2012 League of Ireland Cup

January 2015 January 2015 League of Ireland Cup 2012 EA Sports Cup Republic of Ireland Northern Ireland 22 Drogheda United Shamrock Rovers 2011 2013 The 2012 League of Ireland Cup, also known as the 2012 EA Sports Cup, is the 39th season of the Irish football knockout competition. A total of 22 teams entered the 2012 competition. The 12 League of Ireland Premier Division and 8 League of Ireland First Division clubs were joined by Ulster Senior League champions Fanad United and the Mayo League representative side. For the 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. The 2012 competition commenced with the First Round on 26 March 2012. Teams Pool 1Pool 2Pool 3Pool 4 Cork City Limerick St. Patrick's Athletic UCD Waterford United Wexford Youths Derry City Fanad United Finn Harps Mayo League Monaghan United Sligo Rovers Bray Wanderers Mervue United SD Galway Shamrock Rovers Shelbourne Athlone Town Bohemians Drogheda United Dundalk Longford Town First round The draw for the First Round took place on 7 March 2012.EA SPORTS Cup 2012 First Round draw confirmed http://www.airtricityleague.ie/matchzone/other-competitions/ea-sports-cup/3963-ea-sports-cup-2012-first-round-draw-confirmed airtricityleague.ie Airtricity League 7 March 2012 7 March 2012 https://archive.today/20120731123815/http://www.airtricityleague.ie/matchzone/other-competitions/ea-sports-cup/3963-ea-sports-cup-2012-first-round-draw-confirmed 31 July 2012 dead dmy-all The First Round games were played on 26 March 2012. |colspan="4" style="background-color:#99CCCC" align="center"|Pool 1 Cork City 5 − 1 Wexford Youths||Report Waterford United 1 − 6 UCD||Report |- |colspan="4" style="background-color:#99CCCC" align="center"|Pool 2 Finn Harps 2 − 0 Mayo League||Report Monaghan United 2 − 1 Fanad United||Report |- |colspan="4" style="background-color:#99CCCC" align="center"|Pool 3 Shelbourne 1 − 0 Mervue United||Report |- |colspan="4" style="background-color:#99CCCC" align="center"|Pool 4 Athlone Town 2 − 5 Drogheda United||Report |} Second round The draw for the Second Round took place on 27 March 2012.EA SPORTS Cup 2012 Second Round draw confirmed http://www.extratime.ie/newsdesk/articles/7700/ea-sports-2nd-round-draw-made/-confirmed extratime.ie Airtricity League 27 March 2012 27 March 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303223234/http://www.extratime.ie/newsdesk/articles/7700/ea-sports-2nd-round-draw-made/-confirmed 3 March 2016 dead dmy-all The Second Round games were played on 9/10 April 2012. |colspan="4" style="background-color:#99CCCC" align="center"|Pool 1 Limerick 3 − 0 Cork City||Report St Patrick's Athletic 2 − 1 UCD||Report |- |colspan="4" style="background-color:#99CCCC" align="center"|Pool 2 Derry City 4 − 0 Finn Harps||Report Sligo Rovers 3 − 1 Monaghan United||Report |- |colspan="4" style="background-color:#99CCCC" align="center"|Pool 3 SD Galway 0 − 2 Shamrock Rovers||Report Shelbourne 1 − 2 aet Bray Wanderers||Report |- |colspan="4" style="background-color:#99CCCC" align="center"|Pool 4 Drogheda United 1 − 1 aet4−3 pen. Bohemians||Report Longford Town 1 − 2 Dundalk||Report |} Quarterfinals The draw for the quarter-finals was made on 7 May 2012 on MNS on RTÉ Two.EA SPORTS Cup 2012 Quarter-final draw on MNS http://www.airtricityleague.ie/matchzone/ea-sports-cup/4047-ea-sports-cup-2012-quarter-final-draw-on-mns airtricityleague.ie Airtricity League 13 April 2012 13 April 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120828131016/http://www.airtricityleague.ie/matchzone/ea-sports-cup/4047-ea-sports-cup-2012-quarter-final-draw-on-mns 28 August 2012 dead dmy-all The quarterfinal games were played on 25/26 June 2012. 25 June 2012 19:45 Drogheda United 1 − 1 Dundalk Foley 33 54 Griffin Hunky Dorys Park Derek Tomney Report 3 − 2 Foley R. Brennan Hynes Marshall G. Brennan Mountney O'Neill Shields Walsh Griffin 25 June 2012 19:45 Bray Wanderers 1 − 3 Limerick Byrne 55 pen. 12 16 Coughlan21 Sheahan Carlisle Grounds Paul Tuite Report 26 June 2012 19:45 Sligo Rovers 4 − 0 Derry City Cretaro 50 82North 79 85 The Showgrounds 1,430 Rob Rogers Report 26 June 2012 19:45 St Patrick's Athletic 1 − 1 Shamrock Rovers S. O'Connor 27 7 Brennan Richmond Park 1,091 Damien Hancock Report 2 − 4 S. O'Connor Russell Chambers Daly McCabe O'Donnell Twigg Greene McCormack Semi finals The draw for the semi-finals was made on MNS on 9 July 2012.EA SPORTS Cup semi-final draw made http://www.airtricityleague.ie/matchzone/ea-sports-cup/4187-ea-sports-cup-semi-final-draw-made airtricityleague.ie Airtricity League 9 July 2012 9 July 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120826002340/http://www.airtricityleague.ie/matchzone/ea-sports-cup/4187-ea-sports-cup-semi-final-draw-made 26 August 2012 dead dmy-all 6 August 2012 15:00 Drogheda United 2 − 1 Sligo Rovers G. Brennan 26Mulvenna 29 60 Lynch Hunky Dorys Park Padraigh Sutton Report 6 August 2012 19:00 Shamrock Rovers 4 − 1 Limerick Gannon 23Kilduff 66 78Dennehy 90+2 87 Judge Tallaght Stadium 1,200 Paul Tuite Report Final 2012 League of Ireland Cup Final The final will be played on Saturday, 22 September 2012 in Tallaght Stadium, Dublin.http://www.airtricityleague.ie/matchzone/ea-sports-cup/4244-ea-sports-cup-final-confirmed-for-tallaght-stadium EA SPORTS Cup Final confirmed for Tallaght Stadium 10 August 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120828131026/http://www.airtricityleague.ie/matchzone/ea-sports-cup/4244-ea-sports-cup-final-confirmed-for-tallaght-stadium 28 August 2012 dead dmy-all 22 September 2012 17:45 Drogheda United 3 − 1 Report Shamrock Rovers O'Brien 33Gilbert 43 o.g.Foley 61Hynes 21McNally 73Prendergast 83 Brennan 59Kilduff 23Powell 0 72 Tallaght Stadium, Dublin Tom Connolly References External links Official website 2012 League of Ireland Cup at Soccerway Category:League of Ireland Cup seasons 3 Cup