1942–43 Irish Cup

The 1942–43 Irish Cup was the 63rd edition of the Irish Cup, the premier knock-out cup competition in Northern Irish football.

Belfast Celtic won the tournament for the 6th time, defeating Glentoran 1–0 in the final at Windsor Park.^[1]^[2]

Results

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bangor	4–11	Glentoran	2–3	2–8
Cliftonville	2–5	Alexander Works	0–1	2–4
Derry City	2–5	Belfast Celtic	2–2	0–3
Distillery	5–5	Linfield	1–4	1–0
Ards	bye
Infantry Training Centre	bye
Larne	bye
Royal Irish Fusiliers	bye

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Linfield	4–2	Distillery

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Alexander Works	3–5	Belfast Celtic	1–2	2–3
Ards	7–1	Infantry Training Centre	2–1	5–0
Glentoran	15–2	Royal Irish Fusiliers	7–2	8–0
Larne	w/o¹	Distillery

¹ Larne were awarded the tie and Distillery were expelled from the tournament for playing an ineligible player in the previous round.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Belfast Celtic	4–2	Larne
Glentoran	4–2	Ards

17 April 1943

Belfast Celtic	1–0	Glentoran
Hollinger 29'	Report

Referee: J. Ferguson

^ "Northern Ireland Cup Semifinals and Finals 1880–1950". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). Retrieved 15 January 2023.
^ Alex Graham. Football in Northern Ireland, a statistical record 1881–2005.
^ "IRISH CUP - Results". Retrieved 15 January 2023.

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