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2007 Setanta Sports Cup

The 2007 Setanta Sports Cup was the 3rd staging of the Setanta Sports Cup, a cross-border cup competition that took 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.

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.

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


The Oval, Belfast
Attendance: 2,728
Referee: Northern Ireland Alan Black

Windsor Park, Belfast
Referee: Republic of Ireland Ian Stokes









Group B

Stangmore Park, Dungannon
Referee: Northern Ireland Frankie Hiles









Richmond Park, Dublin
Referee: Northern Ireland Mark Courtney

Turners Cross, Cork
Referee: Republic of Ireland Declan Hanney

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.

Richmond Park, Dublin
Attendance: 2,735
Referee: Adrian McCourt Northern Ireland

Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 2,647
Referee: Ian Stokes Republic of Ireland

Final

Windsor Park, Belfast
Referee: Northern Ireland Adrian McCourt


Goalscorers

5 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

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