1946–47 Dublin and Belfast Inter-City Cup

The 1946–47 Dublin and Belfast Inter-City Cup was the 6th edition of the Dublin and Belfast Inter-City Cup, an association football cup competition featuring teams from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.

1946–47 Dublin and Belfast Inter-City Cup
CountryNorthern Ireland Northern Ireland
Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland
Teams12
ChampionsShamrock Rovers (3rd win)
Runners-upDrumcondra
Matches played26
Goals scored100 (3.85 per match)

Teams from outside Dublin and Belfast competed, but played their home matches in either Dublin (if based in the Republic of Ireland) or Belfast (if based in Northern Ireland).[1]

Shamrock Rovers won the title for the 3rd time and 2nd consecutive year, defeating Drumcondra 4–1 on aggregate in the two-legged final.[2][3][4]

Results

First round

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

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Bohemians 2–8 Belfast Celtic 1–3 1–5
Cliftonville 4–6 Shamrock Rovers 3–3 1–3
Derry City 2–6 Drumcondra 1–4 1–2
Distillery1 4–5 Cork United 2–2 2–3
Glentoran 5–2 Dundalk1 3–0 2–2
Shelbourne 0–11 Linfield 0–1 0–10

1Despite losing their ties, Distillery and Dundalk progressed to the quarter-finals as "best losers".

Quarter-finals

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

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Belfast Celtic 6–1 Cork United 4–0 2–1
Distillery 3–2 Dundalk 1–1 2–1
Linfield 2–6 Shelbourne 1–1 1–5
Shamrock Rovers 8–2 Glentoran 6–0 2–2

Semi-finals

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

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Distillery 2–5 Drumcondra 0–2 2–3
Shamrock Rovers 2–1 Belfast Celtic 1–1 1–0

Final
Drumcondra1–3Shamrock Rovers
Daly 70' Report Coad 53'
Behan 60'
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Shamrock Rovers1–0Drumcondra
Coad 5' Report

Shamrock Rovers win 4–1 on aggregate.

References
  1. "Irish League Archive, Dublin and Belfast Inter-City Cup". Irish League Archive. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  2. "Inter-City Cup Final, Rovers Succeed In Final Leg". Ireland's Saturday Night. 7 June 1947. p. 7.
  3. "Shamrock Rovers Beat Drumcondra". Northern Whig. 12 June 1947. p. 4.
  4. "Dublin and Belfast Inter-City Cup Results". Irish League Archive. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
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