Did You Know? The longest gap between Irish Cup wins was 70 years between Cliftonville’s wins in 1909 and 1979. The longest gap between Irish Cup finals was 55 years between Bangor’s appearances in the 1938 and 1993 finals. Larne have been to the most finals (five) without ever winning. The highest score recorded in a Cup final was 10-1, when Linfield defeated Bohemians in 1895. A total of 21 different teams have won the Irish Cup, and 32 different teams have reached the final. Linfield hold the records both for the most wins(39 times between 1891 and 2008) and the most finals (59 between 1891 and 2008). |