1955–56 Irish Cup

1955–56 Irish Cup

Tournament details
Country	Northern Ireland
Teams	16
Defending champions	Dundela
Final positions
Champions	Distillery (11th win)
Runner-up	Glentoran
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	69 (3.45 per match)

The 1955–56 Irish Cup was the 76th edition of the Irish Cup, the premier knock-out cup competition in Northern Irish football.

Distillery won the cup for the 11th time, defeating Glentoran 1–0 in the second final replay at Windsor Park after the previous two matches ended in draws.

Dundela were the holders but they were defeated 5-1 by Linfield Swifts in the first round.

Results

First round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ards	1–1	Glenavon
Ballymena United	0–4	Glentoran
Bangor	2–3	Crusaders
Chimney Corner	1–7	Linfield
Cliftonville	6–0	Carrick Rangers
Coleraine	0–3	Distillery
Derry City	0–2	Portadown
Dundela	1–5	Linfield Swifts

Replay

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Glenavon	0–0	Ards

Second replay

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ards	4–2	Glenavon

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ards	1–2	Cliftonville
Crusaders	0–4	Distillery
Linfield	1–1	Portadown
Linfield Swifts	0–3	Glentoran

Replay

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Portadown	2–1	Linfield

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Distillery	1–0	Cliftonville
Glentoran	4–0	Portadown

Final

21 April 1956

Distillery	2–2	Glentoran
McEvoy 52' Curry 86'	Report	Fogarty 44' Nolan 83'

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: A. Brown (Middlesbrough)

Replay

26 April 1956

Distillery	1–1	Glentoran
Tait 14'	Report	Nolan 11'

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: A. Brown (Middlesbrough)

Second replay

30 April 1956

Distillery	1–0	Glentoran
Curry 61'	Report

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 12,000

External links

• The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation - Northern Ireland - Cup Finals