Setanta Cup draw live from Stormont
The draw for the 2013 Setanta Cup will take place in Stormont at 5pm today and Extratime will be on hand to keep you up-to-date with how the ties unfold.
Four Airtricty League clubs will learn their fate today with League runners-up Drogheda United joined in the hat for the first round by St Patrick’s Athletic, Cork City and Shamrock Rovers, winners of the competition in 2011.
Cliftonville, Glentoran, Portadown and Coleraine are the unseeded IFA Premiership teams in the draw with the two-legged first round matches scheduled to take place on Monday 11 February and 18 February 2013. The second leg date is subject to Irish Cup replays and the reserve date will be Tuesday, February 26.
The four first-round winners will then be joined in the quarter-finals by this year’s seeded teams, cup holders Crusaders, last year’s beaten finalists Derry City, Airtricity League champions Sligo Rovers and IFA Premiership winners Linfield.
The Quarter Finals are fixed for March with the first leg on Monday, March 4 and the second leg on Monday, March 11. Again the second leg date is subject to Irish Cup replays and the reserve date will be Tuesday, March 19.
The semi-finals will be played in April with the first leg on Tuesday, April 16 and the second leg on Monday, April 22 with the final scheduled for Saturday, May 11.