1968–69 Gold Cup

Football tournament season

1968–69 Gold Cup
Tournament details
Country	Northern Ireland
Teams	12
Defending champions	Linfield
Final positions
Champions	Linfield (23rd win)
Runner-up	Glentoran
Tournament statistics
Matches played	14
Goals scored	52 (3.71 per match)
← 1967–68 1969–70 →

The 1968–69 Gold Cup was the 50th edition of the Gold Cup, a cup competition in Northern Irish football.^[1]

The tournament was won by Linfield for the 23rd time and 2nd consecutive season, defeating Glentoran 2–1 in the final replay at The Oval^[2]^[3] after the original final had ended in a 0–0 draw.^[4]^[5]

Results

^[6]

First round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ards	1–2	Glenavon
Coleraine	6–1	Crusaders
Derry City	4–1	Portadown
Distillery	3–1	Ballymena United
Bangor	bye
Cliftonville	bye
Glentoran	bye
Linfield	bye

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Derry City	3–3	Glenavon
Distillery	1–1	Cliftonville
Glentoran	5–0	Coleraine
Linfield	2–0	Bangor

Replays

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Cliftonville	1–2	Distillery
Glenavon	1–3	Derry City

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Glentoran	2–0	Derry City
Linfield	4–2	Distillery

Final

20 November 1968

Linfield	0–0	Glentoran
	Report

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Tom McKitterick (Sunderland)

Replay

4 December 1968

Glentoran	1–2	Linfield
Weatherup 86'	Report	Cathcart 10' Hamilton 18'

The Oval, Belfast

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Tom McKitterick (Sunderland)

References

^ "Irish League Archive, Gold Cup". Irish League Archive. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
^ "Classy Blues win Gold Cup". Belfast Telegraph. 5 December 1968. p. 25.
^ "Superb Bryan Grabs Glory". Belfast News Letter. 5 December 1968. p. 14.
^ "Not even a goal in final flop". Belfast Telegraph. 21 November 1968. p. 23.
^ "Linfield and Glentoran in dull draw". Belfast News Letter. 21 November 1968. p. 14.
^ "Gold Cup Results". Irish League Archive. Retrieved 22 April 2023.

External links

Northern Ireland - List of Gold Cup Winners

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