Football tournament season
1997–98 Irish League CupWilkinson Sword League Cup |
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Tournament details |
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Country | Northern Ireland |
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Teams | 32 |
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Defending champions | Crusaders |
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Final positions |
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Champions | Linfield (4th win) |
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Runner-up | Glentoran |
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Tournament statistics |
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Matches played | 31 |
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Goals scored | 120 (3.87 per match) |
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The 1997–98 Irish League Cup (known as the Wilkinson Sword League Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 12th edition of the Irish League Cup, Northern Ireland's secondary football knock-out cup competition. It concluded on 9 September 1997 with the final.
Crusaders were the defending champions after their first League Cup win last season; a 1–0 victory over Glentoran in the previous final. This season they went out in the quarter-finals to eventual winners Linfield, who lifted their fourth League Cup with a 1–0 victory over arch-rivals Glentoran in the final, condemning the Glens to their second successive League Cup final defeat.[1][2]
This was the last competition to feature clubs from the Irish League B Division. From the following season onwards, the competition would only be open to senior clubs in the top two divisions.
First round
1 Larne were disqualified for fielding an ineligible player. Cookstown United were reinstated.
Second round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
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Related to national team | - 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (Group 9)
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Women | - Women's Premiership
- Championship 1
- Championship 2
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