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Managerless Ards dumped holders Crusaders out of the Clearer Water Irish Cup on a day of high drama in domestic football’s most prestigious cup competition.

Sadler's Peaky Blinder Irish Cup round-up Seven clubs booked a last 16 place as the Sadler's Peaky Blinder Irish Cup kicked off on Tuesday evening. There were no upsets, but there also wasn't the feared avalanche of goals or one-sided affairs in games involving those non-Premiership clubs kicking their first ball in anger in many months. Much interest was focused on the clash of Coleraine and Crusaders at The Showgrounds, a game that pitted third against sixth in the Premiership. It proved to be a suitably tight and hard fought encounter with the only goal of the game coming with just five mi...