1955–56 Irish Cup

1955–56 Irish Cup
Tournament details
Country	Northern Ireland
Teams	16
Defending champions	Dundela
Final positions
Champions	Distillery (11th win)
Runner-up	Glentoran
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	69 (3.45 per match)
← 1954–55 1956–57 →

The 1955–56 Irish Cup was the 76th edition of the Irish Cup, the premier knock-out cup competition in Northern Irish football.

Distillery won the cup for the 11th time, defeating Glentoran 1–0 in the second final replay at Windsor Park after the previous two matches ended in draws.^[1]

Dundela were the holders but they were defeated 5-1 by Linfield Swifts in the first round.^[2]

Results

^[3]

First round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ards	1–1	Glenavon
Ballymena United	0–4	Glentoran
Bangor	2–3	Crusaders
Chimney Corner	1–7	Linfield
Cliftonville	6–0	Carrick Rangers
Coleraine	0–3	Distillery
Derry City	0–2	Portadown
Dundela	1–5	Linfield Swifts

Replay

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Glenavon	0–0	Ards

Second replay

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ards	4–2	Glenavon

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ards	1–2	Cliftonville
Crusaders	0–4	Distillery
Linfield	1–1	Portadown
Linfield Swifts	0–3	Glentoran

Replay

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Portadown	2–1	Linfield

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Distillery	1–0	Cliftonville
Glentoran	4–0	Portadown

Final

21 April 1956

Distillery	2–2	Glentoran
McEvoy 52' Curry 86'	Report	Fogarty 44' Nolan 83'

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: A. Brown (Middlesbrough)

Replay

26 April 1956

Distillery	1–1	Glentoran
Tait 14'	Report	Nolan 11'

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: A. Brown (Middlesbrough)

Second replay

30 April 1956

Distillery	1–0	Glentoran
Curry 61'	Report

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 12,000

References

^ Alex Graham. Football in Northern Ireland, a statistical record 1881–2005.
^ "Northern Ireland Cup Finals". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. RSSSF. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
^ "IRISH CUP - Results". Retrieved 15 January 2023.

External links

The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation - Northern Ireland - Cup Finals

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v t e 1955–56 in European football (UEFA)
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Domestic leagues	Albania '55 '56 Austria Belgium Bulgaria '55 '56 Czechoslovakia '55 '56 Denmark England Finland '55 '56 France East Germany '55 '56 West Germany (Finals) Greece Hungary '55 '56 Iceland '55 '56 Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland '55 '56 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania '55 '56 Scotland Soviet Union '55 '56 Spain Sweden Switzerland Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Belgium Bulgaria Denmark England Finland '55 '56 France East Germany '56 West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '55 '56 Luxembourg Northern Ireland Norway '55 '56 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania '55 '56 Scotland Soviet Union '55 Spain Switzerland Wales Yugoslavia '55
League cups	Scotland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (Group stage) Mitropa Cup

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Irish Football Association - Northern Ireland Women's Football Association

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Men	NIFL Premiership NIFL Championship NIFL Premier Intermediate League Ballymena & Provincial League Mid-Ulster Football League Northern Amateur Football League NI Intermediate League NIFL Premiership Development League
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Men	Irish Cup NI Football League Cup Scottish Challenge Cup NIFL Charity Shield County Antrim Shield Mid-Ulster Cup North West Senior Cup Irish Intermediate Cup Steel & Sons Cup Bob Radcliffe Cup Craig Memorial Cup George Wilson Cup
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Results

First round

Replay

Second replay

Quarter-finals

Replay

Semi-finals

Final

Replay

Second replay

References

External links