2007 FAI Cup

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2007 FAI Cup
FAI Ford Cup
Tournament details
CountryIreland
Final positions
Champions Cork City
Runner-up Longford Town
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The FAI Cup 2007 was the 87th staging of The Football Association of Ireland Challenge Cup or FAI Cup. It was the first FAI Cup to be sponsored by Ford.

Contents

The 2007 FAI Ford Cup officially kicked off in late April, when twenty clubs from the junior and intermediate leagues battled it out for the chance to face eircom League of Ireland opposition in the second round.

The ten winners of those ties were joined in the second round by the 22 eircom League of Ireland clubs.

The competition ran until early December, with the final taking place on 2 December 2007.

First round

Matches played on the weekend of Sunday, 22 April 2007.

Phoenix 5-1 College Corinthians

Cherry Orchard 2-0 Villa F.C.

Mayfield United 0-1 St. Mochtas

Celbridge Town 1-0 Killester United

Drogheda Town 0-1 St. John Bosco

Fanad United 2-0 Bangor Celtic

Kildrum Tigers 1-2 Malahide United

Douglas Hall 2-1 Crumlin United

Salthill Devon 1-0 Avondale United

Tolka Rovers 3-1 Belgrove

Second round

Matches played on the weekend of Sunday, 17 June 2007. The draw took place on Thursday, 31 May 2007 and was made by Emma Byrne and Paddy McCaul, and televised live on RTÉ One.

Tie noHome teamScoreAway team
1 Longford Town 1-0 Celbridge Town
2 Fanad United 1-0 St. John Bosco
3 Dundalk 3-0 Athlone Town
4 Limerick 37 1-1 Wexford Youths
replay Wexford Youths 0-1 Limerick 37
5 Phoenix 0-4 St Patrick's Athletic
6 Salthill Devon 0-4 UCD
7 Bray Wanderers 7-0 St Mochtas
8 Kildare County 0-1 Kilkenny City
9 Tolka Rovers 2-2 Waterford United
replay Waterford United 4-1 Tolka Rovers
10 Derry City 2-0 Monaghan United
11 Galway United 2-2 Finn Harps
replay Finn Harps 0-0 Galway United
Finn Harps won 4-2 on penalties
12Douglas Hall 4-1 Cobh Ramblers
13 Shamrock Rovers 2-3 Sligo Rovers
14 Drogheda United 0-1 Bohemians
15 Malahide United 2-1 Cherry Orchard
16 Shelbourne 0-1 Cork City

Third round

Matches played on the weekend of Sunday, 19 August 2007. The draw took place on Thursday, 5 July 2007 and was made by David Flood and Steve Staunton, and televised live on RTÉ One.

Tie noHome teamScoreAway team
1 Finn Harps 0-1 Derry City
2 Limerick 37 1-1 Douglas Hall
replayDouglas Hall0-1 Limerick 37
3 Dundalk 1-2 UCD
4 Waterford United 1-1 Sligo Rovers
replay Sligo Rovers 2-2 Waterford United
Waterford United won 4-3 on penalties
5 Bray Wanderers 1-2 St Patrick's Athletic
6 Longford Town 2-0 Fanad United
7 Malahide United 0-1 Bohemians
8 Cork City 5-1 Kilkenny City

Quarter-finals

Matches to be played weekend of Sunday, 23 September. The draw took place on Monday, 27 August 2007 and was made by David Flood and Ronnie Whelan, and televised live on RTÉ One.

St Patrick's Athletic 1 2 Bohemians
Keith Fahey Soccerball shade.svg57' (Report) Darren Mansaram Soccerball shade.svg25', Soccerball shade.svg64'

Derry City 01 UCD
(Report) Conor Sammon Soccerball shade.svg60'
The Brandywell, Derry
Attendance: 2,450
Referee: Damien Hancock

Longford Town 31 Limerick 37
Dessie Baker Soccerball shade.svg71'
David Mooney Soccerball shade.svg81'
Jamie Duffy Soccerball shade.svg90'
(Report) John Tierney Soccerball shade.svg85'

Waterford United 11 Cork City
Dave Warren Soccerball shade.svg10' (Report) Denis Behan Soccerball shade.svg49'
Regional Sports Centre, Waterford
Attendance: 1,009
Referee: Pat Whelan

Replays

Cork City 4 0 Waterford United
Denis Behan Soccerball shade.svg11', Soccerball shade.svg35', Soccerball shade.svg84'
Liam Kearney Soccerball shade.svg61'
(Report)

Semi-finals

Matches to be played weekend of Sunday, 28 October. The draw took place on Wednesday, 10 October, and was made by Paddy McCaul and Kevin MacDonald and was televised live on RTÉ One.

Bohemians 0 2 Cork City
(Report) Liam Kearney Soccerball shade.svg24', Soccerball shade.svg77'

UCD 0 1 Longford Town
(Report) Robbie Martin Soccerball shade.svg39'
Belfield Park, Dublin
Attendance: 1,250
Referee: Anthony Buttimer

Final

Cork City 1 0 Longford Town
Denis Behan Soccerball shade.svg60'
RDS, Dublin
Attendance: ~10,000 [1]
Referee: Dave McKeon


Winner of FAI Cup 2007

Cork City
2nd Title

Player of the Round

RoundNamePositionClub
1 John Lawlor Defender Malahide United
2Brendan Sweeney Midfielder Douglas Hall
3 Daryl Kavanagh Striker Waterford United
Quarter-Finals Conor Sammon Striker UCD

References

  1. RTÉ Sport: Cork City 1-0 Longford Town