Tournament details | |
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Country |
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Teams | 7 |
Defending champions | Derry City |
Final positions | |
Champions | Omagh Town |
Runner-up | Ballymena United |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 9 |
Goals scored | 32 (3.56 per match) |
The 1997β98 Irish News Cup was the 3rd edition of the Irish News Cup, an association football cup competition featuring teams from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. [1]
Omagh Town won the title, defeating Ballymena United 2β1 on aggregate in the two-legged final. [2] [3] [4]
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Ballymena United | 2β0 | Limavady United |
Dundalk | 2β4 ( a.e.t.) | Omagh Town |
Finn Harps | 2β0 | Derry City |
Coleraine | bye |
Teams that were at home in the first leg listed on the left.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Coleraine | 2β11 | Ballymena United | 2β5 | 0β6 |
Omagh Town | 5β1 | Finn Harps | 3β0 | 2β1 |
Omagh Town | 1β1 | Ballymena United |
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Ballymena United | 0β1 | Omagh Town |
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Omagh Town win 2β1 on aggregate.