Blaxnit Cup

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Blaxnit Cup
Organiser(s)Irish Football Association
Football Association of Ireland
Founded1967
Abolished1974
RegionNorthern Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Teams8
Most championshipsColeraine (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

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Finals played over two legs except 1973–74.

Season Winner
(number of titles) 		Score Runner-up Venue
1967–68 Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers (1) 2 – 0 Northern Ireland Crusaders Windsor Park, Belfast
1 – 2 (3 – 2 agg.) Dalymount Park, Dublin
1968–69 Northern Ireland Coleraine (1) 2 – 1 Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers Windsor Park, Belfast
2 – 2 (4 – 3 agg.) Dalymount Park, Dublin
1969–70 Northern Ireland Coleraine (2) 0 – 1 Republic of Ireland Sligo Rovers Windsor Park, Belfast
4 – 1 (4 – 2 agg.) Dalymount Park, Dublin
1970–71 Northern Ireland Linfield (1) 1 – 1 Republic of Ireland Cork Hibernians Windsor Park, Belfast
2 – 1 (3 – 2 agg.) Dalymount Park, Dublin
1971–72 Republic of Ireland Cork Hibernians (1) 3 – 2 Northern Ireland Coleraine Flower Lodge, Cork
2 – 1 (5 – 3 agg.) The Showgrounds, Coleraine
1972–73 Northern Ireland Glentoran (1) 1 – 1 Republic of Ireland Cork Hibernians Flower Lodge, Cork
5 – 1 (6 – 2 agg.) Castlereagh Park, Newtownards
1973–74 Northern Ireland Ards (1) 3 – 1 Northern Ireland Ballymena United Windsor Park, Belfast

References

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  1. ^ "All-Ireland Cross-Border Cup Competitions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 12 June 2007.
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