2007 FAI Cup

The FAI Cup 2007 was the 87th staging of The Football Association of Ireland Challenge Cup or FAI Cup. It was the first FAI Cup to be sponsored by Ford.

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.

Phoenix 5-1 College Corinthians

Cherry Orchard 2-0 Villa F.C.

Mayfield United 0-1 St. Mochtas

Celbridge Town 1-0 Killester United

Drogheda Town 0-1 St. John Bosco

Fanad United 2-0 Bangor Celtic

Kildrum Tigers 1-2 Malahide United

Douglas Hall 2-1 Crumlin United

Salthill Devon 1-0 Avondale United

Tolka Rovers 3-1 Belgrove

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.

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.

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	Bohemians
Keith Fahey 57'	(Report)	Darren Mansaram 25', 64'

Richmond Park, Dublin

Referee: Alan Kelly

21 September 2007
19:45

UCD
	(Report)	Conor Sammon 60'

The Brandywell, Derry

Attendance: 2,450

Referee: Damien Hancock

22 September 2007
19:30

Limerick 37
Dessie Baker 71' David Mooney 81' Jamie Duffy 90'	(Report)	John Tierney 85'

Flancare Park, Longford

Referee: Declan Haney

22 September 2007
19:45

Waterford United	1–1	Cork City
Dave Warren 10'	(Report)	Denis Behan 49'

Regional Sports Centre, Waterford

Attendance: 1,009

Referee: Pat Whelan

Replays

25 September 2007
19:45

Waterford United
Denis Behan 11', 35', 84' Liam Kearney 61'	(Report)

Turner's Cross, Cork

Referee: 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	Cork City
	(Report)	Liam Kearney 24', 77'

Dalymount Park, Dublin

Referee: Damien Hancock

28 October 2007
15:15

UCD	0 – 1	Longford Town
	(Report)	Robbie Martin 39'

Belfield Park, Dublin

Attendance: 1,250

Referee: Anthony Buttimer

Final

2 December 2007
15:30

Cork City	1 – 0	Longford Town
Denis Behan 60'

RDS, Dublin

Attendance: ~10,000^[1]

Referee: Dave McKeon

Player of the Round

References

External links

• FAI Website