1994–95 Irish League Cup

The 1994–95 Irish League Cup (known as the Wilkinson Sword League Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the ninth edition of Northern Ireland's secondary football knock-out cup competition. It concluded on 25 April 1995 with the final.

1994–95 Irish League Cup
Wilkinson Sword League Cup
Country Northern Ireland
Teams32
ChampionsArds (1st win)
Runners-upCliftonville
Matches played31
Goals scored129 (4.16 per match)

Linfield were the defending champions after lifting the cup for the third time with a 2–0 victory over Coleraine in the previous final. This season they went out in the second round to Cliftonville, who were the eventual runners-up after being defeated on penalties in the final by Ards. This is Ards' only League cup win, and only appearance in the final to date.[1][2]

First round

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Ards 3–3 (6–5 p) Dungannon Swifts
Ballyclare Comrades 3–2 Queen's University
Ballymena United 2–0 Ballinamallard United
Ballymoney United 2–5 Carrick Rangers
Banbridge Town 1–2 Crusaders
Bangor 2–1 Cookstown United
Brantwood 2–7 Omagh Town
Cliftonville 3–0 Moyola Park
Coleraine 3–1 Harland & Wolff Welders
Distillery 4–0 Tobermore United
Dundela 3–3 (2–4 p) Newry Town
Glenavon 5–0 Limavady United
Glentoran 2–1 Loughgall
Larne 4–1 RUC
Linfield 5–0 Chimney Corner
Portadown 5–0 Armagh City

Second round

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Ballymena United 1–2 Ballyclare Comrades
Bangor 3–2 Glentoran
Crusaders 5–0 Carrick Rangers
Larne 4–2 Distillery
Linfield 2–3 Cliftonville
Newry Town 0–2 Coleraine
Omagh Town 2–3 Ards
Portadown 3–1 Glenavon

Quarter-finals

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Ballyclare Comrades 2–4 Ards
Bangor 2–0 Larne
Coleraine 0–2 Cliftonville
Crusaders 3–1 Portadown

Semi-finals

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Ards 2–1 Bangor
Cliftonville 2–0 Crusaders

Final

Ards0 – 0 (a.e.t.)Cliftonville
Report
Penalties
2 – 0

References

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