The North-South Cup was a short-lived all-Ireland

Ireland

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 football tournament. It was played for two seasons in the 1960s and on both occasions won by teams from Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland

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Finals

Season	Winner	Aggregate score	Runner-up
1960/61	Linfield	7-1	Glentoran Glentoran F.C. Glentoran F.C. is a semi-professional, football club in Northern Ireland. The club was founded in 1882 and plays its home games at the Oval in east Belfast. Club colours are green, red, and black.Glentoran's biggest rivals are Linfield...
1961/62	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...	2-1	Shelbourne Shelbourne F.C. Shelbourne Football Club is an Irish professional football club based in the Drumcondra area of Dublin, currently playing in the League of Ireland Premier Division....

Note

The 1960/61 North-South Cup was played to the Semi Final stage, however due to Fixture congestion the Final had to be held over to the 1961/62.
Started in March 1961 & completed February 1962 - Winners Linfield.

Similarly the 1961/62 competition could not be finished in time, the First Round & part of the 2nd round were played in this season, the rest however was completed during the 1962/63 season.
Started in February 1962 & completed May 1963 - Glenavon.

External links

• Irish Football Club Project Archive on All-Ireland Competitions