Gold Cup Results 1980-1999

Season 1980/81

Section A (semi-final)
 Ards 0-4 Linfield
Ards 2-1 Distillery
Portadown 3-0 Ards
Ards 0-2 Bangor
Glenavon 2-0 Ards
P W D L F A Pts
1 Linfield 5 4 1 0 14 4 9
2 Glenavon 5 4 1 0 13 3 9
3 Portadown 5 2 1 2 8 8 5
4 Bangor 5 2 0 3 6 10 4
5 Ards 5 1 0 4 2 12 2
6 Distillery 5 0 1 4 5 11 1
Season 1981/82

Section A (semi-final)
Linfield 2-0 Ards
Distillery 2-1 Ards
Ards 3-0 Portadown
Bangor 4-0 Ards
Ards 0-2 Glenavon
P W D L F A Pts
1 Linfield 5 4 0 1 13 2 8
2 Portadown 5 4 0 1 10 5 8
3 Glenavon 5 3 0 2 7 5 6
4 Distillery 5 2 0 3 4 8 4
5 Ards 5 1 0 4 4 10 2
6 Bangor 5 1 0 4 5 13 2
Season 1982/83

Section A (semi-final)
Glenavon 2-3 Ards
Ards 2-0 Bangor
Ards 1-1 Distillery
Portadown 0-1 Ards
Ards 1-1 Linfield
P W D L F A Pts
1 Linfield 5 3 2 0 9 4 8
2 Ards 5 3 2 0 8 4 8
3 Bangor 5 3 1 1 9 8 7
4 Distillery 5 1 1 3 7 8 3
5 Portadown 5 1 0 4 4 8 2
6 Glenavon 5 1 0 4 6 11 2
Season 1983/84

1st round
Ards 4-0 Bangor
Glentoran 4-0 Ards
Ards 2-5 Glentoran
Bangor 1-3 Ards

Section A/Section B merge
Glenavon 2-1 Ards
Newry Town 1-2 Ards
Ards 0-0 Portadown

P W D L F A Pts
1 Glentoran 7 5 0 2 27 6 10
2 Ards 7 3 1 3 12 14 7
3 Bangor 7 1 9 6 4 28 2
Season 1984/85

1st round
Bangor 1-4 Ards
Ards 0-0 Glentoran
Glentoran 1-1 Ards
Ards 0-1 Bangor

Section A/Section B merge
Ards 1-1 Glenavon
Ards 2-0 Newry Town
Portadown 3-1 Ards
P W D L F A Pts
1 Glentoran 7 4 3 0 17 2 11
2 Ards 7 2 3 2 9 7 7
3 Bangor 7 1 0 6 4 21 2
Season 1985/86

(round robin)
 Newry Town 4-2 Ards
 Linfield 1-1 Ards
Ards 3-0 Portadown
Ards 3-3 Glenavon
Carrick Rangers 0-2 Ards
Ards 1-0 Bangor
Larne 1-1 Ards
Ards 3-1 Ballymena United
Distillery 3-0 Ards
Ards 2-1 Crusaders
Glentoran 0-2 Ards
Ards 1-2 Coleraine
Cliftonville 0-1 Ards
P W D L F A Pts
1 Linfield 13 7 5 1 37 12 19
2 Glentoran 13 8 3 2 27 14 19
3 Coleraine 13 8 2 3 31 20 18
4 Crusaders 13 8 1 4 32 23 17
5 Ards 13 7 3 3 22 16 17
6 Larne 13 6 2 5 29 26 14
7 Distillery 13 5 3 5 28 26 13
8 Bangor 13 5 3 5 17 18 13
9 Glenavon 13 3 6 4 20 23 12
10 Newry Town 13 4 3 6 25 27 11
11 Ballymena United 13 4 2 7 23 27 10
12 Cliftonville 13 3 2 8 12 24 8
13 Portadown 13 3 1 9 14 31 7
14 Carrick Rangers 13 2 0 11 10 40 4
Season 1986/87

1st round
Ards 5-2 Distillery
Ards 2-0 Glenavon
Glentoran 3-1 Ards
Newry Town 1-0 Ards
Bangor 0-2 Ards
Ards 2-1 Portadown

Semi-final
Linfield 2-1 Ards
P W D L F A Pts
1 Glentoran 6 5 1 0 19 2 16
2 Ards 6 4 0 2 12 7 12
3 Newry Town 6 3 0 3 10 11 9
4 Glenavon 6 2 1 3 10 15 7
5 Distillery 6 2 1 3 10 15 7
6 Portadown 6 2 0 4 7 11 6
7 Bangor 6 1 1 4 4 19 4
Season 1987/88

1st round
Distillery 0-0 Ards
Ards 1-2 Glentoran
Glenavon 1-1 Ards
Ballymena United 1-0 Ards
Ards 0-3 Newry Town
Cliftonville 3-1 Ards
Ards 2-0 Bangor
P W D L F A Pts
1 Newry Town 7 6 0 1 13 2 18
2 Glentoran 7 5 0 2 19 9 15
3 Distillery 7 3 1 3 9 16 10
4 Cliftonville 7 3 0 4 8 9 9
5 Glenavon 7 2 1 4 9 11 7
6 Bangor 7 2 0 5 6 16 6
7 Ards 7 1 2 4 5 10 5
8 Ballymena United 7
Season 1988/89

1st round
Glentoran 4-1 Ards
Ards 2-1 Distillery
Ards 1-2 Glenavon
Ards 2-2 Ballymena United
Newry Town 5-0 Ards
Ards 1-2 Cliftonville
Bangor 2-1 Ards
P W D L F A Pts
1 Glentoran 7 5 2 0 16 4 17
2 Newry Town 7 5 1 1 19 7 15
3 Glenavon 7 3 3 1 12 10 12
4 Bangor 7 3 0 4 8 14 9
5 Distillery 7 2 0 5 8 11 5
6 Cliftonville 7 1 3 3 7 10 5
7 Ards 7 1 1 5 8 18 4
8 Ballymena United 7
Season 1989/90

1st round
 Ards 1-3 Glentoran
Carrick Rangers 1-1 Ards
Newry Town 0-2 Ards
P W D L F A Pts
1 Glentoran 3 2 1 0 5 2 7
2 Ards 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
3 Newry Town 3 1 0 2 6 4 3
4 Carrick Rangers 3 0 2 1 1 6 2
Season 1990/91

1st round
Ards 1-1 Coleraine
Ballymena United 3-2 Ards
Cliftonville 4-1 Ards
P W D L F A Pts
1 Cliftonville 3 2 1 0 6 2 7
2 Ballymena United 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
3 Coleraine 3 1 1 1 2 2 4
4 Ards 3 0 1 2 4 8 1
Season 1991/92

1st round
Coleraine 2-5 Ards
Ards 0-2 Ballymena United
Ards 0-2 Cliftonville
P W D L F A Pts
1 Ballymena United 3 3 0 0 7 0 9
2 Cliftonville 3 1 1 1 3 2 4
3 Ards 3 1 0 2 5 6 3
4 Coleraine 3 0 1 2 3 10 1
Season 1992/93

1st round
Ards 3-0 Ballyclare Comrades
Glentoran 3-0 Ards
Ards 1-1 Glenavon
P W D L F A Pts
1 Glenavon 3 2 1 0 7 3 7
2 Glentoran 3 2 0 1 7 3 6
3 Ards 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
4 Ballyclare Com 3 0 0 3 0 8 0
Season 1993/94

1st round
Cliftonville 5-1 Ards
Ards 0-2 Linfield
Newry Town 0-0 Ards
P W D L F A Pts
1 Cliftonville 3 3 0 0 10 1 9
2 Linfield 3 2 0 1 5 2 6
3 Ards 3 0 1 2 1 7 1
4 Newry Town 3 0 1 2 1 7 1
Season 1994/95

1st round
Carrick Rangers 1-0 Ards
Ards 1-2 Crusaders
Glentoran 3-1 Ards
P W D L F A Pts
1 Glentoran 3 3 0 0 10 3 9
2 Crusaders 3 1 1 1 6 7 4
3 Carrick Rangers 3 1 1 1 3 5 4
4 Ards 3 0 0 3 2 6 0
Season 1995/96

1st round
Omagh Town 2-2 Ards
Ards 3-0 Ballyclare Comrades
Portadown 7-3 Ards
P W D L F A Pts
1 Portadown 3 2 1 0 9 4 7
2 Omagh Town 3 1 2 0 4 3 5
3 Ards 3 1 1 1 8 9 4
4 Ballyclare Com 3 0 0 3 0 5 0
Season 1996/97

1st round
Ards 1-3 Crusaders
Ballymena United 3-0 Ards
Larne 2-2 Ards
P W D L F A Pts
1 Crusaders 3 3 0 0 8 2 9
2 Ballymena United 3 2 0 1 6 3 6
3 Larne 3 0 1 2 3 7 1
4 Ards 3 0 1 2 3 8 1
Season 1997/98

1st round
 Bangor 2-3 Ards
Ards 2-0 Distillery
Ards 2-5 Coleraine
Limavady United 1-1 Ards
Ards 1-5 Linfield
P W D L F A Pts
1 Distillery 5 3 1 1 10 6 10
2 Linfield 5 3 0 2 15 5 9
3 Coleraine 5 3 0 2 13 10 9
4 Bangor 5 2 1 2 7 6 7
5 Ards 5 2 1 2 9 13 7
6 Limavady United 5 0 1 4 4 18 1
Season 1998/99

1st round
Ards 3-0 Omagh Town
Portadown 3-0 Ards
Ards 0-5 Glentoran
Ballyclare Comrades 1-2 Ards
Ards 1-1 Larne
P W D L F A Pts
1 Glentoran 5 4 1 0 17 4 13
2 Portadown 5 3 1 1 9 5 10
3 Larne 5 3 1 1 6 5 10
4 Ards 5 2 1 2 6 10 7
5 Ballyclare Com 5 1 0 4 4 12 3
6 Omagh Town 5 0 0 5 3 14 0
Season 1999/00

Preliminary round
Bangor 1-2 Ards

1st round
Ards 1-2 Glentoran
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