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1956–57 City Cup
Tournament details
Country	Northern Ireland
Teams	12
Defending champions	Glenavon
Final positions
Champions	Glentoran (10th win)
Runner-up	Distillery
Tournament statistics
Matches played	69
Goals scored	291 (4.22 per match)
← 1955–56 1957–58 →

The 1956–57 City Cup was the 52nd edition of the City Cup, a cup competition in Northern Irish football.

The tournament was won by Glentoran for the 10th time. They defeated Distillery 2–1 in a test match at Solitude after both teams finished level on points in the group standings.

Group standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts
1	Glentoran	11	8	2	1	25	11	2.273	18
2	Distillery	11	9	0	2	35	10	3.500	18
3	Ards	11	6	3	2	33	18	1.833	15
4	Linfield	11	6	3	2	28	17	1.647	15
5	Glenavon	11	5	2	4	29	19	1.526	12
6	Cliftonville	11	5	1	5	18	25	0.720	11
7	Coleraine	11	3	4	4	22	22	1.000	10
8	Portadown	11	3	3	5	17	28	0.607	9
9	Derry City	11	3	2	6	24	28	0.857	8
10	Ballymena United	11	3	1	7	21	35	0.600	7
11	Bangor	11	2	2	7	14	34	0.412	6
12	Crusaders	11	1	1	9	22	41	0.537	3

Source: Irish League Archive

Test match

20 May 1957

Glentoran	2–1	Lisburn Distillery

Solitude, Belfast

References

"Irish League Archive, City Cup". Irish League Archive. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
"City Cup Results". Irish League Archive. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
"City Cup Tables". Irish League Archive. Retrieved 21 March 2023.

External links

Northern Ireland - List of City Cup Winners

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