1955–56 City Cup - Misplaced Pages

Football tournament season

1955–56 City Cup
Tournament details
Country	Northern Ireland
Teams	12
Defending champions	Glenavon
Final positions
Champions	Glenavon (3rd win)
Runner-up	Coleraine
Tournament statistics
Matches played	69
Goals scored	268 (3.88 per match)
← 1954–55 1956–57 →

The 1955–56 City Cup was the 51st edition of the City Cup, a cup competition in Northern Irish football.

The tournament was won by Glenavon for the 3rd time and 2nd consecutive season. They defeated Coleraine 4–0 in a test match at Grosvenor Park after both teams finished level on points in the group standings.

Group standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts
1	Glenavon	11	7	4	0	34	17	2.000	18
2	Coleraine	11	7	4	0	26	18	1.444	18
3	Linfield	11	6	4	1	31	16	1.938	16
4	Glentoran	11	5	4	2	21	8	2.625	14
5	Cliftonville	11	4	4	3	23	17	1.353	12
6	Distillery	11	5	1	5	23	24	0.958	11
7	Bangor	11	4	2	5	18	19	0.947	10
8	Ards	11	5	0	6	21	26	0.808	10
9	Ballymena United	11	3	2	6	21	29	0.724	8
10	Crusaders	11	3	2	6	16	27	0.593	8
11	Portadown	11	2	1	8	14	30	0.467	5
12	Derry City	11	0	2	9	16	33	0.485	2

Source: Irish League Archive

Test match

18 January 1956

Glenavon	4–0	Coleraine

Grosvenor Park, Belfast

References

"Irish League Archive, City Cup". Irish League Archive. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
"City Cup Results". Irish League Archive. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
"City Cup Tables". Irish League Archive. Retrieved 20 March 2023.

External links

Northern Ireland - List of City Cup Winners

v t e City Cup
City Cup	1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–00 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76
Belfast City Cup	1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19

City Cup

1894–95
1895–96
1896–97
1897–98
1898–99
1899–00
1900–01
1901–02
1902–03
1903–04
1904–05
1905–06
1906–07
1907–08
1908–09
1909–10
1910–11
1911–12
1912–13
1913–14
1914–15
1919–20
1920–21
1921–22
1922–23
1923–24
1924–25
1925–26
1926–27
1927–28
1928–29
1929–30
1930–31
1931–32
1932–33
1933–34
1934–35
1935–36
1936–37
1937–38
1938–39
1939–40
1940–41
1941–42
1942–43
1943–44
1944–45
1945–46
1946–47
1947–48
1948–49
1949–50
1950–51
1951–52
1952–53
1953–54
1954–55
1955–56
1956–57
1957–58
1958–59
1959–60
1960–61
1961–62
1962–63
1963–64
1964–65
1965–66
1966–67
1967–68
1968–69
1969–70
1970–71
1971–72
1972–73
1973–74
1974–75
1975–76

Belfast City Cup

Association football in Northern Ireland

Irish Football Association - Northern Ireland Women's Football Association

National teams

Leagues

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

Defunct leagues

Defunct cups

Awards

Categories: