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2008 FAI Cup

FieldValue
titleFAI Cup
year2008
other_titlesFAI Ford Cup
countryRepublic of Ireland
championsBohemians
runner-upDerry City
prevseason2007
nextseason2009

| runner-up = Derry City The 2008 FAI Cup, known as the FAI Ford Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the 88th staging of the Republic of Ireland's primary national cup competition. It featured teams from the League of Ireland Premier Division, First Division and A Championship, as well as teams from the regional leagues of the Republic of Ireland football league system.

The FAI Ford Cup officially kicked off in late March 2008, when four clubs from the Intermediate and Junior leagues battled it out in the first round for the opportunity to join 18 A Championship, Intermediate and Junior clubs in the second round. This was the second season that the competition was sponsored by Ford.

The ten winners of the second round ties were joined in the Third Round by 12 Premier Division and 10 First Division clubs.

The competition ran until late November, with the final taking place on Sunday, 23 November 2008 at the RDS.

First round

Fixtures were played on the weekend of Sunday 30 March 2008.

Tie noHome teamScoreAway team
1Fanad United2–0Carrigaline United
2Douglas Hall4–0Castlebar Celtic

Second round

Fixtures were played on the weekend of Sunday 20 April 2008.

Tie noHome teamScoreAway team
1Corduff0–11St. Mary's
2Avondale United0–1Drogheda Town
3Douglas Hall1–0Belgrove
4Crumlin United0–0Liffeys Pearse
replay*Liffeys Pearse*2–0Crumlin United
5Salthill Devon0–1Rockmount
6Killester United2–1Bangor Celtic
7Swilly Rovers1–4Wayside Celtic
8St. James Gate2–3Carrick United
9Everton3–1Tullamore Town
10Lissadel United0–2Fanad United

1Played on April 13, 2008, as Corduff FC gave up home advantage in tie due to unavailability of side on April 20.

Third round

Matches played on the weekend of Sunday, 8 June 2008. The draw took place on Monday, 12 May 2008 and was made by Giovanni Trapattoni and Marco Tardelli, and televised live on RTÉ Two.

Tie noHome teamScoreAway team
1Wexford Youths0–0Killester United
replayKillester United1–2*Wexford Youths*
2Galway United1–0Waterford United
3Douglas Hall0–3Drogheda United
4Everton0–2Carrick United
5Shelbourne0–3Dundalk
6Rockmount0–3Bray Wanderers
7Monaghan United0–0UCD
replayUCD0–1*Monaghan United*
8Limerick 370–2Cork City
9St Patrick's Athletic2–1Longford Town
10Kildare County3–0Fanad United
11Athlone Town2–1Finn Harps
12Derry City2–0Liffeys Pearse
13Sporting Fingal2–0Cobh Ramblers
14Bohemians3–0Drogheda Town
15Shamrock Rovers2–1Sligo Rovers
16St Mary's0–1Wayside Celtic

Fourth round

Matches played on the weekend of Sunday, 17 August 2008. The draw place on Monday, 7 July 2008 and televised live on RTÉ Two.

Tie noHome teamScoreAway team
1Bray Wanderers0–0Dundalk
replayDundalk1–3*Bray Wanderers*
2Shamrock Rovers0–1Cork City
3Galway United4–1Athlone Town
4Carrick United1–3Sporting Fingal
5Wayside Celtic1–0Monaghan United
6Derry City6–0Kildare County
7Bohemians1–0Drogheda United
8Wexford Youths1–3St Patrick's Athletic

Quarter-finals

Matches were played on the weekend of Sunday, 14 September 2008. The draw took place on Monday, 25 August 2008 and was made by Turlough O'Connor and David Flood, and televised live on RTÉ Two.

P. Byrne James Dempsey

J. Byrne McGuinness Fenn Crowe

Quarter-final replays

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Fitzpatrick

Semi-finals

Matches were played on the weekend of Sunday, 26 October 2008. The draw took place on Monday, 29 September 2008 and was made by John Ryan and David Flood, and televised live on RTÉ Two.

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Final

Main article: 2008 FAI Cup final

The 2008 FAI Cup final took place on Sunday 23 November 2008 at the RDS, Dublin.

J. Byrne O'Donnell Deegan Rossiter Kalonas McHugh Deery Higgins

References

References

  1. (2006-08-21). "FAI announces Ford sponsorship deal". RTÉ Sport.
  2. "FAI Cup final confirmed for RDS".
  3. "Fanad United 2 - 0 Carrigaline United - PREVIEW {{!}} 2008 FAI CUP First Round {{!}} extratime.com - The Home of Irish Football".
  4. "RTÉ Sport: Wexford Youths 0-0 Killester United".
  5. "RTÉ Sport: Killester United 1-2 Wexford Youths".
  6. (2008-06-06). "Galway United 1-0 Waterford United".
  7. (2008-06-06). "Douglas Hall 0-3 Drogheda United".
  8. (9 Jun 2008). "Everton 0-2 Carrick United".
  9. (2008-06-06). "Shelbourne 0-3 Dundalk".
  10. "Shelbourne 0 - 3 Dundalk - STATS {{!}} 2008 FAI CUP Third Round {{!}} extratime.com - The Home of Irish Football - extratime.com".
  11. (2008-06-08). "Rockmount 0-3 Bray Wanderers".
  12. "Rockmount 0-3 Bray Wanderers".
  13. (2008-06-06). "Monaghan United 0-0 UCD".
  14. (24 June 2008). "UCD 0-1 Monaghan United". RTÉ Sport.
  15. "UCD 0 - 1 Monaghan United - REPORT {{!}} 2008 FAI CUP Third Round {{!}} extratime.com - The Home of Irish Football".
  16. "RTÉ Sport: Limerick 37 0-2 Cork City".
  17. (2008-06-06). "St Patrick's Athletic 2-1 Longford Town".
  18. (24 June 2008). "Kildare County 3-0 Fanad United". RTÉ Sport.
  19. (2008-06-06). "Athlone Town 2-1 Finn Harps".
  20. (2008-06-06). "Derry City 2-0 Liffeys Pearse".
  21. (2008-06-06). "Sporting Fingal 2-0 Cobh Ramblers".
  22. (2008-06-06). "Bohemians 3-0 Drogheda Town".
  23. (8 June 2008). "Shamrock Rovers 2-1 Sligo Rovers". RTÉ Sport.
  24. (7 June 2008). "St Mary's 0-1 Wayside Celtic". RTÉ Sport.
  25. "Ireland 2008".
  26. (23 November 2008). "Bohs win FAI Ford Cup Final on penalty shoot-out". Football Association of Ireland.
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