<page_title> 2008–09 Irish League Cup </page_title> <section_title> Quarter-finals </section_title> <table> <cell> Portadown <col_header> Team 1 </col_header> </cell> <cell> Linfield <col_header> Team 2 </col_header> </cell> <cell> 1–0 <col_header> 2nd leg </col_header> </cell> </table>
During the 2008-09 Irish League Cup, Linfield went out at the quarter-final stage to eventual winners Portadown, who then defeated Newry City 1–0 in the final.