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2000–01 Gold Cup
Tournament details
Country  Northern Ireland
Teams20
Defending champions Glentoran
Final positions
Champions Glentoran (14th win)
Runner-up Coleraine
Tournament statistics
Matches played21
Goals scored85 (4.05 per match)
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The 2000–01 Gold Cup was the 82nd and final edition of the Gold Cup, a cup competition in Northern Irish football. [1]

The tournament was won by Glentoran for the 14th time and 3rd consecutive season, defeating Coleraine 4–2 in the final at Windsor Park. [2]

Results

[3]

Preliminary round

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Armagh City 3–1 Limavady United
Dungannon Swifts 2–1 Ards
Institute 5–4 ( a.e.t.) Bangor
Lisburn Distillery 2–0 Larne

First round

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Cliftonville 0–1 Glentoran
Coleraine 4–3 ( a.e.t.) Lisburn Distillery
Dungannon Swifts 2–1 Ballymena United
Glenavon 2–0 Ballyclare Comrades
Linfield 1–0 Carrick Rangers
Newry Town 5–3 ( a.e.t.) Armagh City
Omagh Town 3–0 Institute
Portadown 1–0 Crusaders

Quarter-finals

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Dungannon Swifts 1–2 Coleraine
Glentoran 2–1 Portadown
Linfield 4–3 ( a.e.t.) Glenavon
Newry Town 3–2 ( a.e.t.) Omagh Town

Semi-finals

Teams on the left were at home in the first leg.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Glentoran 3–2 Newry Town 0–1 3–1
Linfield 4–6 Coleraine 1–3 3–3

Final

Glentoran4–3 Coleraine
Ferguson 7'
Lockhart 52'
Smyth 76'
McCann 82'
Devine 40' ( pen.)
Loughery 60'
Tolan 86'
McLaughlin Red card 70'
Referee: Leslie Irvine (Limavady)

References

  1. ^ "Irish League Archive, Gold Cup". Irish League Archive. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Oval men turn from paupers into princes". Belfast Telegraph. 13 December 2000. p. 34.
  3. ^ "Gold Cup Results". Irish League Archive. Retrieved 24 April 2023.

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