2007 FAI Cup explained

FAI Cup
Year:2007
Other Titles:FAI Ford Cup
Country:Republic of Ireland
Champions:Cork City
Runner-Up:Longford Town
Prevseason:2006
Nextseason:2008

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.

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
1Longford Town1-0Celbridge Town
2Fanad United1-0St. John Bosco
3Dundalk3-0Athlone Town
4Limerick 371-1Wexford Youths
replayWexford Youths0-1Limerick 37
5Phoenix0-4St Patrick's Athletic
6Salthill Devon0-4UCD
7Bray Wanderers7-0St Mochtas
8Kildare County0-1Kilkenny City
9Tolka Rovers2-2Waterford United
replayWaterford United4-1Tolka Rovers
10Derry City2-0Monaghan United
11Galway United2-2Finn Harps
replayFinn Harps0-0Galway United
Finn Harps won 4-2 on penalties
12Douglas Hall4-1Cobh Ramblers
13Shamrock Rovers2-3Sligo Rovers
14Drogheda United0-1Bohemians
15Malahide United2-1Cherry Orchard
16Shelbourne0-1Cork 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
1Finn Harps0-1Derry City
2Limerick 371-1Douglas Hall
replayDouglas Hall0-1Limerick 37
3Dundalk1-2UCD
4Waterford United1-1Sligo Rovers
replaySligo Rovers2-2Waterford United
Waterford United won 4-3 on penalties
5Bray Wanderers1-2St Patrick's Athletic
6Longford Town2-0Fanad United
7Malahide United0-1Bohemians
8Cork City5-1Kilkenny 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.

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Replays

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.

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Final

See main article: 2007 FAI Cup Final.

Player of the Round

RoundNamePositionClub
1John LawlorDefenderMalahide United
2Brendan SweeneyMidfielderDouglas Hall
3Daryl KavanaghStrikerWaterford United
Quarter-FinalsConor SammonStrikerUCD
Semi-Finals
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