Irish Cup semi-final draw confirms ties for final four clubs

The Clearer Water Irish Cup semi-final draw on Saturday confirmed ties for the penultimate stage of Northern Ireland’s leading domestic knockout trophy.

The full semi-final draw is as follows:

The Clearer Water Irish Cup trophy. (Photo by Jonathan Porter/PressEye)placeholder image
The Clearer Water Irish Cup trophy. (Photo by Jonathan Porter/PressEye)

Cliftonville v Larne

Glentoran v Institute or Linfield

Ties to take place Friday, March 29 and Saturday, March 30.

Cliftonville booked a place in the semi-finals by beating Portadown on Friday night.

Saturday’s programme featured wins for top-flight Larne and Glentoran over, respectively, second-tier clubs Newington and Ballyclare Comrades.

Linfield will visit Institute on Sunday in the closing quarter-final clash.

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