The Irish Intermediate Cup is a Northern Irish football

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 competition for teams of intermediate

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The Intermediate Cup is competed for by intermediate-level clubs, including IFA Premiership

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 reserve sides.

It is a straight knock-out

Single-elimination tournament

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 tournament.

Past winners

• 1893/94 Distillery Rovers*
• 1894/95 Glentoran II*
• 1895/96 Milltown
• 1896/97 Cliftonville Olympic*
• 1897/98 Linfield Swifts
  Linfield F.C.
  Linfield F.C. , is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club, whose home ground is Windsor Park in Belfast, which is also the home of the Northern Ireland international team....
  
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• 1898/99 Glentoran II*
• 1899/00 Linfield Swifts*
• 1900/01 Cliftonville Olympic*
• 1901/02 Linfield Swifts*
• 1902/03 Cliftonville Olympic*
• 1903/04 Distillery Rovers*
• 1904/05 YMCA
• 1905/06 Woodvale
• 1906/07 Forth River
• 1907/08 Forth River
• 1908/09 Glenavon
  Glenavon F.C.
  Glenavon F.C. is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club playing in the IFA Premiership. The club, founded in 1889, hails from Lurgan and plays its home matches at Mourneview Park...
  
  
• 1909/10 Glentoran II*
• 1910/11 St James' Gate
  St James's Gate F.C.
  St James's Gate F.C. is an Irish football club that currently plays in the Leinster Senior League. St James Gate was founded as the footballing part of the Guinness Sports and Social club and was named after St. James's Gate Brewery....
  
  
• 1911/12 Glenavon
• 1912/13 Derry Guilds
• 1913/14 Glentoran II*
• 1914/15 Belfast Celtic II
  Belfast Celtic
  Belfast Celtic Football Club was a football club in Northern Ireland that was founded in 1891, and was one of the most successful teams in Ireland until forced to withdraw from the Irish League in 1949.-History:...
  
  *
• 1915/16 UCD
  University College Dublin A.F.C.
  University College Dublin Association Football Club known commonly as UCD is the football team of University College Dublin. They play in the League of Ireland. The club, founded in 1895 was elected to the league in 1979 under the management of Dr. Tony O'Neill. Since the 2008 season they have...
  
   &
• 1916/17 Glentoran II*
• 1917/18 Strandville
• 1918/19 Glentoran II*
• 1919/20 Cup withheld
• 1920/21 St James' Gate
  St James's Gate F.C.
  St James's Gate F.C. is an Irish football club that currently plays in the Leinster Senior League. St James Gate was founded as the footballing part of the Guinness Sports and Social club and was named after St. James's Gate Brewery....
  
  
• 1921/22 Queen's Island
• 1922/23 Linfield Rangers*
• 1923/24 Dunmurry
  Dunmurry Rec F.C.
  Dunmurry Recreation and Football Club, more commonly known as Dunmurry Rec., is a Northern Irish football club based in Dunmurry, near Belfast, playing in the Premier Division of the Northern Amateur Football League...
  
  
• 1924/25 Willowfield
  Willowfield F.C.
  Willowfield is a defunct intermediate football club which existed in Northern Ireland during the inter-war years.In the 1927/28 season, it became the first team from outside the Irish League to win the Irish Cup since the League's formation in 1890. They defeated Larne 1-0 in the final at Windsor...
  
  
• 1925/26 Linfield Rangers*
• 1926/27 Ballyclare Comrades
• 1927/28 Crusaders
• 1928/29 Willowfield
• 1929/30 Linfield Swifts*
• 1930/31 Dunmurry
• 1931/32 Glentoran II*
• 1932/33 Broadway United
• 1933/34 Dunville's
• 1934/35 Sunnyside
• 1935/36 Belfast Celtic II*
• 1936/37 Belfast Celtic II*
• 1937/38 Belfast Celtic II*
• 1938/39 Crusaders
• 1939/40 Crusaders
• 1940/41 Belfast Celtic II*
• 1941/42 Glentoran II*
• 1942/43 Bangor Reserves*
• 1943/44 Larne Olympic*
• 1944/45 Bangor Reserves*
• 1945/46 Bangor Reserves*
• 1946/47 Linfield Swifts*
• 1947/48 Dundela
• 1948/49 Distillery II*
• 1949/50 Linfield Swifts*
• 1950/51 Ballyclare Comrades
• 1951/52 Ballyclare Comrades
• 1952/53 Brantwood
  Brantwood F.C.
  Brantwood is an intermediate, Northern Irish football club playing in the Ballymena & Provincial Intermediate League. The club, founded in 1901, hails from Belfast and plays its home matches at Skegoneill Avenue. Club colours are royal blue...
  
  
• 1953/54 Brantwood
• 1954/55 Ballyclare Comrades
• 1955/56 Dundela
• 1956/57 Linfield Swifts*
• 1957/58 Linfield Swifts*
• 1958/59 Newry Town
• 1959/60 Larne
• 1960/61 Ballyclare Comrades
• 1961/62 Ballyclare Comrades
• 1962/63 Glentoran II*
• 1963/64 Ballyclare Comrades
• 1964/65 Coleraine Reserves*
• 1965/66 Dundela
• 1966/67 Newry Town
• 1967/68 Chimney Corner
  Chimney Corner F.C.
  Chimney Corner is an intermediate, Northern Irish football club playing in IFA Championship 2. The club, founded in 1952, hails from Antrim and plays its home matches at Allen Park. Club colours are red and white. The current manager is Stephen Hughes. They have a reserve team which was founded in...
  
  
• 1968/69 Coleraine Reserves*
• 1969/70 Larne
• 1970/71 Ards II*
• 1971/72 Linfield Swifts*
• 1972/73 Brantwood
• 1973/74 Limavady United
• 1974/75 Dundela
• 1975/76 Carrick Rangers
• 1976/77 Carrick Rangers
• 1977/78 Dungannon Swifts
• 1978/79 RUC
  PSNI F.C.
  PSNI is an intermediate, Northern Irish football club, associated with the Police Service of Northern Ireland. Its home ground is Newforge Lane in Belfast....
  
  
• 1979/80 RUC
• 1980/81 Newry Town
• 1981/82 Chimney Corner
• 1982/83 Chimney Corner
• 1983/84 Dundela
• 1984/85 RUC
• 1985/86 Banbridge Town
  Banbridge Town F.C.
  Banbridge Town is an intermediate, Northern Irish football club playing in IFA Championship 1. The club, founded in 1947, hails from Banbridge, County Down and plays its home matches at Crystal Park. Club colours are red and black...
  
  
• 1986/87 RUC
• 1987/88 Short Brothers
  Short Brothers F.C.
  Short Brothers F.C., often referred to simply as Shorts is a Northern Irish football club playing in Division 1C of the Northern Amateur Football League. It is connected to the Short Brothers aerospace manufacturing company in Belfast and was formed with the arrival of the company to the city in...
  
  
• 1988/89 Dundela
• 1989/90 Ballyclare Comrades
• 1990/91 Brantwood
• 1991/92 Dungannon Swifts
• 1992/93 Dundela
• 1993/94 Portstewart
• 1994/95 Ballinamallard United
• 1995/96 Limavady United
• 1996/97 Chimney Corner
• 1997/98 Loughgall
• 1998/99 Dundela
• 1999/00 Dundela
• 2000/01 Dundela
• 2001/02 Linfield Swifts*
• 2002/03 Harland & Wolff Welders
  Harland & Wolff Welders F.C.
  Harland & Wolff Welders FC are an intermediate, Northern Irish football club playing in IFA Championship 1. The club, founded in 1965, hails from Belfast and plays its home matches at Tillysburn Park. The club was formed by the welders of the nearby Harland & Wolff shipyard.Harland & Wolff Welders...
  
  
• 2003/04 Linfield Swifts*
• 2004/05 Glenavon
• 2005/06 Donegal Celtic
• 2006/07 Harland & Wolff Welders
• 2007/08 Loughgall
• 2008/09 Knockbreda Parish
• 2009/10 Donegal Celtic
  Donegal Celtic
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• 2010/11 Carrick Rangers

NB. * denotes reserve teams of senior clubs
@ was played in Dalymount Park

Dalymount Park

Dalymount Park is an Irish football stadium situated on Dublin's Northside. It is the home of Bohemian F.C., who have played there since the early 20th century. Affectionately known as 'Dalyer' by fans, it was also historically the "home of Irish football" holding Irish internationals and FAI Cup...

, Dublin where UCD beat Portadown 2 - 1

Performance by club

	Team	No. of wins
1	Linfield*	13
2	Dundela	10
3	Glentoran*	9
4	Ballyclare Comrades	8
5	Belfast Celtic*	5
=6	Brantwood	4
=6	Chimney Corner	4
=6	R.U.C.†	4
=9	Bangor*	3
=9	Carrick Rangers	3
=9	Cliftonville*	3
=9	Crusaders	3
=9	Distillery*	3
=9	Glenavon	3
=9	Larne‡	3
=9	Newry Townƒ	3
=17	Coleraine*	2
=17	Donegal Celtic	2
=17	Dungannon Swifts	2
=17	Dunmurry	2
=17	Forth River	2
=17	Harland & Wolff Welders	2
=17	Limavady United	2
=17	Loughgall	2
=17	St James’ Gate	2
=17	Willowfield	2
=27	Ards*	1
=27	Ballinamallard United	1
=27	Banbridge Town	1
=27	Broadway United	1
=27	Derry Guilds	1
=27	Dunville’s	1
=27	Knockbreda Parish	1
=27	Milltown	1
=27	Portstewart	1
=27	Queen’s Island	1
=27	Short Brothers	1
=27	Strandville	1
=27	Sunnyside	1
=27	UCD University College Dublin A.F.C. University College Dublin Association Football Club known commonly as UCD is the football team of University College Dublin. They play in the League of Ireland. The club, founded in 1895 was elected to the league in 1979 under the management of Dr. Tony O'Neill. Since the 2008 season they have...	1
=27	Woodvale	1
=27	YMCA	1

NB. * indicates reserve team

† now known as PSNI

‡ includes 1 win by reserve team

ƒ now known as Newry City

External links

• Intermediate Cup Archive at the Irish Football Club Project