Provincial Football League Mid-Ulster Football League Northern Amateur Football League NIFL Premiership Development League
Women	Women's Premiership Championship 1 Championship 2

Domestic cups

Men	Irish Cup NI Football League Cup NIFL Charity Shield County Antrim Shield Mid-Ulster Cup North West Senior Cup Irish Intermediate Cup Steel & Sons Cup Bob Radcliffe Cup Craig Memorial Cup
Women	IFA Women's Challenge Cup NIFL Women's Premiership League Cup All-Island Cup

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