2011 FAI Cup

The 2011 FAI Senior Challenge Cup, also known as the 2011 FAI Ford Cup, is the 91st season of the national football competition of the Republic of Ireland. The winners of the competition will earn spots in both the second qualifying round[1] of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League and the 2012 Setanta Sports Cup.

2011 FAI Cup
FAI Ford Cup
Country Republic of Ireland
Teams45
ChampionsSligo Rovers
Runners-upShelbourne
2010
2012

A total of 45 teams competed in the 2011 competition which commenced on the weekend ending on 20 March 2011. The 21 teams entered from the 2011 League of Ireland Premier and First divisions received byes into the Third round stage while the remaining 24 teams entered at the First and Second round stages with all but four of these teams receiving byes into the Second round. These 24 teams composed of four 2011 A Championship non-reserve clubs, the sixteen clubs from the Fourth round of the 2010–11 FAI Intermediate Cup and the semifinalists of the 2010–11 FAI Junior Cup.

Teams

RoundClubs
remaining
Clubs
involved
Winners from
previous round
New entries
this round
Leagues entering at this round
First round454none4Leinster Senior League
Second round4322220A Championship
Munster Senior League
Ulster Senior League
Third round32321121Premier Division
First Division
Fourth round161616nonenone
Quarter-Finals888nonenone
Semi-Finals444nonenone
Final222nonenone

Calendar

The calendar for the 2011 FAI Cup, as announced by Football Association of Ireland.

RoundMain dateNumber of fixturesClubsNew entries this roundPrize money
First round20 March 2011245 → 434: 42nd–45thn/a
Second round17 April 20111143 → 3220: 22nd–41stn/a
Third round3 June 20111632 → 1621: 1st–21stn/a
Fourth round26 August 2011816 → 8nonen/a
Quarter-Finals18 September 201148 → 4nonen/a
Semi-Finalsn/a24 → 2nonen/a
Finaln/a12 → 1noneWinner €50,000
runner – up €25,000

Preliminary rounds

First round

The draw for this round was conducted by FAI President Paddy McCaul and former player Paul Whelan at the FAI headquarters in Abbotstown on 7 March 2011.[2] Only four of the 24 non-League of Ireland clubs participated in this round, with the remaining 20 clubs earning a bye to the Second round. The matches were played on the weekend ending 20 March 2011.

20 March 2011 Drumcondra 1–1 Glebe North Plunkett College VEC Ground
14:00 IST Mullins  58' Report Foley  48' Referee: Anthony Redmond
28 March 2011 Replay Glebe North 2–0DrumcondraMarket Green
19:45 IST Barrett  68 ',  78' Report
28 March 2011 ReplayBluebell United0–2 Bangor Celtic Capco Park
14:00 IST Report Brennan  21', 67'

Second round

Like for the First round, the draw for this round was conducted by FAI President Paddy McCaul and former player Paul Whelan at the FAI headquarters in Abbotstown on 7 March 2011.[2] The two winners from the First round joined the remaining 20 non-League of Ireland clubs in this round. The matches were played on the weekend ending 17 April 2011.

17 April 2011 St. Michael's0–2 Crumlin United Frank Cooke Park
15:00 IST Cosgrove  24' Report Meade  70'
Griffiths  71'
Lee  73'
17 April 2011 Greystones 1–1 Bangor Celtic Archfield
14:30 IST Report
17 April 2011 Everton AFC 2–0Fanad UnitedEverton Park
14:00 IST Report
17 April 2011 College Corinthians0–1 Sheriff Y.C. Corinthians Park
14:30 IST Report Murphy  16'
16 April 2011 Tralee Dynamos 0–0 Youghal United Mount Hawk Park
14:00 IST Report
23 April 2011 Replay Youghal United 2–1Tralee DynamosArdrath Park
15:00 IST Report
15 April 2011 Rockmount1–4 New Ross Celtic Rockmount Park
19:30 IST O'Callaghan  85' Report Phelan  55'
O'Neill  60'
Farrell  70'
Lee  87'
17 April 2011 Sacred Heart 2–1FC CarlowKillinarden Hall
14:00 IST Report
17 April 2011 Avondale United 1–1 Pike Rovers Avondale Park
14:30 IST O'Donoghue  73' (own goal) Report Hanrahan  87'
1 May 2011 Replay Pike Rovers 3–2Avondale UnitedPike Rovers Ground
14:30 IST Moloney  22'
Hartnett  43'
Colbert  55'
Report Cronin  7'
O'Sullivan  25'
17 April 2011 Belgrove0–1 Midleton St. Paul's College
14:00 IST Report Duggan  85'
16 April 2011 Cobh Ramblers1–2 Cherry Orchard St Colman's Park
15:00 IST Meade  43' Report McNeill  48' (pen)
Crowther  76'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Alan Kelly
17 April 2011 Glebe North0–1 Douglas Hall Market Green
14:00 IST Report Varian  1'

Third round

In this round, the 21 clubs of the 2011 League of Ireland will be joined by the 11 winners of the Second round.[2] The draw for the third round was made on 9 May 2011 on Monday Night Soccer on RTÉ Two.[3] The Third round games will be played on the weekend ending 5 June 2011.

3 June 2011 Salthill Devon1–2 Sheriff Y.C. Drom Clubhouse
19:45 IST Quinlan  74' Report Rock  51', 63' Referee: Conor Fitzgerald
3 June 2011 Drogheda United 4–0Mervue UnitedHunky Dorys Park
19:45 IST Hanaphy  7'
Corcoran  76'
Freeman  83', 84'
Report Referee: Derek Tomney
3 June 2011 Waterford United 3–0New Ross CelticRSC
19:45 IST Murphy  39', 57'
Wilson  84'
Report Attendance: 615
Referee: Padraig Sutton
3 June 2011 Cherry Orchard1–2 UCD UCD Bowl
19:45 IST McNevin  80' Report Russell  34'
Doyle  67'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Damien Hancock
3 June 2011 Monaghan United 4–1Everton A.F.C.Kingspan Century Park
20:00 IST O'Brien  20', 22', 85'
Brennan  35'
Report Collins  83' (own goal) Referee: Darren Coombes
3 June 2011 Wexford Youths 4–1Derry CityFerrycarrig Park
20:00 IST Furlong  32', 47' (penalty), 80'
Ryan  71'
Report Zayed  90' Attendance: 200
Referee: Jim McKell
3 June 2011 Crumlin United0–3 St Patrick's Athletic Richmond Park (football ground)
19:45 IST Loughran  59' Report Shortall  16'
McMillan  33'
Carroll  66'
Attendance: 700
Referee: Neil Doyle
5 June 2011 Greystones1–3 Shelbourne Archfield
14:30 IST McClug  2' Report Boyle  29'
Cassidy  48'
Byrne  59'
Attendance: 600
Referee: Richie Winter
5 June 2011 Sacred Heart2–4 Limerick Killinarden Hall
15:30 IST Weafer  48'
Lowry  58'
Report Brosnan  22', 40'
O'Connor  45'
Quinn  85'
Referee: Phil Caschera
3 June 2011 Sligo Rovers 3–2Pike RoversThe Showgrounds
19:45 IST McGuinness  61', 67'
Cretaro  71'
Report Carroll  58'
Ryan  85'
Attendance: 965
Referee: Paul McLaughlin
3 June 2011 Bohemians 3–0Douglas HallDalymount Park
19:45 IST Flood  12'
Traynor  77'
Bayly  84'
Report Attendance: 500
Referee: Rob Rogers
5 June 2011 Dundalk 4–1Galway UnitedOriel Park
15:00 IST Bennett  19'
Breen  45'
Quigley  75' (penalty)
Kearns  76'
Report Murphy  13'
Kelly  93'
Attendance: 576
Referee: Paul Tuite
3 June 2011 Longford Town 0–0 Finn Harps Flancare Park
20:00 IST Report McHugh  56' Attendance: 300
Referee: John McLoughlin
6 June 2011 ReplayFinn Harps0–1 Longford Town Finn Park
19:45 IST Report Salmon  82' Attendance: 300
Referee: John McLoughlin
3 June 2011 Midleton0–2 Cork City Knockgriffin Industrial Park
19:45 IST Report Cummins  53' (penalty)
Sullivan  59'
Attendance: 1,600
Referee: Anthony Buttimer
3 June 2011 Shamrock Rovers 4–0Athlone TownTallaght Stadium
20:00 IST McCabe  12'
Turner  46'
Dean Kelly  75'
Billy Dennehy  82'
Report Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Tom Connolly
5 June 2011 Youghal United1–3 Bray Wanderers Ardrath Park
15:00 IST Clohessy  34' Report Mulroy  8', 57'
Murphy  14'
Referee: Graham Kelly

Fourth round

The draw for the fourth round was made on 13 July 2011 on Monday Night Soccer.

29 August 2011 Shamrock Rovers 2–2 UCD Tallaght Stadium
20:00 IST Sheppard  61'
Kilduff  70'
Flynn  80'
Report Belhout  74'
Creevy  81'
Attendance: 2,484
Referee: Tom Connolly
5 September 2011 ReplayUCD0–6 Shamrock Rovers UCD Bowl
19:45 IST Leahy  25' Report Dennehy  4' (41), 71'
Turner  18'
McCabe  25' (pen)
O'Neill  91'
Referee: Dave McKeown
26 August 2011 Waterford United0–3 St Patrick's Athletic RSC
19:45 IST Report Kavanagh  17', 20'
Bradley  47' (pen)
Attendance: 721
Referee: Anthony Buttimer
26 August 2011 Bray Wanderers0–4 Limerick Carlisle Grounds
19:45 IST O'Connor  74'
Mitchell  74'
Report Quinn  42', 90'
Behan  75' (pen)
Coughlan  86'
Attendance: 250
Referee: Rob Rogers
27 August 2011 Longford Town1–3 Bohemians Flancare Park
19:30 IST Walsh  13' Report Downes  34'
Deans  52' (Own goal)
Brennan  81'
Attendance: 700
Referee: Richie Winter
26 August 2011 Wexford Youths0–1 Cork City Ferrycarrig Park
20:00 IST Broaders  90' Report O'Neill  73'
27 August 2011 Sligo Rovers 0–0 Monaghan United Showgrounds
19:45 IST Clarke  61' Report Quinn  75' Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Paul Tuite
31 August 2011 ReplayMonaghan United0–4 Sligo Rovers Kingspan Century Park
20:00 IST  23' Peers
 30', 86' Greene
 51' Kirby
26 August 2011 Sheriff Y.C.0–31 Shelbourne Tolka Park
20:00 IST Report Attendance: 1,538
Referee: Darren Coombes
26 August 2011 Drogheda United 1–1 Dundalk Hunky Dorys Park
19:45 IST Rogers  5'
Quigley  45'
Report Quigley  45' (pen) Referee: Damien Hancock
30 August 2011 Replay Dundalk 2–1Drogheda UnitedOriel Park
19:45 IST Ward  25'
Quigley  29'
 90+3' White
  • Note 1: After a 3–2 victory for Sheriff Y.C. they were subsequently found to have fielded an ineligible player and were ejected from the cup. Shelbourne were awarded a 3–0 victory and qualified for the Quarter-Finals.[4][5]

Final rounds

Quarter Finals Semi Finals Final
         
Dundalk 0 0
Bohemians 0 1
Bohemians 0
Sligo Rovers 1
Cork City 0
St. Patrick's Athletic 1
Sligo Rovers 4 (pen)
Shelbourne 1
Sligo Rovers 1
Shamrock Rovers 0
St. Patrick's Athletic 1 1
Shelbourne 1 3
Shelbourne 4
Limerick 3

Quarter finals

The draw for the Quarter-Finals, conducted by Vice President of FAI, Tony Fitzgerald and Women's Irish national football team manager Susan Ronan, took place on 29 August 2011 on Monday Night Soccer. Fixtures took place on the weekend of 18 September 2011.

16 September 2011 Dundalk 0–0 Bohemians Oriel Park
19:45 IST
20 September 2011 Replay Bohemians 1–0 (a.e.t.)DundalkDalymount Park
19:45 IST  108' Flood  76' Bennett
3 October 2011 Shelbourne 4–3LimerickTolka Park
Hughes  19', 46', 76'
Bawdarkar  27' (o.g.)
Frost  54'
Sheedy  79', 89'

Semifinals

The draw for the semi-finals was conducted by Paul Osam and FAI President Paddy McCaul during Monday Night Soccer on 26 September 2011, after the first 3 games, but before the Shelbourne v Limerick game. Ties will be played on the weekend of 14 and 16 October 2011.

14 October 2011 Shelbourne 1–1 St Patrick's Athletic Tolka Park, Dublin
19:35 IST Hughes  72'
James  43'
Report North  40'
17 October 2011 ReplaySt Patrick's Athletic1–3 Shelbourne Richmond Park, Dublin
19:35 IST E. McMillan  14'
Rogers  28'
Report Dawson  31' (pen.)
D. McGill  48'
Cassidy  86'
16 October 2011 Bohemians0–1 Sligo Rovers Dalymount Park, Dublin
15:30 IST Report McGuinness  73'

Final

6 November 2011 Shelbourne 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(1–4 p)
Sligo Rovers Aviva Stadium, Dublin
15:30 CEST Hughes  33'
Clancy  36'
Report  48' Davoren Referee: Richie Winter (Wicklow)
Penalties
Bermingham
Dawson
James
Doyle
Ryan
Keane
Cretaro

References

  1. 2012/13 Access list Bert Kassies' Site
  2. "FAI Ford Cup First and Second round draws". Football Association of Ireland. Retrieved 11 March 2011.
  3. Big Guns Kept Apart In FAI Cup Draw Archived 11 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine – RTE.ie
  4. "Shels reinstated to the FAI Cup". extratime.ie. 13 September 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
  5. "Shelbourne FC back in FAI Ford Cup". shelbournefc.ie. 13 September 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
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