1999–2000 Gold Cup

1999–2000 Gold Cup

Tournament details
Country	Northern Ireland
Teams	20
Defending champions	Glentoran
Final positions
Champions	Glentoran (13th win)
Runner-up	Linfield
Tournament statistics
Matches played	21
Goals scored	72 (3.43 per match)

The 1999–2000 Gold Cup was the 81st edition of the Gold Cup, a cup competition in Northern Irish football.

The tournament was won by Glentoran for the 13th time and 2nd consecutive season, defeating Linfield 4–2 in the final at Windsor Park.

Results

Preliminary round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Armagh City	2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Carrick Rangers
Bangor	1–2	Ards
Larne	1–2	Dungannon Swifts
Limavady United	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–2 p)	Omagh Town

First round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ards	1–2	Glentoran
Ballymena United	3–2	Crusaders
Carrick Rangers	1–3	Glenavon
Cliftonville	3–1	Portadown
Coleraine	2–3	Limavady United
Institute	3–1	Ballyclare Comrades
Linfield	3–1	Dungannon Swifts
Newry Town	1–0	Lisburn Distillery

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Glenavon	1–2	Glentoran
Institute	2–0	Newry Town
Limavady United	2–4	Cliftonville
Linfield	3–1	Ballymena United

Semi-finals

Teams on the left were at home in the first leg.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Glentoran	2–2	Cliftonville	0–0	2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)
Linfield	5–0	Institute	4–0	1–0

Final

30 November 1999

Linfield	2–4	Glentoran
Larmour 73' Bailie 89'		Russell 5', 18' Young 35' McCombe 54'

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 6,500

Referee: Alan Snoddy (Carryduff)

External links

• Northern Ireland - List of Gold Cup Winners