2007 FAI Cup
The FAI Cup 2007 is the 84th staging of The Football Association of Ireland Challenge Cup or FAI Cup. This season's edition was the first 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 is scheduled to run until late November, with the final due to take place on Sunday, November 25th.
First Round
Fixtures played weekend April 22nd
Phoenix F.C. 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
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.
| Tie no | Home team | Score | Away team | ||||
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| 1 | Longford Town | 1-0 |
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| 2 | Fanad United | 1-0 | St. John Bosco | ||||
| 3 | Dundalk | 3-0 |
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| 4 | Limerick 37 | 1-1 | Wexford Youths | ||||
| replay | Wexford Youths | 0-1 | Limerick 37 | ||||
| 5 | Phoenix | 0-4 | St Patrick's Athletic | ||||
| 6 | Salthill Devon | 0-4 |
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7-0 |
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| 8 | Kildare County | 0-1 |
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| 9 | Tolka Rovers | 2-2 | Waterford United | ||||
| replay | Waterford United | 4-1 | Tolka Rovers | ||||
| 10 | Derry City | 2-0 | Monaghan United | ||||
| 11 | Galway United | 2-2 | Finn Harps | ||||
| replay | Finn Harps | 0-0 | Galway United | ||||
| Finn Harps won 4-2 on penalties | |||||||
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4-1 | Cobh Ramblers | ||||
| 13 | Shamrock Rovers | 2-3 | Sligo Rovers | ||||
| 14 | Drogheda United | 0-1 | Bohemians | ||||
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2-1 | Cherry Orchard | ||||
| 16 | Shelbourne | 0-1 | Cork 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 no | Home team | Score | Away team | ||
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| 1 | Finn Harps | 0-1 | Derry City | ||
| 2 | Limerick 37 | 1-1 |
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0-1 | Limerick 37 | ||
| 3 | Dundalk | 1-2 |
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| 4 | Waterford United | 1-1 | Sligo Rovers | ||
| replay | Sligo Rovers | 2-2 | Waterford United | ||
| Waterford United won 4-3 on penalties | |||||
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1-2 | St Patrick's Athletic | ||
| 6 | Longford Town | 2-0 | Fanad United | ||
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0-1 | Bohemians | ||
| 8 | Cork City | 5-1 |
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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.
| St Patrick's Athletic File:Pats-crest.jpg | 1– 2 | File:CrestBohsSmall.gif Bohemians |
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Keith Fahey  57' |
(Report) | Darren Mansaram 25', 64' |
Attendance:
Referee: Alan Kelly
| Derry City File:Derrycityfc.png | 0–1 | 
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| (Report) | Conor Sammon 60' |
Attendance: 2,450
Referee: Damien Hancock
| Longford Town File:LongfordTownFC.png | 3–1 | File:Limerick 37 FC.jpg Limerick 37 |
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| Dessie Baker 71' Dave Mooney 81'Jamie Duffy 90' |
(Report) | John Tierney 85' |
Attendance:
Referee: Declan Haney
| Waterford United | 1–1 | File:Cork City FC.png Cork City |
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| Dave Warren 10' |
(Report) | Denis Behan 49' |
Attendance: 1,009
Referee: Pat Whelan
Replays
| Cork City File:Cork City FC.png | 4– 0 | Waterford United |
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| Denis Behan 11', 35', 84' Liam Kearney 61' |
(Report) |
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 McDonald and was televised live on RTÉ One.
| Bohemians File:CrestBohsSmall.gif | 0–2 | File:Cork City FC.png Cork City |
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| (Report) | Liam Kearney 24', 77' |
Attendance:
Referee: Damien Hancock
| – | File:LongfordTownFC.png Longford Town | ||
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Attendance:
Referee:
Final
The Football Association of Ireland announced that the 2007 FAI Ford Cup Final will take place at the RDS Grounds, Dublin, on Sunday, December the 2nd.
The venue will have a capacity of 18,000 of which 16,500 are seated.
The final will be screened live by RTE and the kick-off time will be announced at a later date.
It will be the debut appearance of an FAI Ford Cup Final at the Ballsbridge venue but is not the first time the RDS has hosted soccer. It was home to Shamrock Rovers during the 1990s, and also hosted a senior international between Ireland and Wales. There are four clubs – Bohemians, Cork City, Longford Town and UCD – left in this season’s competition.
Player of the Round
| Round | Name | Position | Club | ||
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| 1 | John Lawlor
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Defender |
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| 2 | Brendan Sweeney
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Midfielder |
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| 3 | Daryl Kavanagh
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Striker | Waterford United | ||
| Quarter-Finals | Conor Sammon
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Striker |
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