# 2008 Setanta Sports Cup

The 2008 Setanta Sports Cup was the 4th staging of the Setanta Sports Cup, a cross-border cup competition featuring football clubs from the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The final was played on November 1, 2008, at Turners Cross in Cork.

## Group stage

    The draw for this round was held 17 January 2008. The matches were played 26 February 2008 – 23 September 2008.
Teams that progressed to the Semi-Finals are indicated in bold type.
Teams eliminated from the Setanta Sports Cup this stage are indicated in italics.

### Group 1

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Drogheda Utd | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 14 |
| Cork City | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 14 |
| Cliftonville | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -5 | 4 |
| Dungannon Swifts | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 17 | -14 | 1 |

### Group 2

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Derry City | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 13 |
| Glentoran | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 8 |
| Linfield | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -4 | 7 |
| St Patrick's Athletic | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 5 |

## Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was made by drawing the winners of Group A against the runners-up of Group 2 and vice versa, with group winners having home advantage. Glentoran beat Drogheda United 1–0 in the first semi-final, which was played at United Park in Drogheda, while Cork City overcame Derry City by the same scoreline at the Brandywell Stadium in Derry.

## Final

The final took place on November 1, 2008, at Turners Cross stadium in front of 5,500, a sell out crowd, in Cork, where Cork City came from behind to beat Glentoran 2-1 and win the competition for the first time.
* Winner of 2008 Setanta Sports Cup
* Cork City 1st Title

## Goalscorers
### 4 goals

* Mark Farren (Derry City)
* Éamon Zayed (Drogheda United)

### 3 goals

* Denis Behan (Cork City)
* Daryl Fordyce (Glentoran)
* Michael Halliday (Glentoran)
* Gary O'Neill (St Patrick's Athletic)

### 2 goals

* Darren Boyce (Glentoran)
* Keith Fahey (St Patrick's Athletic)
* Rory Hamill (Cliftonville)
* Adam Hughes (Drogheda United)
* Ciarán Martyn (Derry City)
* Paul McAreavey (Linfield)
* Darren Murphy (Cork City)
* Colin Nixon (Glentoran)
* George O'Callaghan (Cork City)

### 1 goal

* Timmy Adamson (Dungannon Swifts)
* Aaron Baker (Dungannon Swifts)
* Richie Baker (Drogheda United)
* Killian Brennan (Derry City)
* Ollie Cahill (Drogheda United)
* Mark Dickson (Linfield)
* Glenn Ferguson (Linfield)
* Grant Gardiner (Glentoran)
* Robert Garrett (Linfield)
* Graham Gartland (Drogheda United)
* Tony Grant (Drogheda United)
* Ruaidhri Higgins (Derry City)
* Jason Hill (Glentoran)
* Mark Holland (Cliftonville)
* Liam Kearney (Cork City)
* Timmy Kiely (Cork City)
* Shea McGerrigan (Dungannon Swifts)
* Kevin McHugh (Derry City)
* George McMullan (Cliftonville)
* Dave Mooney (Cork City)
* Jamie Mulgrew (Linfield)
* Francis Murphy (Cliftonville)
* Dan Murray (Cork City)
* Declan O'Brien (Drogheda United)
* John O'Flynn (Cork City)
* Mark Patterson (Cliftonville)
* Mark Quigley (St Patrick's Athletic)
* Darragh Ryan (Cork City)
* Conor Sammon (Derry City)
* John Tambouras (Drogheda United)
* Peter Thompson (Linfield)

### 1 own goal

* Clive Delaney (Derry City)
* Adam McMinn (Dungannon Swifts)