2001–02 Irish Cup

The 2001–02 Irish Cup was the 122nd edition of Northern Ireland's premier football knock-out cup competition. It concluded on 11 May 2002 with the final.

2001–02 Irish Cup
Country Northern Ireland
Teams32
ChampionsLinfield (36th win)
Runners-upPortadown
Matches played40
Goals scored133 (3.33 per match)

Glentoran were the defending champions, winning their second successive Irish Cup last season after a 1–0 win over archrivals Linfield in the 2001 final. This season Linfield went one better, to lift the cup for the 36th time overall and the first time in seven years, with a 2–1 win over Portadown in the final. This was Portadown's second defeat in the final in three years.[1][2]

Fifth round

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Ards 2–1 Limavady United
Armagh City 2–5 Dungannon Swifts
Ballyclare Comrades 4–1 Barn United
Bangor 0–2 Crusaders
Brantwood 1–1 Moyola Park
Carrick Rangers 4–3 Lisburn Distillery
Cliftonville 1–1 Portadown
Coleraine 5–3 Donegal Celtic
Glenavon 0–0 Lurgan Celtic
Glentoran 1–0 Newry Town
Institute 4–1 Ards Rangers
Killyleagh Youth 4–1 Ballinamallard United
Linfield 3–0 Portstewart
Loughgall 2–2 Larne
Omagh Town 0–0 Ballymena United
Tobermore United 1–2 Dunmurry Recreation

Replays

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Ballymena United 2–1 Omagh Town
Glenavon 1–1 (3–2p) Lurgan Celtic
Larne 1–1 (4–2p) Loughgall
Moyola Park 1–0 (aet) Brantwood
Portadown 2–1 Cliftonville

Sixth round

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Ards 0–5 Glentoran
Ballyclare Comrades 3–1 Dunmurry Recreation
Ballymena United 0–3 Glenavon
Carrick Rangers 0–7 Linfield
Crusaders 1–1 Dungannon Swifts
Larne 0–0 Killyleagh Youth
Moyola Park 3–3 Coleraine
Portadown 3–1 Institute

Replays

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Coleraine 5–1 Moyola Park
Dungannon Swifts 1–0 Crusaders
Larne 1–2 Killyleagh Youth

Quarter-finals

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Coleraine 2–0 Dungannon Swifts
Glentoran 1–1 Portadown
Killyleagh Youth 1–0 Ballyclare Comrades
Linfield 3–0 Glenavon

Replay

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Portadown 4–3 Glentoran

Semi-finals

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Linfield 4–0 Killyleagh Youth
Portadown 2–0 Coleraine

Final

Linfield2 – 1Portadown
Morgan  14', 22' Report Neill  6'
Attendance: 11,129

References

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