2016 League of Ireland Cup

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2016 League of Ireland Cup
EA Sports Cup
Tournament details
CountryIreland
Dates21 March – 17 September
Teams24
Final positions
Champions St Patrick's Athletic
Runner-up Limerick
Tournament statistics
Matches played23
Top goal scorer(s) John O'Flynn, Limerick
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The 2016 League of Ireland Cup, known for sponsorship reasons as the 2016 EA Sports Cup, was the 43rd season of the League of Ireland's secondary knockout competition. The EA Sports Cup features teams from the SSE Airtricity League Premier and First Divisions, as well as some intermediate level teams.

Contents

Teams

Pool 1Pool 2Pool 3Pool 4

Clubs denoted with * received a bye into Second Round

First round

The draw for the First Round took place on 17 February 2016. [1] The First Round games were played on 21, 22 and 28 March 2016.

21 March 2016 Galway United 3–1 Mayo League Eamonn Deacy Park
19:45Pauric Cunningham Soccerball shade.svg3', 14', 16'JP O'Gorman Soccerball shade.svg61'
21 March 2016 Shelbourne 5–0 Cabinteely Tolka Park
Gavin Boyne Soccerball shade.svg8'
Sodiq Oguntula Soccerball shade.svg61', 66'
James English Soccerball shade.svg75'
Mark Sandford Soccerball shade.svg88'
21 March 2016 Drogheda United 0–0* (PN) (a.e.t.)
(3-4 p)		 Bluebell United Hunky Dorys Park
19:45
22 March 2016 Finn Harps 1–0 Cockhill Celtic Finn Park
20:00Ethan Boyle Soccerball shade.svg24'
22 March 2016 Cobh Ramblers 2–4 Limerick St. Colman's Park
19:15Markus Gustavsson Soccerball shade.svg75', 78' Robbie Williams Soccerball shade.svg15'
Stephen Kenny Soccerball shade.svg17'
John O'Flynn Soccerball shade.svg47', 52'
22 March 2016 UCD 0–2 Bray Wanderers UCD Bowl
19:45Mark Salmon Soccerball shade.svg45+1'
Andrew Lewis Soccerball shade.svg54'
22 March 2016 Bohemians 3–1 Longford Town Dalymount Park
19:45Peter McGlynn Soccerball shade.svg3' (o.g.)
Derek Prendergast Soccerball shade.svg48'
Jake Kelly Soccerball shade.svg53'		David O'Sullivan 3'
28 March 2016 Waterford United 4–0 Rockmount Waterford Regional Sports Centre
14:00Eoin Rhodes Soccerball shade.svg7', 28'
James Dermody Soccerball shade.svg33'
Dean Broaders Soccerball shade.svg59'

Second round

The draw for the Second Round took place on 23 March 2016. The games were played on 18 and 19 April 2016.

18 April 2016 Cork City 7–0 Waterford United Turners Cross
19:45Danny Morrissey Soccerball shade.svg46'
Ian Turner Soccerball shade.svg50'
Gavan Holohan Soccerball shade.svg54'
Gearoid Morrissey Soccerball shade.svg57'
Mark O'Sullivan Soccerball shade.svg60'
Conor McCarthy Soccerball shade.svg70'
Mark O'Sullivan Soccerball shade.svg72'
18 April 2016 Galway United 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(4–2 p)		 Finn Harps Eamon Deacy Park
19:45
18 April 2016 Dundalk 0–1 (a.e.t.) St Patrick's Athletic Oriel Park
19:45 Rory Feely Soccerball shade.svg113'
18 April 2016 Shelbourne 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(4–3 p)		 Bohemians Tolka Park
19:45
19 April 2016 Limerick 4–0 Wexford Youths Market's Field
19:15Aaron Greene Soccerball shade.svg32'
John O'Flynn Soccerball shade.svg38', 71'
Aaron Greene Soccerball shade.svg90'
19 April 2016 Derry City 2–0 Sligo Rovers The Brandywell
19:45Nathan Boyle Soccerball shade.svg34', 45'
19 April 2016 Bray Wanderers 4–2 (a.e.t.) Bluebell United Carlisle Grounds
19:45 Ryan Brennan Soccerball shade.svg27' (pen.)
Ger Pender Soccerball shade.svg(34)
Andrew Lewis Soccerball shade.svg101'
Dylan Connolly Soccerball shade.svg115' (pen.)		Sean Byrne Soccerball shade.svg40', 69'
19 April 2016 Shamrock Rovers 3–0 Athlone Town Tallaght Stadium
19:45Sean Heaney Soccerball shade.svg24'
Sean Boyd Soccerball shade.svg45'
Trevor Clarke Soccerball shade.svg79'

Quarter finals

2 May 2016 Bray Wanderers 2–3 (a.e.t.) St Patrick's Athletic Carlisle Grounds
15:00 Dylan Connolly Soccerball shade.svg59'
Gareth McDonagh Soccerball shade.svg106'		 Billy Dennehy Soccerball shade.svg53'
Jamie McGrath Soccerball shade.svg96'
Mark Timlin Soccerball shade.svg111'		Attendance: 700
Referee: Ben Connolly
2 May 2016 Shelbourne 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(2–3 p)		 Shamrock Rovers Tolka Park
19:00 Danny North (o.g.) Dean Clarke Soccerball shade.svg62'Attendance: 779
Referee: Ray Matthews
2 May 2016 Cork City 1–2 (a.e.t.) Derry City Turners Cross
19:45 Mark O'Sullivan Soccerball shade.svg9'Barry McNamee Soccerball shade.svg38'
Dean Jarvis Soccerball shade.svg95'		Attendance: 901
Referee: Sean Grant
3 May 2016 Limerick 2–0 Galway United Markets Field
19:15 Paudie O'Connor Soccerball shade.svg27'
Shane Duggan Soccerball shade.svg52'		Attendance: 1,243
Referee: Anthony Buttimer

Semi finals

1 August 2016 Derry City 0–1 Limerick The Brandywell
19:45 Report Stephen Kenny Soccerball shade.svg15'Referee: Robert Harvey
8 August 2016 Shamrock Rovers 1–3 St Patrick's Athletic Tallaght Stadium
21:45 Dean Clarke Soccerball shade.svg33' Report Billy Dennehy Soccerball shade.svg45+2'
Jamie McGrath Soccerball shade.svg57'
Christy Fagan Soccerball shade.svg80'		Referee: D. McKeon

Final

17 September 2016 Limerick 1–4 St Patrick's Athletic Markets Field
17:30 Lee Lynch Soccerball shade.svg17' Report Christy Fagan Soccerball shade.svg65'
Conan Byrne Soccerball shade.svg84'
Jamie McGrath Soccerball shade.svg87'
Graham Kelly Soccerball shade.svg90+1'		Attendance: 4,362
Referee: Robert Rogers (Dublin)

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Flag of Ireland.svg John O'Flynn Limerick 4
2 Flag of Ireland.svg Padraic Cunningham Galway United 3
Flag of Ireland.svg Mark O'Sullivan Cork City 3
Flag of Ireland.svg Jamie McGrath St Patrick's Athletic 3
3 Flag of Sweden.svg Markus Gustavsson Cobh Ramblers 2
Flag of Ireland.svg Sean Byrne Waterford United 2
Flag of Ireland.svg Aaron Greene Limerick 2
Ulster Banner.svg Nathan Boyle Derry City 2
Flag of Ireland.svg Stephen Kenny Limerick 2
Flag of Nigeria.svg Sodiq Oguntola Shelbourne FC 2

References

  1. ↑ "EA Sports Cup draw sets up Bohs-Longford clash". 17 February 2016 – via www.rte.ie.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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