2015 League of Ireland Cup

League of Ireland Cup 2015 EA Sports Cup Republic of Ireland 9 March – 19 September 24 St. Patrick's Athletic Galway United 23 2014 2016 The 2015 League of Ireland Cup, known for sponsorship reasons as the 2015 EA Sports Cup, was the 42nd 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. Teams Pool 1Pool 2Pool 3Pool 4 Cobh Ramblers Cork City * Limerick Waterford United * Wexford Youths UCC Cockhill Celtic * Derry City * Finn Harps Galway United Mayo League Sligo Rovers Bray Wanderers Crumlin United Drogheda United Dundalk * St Patrick's Athletic * Shelbourne Athlone Town Bohemians Cabinteely Longford Town * Shamrock Rovers * University College Dublin Clubs denoted with * received a bye into Second Round First round The draw for the First Round took place on 10 February 2015. http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/irish/2015/0210/679219-euro-clubs-receive-bye-in-ea-sports-cup/ Euro clubs receive bye in EA Sports Cup 10 February 2015 rte.ie The First Round games were played on 9 and 10 March 2015. 9 March 2015 19:45 Galway United 3–2 Finn Harps Padraic Cunningham 21Gary Shanahan 36Jake Keegan 66 (pen.) Brian McGroary 57Keith Cowan 75 Eamonn Deacy Park 250 (Est.) Robert Hennessy Report 9 March 2015 19:45 UCD 0–1 Shane O'Neill 90+3 Cabinteely UCD Bowl 206 Ben Connolly Report 10 March 2015 19:45 Bohemians 3–0 Athlone Town Marc Griffin 29Marc Griffin 44Jake Hyland 73 Dalymount Park 300 (Est.) Adriano Reale Report 10 March 2015 19:45 Drogheda United 0–1 Mark Sandford 49 Shelbourne Hunky Dorys Park ??? Tomas Connolly Report 10 March 2015 19:45 Sligo Rovers 8–0 Mayo League Morten Nielsen 27Gary Armstrong 45+1Gary Armstrong 50Sander Puri 56Rafaele Cretaro 60 (pen.)Liam Flatley 64Liam Flatley 85Liam Flatley 89 Showgrounds ??? Ray Matthews Report 10 March 2015 19:45 Wexford Youths 1–2 UCC Peter Higgins 86 Ian Mylod 17Ian Mylod 22 Ferrycarraig Park ??? Brian Nolan Report 10 March 2015 20:00 Cobh Ramblers 3–2 yes Limerick Ronan Stanton 5Ryan Goldsmith 95Kynan Rocks 98 Dean Clarke 14Paul O'Conor 105 St Colman's Park 200 (Est.) Anthony Matthews Report 10 March 2015 20:00 Crumlin United 4–2 Kevin Dempsey 26 (pen.)James Lee 29Greg Moorehouse 66Greg Moorehouse 88 Ryan McEvoy 6Graham Kelly 33 Bray Wanderers Pearse Park 100 (Est.) Paul Tuite Report Second round The draw for the second round took place on 18 March.http://www.goal.com/en-ie/news/3942/ireland/2015/03/18/9949242/ea-sports-cup-second-round-draw-sligo-rovers-to-host-derry EA Sports Cup second-round draw: Sligo Rovers to host Derry City - Goal.com www.goal.com The draw was regionalised, based on geographical pools. Ties were played on Monday 6 and Tuesday 7 April. 6 April 2015 15:00 Waterford United 0–2 Cork City Ross Gaynor 47 (pen.)Gavan Holohan 0 65Rob Lehane 78 RSC 408 Sean Grant Report 6 April 2015 16:00 Sligo Rovers 0–2 yes Daniel Ledwith 0 77 Seamus Sharkey 103Mark Timlin 113 Derry City Showgrounds 837 Ray Matthews Report 6 April 2015 15:00 Galway United 4–2 Cockhill Celtic Andy O'Connell 21 Ryan Connolly 41'Padraic Cunningham 58 66Gary Shanahan 71 James Bradley 4Mark Moran 90+1 Eamonn Deacy Park 200 (Est.) Robert Hennessey Report 6 April 2015 19:00 Cabinteely 0–2 Shamrock Rovers Sean O'Connor 58Brandon Miele 64 Stradbrook Road 1,000 (Est.) Adriano Reale Report 7 April 2015 19:45 Dundalk 1–0 Shelbourne John Mountney 11 Oriel Park 697 Rob Harvey Report 7 April 2015 19:45 Bohemians 3–1 Longford Town Jason Byrne 28James O'Brien 38Kealan Dillon 78 Ayman Ben Mohamed 13 Dalymount Park 440 David McKeon Report 7 April 2015 19:45 Crumlin United 1–4 St Patrick's Athletic Patrick Cannon 55 Sam Verdon 15Ross Carrig 67 (o.g.)James Chambers 71Sam Verdon 74 Richmond Park 487 Rob Rogers Report 7 April 2015 20:00 UCC 3–2 Cobh Ramblers Cian Hill 27Cian Murphy 52Sean O'Mahony 90+4 Robert Waters 88Robert Waters 90+3 The Mardyke 430 (Est.) Anthony Buttimer Report Quarter finals The draw for the quarter-finals took place on Wednesday 15 April. The draw was an open draw, following on from previous draws made on a regional basis. Ties were played Monday 18 and Tuesday 19 May. 18 May 2015 19:45 Galway United 1–0 yes Bohemians Jake Keegan 93 Eamonn Deacy Park 600 (Est.) Padraig Sutton Report 18 May 2015 20:00 UCC 0–5 Dundalk Ciaran O'Connor 3Jake Kelly 13Paddy Barrett 36Paddy Barrett 55Kurtis Byrne 78 The Mardyke 650 (Est.) David Keeler Report 19 May 2015 19:45 Cork City 1–1 yes Liam Kearney 64 Jack Bayly 60 Garry Buckley Mark O'Sullivan Ross Gaynor Billy Dennehy 3–5 Killian Brennan Conan Byrne James Chambers Conor McCormack Chris Forrester St Patrick's Athletic Turners Cross 930 Sean Grant Report 19 May 2015 19:45 Derry City 0–1 Shamrock Rovers Sean O'Connor 35 The Brandywell 750 (Est.) Rob Harvey Report Semi finals Ties were played Monday 3 August. 3 August 2015 16:00 Shamrock Rovers 0–0 yes Ryan Brennan 120+2 Killian Brennan 82Morgan Langley 120+2 Gary McCabe Danny North Michael Drennan David O'Connor 2–4 Killian Brennan Aaron Greene Conan Byrne James Chambers Ian Morris St Patrick's Athletic Tallaght Stadium 2,200 (Est.) Paul Tuite Report 3 August 2015 17:00 Galway United 0–0 yes Alex Byrne 113 Ronan Finn 44Darren Meenan 78 Stephen Walsh David O'Leary Jake Keegan Colm Horgan 4–2 Ronan Finn David McMillan Daryl Horgan John Mountney Dundalk Eamonn Deacy Park Ray Matthews Report Final 2015 League of Ireland Cup final The EA Sports Cup Final was played on Saturday 19 September. The match took place at Eamonn Deacy Park, following a coin-toss for home advantage, and was screened live on Setanta Sports. St Patrick's Athletic won the tie on penalties, following a scoreless draw.http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/league-of-ireland/st-patricks-athletic-crowned-ea-sports-cup-champions-after-penalty-drama-31541571.html St Patrick's Athletic crowned EA Sports Cup champions after penalty drama 19 September 2015 Irish Independent 30 October 2015http://www.goal.com/en-ie/match/galway-vs-st-patricks/2135276/report Galway United 0 St Patrick's Athletic 0 19 September 2015 Goal.com 30 October 2015http://www.irishmirror.ie/sport/soccer/st-patricks-athletic-scoop-ea-6478915 St Patrick's Athletic scoop EA Sports Cup for the third time in their history after penalty shootout win over Galway United 19 September 2015 Irish Mirror 30 October 2015 19 September 2015 18.05 Galway United 0–0 yes Ryan Connolly Jake Keegan Stephen Walsh Colm Horgan Andy O'Connell 3–4 Conan Byrne James Chambers Chris Fagan Ian Morris Sean Hoare St Patrick's Athletic* Eamonn Deacy Park 3,662 Paul McLaughlin Report References Cup 3 Category:League of Ireland Cup seasons