2008 FAI Cup

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2008 FAI Cup
FAI Ford Cup
Tournament details
CountryRepublic of Ireland
Final positions
Champions Bohemians
Runners-up Derry City
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The FAI Cup 2008 was the 88th staging of The Football Association of Ireland Challenge Cup, or FAI Cup for short. This season was the second one sponsored by Ford.

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The 2008 FAI Ford Cup officially kicked off in late March, when four clubs from the Intermediate and Junior leagues battled it out in the first round for the opportunity to join 18 A Championship, Intermediate and Junior clubs in the second round.

The ten winners of those ties were joined in the Third Round by 12 Premier Division and 10 First Division clubs.

The competition ran until late November, with the final taking place on Sunday, 23 November 2008 at the RDS. [1]

First round

Fixtures were played on the weekend of Sunday 30 March 2008.

Tie noHome teamScoreAway team
1 Fanad United 2–0 Carrigaline United
2Douglas Hall4–0 Castlebar Celtic

Second round

Fixtures were played on the weekend of Sunday 20 April 2008.

Tie noHome teamScoreAway team
1Corduff0-11 St. Mary's
2 Avondale United 0–1Drogheda Town
3Douglas Hall1–0Belgrove
4 Crumlin United 0–0Liffeys Pearse
replayLiffeys Pearse2–0 Crumlin United
5 Salthill Devon 0–1 Rockmount
6Killester United2–1 Bangor Celtic
7Swilly Rovers1–4 Wayside Celtic
8 St. James Gate 2–3Carrick United
9 Everton 3–1 Tullamore Town
10Lissadel United0–2 Fanad United

1Played on April 13, 2008 as Corduff FC gave up home advantage in tie due to unavailability of side on April 20.

Third round

Matches played on the weekend of Sunday, 8 June 2008. The draw took place on Monday, 12 May 2008 and was made by Giovanni Trapattoni and Marco Tardelli, and televised live on RTÉ Two.

Tie noHome teamScoreAway team
1 Wexford Youths 0–0 Killester United
replayKillester United 1–2 Wexford Youths
2 Galway United 1–0 [ permanent dead link ] Waterford United
3Douglas Hall 0–3 [ permanent dead link ] Drogheda United
4 Everton 0–2 Carrick United
5 Shelbourne 0–3 [ permanent dead link ] Dundalk
6 Rockmount 0–3 Bray Wanderers
7 Monaghan United 0–0 [ permanent dead link ] UCD
replay UCD 0–1 Monaghan United
8 Limerick 37 0–2 Cork City
9 St Patrick's Athletic 2–1 [ permanent dead link ] Longford Town
10 Kildare County 3–0 Fanad United
11 Athlone Town 2–1 [ permanent dead link ] Finn Harps
12 Derry City 2–0 [ permanent dead link ]Liffeys Pearse
13 Sporting Fingal 2–0 [ permanent dead link ] Cobh Ramblers
14 Bohemians 3–0 [ permanent dead link ]Drogheda Town
15 Shamrock Rovers 2–1 Sligo Rovers
16 St Mary's 0–1 Wayside Celtic

Fourth round

Matches played on the weekend of Sunday, 17 August 2008. The draw place on Monday, 7 July 2008 and televised live on RTÉ Two.

Tie noHome teamScoreAway team
1 Bray Wanderers 0–0 [ permanent dead link ] Dundalk
replay Dundalk 1–3 Bray Wanderers
2 Shamrock Rovers 0–1 Cork City
3 Galway United 4–1 Athlone Town
4Carrick United 1–3 Sporting Fingal
5 Wayside Celtic 1–0 Monaghan United
6 Derry City 6–0 Kildare County
7 Bohemians 1–0 [ permanent dead link ] Drogheda United
8 Wexford Youths 1–3 St Patrick's Athletic

Quarter-finals

Matches were played on the weekend of Sunday, 14 September 2008. The draw took place on Monday, 25 August 2008 and was made by Turlough O'Connor and David Flood, and televised live on RTÉ Two.

Sporting Fingal 3 – 3 St. Patrick's Athletic
Hynes Soccerball shade.svg6'
P. Byrne Soccerball shade.svg18'
James Soccerball shade.svg90' (pen.)		 Report Quigley Soccerball shade.svg35'Soccerball shade.svg42' (pen.)
Dempsey Soccerball shade.svg44'
Morton Stadium, Dublin
Attendance: 1,932
Referee: D. McKeon
Galway United 1 – 1 Bray Wanderers
McCulloch Soccerball shade.svg45' Report Myler Soccerball shade.svg64'
Terryland Park, Galway
Attendance: 2,234
Referee: A. Kelly
Cork City 1 – 1 Derry City
Murphy Soccerball shade.svg36' Report Morrow Soccerball shade.svg83' (pen.)
Turners Cross, Cork
Attendance: 4,258
Referee: R. Winter
Wayside Celtic 1 – 6 Bohemians
Callaghan Soccerball shade.svg60' Report Kelly Soccerball shade.svg13'
J. Byrne Soccerball shade.svg19'Soccerball shade.svg55' (pen.)
McGuinness Soccerball shade.svg52'
Fenn Soccerball shade.svg77'
Crowe Soccerball shade.svg81'
Carlisle Grounds, Bray
Attendance: 1,784
Referee: Ian Stokes

Quarter-final replays

Bray Wanderers 0 – 2 Galway United
Report Keane Soccerball shade.svg37'
O'Shea Soccerball shade.svg53'
Carlisle Grounds, Bray
Attendance: 1,596
Referee: A. Kelly
St. Patrick's Athletic 2 – 0 Sporting Fingal
Quigley Soccerball shade.svg42'
Fitzpatrick Soccerball shade.svg61'		 Report
Richmond Park, Dublin
Attendance: 1,149
Referee: D. Hancock
Derry City 0 – 0 (aet) Cork City
Report
Penalties
5–3
The Brandywell, Derry
Attendance: 3,275
Referee: R. Winter

Semi-finals

Matches were played on the weekend of Sunday, 26 October 2008. The draw took place on Monday, 29 September 2008 and was made by John Ryan and David Flood, and televised live on RTÉ Two.

St. Patrick's Athletic 1 – 3 Bohemians
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Deegan Soccerball shade.svg16'
Heary Soccerball shade.svg42'
Richmond Park, Dublin
Attendance: 4,879
Referee: D. McKeown
Galway United 0 – 1 Derry City
Report[]
Report2 		Farren Soccerball shade.svg64'
Terryland Park, Galway
Attendance: 2,857
Referee: A. Kelly

Final

The 2008 FAI Cup Final took place on Sunday 23 November 2008 at the RDS, Dublin.

Bohemians 2 – 2 (a.e.t.) Derry City
Crowe Soccerball shade.svg64'
J. Byrne Soccerball shade.svg70' (pen.)		 Report Morrow Soccerball shade.svg60'Soccerball shade.svg76'
Penalties
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O'Donnell Soccerball shad check.svg
Deegan Soccerball shad check.svg
Rossiter Soccerball shade cross.svg
Kalonas Soccerball shad check.svg		4 – 2Soccerball shad check.svg Farren
Soccerball shad check.svg McHugh
Soccerball shade cross.svg Deery
Soccerball shade cross.svg Higgins
RDS, Dublin
Attendance: 10,281
Referee: Anthony Buttimer

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