2013 League of Ireland Cup

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2013 League of Ireland Cup
EA Sports Cup
Tournament details
CountryRepublic of Ireland
Ulster Banner.svg Northern Ireland
Teams22
Final positions
Champions Shamrock Rovers
Runner-up Drogheda United
Tournament statistics
Matches played21
Goals scored72 (3.43 per match)
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The 2013 League of Ireland Cup , also known as the 2013 EA Sports Cup, is the 40th season of the Irish football knockout competition.

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A total of 22 teams have entered the 2013 competition. The 12 League of Ireland Premier Division and 8 League of Ireland First Division clubs were joined by Ulster Senior League runners up Cockhill Celtic and the Mayo League representative side. For the First and Second rounds of the competition, all participating clubs will be split into 4 regional pools while the further rounds of the competitions will have an open draw. The 2013 competition will commence with the first round on 2 March 2013.

Teams

Pool 1Pool 2Pool 3Pool 4

First round

The draw for the first round took place on 30 January 2013. [1] The first-round games were played on the 2, 3, 11 and 19 March 2013. [2] [3]

Team 1 Score Team 2
Pool 1
Waterford United 2–1 Cobh Ramblers

Report

Pool 2
Mayo League 1–4 Finn Harps

Report

Mervue United 2–1 Cockhill Celtic

Report

Pool 3
Bohemians 3 – 2 (a.e.t.) UCD

Report

Pool 4
Athlone Town 0–2 Longford Town

Report

Dundalk 1–0 Shelbourne

Report

Second round

The draw for the second round took place on 3 April 2013. [4] The second-round games were played on the 20 and 21 May 2013.

Team 1 Score Team 2
Pool 1
Limerick 1 – 1 (a.e.t.)
(4–2p)		 Waterford United
Wexford Youths 0–4 Cork City
Pool 2
Finn Harps 1 – 1 (a.e.t.)
(5–6p)		 Derry City
Sligo Rovers 4–0 Mervue United
Pool 3
Bohemians 4 – 2 (a.e.t.) Bray Wanderers
Salthill Devon 2 – 3 (a.e.t.) St. Patrick's Athletic
Pool 4
Drogheda United 6–0 Longford Town
Shamrock Rovers 1–0 Dundalk

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was made on 10 June 2013. [5] All of the remaining teams play in the League of Ireland Premier Division; this had not happened since 2005. [5] The tie between Shamrock Rovers and St. Patrick's Athletic was postponed from 1 July due to the latter club travelling to Lithuania for a Europa League fixture. [6]

1 July 2013 Drogheda United 3–0 Cork City Hunky Dorys Park
19:45 Marks Soccerball shade.svg24'
McNally Soccerball shade.svg43'
R. Brennan Soccerball shade.svg45' (pen.)		 Report Attendance: 320
Referee: Paul Tuite
1 July 2013 Limerick 0–4 Sligo Rovers Thomond Park
19:45 Report Soccerball shade.svg26' Henderson
Soccerball shade.svg38' Peers
Soccerball shade.svg50' North
Soccerball shade.svg77' McMillan 		Attendance: 913
Referee: Anthony Buttimer
1 July 2013 Bohemians 0–2 Derry City Dalymount Park
19:45 Report Soccerball shade.svg82', 90+1' Duffy Attendance: 543
Referee: Paul McLaughlin
23 July 2013 Shamrock Rovers 2–1 (a.e.t.) St. Patrick's Athletic Tallaght Stadium
Quigley Soccerball shade.svg52'
Dennehy Soccerball shade.svg108'		 Report Soccerball shade.svg79' C. Byrne Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Tom Connolly

Semi-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was made on 8 July 2013. [7]

5 August 2013 Derry City 1–3 Drogheda United Brandywell Stadium
19:45 McLaid Soccerball shade.svg38' Report D. O'Brien Soccerball shade.svg12', 77'
D. Cassidy Soccerball shade.svg66'		Attendance: 990
Referee: Paul Tuite
13 August 2013 Shamrock Rovers 3–2 Sligo Rovers Tallaght Stadium
20:00 Sheppard Soccerball shade.svg17'
McCabe Soccerball shade.svg27', 71'		 Report Soccerball shade.svg1' Djilali
Soccerball shade.svg82' Elding 		Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Paul McLaughlin

Final

The final, which was broadcast live on Setanta Sports, [8] took place at Tallaght Stadium, the home ground of finalists Shamrock Rovers, on 21 September 2013. [8] The 2012 League of Ireland Cup Final was also contested by Drogheda United and Shamrock Rovers at Tallaght Stadium. [8] Shamrock Rovers won the game 2–0 with a penalty from Gary McCabe in the 11th minute and Thomas Stewart scoring the second in the 58th minute when he slotted the ball past the goalkeeper after a pass by Paul O'Connor. [9] [10] [11]

Drogheda United 0–2 Shamrock Rovers
Prendergast Red card.svg 86' Report McCabe Soccerball shade.svg11' (pen.)
Stewart Soccerball shade.svg58'
Oman Yellow card.svg 51' Yellow-red card.svg 69'
Tallaght Stadium, Dublin
Attendance: 3,820
Referee: Padraigh Sutton

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