2013 League of Ireland Cup

April 2014 April 2014 League of Ireland Cup 2013 EA Sports Cup Republic of Ireland Northern Ireland 22 Shamrock Rovers Drogheda United 21 72 2012 2014 The 2013 League of Ireland Cup, also known as the 2013 EA Sports Cup, is the 40th season of the Irish football knockout competition. 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 Cork City Cobh Ramblers Limerick Waterford United Wexford Youths Cockhill Celtic Derry City Finn Harps Mayo League Mervue United Sligo Rovers Bohemians Bray Wanderers Salthill Devon St Patrick's Athletic UCD Athlone Town Drogheda United Dundalk Longford Town Shamrock Rovers Shelbourne First round The draw for the first round took place on 30 January 2013.EA Sports Cup First Round Draw Made http://www.airtricityleague.ie/matchzone/ea-sports-cup/4513-ea-sports-first-round-draw-made airtricityleague.ie Airtricity League 30 January 2013 30 January 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20140413145652/http://www.airtricityleague.ie/matchzone/ea-sports-cup/4513-ea-sports-first-round-draw-made 13 April 2014 dead dmy-all The first-round games were played on the 2, 3, 11 and 19 March 2013.EA Sports Cup Kicks Off This Weekend http://www.airtricityleague.ie/matchzone/ea-sports-cup/4549-ea-sports-cup-kicks-off-this-weekend https://archive.today/20130412232757/http://www.airtricityleague.ie/matchzone/ea-sports-cup/4549-ea-sports-cup-kicks-off-this-weekend dead 12 April 2013 airtricityleague.ie Airtricity League 1 March 2013 1 March 2013 Waterford v Cobh Refixed http://www.airtricityleague.ie/matchzone/ea-sports-cup/4586-waterford-v-cobh-refixed airtricityleague.ie Airtricity League 12 March 2013 12 March 2013 https://archive.today/20130412232441/http://www.airtricityleague.ie/matchzone/ea-sports-cup/4586-waterford-v-cobh-refixed 12 April 2013 dead dmy-all |colspan="4" style="background-color:#99CCCC" align="center"|Pool 1 Waterford United 2–1 Cobh Ramblers|| https://archive.today/20130412221854/http://www.airtricityleague.ie/matchzone/ea-sports-cup/4611-blues-knock-out-cobh Report |- |colspan="4" style="background-color:#99CCCC" align="center"|Pool 2 Mayo League 1–4 Finn Harps|| https://archive.today/20130412234403/http://www.airtricityleague.ie/clubs/first-division/finn-harps/latest-news/4555-harps-blitz-mayo-league Report Mervue United 2–1 Cockhill Celtic|| https://archive.today/20130412235320/http://www.airtricityleague.ie/clubs/first-division/mervue-united/latest-news/4552-dream-debut-for-lavelle Report |- |colspan="4" style="background-color:#99CCCC" align="center"|Pool 3 Bohemians 3 – 2 UCD|| https://archive.today/20130412223237/http://www.airtricityleague.ie/matchzone/ea-sports-cup/4581-bohs-stage-dramatic-comeback Report |- |colspan="4" style="background-color:#99CCCC" align="center"|Pool 4 Athlone Town 0–2 Longford Town|| https://archive.today/20130412221734/http://www.airtricityleague.ie/matchzone/ea-sports-cup/4583-longford-win-derby Report Dundalk 1–0 Shelbourne|| https://archive.today/20130412222238/http://www.airtricityleague.ie/matchzone/ea-sports-cup/4582-sub-byrne-sinks-shels Report |} Second round The draw for the second round took place on 3 April 2013.EA Sports Cup Second Round Draw Made http://www.airtricityleague.ie/matchzone/ea-sports-cup/4658-ea-sports-cup-second-round-draw-is-made airtricityleague.ie Airtricity League 3 April 2013 3 April 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130419153854/http://www.airtricityleague.ie/matchzone/ea-sports-cup/4658-ea-sports-cup-second-round-draw-is-made 19 April 2013 dead dmy-all The second-round games were played on the 20 and 21 May 2013. |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC" align="center"|Pool 1 Limerick 1 – 1 (4–2p) Waterford United Wexford Youths 0–4 Cork City |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC" align="center"|Pool 2 Finn Harps 1 – 1 (5–6p) Derry City Sligo Rovers 4–0 Mervue United |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC" align="center"|Pool 3 Bohemians 4 – 2 Bray Wanderers Salthill Devon 2 – 3 St. Patrick's Athletic |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC" align="center"|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.EA SPORTS Cup draw on Monday, June 10 http://www.airtricityleague.ie/matchzone/ea-sports-cup/4816-ea-sports-cup-draw-on-monday-june-10 https://archive.today/20130703185844/http://www.airtricityleague.ie/matchzone/ea-sports-cup/4816-ea-sports-cup-draw-on-monday-june-10 dead 3 July 2013 3 July 2013 All of the remaining teams play in the League of Ireland Premier Division; this had not happened since 2005. 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.EA SPORTS Cup reaches quarter-final stage http://www.airtricityleague.ie/matchzone/ea-sports-cup 3 July 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130720152648/http://www.airtricityleague.ie/matchzone/ea-sports-cup 20 July 2013 1 July 2013 19:45 Drogheda United 3–0 Cork City Marks 24 McNally 43 R. Brennan 45 pen. Hunky Dorys Park 320 Paul Tuite Report 1 July 2013 19:45 Limerick 0–4 Sligo Rovers 26 Henderson 38 Peers 50 North 77 McMillan Thomond Park 913 Anthony Buttimer Report 1 July 2013 19:45 Bohemians 0–2 Derry City 82 90+1 Duffy Dalymount Park 543 Paul McLaughlin Report 23 July 2013 Shamrock Rovers 2–1 yes St. Patrick's Athletic Quigley 52 Dennehy 108 79 C. Byrne Tallaght Stadium 1,200 Tom Connolly Report Semi-finals The draw for the quarter-finals was made on 8 July 2013.2013 EA SPORTS Cup semi-final draw http://www.airtricityleague.ie/matchzone/ea-sports-cup/4908-2013-ea-sports-cup-semi-final-draw 3 July 2013September 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes 5 August 2013 19:45 Derry City 1–3 Drogheda United McLaid 38 D. O'Brien 12 77 D. Cassidy 66 Brandywell Stadium 990 Paul Tuite Report 13 August 2013 20:00 Shamrock Rovers 3–2 Sligo Rovers Sheppard 17McCabe 27 71 1 Djilali82 Elding Tallaght Stadium 1,500 Paul McLaughlin Report Final 2013 League of Ireland Cup final The final, which was broadcast live on Setanta Sports,EA SPORTS Cup final between Drogheda United and Shamrock Rovers confirmed for Tallaght Stadium http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/irish/2013/0814/468186-ea-cup/#idc-container 16 August 2013 RTÉ News 14 August 2013 took place at Tallaght Stadium, the home ground of finalists Shamrock Rovers, on 21 September 2013. The 2012 League of Ireland Cup Final was also contested by Drogheda United and Shamrock Rovers at Tallaght Stadium. 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.http://www.thescore.ie/shamrock-rovers-win-ea-sports-cup-1094469-Sep2013/ Shamrock Rovers defeat Drogheda to seal EA Sports Cup victory 21 September 2013 The Score 29 October 2013 https://archive.today/20131030094414/http://www.thescore.ie/shamrock-rovers-win-ea-sports-cup-1094469-Sep2013/ 30 October 2013 dead dmy-all http://www.goal.com/en-ie/match/124392/shamrock-rovers-vs-drogheda-united/report? Shamrock Rovers 2–0 Drogheda United 21 September 2013 Goal.com 29 October 2013http://www.shamrockrovers.ie/news/75/3389-rovers-v-drogheda-utd Shamrock Rovers 2–0 Drogheda United 21 September 2013 Shamrockrovers.com 29 October 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20150924101548/http://www.shamrockrovers.ie/news/75/3389-rovers-v-drogheda-utd 24 September 2015 dead dmy-all 21 September 2013 18:00 Drogheda United 0–2 Shamrock Rovers Prendergast 0 86 McCabe 11 pen.Stewart 58Oman 2 51 69 Tallaght Stadium, Dublin 3,820 Padraigh Sutton Report References 3 Cup 3 Category:League of Ireland Cup seasons