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The Irish News Cup was a "north-south" association football competition in Ireland involving teams from the Irish League and League of Ireland mostly located in the north-west of the island. It is thus not counted among the major all-Ireland cup tournaments, since neither League champions nor Cup winners were involved. (Derry City did win the League of Ireland title in 1996-97). It was sponsored by the Irish News and also referred to as the Irish News North West Cup. It lasted four seasons.

List of finals

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Season	Winner (number of titles)	Score	Runner-up	Venue
1995–96	Coleraine (1)	4 – 1	Omagh Town	St Julian's Road, Omagh
		8 – 1 (12 – 2 agg.)		The Showgrounds, Coleraine
1996–97	Derry City (1)	0 – 3	Sligo Rovers	The Showgrounds, Sligo
		5 – 1 (5 – 4 agg.)		Brandywell Stadium, Derry
1997–98	Omagh Town (1)	1 – 1	Ballymena United	St Julian's Road, Omagh
		1 – 0 (2 – 1 agg.)		The Showgrounds, Ballymena
1998–99	Finn Harps (1)	2 – 0	Ballymena United	Finn Park, Ballybofey

References

External links

• Irish Football Club Project Archive on All-Ireland Competitions
• Irish League Archive - Irish News Cup

Sources

• M. Brodie (ed.), Northern Ireland Soccer Yearbook 1996/97
• M. Brodie (ed.), Northern Ireland Soccer Yearbook 1997/98
• M. Brodie (ed.), Northern Ireland Soccer Yearbook 1998/99
• M. Brodie (ed.), Northern Ireland Soccer Yearbook 1999/2000
• Ballymena United Football Club