Quoteas sure as $hit, Rovers will draw portadown in the setanta cup next year.
Because I've got withdrawals already (why do we have to have such a long off-season in this country!?), thought I'd start this.
Haven't seen confirmation that it's taking place anywhere, but then it's usually last minute. And I'm looking forward to a trip up north, much better than meaningless friendlies.
Assuming the same format as last year, the qualified teams from the LOI will be:
Sligo Rovers
Drogheda Utd
St Pats
Shamrock Rovers (all above through the league)
Derry City (regardless of cup final result because Drogs won league cup)
Cork City (because both cup winners will have already qualified)
And from the Irish League:
Linfield
Crusaders
Glentoran
Cliftonville
Portadown
Lisburn Distillery
as sure as $hit, Rovers will draw portadown in the setanta cup next year.
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when is the draw made?
I think that should be Coleraine, not Distillery.Originally Posted by adamd164
Because I've got withdrawals already (why do we have to have such a long off-season in this country!?), thought I'd start this.
Haven't seen confirmation that it's taking place anywhere, but then it's usually last minute. And I'm looking forward to a trip up north, much better than meaningless friendlies.
Assuming the same format as last year, the qualified teams from the LOI will be:
Sligo Rovers
Drogheda Utd
St Pats
Shamrock Rovers (all above through the league)
Derry City (regardless of cup final result because Drogs won league cup)
Cork City (because both cup winners will have already qualified)
And from the Irish League:
Linfield
Crusaders
Glentoran
Cliftonville
Portadown
Lisburn Distillery
This year the draw was made on Jan 25th, and the competition seems to have been announced in December...
http://www.fai.ie/domestic-a-grassro...draw-date.html
FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION OF IRELAND
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Setanta Sports Cup teams and dates confirmed
The 12 clubs that will participate in the 2013 Setanta Sports Cup are now confirmed and the draw will take place on Thursday, December 6, in Stormont.
The seeded clubs will be Sligo Rovers, Linfield, Derry City and the defending champions Crusaders. The unseeded clubs are Cliftonville, Drogheda United, Glentoran, St Patrick’s Athletic, Portadown, Shamrock Rovers, Coleraine and Cork City.
Round One will take place in February with the first leg on Monday, February 11, 2013, and the second leg on Monday, February 18. The second leg date is subject to Irish Cup replays and the reserve date will be Tuesday, February 26.
The Quarter Finals are fixed for March with the first leg on Monday, March 4 and the second leg on Monday, March 11. Again the second leg date is subject to Irish Cup replays and the reserve date will be Tuesday, March 19.
The semi-finals will be played in April with the first leg on Tuesday, April 16 and the second leg on Monday, April 22 with the final scheduled for Saturday, May 11.
ENDS
Awesome, just under a month til the draw... football's on the way back!
97 days until the first round
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Am I right that the seeded teams enter in the second round, and the first round is a north vs south draw among the unseeded teams?
You are.
Sorry i should have been paying more attention ..... So is this nailed down now?
The SFAI are the governing body for grassroots football in Ireland, not the FAI. Its success or the lack of is all down to them.
Swap Distillery for Coleraine.
Yes, apart from Coleraine being there instead of Distillery. Competition is comfirmed, draw is on Dec 6th.
Yeah first round draw is LOI v IL
Pats, Rovers, Drogheda, Cork
v
Glentoran, Portadown, Coleraine, Cliftonville
Through to last 8; Sligo, Derry, Linfield, Crusaders
Linfield and Glentoran maintain their ever present status in the Setanta Cup. Their 8th competition in a row.
Coleraine, Zombie Cork and Zombie Derry enter for the first time
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OK, I'll bite... 6th appearance in total, more than any other LOI team
Zombie Derry got to this season's final sure.
Next season (and combining the Derrys and the Corks), 3 teams will be making their 6th appearance from the LOI; Pats, Cork and Derry6th appearance in total, more than any other LOI team
Full list (inc 2013)
St Patrick’s Athletic 6
Derry City 6
Cork City 6
Sligo Rovers 4
Drogheda United 4
Shamrock Rovers 3
Bohemians 3
Shelbourne 2
UCD 1
Longford Town 1
Dundalk 1
Bray Wanderers 1
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They're dead to me after Sunday
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I wonder who has played the most games from the LOI....
So of Cork City, Derry City and St. Pats, the three teams with most appearances in the Setanta Cup the team with the most games played, wins and points accrued is Cork City
City have a total of 29 games played, 17 of which were wins, along with 7 draws and 5 losses.
Derry have a total of 28 games played, 10 were wins, 8 were draws and 12 were losses.
St. Pats have a total of 23 games, 9 of which they won, and 7 of which they lost.
Two things to bear in mind here, I've considered after extra time results as draws, and I've excluded the games that were not played due to Derry City and Cork Citys "resignation from the tournament". If we added those games both Cities would have lost an additional two games and Pats would have one an additional game.
If we assign 3 points for a win and 1 for a draw for all games including those that were knock out then Cork City have 58, Derry City have 38 and St. Pats have 33.
I might check other LOI and IL teams later on
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