1971–72 County Antrim Shield

1971–72 County Antrim Shield
Tournament details
Country Northern Ireland
Teams12
Defending championsGlentoran
Final positions
ChampionsArds (2nd win)
Runner-upCrusaders
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored49 (3.27 per match)

The 1971–72 County Antrim Shield was the 83rd edition of the County Antrim Shield, a cup competition in Northern Irish football.[1]

Ards won the tournament for the 2nd time, defeating Crusaders 5–4 on penalties after the two-legged final finished in a 3–3 draw on aggregate.[2][3]

For this season and the following season only, the semi-finals and final were played as two legged matches.[4]

Results

First round

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Bangor 1–1 Dundela
Cliftonville 1–3 Chimney Corner
Glentoran 3–0 Linfield Swifts
Linfield 2–3 Larne
Ards bye
Ballymena United bye
Crusaders bye
Distillery bye

Replay

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Bangor 1–2 Dundela

Quarter-finals

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Ards 1–0 Glentoran
Ballymena United 2–0 Chimney Corner
Distillery 4–5 Crusaders
Larne 2–0 Dundela

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
Ballymena United 1–3 Ards 0–2 1–1
Larne 3–5 Crusaders 3–1 0–4

Final

Ards3–0Crusaders
McCoy 37'
McCaughtry 71'
Patterson 82'		 Report
Crusaders3–0 (a.e.t.)Ards
Finney 66'
McQuillan 86'
Beckett 90'		 Report
Penalties
Finney soccer ball with check mark
McQuillan soccer ball with check mark
Calder soccer ball with check mark
Beckett soccer ball with red X
Woods soccer ball with check mark		 4–5 soccer ball with check mark McAvoy
soccer ball with check mark Patterson
soccer ball with check mark McCoy
soccer ball with check mark Humphries
soccer ball with check mark Nixon
Referee: Sam Patterson (Belfast)

References

  1. ^ "Irish League Archive, County Antrim Shield". Irish League Archive. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Crues have it all to do!". Belfast Telegraph. 9 May 1972. p. 17.
  3. ^ ""On the spot" agony of man who missed". Belfast Telegraph. 12 May 1972. p. 22.
  4. ^ "County Antrim Shield Results". Irish League Archive. Retrieved 16 April 2023.