2007 FAI Cup

FAI Cup 2007 FAI Ford Cup Ireland Cork City Longford Town 2006 2008 The FAI Cup 2007 was the 87th staging of The Football Association of Ireland Challenge Cup or FAI Cup. The competition was sponsored by Ford, their first year sponsoring the FAI Cup after replacing Carlsberg as the main sponsor. 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. Tie noHome teamScoreAway team1Phoenix F.C.5–1College Corinthians2Cherry Orchard2–0Villa F.C.3Mayfield United0–1St. Mochta's4Celbridge Town1–0Killester United5Drogheda Town0–1St. John Bosco6Fanad United2–0Bangor Celtic7Kildrum Tigers1–2Malahide United8Douglas Hall2–1Crumlin United9Salthill Devon1–0Avondale United10Tolka Rovers3–1Belgrove 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 team1Longford Town1–0 Celbridge Town2Fanad United1–0 St. John Bosco17 June 2007 Fanad United 1-0 St John Bosco https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2007/0617/219112-fanad/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20260213212713/https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2007/0617/219112-fanad/ 2026-02-13 2026-02-13 RTE.ie en3Dundalk3–0Athlone Town4Limerick 371–1Wexford YouthsreplayWexford Youths0–1Limerick 375Phoenix0–4St Patrick's Athletic6Salthill Devon0–4UCD7Bray Wanderers7–0 St. Mochta's8Kildare County0–1Kilkenny City9Tolka Rovers2–2Waterford UnitedreplayWaterford United4–1Tolka Rovers10Derry City2–0Monaghan United11Galway United2–2Finn HarpsreplayFinn Harps0–0Galway UnitedFinn Harps won 4–2 on penalties12Douglas Hall4–1Cobh Ramblers13Shamrock Rovers2–3Sligo Rovers14Drogheda United0–1Bohemians15Malahide United2–1Cherry Orchard16Shelbourne0–1Cork 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 team1Finn Harps0–1Derry City2Limerick 371–1 Douglas HallreplayDouglas Hall0–1Limerick 373Dundalk1–2UCD4Waterford United1–1Sligo RoversreplaySligo Rovers2–2Waterford UnitedWaterford United won 4–3 on penalties5Bray Wanderers1–2St Patrick's Athletic6Longford Town2–0Fanad United7Malahide United0–1Bohemians8Cork 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. 24 September 2007 19:45 St Patrick's Athletic 1–2 http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2007/0924/stpatsbohemians.html Bohemians Keith Fahey 57 Darren Mansaram 25, 64 Richmond Park, Dublin Alan Kelly 21 September 2007 19:45 Derry City 0–1 https://web.archive.org/web/20071012145844/http://rte.ie/sport/soccer/2007/0921/derryucd.html UCD Conor Sammon 60 The Brandywell, Derry 2,450 Damien Hancock 22 September 2007 19:30 Longford Town 3–1 http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2007/0922/faicup.html Limerick 37 Dessie Baker 71David Mooney 81Jamie Duffy 90 John Tierney 85 Flancare Park, Longford Declan Haney 22 September 2007 19:45 Waterford United 1–1 http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2007/0922/waterfordcork.html Cork City Dave Warren 10 Denis Behan 49 Regional Sports Centre, Waterford 1,009 Pat Whelan Replays 25 September 2007 19:45 Cork City 4–0 http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2007/0925/corkwaterford.html Waterford United Denis Behan 11, 35, 84Liam Kearney 61 Turner's Cross, Cork Pat Whelan 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. 26 October 2007 19:35 Bohemians 0–2 http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2007/1026/corkcity.html Cork City Liam Kearney 24, 77 Dalymount Park, Dublin Damien Hancock 28 October 2007 15:15 UCD 0–1 http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2007/1028/ucdlongfordtown.html Longford Town Robbie Martin 39 Belfield Park, Dublin 1,250 Anthony Buttimer Final 2007 FAI Cup final 2 December 2007 15:30 Cork City 1–0 Longford Town Denis Behan 60 RDS, Dublin ~10,000RTÉ Sport: Cork City 1-0 Longford Town Dave McKeon Winner of FAI Cup 2007Cork City2nd Title Player of the Round {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%" !Round !Name !Position !Club |- |align="center"|1 |align="left"| John Lawlor |Defender |Malahide United |- |align="center"|2 |align="left"| Brendan Sweeney |Midfielder | Douglas Hall |- |align="center"|3 |align="left"| Daryl Kavanagh |Striker |Waterford United |- |align="center"|Quarter-Finals |align="left"| Conor Sammon |Striker |UCD |- |} References External links FAI Website 2007 2