1972–73 County Antrim Shield

Football tournament season

1972–73 County Antrim Shield
Tournament details
Country	Northern Ireland
Teams	13
Defending champions	Ards
Final positions
Champions	Linfield (30th win)
Runner-up	Bangor
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	54 (3.6 per match)
← 1971–72 1973–74 →

The 1972–73 County Antrim Shield was the 84th edition of the County Antrim Shield, a cup competition in Northern Irish football.

Linfield won the tournament for the 30th time, defeating Bangor 9–1 on aggregate in the final.

Results

First round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Bangor	5–2	Chimney Corner
Carrick Rangers	0–2	Linfield
Crusaders	0–1	Dundela
Glentoran	3–1	Distillery
Linfield Swifts	0–1	Ards
Ballymena United	bye
Cliftonville	bye
Larne	bye

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ards	0–1	Linfield
Bangor	3–2	Larne
Cliftonville	2–1	Dundela
Glentoran	5–5 (5–3 p)	Ballymena United

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
Bangor	3–0	Cliftonville	1–0	2–0
Linfield	4–3	Glentoran	1–1	3–2

Final

17 May 1973

Linfield	4–1	Bangor
Malone 27' McAllister 57' Cochrane 83' Shields 84'	Report	Morrison 65'

Windsor Park, BelfastAttendance: 1,000Referee: V. Maxwell (Belfast) 28 May 1973

Bangor	0–5	Linfield
	Report	McAllister 2' Millen 31' Malone Magee (pen.)

Referee: T. Perry (Newtownabbey)

References

"Irish League Archive, County Antrim Shield". Irish League Archive. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
"Shield On Way To Windsor". Belfast Telegraph. 18 May 1973. p. 28.
"All so easy for the Blues". Belfast Telegraph. 29 May 1973. p. 23.
"County Antrim Shield Results". Irish League Archive. Retrieved 16 April 2023.

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Northern Ireland - List of County Antrim Shield Winners

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