Finals 1941-1949

Year	Winners	Agg	Runners-Up	Agg
1941-42	Dundalk	1 *	Shamrock Rovers	0
1942-43	Shamrock Rovers	2 +	Bohemians	2
1943-44	Glentoran	5	Belfast Celtic	4
1944-45	Bohemians	3	Belfast Celtic	2
1945-46	Shamrock Rovers	3	Bohemians	2
1946-47	Shamrock Rovers	4	Drumcondra	1
1947-48	Belfast Celtic	2	Distillery	1
1948-49	Shamrock Rovers	3 *	Dundalk	0

Note: Aggregate Scores – Played over two Legs. * One Leg only. +Shamrock Rovers won on Corners.

Report

Shamrock Rovers won four of the Dublin & Belfast Intercity Cup Finals held between 1941-42 and 1948-49 in a effort at cross-border co-operation between the Irish Football Association (Northern Ireland) and the Football Association of Ireland (Republic of Ireland). Belfast Celtic and Glentoran won two for Northern Ireland while Dundalk and Bohemians in the South also won Cups for the South.

References

Images

[1] SeekLogo (2020) IFA Badge Original [Internet] Available from: https://seeklogo.com/images/I/ifa-badge-original-logo-0F09BCB415-seeklogo.com.png [Accessed 1 October 2020]

[2] Logopedia (2020) FA_Ireland_1945-1986_logo [Internet] Available from: https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/logopedia/images/3/34/FA_Ireland_1945-1986_logo.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/200?cb=20171113175104 [Accessed 1 October 2020]

Bibliography

[1] Joanne Harkness (2020) “North/South Roll of Honour” Malcolm Brodie Northern Ireland Soccer Yearbook 19/20 pg. 68-69.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Jason Caldwell, Alan McCormack, Paul Nolan, Andrew McGovern, Colm Murray, Niall Brennan.

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