Blaxnit Cup
Organising body | Irish Football Association Football Association of Ireland |
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Founded | 1967 |
Abolished | 1974 |
Region | ![]() ![]() |
Number of teams | 8 |
Most successful club(s) | Coleraine (2 titles) |
The Blaxnit Cup, is a defunct club football competition which featured teams from both football associations on the island of Ireland, in a similar format to the later Setanta Cup. It was inaugurated in 1967 as a cross-border competition between clubs from the League of Ireland from the Republic of Ireland and the Irish League from Northern Ireland and ran until 1974.[1] The competition was sponsored by Blaxnit, a sock and hosiery manufacturer based in Newtownards.
The competition featured four teams from each league. The Blaxnit Cup was the third cross-border competition. Previous competitions included the Dublin and Belfast Intercity Cup 1941/42-1948/49 and the North-South Cup 1961/62-1962/63.
After the demise of the Blaxnit Cup teams from both sides of the border continued to compete in the Texaco Cup 1973/74-1974/75, the Tyler Cup 1978-1980 and after 2005 in the Setanta Sports Cup.
The tournament suffered from lack of interest and security concerns.
List of finals
[edit]Finals played over two legs except 1973–74.
Season | Winner (number of titles) |
Score | Runner-up | Venue |
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1967–68 | ![]() |
2–0 | ![]() |
Windsor Park, Belfast |
1–2 (3–2 agg.) | Dalymount Park, Dublin | |||
1968–69 | ![]() |
2–1 | ![]() |
Windsor Park, Belfast |
2–2 (4–3 agg.) | Dalymount Park, Dublin | |||
1969–70 | ![]() |
0–1 | ![]() |
Windsor Park, Belfast |
4–1 (4–2 agg.) | Dalymount Park, Dublin | |||
1970–71 | ![]() |
1–1 | ![]() |
Windsor Park, Belfast |
2–1 (3–2 agg.) | Dalymount Park, Dublin | |||
1971–72 | ![]() |
3–2 | ![]() |
Flower Lodge, Cork |
2–1 (5–3 agg.) | The Showgrounds, Coleraine | |||
1972–73 | ![]() |
1–1 | ![]() |
Flower Lodge, Cork |
5–1 (6–2 agg.) | Castlereagh Park, Newtownards | |||
1973–74 | ![]() |
3–1 | ![]() |
Windsor Park, Belfast |
References
[edit]- ^ "All-Ireland Cross-Border Cup Competitions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 12 June 2007.