2010 League of Ireland Cup

League of Ireland Cup 2010 EA Sports Cup IrelandNorthern Ireland 29 Sligo Rovers Monaghan United 28 83 Pádraig Amond George O'Callaghan (5 goals) 2009 2011 The 2010 League of Ireland Cup, also known as the 2010 EA Sports Cup, was the 37th season of the League of Ireland knockout competition. The competition was won by Sligo Rovers who defeated Monaghan United in the final on 25 September 2010 at the Sligo Showgrounds.http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2010/0925/sligorovers_monaghanunited.html https://archive.today/20120911024758/http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2010/0925/sligorovers_monaghanunited.html dead 2012-09-11 Sligo Rovers 1-0 Monaghan Utd 2010-09-25 RTÉ Sport 2010-09-26 A total of 29 teams competed in the 2010 competition. The ten Premier Division, twelve First Division clubs were joined by five A Championship teams plus Letterkenny Rovers, the 2009 Ulster Senior League champions, and the Kerry District League representative side. For the Preliminary, First and second rounds of the competition, all participating clubs were split into 4 regional pools with the further rounds of the competition having an open draw. Bohemians, Shamrock Rovers, Dundalk and Sporting Fingal all received automatic byes into the second round of the competition due to each club's European football participation. The 2010 competition commenced with the preliminary round in March 2010. Preliminary round The draw for the preliminarty round took place on 11 March 2010.EA SPORTS Cup draw https://web.archive.org/web/20100313230104/http://www.airtricityleague.com/index.php/about/press-office/1844-ea-sports-cup-draw 2010-03-13 www.airtricityleague.com Fixtures were played on 23, 29 and 30 March 2010. Pool 2 Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamReport1Castlebar Celtic1 - 0Salthill Devon Pool 3 Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamReport1Athlone Town1 – 0Longford TownReport https://web.archive.org/web/20110904152636/http://www.athlonetownfc.ie/?p=957 2011-09-04 Pool 4 Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamReport1Monaghan United1 – 0ShelbourneReport2Tullamore Town2 – 2 AETFC CarlowTullamore Town won 3 – 2 on penalties First round The draw for the first round took place on 11 March 2010.EA SPORTS Cup draw https://web.archive.org/web/20100313230104/http://www.airtricityleague.com/index.php/about/press-office/1844-ea-sports-cup-draw 2010-03-13 www.airtricityleague.com Fixtures were played on Monday 12 and Tuesday 13 April 2010. Pool 1 Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamReport1Kerry District League0 – 2Waterford UnitedReport2Limerick2 – 1Cobh RamblersReport3Cork City F.C.3 – 0Wexford Youthshttps://archive.today/20130221085518/http://www.corkcityfc.net/home/index.php/2010/04/cork-city-foras-co-op-3-0-wexford-youths/ Report Pool 2 Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamReport1Derry City3 – 2Galway UnitedReport2Castlebar Celtic1 – 3Finn HarpsReport3Mervue United0 – 1 AETLetterkenny RoversReport Pool 3 Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamReport1UCD1 – 0Athlone TownReport2Drogheda United1 – 3Bray WanderersReport https://web.archive.org/web/20110719154039/http://www.braywanderers.ie/index.php?id=1041 2011-07-19 Pool 4 Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamReport1Monaghan United6 – 1Tullamore TownReport Second round The draw for the second round took place on 11 March 2010.EA SPORTS Cup draw https://web.archive.org/web/20100313230104/http://www.airtricityleague.com/index.php/about/press-office/1844-ea-sports-cup-draw 2010-03-13 www.airtricityleague.com Fixtures were played on Monday 10 and Tuesday 11 May 2010. Pool 1 Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamReport1Cork City F.C.0 – 3Limerickhttps://archive.today/20130221083515/http://www.corkcityfc.net/home/index.php/2010/05/cork-city-0-3-limerick/ Report2Waterford United9 – 0Tralee DynamosReport Pool 2 Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamReport1Sligo Rovers6 – 0Letterkenny RoversReportJune 2017 InternetArchiveBot yes 2Derry City2 – 0Finn HarpsReport Pool 3 Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamReport1St. Patrick's Athletic2 – 0Bray WanderersReport2UCD0 – 1Shamrock RoversReport Pool 4 Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamReport1Monaghan United1 – 1 AETBohemiansReportMonaghan United won 4 – 3 on penalties2Dundalk2 – 0Sporting FingalReport Quarter-finals The draw for the quarter-finals took place on 12 May 2010.Sligo to host Saints in EA SPORTS Cup quarter finals https://web.archive.org/web/20100519112919/http://www.airtricityleague.com/index.php/about/press-office/2056-sligo-to-host-saints-in-ea-sports-cup-quarter-finals 2010-05-19 www.airtricityleague.com Fixtures were played on Tuesday 1 June 2010. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamReport1Derry City1 – 2Shamrock RoversReport2Limerick0 – 3Monaghan UnitedReport3Sligo Rovers4 – 1St. Patrick's AthleticReport4Waterford United1 – 2DundalkReport Semi-finals The draw for the semi-finals took place on 2 June 2010.https://archive.today/20120718101323/http://www.airtricityleague.com/index.php/about/press-office/2120-ea-sports-cup-semi-final-draw EA SPORTS Cup semi final draw www.airtricityleague.com Fixtures were played on 17 August 2010. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamReport1Sligo Rovers2 – 1Shamrock RoversReport2Monaghan United1 – 0DundalkReport Final 25 September 2010 17.30 IST Sligo Rovers 1 – 0 https://archive.today/20120911024758/http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2010/0925/sligorovers_monaghanunited.html Report Monaghan United Matthew Blinkhorn 14 The Showgrounds, Sligo Declan Hanney References External links Official website 3 Cup Category:League of Ireland Cup seasons