1944–45 Irish Cup

1944–45 Irish Cup

Tournament details
Country	Northern Ireland
Teams	12
Defending champions	Belfast Celtic
Final positions
Champions	Linfield (22nd win)
Runner-up	Glentoran
Tournament statistics
Matches played	17
Goals scored	100 (5.88 per match)

The 1944–45 Irish Cup was the 65th edition of the Irish Cup, the premier knock-out cup competition in Northern Irish football.

Linfield won the tournament for the 22nd time, defeating Glentoran 4–2 in the final at Celtic Park.

Results

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bangor	w/o1	Glentoran II
Bangor Reserves	3–6	Ards	2–3	1–3
Belfast Celtic	bye
Cliftonville	bye
Derry City	bye
Distillery	bye
Glentoran	bye
Infantry Training Centre	bye
Larne	bye
Linfield	bye

¹ Glentoran II were awarded the tie as Bangor were expelled from the tournament for an infringement of the rules.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ards	10–5	Infantry Training Centre	5–3	5–2
Larne	10–6	Glentoran II	6–2	4–4
Belfast Celtic	bye
Cliftonville	bye
Derry City	bye
Distillery	bye
Glentoran	bye
Linfield	bye

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Derry City	8–2	Cliftonville	5–0	3–2
Distillery	7–5	Belfast Celtic	4–1	3–4
Larne	6–9	Glentoran	3–4	3–5
Linfield	10–0	Ards	8–0	2–0

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Glentoran	3–0	Distillery
Linfield	4–0	Derry City

Final

14 April 1945

Linfield	4–2	Glentoran
Lockhart 10' Cochrane 20' McCrory 30', 89'	Report	Hill 13' McIlvenny 52'

Celtic Park, Belfast

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: J. Ferguson

External links

• Northern Ireland Cup Finals. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF)