2016–17 Irish Cup

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The 2016–17 Irish Cup (known as the Tennent's Irish Cup for sponsorship purposes) is the 137th edition of the premier knock-out cup competition in Northern Irish football since its introduction in 1881. The competition begins on 20 August 2016 with the first round and concludes with the final at Windsor Park on 6 May 2017

Glenavon are the defending champions, after they lifted the cup for the seventh time by defeating Linfield 2–0 in the 2016 final.^[1]

Format and Schedule

126 clubs entered this season's competition, an decrease of three clubs compared with the 2015–16 total of 129 clubs. 12 members of the NIFL Premier Intermediate League and 90 regional league clubs from tiers 4–7 in the Northern Ireland football league system entered the competition in the first round, 26 of whom received a bye to proceed directly into the second round as necessitated by the number of participants. These clubs contested the first four rounds, with the eight surviving clubs joining the 24 senior NIFL Premiership and NIFL Championship clubs in the fifth round. All ties level after 90 minutes used extra time to determine the winner, with a penalty shoot-out to follow if necessary.

Round	First match date	Fixtures	Clubs
First Round	20 August 2016	38	126 → 88
Second Round	1 October 2016	32	88 → 64
Third Round	5 November 2016	16	64 → 48
Fourth Round	3 December 2016	8	48 → 32
Fifth Round	7 January 2017	16	32 → 16
Sixth Round	4 February 2017	8	16 → 8
Quarter-Finals	4 March 2017	4	8 → 4
Semi-Finals	1 April 2017	2	4 → 2
Final	6 May 2017	1	2 → 1

Tiers	Leagues	No. of Entries	Entry round
1	NIFL Premiership	24	Fifth Round
2	NIFL Championship	24	Fifth Round
3	NIFL Premier Intermediate League	102	First Round (Second Round if byed)
4	Ballymena & Provincial Football League Premier Division Mid-Ulster Football League Intermediate A Northern Amateur Football League Premier Division Northern Ireland Intermediate League
5	Mid-Ulster Football League Intermediate B Northern Amateur Football League Division 1A
6	Northern Amateur Football League Division 1B
7	Northern Amateur Football League Division 1C

First round

Ties to be play on 20 August 2016.^[2]^[3]^[4] Twenty-six clubs received byes into the second round: Ardglass, Ards Rangers, Ballymoney United, Ballynahinch United, Barn United, Camlough Rovers, Crumlin Star, Donard Hospital, Dromara Village, Drumaness Mills, Dundela, Killyleagh Youth, Larne Tech. Old Boys, Lisburn Rangers, Maiden City, Mossley Young Men, Nortel, Portstewart, Richhill A.F.C., St Luke's, St Mary's Youth, Seagoe, Short Brothers, Strabane Athletic, Tobermore United and Wakehurst. Maiden City later withdrew.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
19 August 2016^[4]
Newington (3)	3–2	Bangor (3)
Windmill Stars (4)	5-0	Tullyvallen Rangers (5)
20 August 2015
18th Newtownabbey OB (7)	?–?	Bangor Amateurs (7)
Abbey Villa (5)	5–0	Holywood (7)
Ballynure OB (4)	4–1	Albert Foundry (4)
Ballywalter Rec (6)	1–2	Ardstraw (4)
Banbridge Rangers (4)	4–4 (aet) (3–4 p)	Derriaghy CC (4)
Bloomfield (7)	3–4	Seapatrick (4)
Brantwood (4)	3–3 (aet) (1–3 p)	Comber Rec (5)
Chimney Corner (4)	0–5	Crewe United (4)
Coagh United (4)	2–1	Malachians (4)
Craigavon City (5)	1–6	Grove United (6)
Desertmartin (4)	2–0	Newcastle (5)
Dollingstown (4)	4–2	Newbuildings United (4)
Donegal Celtic (3)	1–3	Oxford United Stars (4)
Downshire YM (6)	4–0	Rathfern Rangers (6)
Dungiven (4)	1–0	Saintfield United (7)
Dunloy (4)	3–0	Wellington Rec (6)
East Belfast (5)	5–2	Dundonald (5)
Fivemiletown United (4)	w/o^[5]	Killymoon Rangers (4)
Glebe Rangers (4)	4–0	Iveagh United (7)
Islandmagee (5)	4–1	Ballymacash Rangers (4)
Lisburn Distillery (3)	4–0	Rosario YC (6)
Limavady United (3)	2–0	Banbridge Town (3)
Lurgan Town (5)	2–1	Laurelvale (5)
Moneyslane (4)	6–1	Magherafelt Sky Blues (4)
Newry City (3)	7–0	Oxford Sunnyside (5)
Portaferry Rovers (6)	2–3	A.F.C. Silverwood (5)
Queen's University (3)	14–0	Dromore Amateurs (7)
Rathfriland Rangers (4)	3–3 (aet) (4-2 p)	Moyola Park (3)
St Patrick's Young Men (5)	5–4	Markethill Swifts (5)
Shankill United (4)	0–4	Crumlin United (4)
Sirocco Works (6)	2–2 (aet) (4-1 p)	Hanover (4)
Sport & Leisure Swifts (3)	3–2	Ballynahinch Olympic (5)
Trojans (4)	3–1	Immaculata (4)
UUJ (6)	4–0	Dungannon Rovers (5)
Valley Rangers (4)	3–1	Newtowne (4)
21 August 2016^[4]
Sofia Farmer (4)	2-1	Lower Maze (5)

Second round

Due to there being an uneven number of clubs left on account of Maiden City's withdrawal, in the draw Dollingstown received a bye to the third round.^[6]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
18th Newtownabbey OB (7)	2-1	Ballynahinch United (6)
Abbey Villa (5)	4-1	Dungiven (4)
Ards Rangers (4)	2-0	Lurgan Town (5)
Barn United (6)	2-1	Dundela (3)
Camlough Rovers (4)	0-5	Dromara Village (6)
Coagh United (4)	0–0 (aet) (2–3 p)	Derriaghy CC (4)
Comber Rec (5)	5-2	Ardstraw (4)
Crewe United (4)	5-1	Ardglass (4)
Crumlin Star (4)	1-2	Trojans (4)
Crumlin United (4)	2-3	Ballymoney United (4)
Downshire YM (6)	2-2 (aet) (3-2 p)	UUJ (6)
Fivemiletown United (4)	4-1	Sirocco Works (6)
Glebe Rangers (4)	3-2	A.F.C. Silverwood (5)
Grove United (6)	4-4 (aet) (3-1 p)	Rathfriland Rangers (4)
Islandmagee (5)	5-3^[7]	Killyleagh YC (5)
Larne Tech OB (5)	1-2	Wakehurst (4)
Lisburn Rangers (4)	4-2	Ballynure OB (4)
Moneyslane (4)	0-2	Portstewart (4)
Mossley (6)	1-4	St Luke's (7)
Newry City A.F.C. (3)	1-3	Newington (3)
Queen's University (3)	0-1	Lisburn Distillery (3)
Richhill A.F.C. (5)	w/o^[8]	Nortel (4)
Seapatrick (4)	0-2	Drumaness Mills (4)
Shorts (7)	8-0	Dunloy (4)
Sofia Farmer (4)	2-0	Limavady United (3)
Sport & Leisure Swifts (3)	2-1	St. Patrick's (5)
St Mary's YC (4)	4-5	Oxford United Stars (4)
Strabane Athletic (4)	4-5	East Belfast (5)
Tobermore United (3)	6-0	Desertmartin (4)
Valley Rangers (4)	7-0	Seagoe (5)
Windmill Stars (4)	w/o^[9]	Donard Hospital (7)

Third round

Ties played on 5 November 2016.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Abbey Villa (5)	2-3	Dollingstown (4)
Comber Rec (5)	2-3	St Luke's (7)
Crewe United (4)	3-1	Ballymoney United (4)
Derriaghy CC (4)	2-0	Valley Rangers (4)
Dromara Village (6)	1-2	Drumaness Mills (4)
Dundela (3)	3-2	Downshire YM (6)
East Belfast (5)	0-2	Shorts (7)
Fivemiletown United (4)	5-4	Newington (3)
Glebe Rangers (4)	0-0 (aet) (3-4 p)	Grove United (6)
Killyleagh YC (5)	0-5	Portstewart (4)
Lisburn Rangers (4)	0-1	Lisburn Distillery (3)
Richhill A.F.C. (5)	1-0	Oxford United Stars (4)
Sofia Farmer (4)	0-2	Windmill Stars (4)
Sport & Leisure Swifts (3)	3-2	Ards Rangers (4)
Tobermore United (3)	2-1	Wakehurst (4)
Trojans (4)	?-?	18th Newtownabbey OB (7)

Fourth round

Ties to be played on 3 December 2016

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Derriaghy CC (4)	2-4	Portstewart (4)
Dundela (3)	3-4	Fivemiletown United (4)
Lisburn Distillery (3)	3-0	St Luke's (7)
Richhill A.F.C. (5)	6-2	Grove United (6)
Sport & Leisure Swifts (3)	1-3	Dollingstown (4)
Tobermore United (3)	6-0	Shorts (7)
Trojans (4)	3-1	Drumaness Mills (4)
Windmill Stars (4)	3-4	Crewe United (4)

References

↑ Irish Cup final 2016: Glenavon beat Linfield 2-0
↑ Tennent's Irish Cup 2016/17 First Round Draw
↑ Tennent's Irish Cup
1 2 3 Tennent's Irish Cup First Round Preview
↑ Prior to the tie Killymoon withdrew from all football, Press Statement - dated 11th August 2016
↑ The Dollybirds Receive Bye In Round 2 Of Tennents Irish Cup
↑ Islandmagee withdrew after fielding an ineligible player so Killyleagh were reinstated, Killyleagh YC Facebook page
↑ Nortel withdrew from the Irish Cup prior to the tie taking place but after the draw was made, Richhill AFC Facebook
↑ Donard Hospital were dissolved before the tie could take place, Announcement of dissolution on Official Twitter

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