Dublin and Belfast Inter-City Cup
Organising bodyIrish Football Association
Football Association of Ireland
Founded1941
Abolished1949
RegionNorthern Ireland Northern Ireland
Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland
Number of teams12
Most successful club(s)Shamrock Rovers (4 titles)

The Dublin and Belfast Inter-City Cup was an association football competition that ran for eight seasons in Ireland between 1941 and 1949.

Each season's competition consisted of six teams from each of the two jurisdictions on the island of Ireland (Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland), and their respective governing bodies (the Irish Football Association and the Football Association of Ireland).

Format

Played in knock out format, the matches were played on a two-legged basis. Dalymount Park, Dublin was used as the home venue by all the League of Ireland clubs. For the second round of the competition, the six first round winners were joined by the two best losers. It was an extremely popular competition, adding variety to the restricted war-time football diet and generated much needed and significant revenues to the competing clubs.

List of finals

Key:

† Trophy was shared.
Two-legged final. Aggregate score across two legs determined the winner; if score was level number of corner kicks determined the winner.


Season Winner
(number of titles)		 Score Runner-up Venue
1941–42 Republic of Ireland Dundalk (1) 1 – 0 Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers Dalymount Park, Dublin
1942–43 Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers (1) 0 – 2 Republic of Ireland Bohemians Windsor Park, Belfast
2 – 0 (2 – 2 agg.) (19 – 9 corner kicks) Dalymount Park, Dublin
1943–44 Northern Ireland Glentoran (1) 3 – 3 Northern Ireland Belfast Celtic Windsor Park, Belfast
2 – 1 (5 – 4 agg.) Dalymount Park, Dublin
1944–45 Republic of Ireland Bohemians (1) 2 – 2 Northern Ireland Belfast Celtic Windsor Park, Belfast
1 – 0 (3 – 2 agg.) Dalymount Park, Dublin
1945–46 Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers (2) 3 – 1 Northern Ireland Belfast Celtic Windsor Park, Belfast
0 – 1 (3 – 2 agg.) Dalymount Park, Dublin
1946–47 Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers (3) 3 – 1 Republic of Ireland Drumcondra Dalymount Park, Dublin
1 – 0 (4 – 1 agg.) Windsor Park, Belfast
1947–48 Northern Ireland Belfast Celtic (1)
Northern Ireland Distillery (1)		 2 – 1†[n 1] Solitude, Belfast (1st leg)
1948–49 Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers (4) 3 – 0 Republic of Ireland Dundalk Dalymount Park, Dublin

Performance by club

Club Winners Runners-up Winning Years Runners-up Years
Shamrock Rovers 4 1 1942–43, 1945–46, 1946–47, 1948–49 1941–42
Belfast Celtic 1 (shared) 3 1947–48 (shared) 1943–44, 1944–45, 1945–46
Dundalk 1 1 1941–42 1948–49
Bohemians 1 1 1944–45 1942–43
Glentoran 1 0 1943–44 —
Distillery 1 (shared) 0 1947–48 (shared) —
Drumcondra 0 1 — 1946–47

Notes

  1. ↑ The second leg of the final was not played and both teams agreed to share the trophy.

See also

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