2007 Setanta Sports Cup
| Country |  Northern Ireland & Republic of Ireland |
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| Teams | 8 | ||
| Champions | Drogheda United (2nd title) |
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| Runners-up | Linfield |
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| Matches played | 27 | ||
| Goals scored | 67 (2.48 per match) | ||
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The 2007 Setanta Sports Cup was the 3rd staging of the cross-border cup competition that takes place between football clubs from the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The final was played at Windsor Park in Belfast, Northern Ireland on 12 May 2007, and was won by Drogheda United with a 4-3 penalty shoot-out victory over Linfield when the scores were level at 1–1 after extra time. Drogheda won the trophy for the second successive year.
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Shelbourne's withdrawal
The draw for the 2007 Setanta Cup competition was made on 7 December 2006 with the original competing teams being the identical ones to the previous year's competition. On 30 January 2007, however, Shelbourne announced that they were withdrawing from the competition for reasons relating to their financial troubles and the fact that they would be unlikely to field a team of players. Their place was given to the 2006 FAI Cup runners-up to Derry City, St Patrick's Athletic, despite the fact that the next best-placed in the previous season's league (Shelbourne's qualification route), who did not have a place in the Setanta Cup already, were Sligo Rovers. While it is likely that the organisers transferred Derry, who finished second in the league, into Shelbourne's empty slot, first in the league, for the purpose of official qualification and then accorded St Pat's qualification by way of the FAI Cup, this would have logically entailed Derry moving into Group 2 to fill Shelbourne's place, while St. Patrick's should compete in Group 1 in the place of the moved Derry.[citation needed] However, it is possible that for the purposes of the initial draw, teams were accorded lots on an alphabetical basis.[citation needed] Thus, it would follow that St. Patrick's would have been assigned the same lot as Shelbourne and would have, as a result, been drawn in the same slot anyway.[citation needed]
Group stage
- The draw for this round was held 7 December 2006. The matches were played 26 February-17 April 2007.
Teams that progressed to the Semi-Finals are indicated in bold type.
Teams eliminated from the Setanta Cup are indicated in italics.
Group A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 1. Linfield |
6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 12 |
| 2. Drogheda Utd |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 11 |
| 3. Derry City |
6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 5 |
| 4. Glentoran |
6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 4 |
Group B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 1. St Patrick's Athletic |
6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 3 | +14 | 16 |
| 2. Cork City |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 10 |
| 3. Dungannon Swifts |
6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 4 |
| 4. Portadown |
6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 20 | -17 | 2 |
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2007-03-05
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| Portadown | 2 – 2 | Dungannon Swifts |
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Collins  68'McCutcheon 70' |
(Report) | McCluskey 21' Gallagher 90+3' |
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2007-03-12
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| Cork City | 1 – 3 | St Patrick's Athletic |
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| O'Flynn 85' |
(Report) | O'Neill 32', 90+2 pen' Kirby 50' |
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2007-03-19
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| Dungannon Swifts | 2 – 2 | St Patrick's Athletic |
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| McAllister 4' Everaldo 34' |
(Report) | Kirby 19' Fahey 49' |
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2007-03-26
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| Portadown | 0 – 7 | Cork City |
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| (Report) | Behan 15', 82' O'Flynn 18'Gamble 32'O'Donovan 44', 66', 87' |
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2007-03-26
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| St Patrick's Athletic | 5 – 0 | Dungannon Swifts |
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| Murphy 29' Quigley 37'O'Connor 46'Kirby 57'Brennan 61' |
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Semi-finals
The draw for the semi-finals was made by drawing the winners of Group A against the runners-up of Group B and vice versa, with group winners having home advantage. There would be no replays if the matches were drawn; instead, extra time would decide winners immediately thereafter. If extra time did not decide the winners, a set of five alternating penalty kicks would decide winners.
Final
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| Linfield | 1 – 1 (AET) | Drogheda United |
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| McAreavey 67' |
(Report) | Lynch  56'Grant 77' |
| Penalties | ||
Ervin  Mouncey Ferguson Dickson O'Kane |
3 – 4 | Lynch Grant Bradley Robinson Byrne |
| Winner of 2007 Setanta Sports Cup |
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| Drogheda United 2nd Title |
Goalscorers
- 5 goals
- Alan Kirby (St Patrick's Athletic)
- Roy O'Donovan (Cork City)
- 3 goals
- Denis Behan (Cork City)
- Tony Grant (Drogheda United)
- Sean O'Connor (St Patrick's Athletic)
- Aidan O'Kane (Linfield)
- 2 goals
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- 1 goal
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