2009–10 Irish League Cup

The 2009–10 Irish League Cup (known as the Co-operative Insurance Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 24th edition of Northern Ireland's secondary football knock-out cup competition. The tournament started on 28 August 2009 with the first round and ended on 27 March 2010 with the Final. The cup was contested by the 12 members of the IFA Premiership and the 14 members of IFA Championship 1.

2009–10 Irish League Cup
Co-operative Insurance Cup
Country Northern Ireland
Teams26
ChampionsGlentoran (7th win)
Runners-upColeraine
Matches played47
Goals scored145 (3.09 per match)

Portadown were the defending champions after their second League Cup win last season; a 1–0 victory over Newry City in the previous final. This season however, they went out at the semi-final stage to eventual winners Glentoran, who defeated Coleraine 4–1 on penalties in the final after the game finished 2–2 following extra time. This was Glentoran's seventh League Cup win, and the eleventh time in thirteen years that the cup had been won by one of Belfast's Big Two.[1][2]

First round

The first legs were played on 28, 29 August and 1 October 2009. The second legs were played on 7 and 22 September 2009.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ballyclare Comrades 3–5 Carrick Rangers 2–3 1–2
Ballymoney United 0–1 Larne 0–0 0–1
Bangor 2–3 Ballinamallard United 1–0 1–3
Coagh United 4–7 Ards 2–4 2–3
Donegal Celtic 4–2 Loughgall 2–1 2–1
Limavady United 5–1 Glebe Rangers 2–0 3–1

Second round

The first legs were played on 26 September 2009. The second legs were played on 6 and 7 October 2009.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Carrick Rangers 1–7 Limavady United 0–1 1–6
Ards 2–2 (a) Ballinamallard United 1–2 1–0
Banbridge Town 0–8 Larne 0–5 0–3
Armagh City 0–6 Donegal Celtic 0–3 0–3

Third round

In this round entered winners from the previous round together with all 12 teams from IFA Premiership. The first legs were played on 31 October and 10 November 2009. The second legs were played 10 November and 1 December 2009.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Donegal Celtic 1–3 Cliftonville 0–1 1–2
Dungannon Swifts 8–4 Larne 3–1 5–3
Glentoran 5–4 Glenavon 2–2 3–2
Institute 4–2 Ballymena United 2–1 2–1
Newry City 1–1 (a) Linfield 1–1 0–0
Portadown 6–4 Crusaders 2–1 4–3
Ballinamallard United 1–0 Limavady United 0–0 1–0
Lisburn Distillery 1–1 (4–5 p) Coleraine 1–0 0–1 (aet)

Quarter-finals

The first legs were played on 5 December 2009. The second legs were played on 15 December 2009.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Glentoran 2–2 (a) Linfield 0–1 2–1
Ballinamallard United 3–6 Portadown 0–5 3–1
Cliftonville 3–4 Coleraine 2–3 1–1
Dungannon Swifts 7–2 Institute 6–2 1–0

Semi-finals
Glentoran1 – 0Portadown
Waterworth  20' Report
Referee: Adrian McCourt
Coleraine2 – 0Dungannon Swifts
Patterson  24'
Carson  60'		 Report
Referee: David Malcolm

Final
Coleraine2 – 2 (a.e.t.)Glentoran
Boyce  7'
Patterson  32'		 Report Martyn  6'
Nixon  45'
Penalties
Canning
McVey
Boyce 		1–4 Hamilton
Neill
Fordyce
Burrows
Referee: Mark Courtney

References
  1. "Northern Ireland - List of League Cup Finals". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. rsssf.com. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  2. "Northern Ireland League Cup 2009/10". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. rsssf.com. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
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