1953–54_Gold_Cup

1953–54 Gold Cup
Tournament details
Country	Northern Ireland
Teams	12
Defending champions	Portadown
Final positions
Champions	Ards (1st win)
Runner-up	Distillery
Tournament statistics
Matches played	13
Goals scored	42 (3.23 per match)
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1953–54 Gold Cup

Football tournament season

The 1953–54 Gold Cup was the 35th edition of the Gold Cup, a cup competition in Northern Irish football.^[1]

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The tournament was won by Ards for the 1st time, defeating Distillery 2–1 in the final at Seaview.^[2] Both the Ards manager George Eastham Sr. and his son George Eastham played in the final (with Eastham Sr. scoring).^[3]

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[1] [1]
"Irish League Archive, Gold Cup". Irish League Archive. Retrieved 21 April 2023.

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"Missed penalty was costly for Distillery". Ireland's Saturday Night. 15 May 1954. p. 8.

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"Missed penalty was costly for Distillery". Cup Medals For Father And Son. 15 May 1954. p. 8.

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"Gold Cup Results". Irish League Archive. Retrieved 21 April 2023.

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Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ards	5–4	Cliftonville
Bangor	1–2	Ballymena United
Glentoran	3–1	Glenavon
Linfield	0–0	Derry City
Distillery	bye
Coleraine	bye
Portadown	bye
Crusaders	bye

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ballymena United	1–4	Glentoran
Distillery	1–0	Coleraine
Linfield	0–2	Ards
Portadown	1–0	Crusaders

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ards	3–1	Portadown
Distillery	2–1	Glentoran

1953–54_Gold_Cup

1953–54 Gold Cup

Results

First round

Replay

Second replay

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

References

External links

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