FAI Junior Cup

The FAI Junior Cup is a cup competition organized by the Football Association of Ireland for junior association football clubs from the Republic of Ireland. The inaugural winners were Brideville.[2][3] The competition's most successful club is Fairview Rangers of the Limerick & District League who have been winners nine times.[1] According to the FAI, the FAI Junior Cup is one of the largest national amateur cup competitions in Europe. The 2012–13 competition saw an estimated 600 clubs enter the cup.[4] The competition also serves a qualifier for the senior FAI Cup with the four semi-finalists all invited to take part in the FAI Cup.

FAI Junior Cup
Organising bodyFootball Association of Ireland
Founded1923
Region Ireland
Current championsFairview Rangers
Most successful club(s)Fairview Rangers
(9 titles)[1]
Television broadcastersTG4
Setanta Sports
Irish TV
eir Sport
WebsiteFAI Junior Cup @ www.fai.ie

History

League of Ireland

The cup's first winners were Brideville who beat Cobh Ramblers in the inaugural 1923–24 final. Brideville and Cobh Ramblers also became the first of several future League of Ireland members to feature in an FAI Junior Cup final. Sligo Rovers, Evergreen United, St Patrick's Athletic, Bray Wanderers, Home Farm, Finn Harps and St Francis all won the cup before joining the national league. Drogheda United were finalists on four occasions but never winners while Athlone Town won the cup twice during the 1930s after dropping out of the League of Ireland.[2][3][5]

Recent finals

On 2 June 2013 the FAI Junior Cup final was played at the Aviva Stadium for the first time. It was played before a friendly international between the Republic of Ireland and Georgia.[4] In 2013 Aviva joined Umbro as sponsors of the FAI Junior Cup and as part of the arrangement all the finals since then have been played at the Aviva Stadium. Sheriff Y.C. became the first club to win the cup following a final at the Aviva.[2][6] The 2014–15 and 2015–16 finals were both played as double headers along with the FAI Intermediate Cup finals.[7][8]

Television coverage

TV coverage debuted on TG4 and Setanta Sports in 2014 from the quarter-finals stage. Irish TV replaced TG4 as free-to-air broadcaster in 2015, and all three channels showed coverage in 2016, again from the quarter-finals stage.

In a major change, the 2016–17 season saw coverage begin with the third round in October, running on the newly-renamed eir Sport, IrishTV until its closure in March 2017, and TG4 from the quarter-finals stage.

List of finals
Date Winner Score Runners-up Venue
2019–20 Fairview Rangers 1-0 Usher Celtic Eamon Deacy Park
2018–19St. Michael's1–0Sheriff Y.C.Eamon Deacy Park
2017–18North End United1–1 [note 1]Pike RoversAviva Stadium
2016–17Sheriff Y.C.2–0EvergreenAviva Stadium
2015–16Sheriff Y.C.[9]1–0Pike RoversAviva Stadium
2014–15Liffey Wanderers[7]2–1 [note 2]Sheriff Y.C.Aviva Stadium
2013–14St. Michael's[10]2–0Ballynanty Rovers (Limerick)Aviva Stadium
2012–13Sheriff Y.C.[11]0–0 [note 3]Kilbarrack UnitedAviva Stadium
2011–12Sheriff Y.C.[12]3–1Kilbarrack UnitedTolka Park
2010–11Pike Rovers[13]2–1St. Michael'sTurners Cross
2009–10Fairview Rangers[14]0–0 [note 4]St. Michael'sTurners Cross
2008–09Ballymun United[15]2–0St. Peter's (Athlone)Tolka Park
2007–08Carrick United (Waterford)[16]2–1Killester UnitedWaterford RSC
2006–07Killester United3–0St John Bosco
2005–06Waterford Crystal1–0AthenryTerryland Park
2004–05Westport United2–0[17][18]Waterford CrystalBuckley Park
2003–04Fairview RangersCarrick United
2002–03Fairview RangersPortmarnock FC
2001–02Fairview Rangers3–0St Michael's FC
2000–01Ballymun UnitedSt Kevin's Boys
1999–2000Portmarnock2-0St Michael's FCTolka Park
1998–99Fairview RangersBallymun United
1997–98Fairview RangersWaterford Crystal
1996–97Fairview RangersPortmarnock FC
1995–96Bohemians (Waterford)Mungret Regional
1994–95Cherry Orchard |1.1(pens)|Kilmore United
1993–94Clonmel Town[19]5–1New Ross Celtic
1992–93Kinvara BoysSt. Kevin's Boys
1991–92Neilstown RangersRosemount
1990–91Cherry Orchard |1.0|Donaghmede Celtic
1989–90Cherry Orchard |2.0|Avenue United (Clare)
1988–89Tolka RoversWaterford Bohemians
1987–88Usher CelticBeggsboro
1986–87Cherry Orchard |1.0|Temple United (Cork)
1985–86Cherry Orchard |2.0|Usher Celtic
1984–85Cherry Orchard |2.1|St. Kevin's Boys
1983–84BeggsboroEvergreen (Kilkenny)
1982–83St FrancisBallynanty Rovers (Limerick)
1981–82Cherry Orchard 2.0Diamond Celtic
1980–81St Teresa'sBelgrave
1979–80East Wall UnitedArbour United
1978–79St. Patrick's C.Y.M.S.East Wall United
1977–78Inchicore [note 5]3.0Cherry Orchard
1976–77Dunleary CelticDingle United
1975–76Whitehall Rangers2-0Ballynanty Rovers (Limerick)
1974–75Dunleary CelticArbour United
1973–74St. Michael'sTolka Rovers
1972–73Tolka RoversSt. Patrick's C.Y.M.S.
1971–72Talbot UnitedSt. Mary's (Cork)
1970–71Hoganville (Dublin)Caledonians (Limerick)
1969–70Caledonians (Limerick)Tolka Rovers
1968–69St FrancisTalbot United
1967–68Finn HarpsTelephones United (Dublin)
1966–67Swilly Rovers (Donegal)Orchard United (Dublin)
1965–66East Wall UnitedEverton (Cork)
1964–65Fairview Rangers (Limerick)Douglas (Cork)
1963–64East Wall UnitedSwilly Rovers (Donegal)
1962–63T.E.K. UnitedBlackrock (Cork)
1961–62Swilly Rovers (Donegal)Castleview (Cork)
1960–61Valley UnitedHibernians (Waterford)
1959–60Pearse RangersHibernians (Waterford)
1958–59St SavioursGlenmore Celtic
1957–58VirginiansSwilly Rovers (Donegal)
1956–57BelgroveVirginians
1955–56Grange UnitedBohemians (Waterford)
1954–55Home FarmBelgrove
1953–54Bray Wanderers[20]1–0IerneDalymount Park
1952–53Evergreen (Waterford)Swilly Rovers (Donegal)
1951–52RathfarnhamBohemians (Waterford)
1950–51Bray Wanderers[20]2–1Drogheda UnitedDalymount Park
1949–50Griffith RangersIrish Raleigh
1948–49RathfarnhamCaledonians (Limerick)
1947–48St Paul's (Cork)Pike Rovers
1946–47Hibernians (Waterford)Iona C.Y.M.S. (Dublin)
1945–46St. Patrick's C.Y.M.S.Rathfarnham
1944–45Rockville (Cork)Wembley Rovers (Limerick)
1943–44Coastal Defence (Cork)Drogheda United
1942–43No competition
1941–42Distillery B (Dublin)Drogheda United
1940–41St Patrick's AthleticGalway Bohemians
1939–40Drumcondra JuniorsDrogheda United
1938–39Drumcondra JuniorsKillybegs
1937–38Athlone Town[5]2–0Bendigo United (Dublin)Tolka Park
1936–37Amiens CelticSt. Patrick's (Dundalk)
1935–36Evergreen United2-1 [21]ShelbourneDalymount Park
1934–35Athlone Town[5][22]3–0Evergreen UnitedDalymount Park
1933–34B&I[23]2–1Cobh WanderersDalymount Park
1932–33Queen's Park[24]1–0Amiens CelticRutland Avenue
1931–32Clontarf Corinthians[25]2–1Southern RoversDalymount Park
1930–31Distillery (Dublin)[26]1–0Southern RoversHarold's Cross
1929–30Rossville[27]2–0Bohemians "C"Dalymount Park
1928–29Sligo Rovers3–0GrangegormanThe Showgrounds (Sligo)
1927–28Richmond United[28]3–0Cahir UnknownsTolka Park
1926–27Richmond United[29]4–1Bohemians "C"Dalymount Park
1925–26Brunswick[30]1–0St. Vincents (Cork)Victoria Cross, Cork
1924–25St. Mary's United[31]3–2Sligo CelticSt James' Park
1923–24Brideville[32]1–0Cobh RamblersVictoria Cross, Cork

Source:[2][3][33]

Notes
  1. North End United won on penalties
  2. After extra time
  3. Sheriff Y.C. won 5–4 on penalties
  4. Fairview Rangers won 5–3 on penalties
  5. FAI Yearbook & Diary 1995 lists team as Inchicore Athletic. Other sources list team as Inchicore United

References
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  22. Irish Independent 1905-current, Monday, May 20, 1935; Page: 13
  23. Irish Press 1931-1995, Monday, 7 May 1934; Page: 11
  24. Irish Independent 1905–current, Monday, 22 May 1933; Page: 13
  25. Irish Independent 1905–current, Monday, 2 May 1932; Page: 13
  26. Irish Independent 1905–current, Monday, 11 May 1931; Page: 13
  27. Irish Independent 1905–current, Monday, 19 May 1930; Page: 12
  28. Irish Independent 1905–current, Monday, 30 April 1928; Page: 11
  29. Irish Independent 1905–current, Monday, 16 May 1927; Page: 10
  30. Irish Independent 1905–current, Monday, 10 May 1926; Page: 10
  31. Irish Independent 1905–current, Monday, 11 May 1925; Page: 10
  32. Irish Independent 1905–current, Monday, 19 May 1924; Page: 7
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