1985–86 County Antrim Shield

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The 1985–86 County Antrim Shield was the 97th edition of the County Antrim Shield, a cup competition in Northern Irish football.^[1]

1985–86 County Antrim Shield
Tournament details
Country	Northern Ireland
Teams	14
Defending champions	Glentoran
Final positions
Champions	Distillery (14th win)
Runner-up	Ballymena United
Tournament statistics
Matches played	13
Goals scored	47 (3.62 per match)
← 1984–85 1986–87 →

Distillery won the tournament for the 14th time, defeating Ballymena United 3–1 in the final.^[2]^[3]

Results edit

First round edit

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ballymena United	2–1	Larne
Bangor	1–3	Killyleagh Youth
Carrick Rangers	2–0	Ards
Cliftonville	0–1	Dundela
Distillery	1–0	Crusaders
Linfield	3–0	Ballyclare Comrades
Distillery II	bye
Glentoran	bye

Quarter-finals edit

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Carrick Rangers	3–5	Distillery
Distillery II	2–4	Ballymena United
Glentoran	2–3	Dundela
Linfield	w/o¹	Killyleagh Youth

¹Killyleagh progressed to the next round after Linfield were dismissed from the competition for failing to fulfil the fixture.

Semi-finals edit

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ballymena United	3–1	Dundela
Distillery	6–0	Killyleagh Youth

Final edit

29 October 1985

Distillery	3–1	Ballymena United
Cleland 44' Smith 71' Williams 80'		Speak 66'

The Oval, Belfast

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: W. Clarke (Newtownards)

References edit

^ "Irish League Archive, County Antrim Shield". Irish League Archive. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
^ "Hot-shot Paul sees Whites home". Belfast Telegraph. 30 October 1985. p. 23.
^ "County Antrim Shield Results". Irish League Archive. Retrieved 16 April 2023.

External links edit

Northern Ireland - List of County Antrim Shield Winners

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