2008 FAI Cup


The FAI Cup 2008 was the 88th staging of The Football Association of Ireland Challenge Cup, or FAI Cup for short. This season was the second one sponsored by Ford.
The 2008 FAI Ford Cup officially kicked off in late March, 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.
The ten winners of those 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
replayLiffeys Pearse2–0Crumlin 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 Trappatoni and Marco Tardelli, and televised live on RTÉ Two.
Tie noHome teamScoreAway team
1Wexford YouthsKillester United
replayKillester United'Wexford Youths
2Galway UnitedWaterford United
3Douglas HallDrogheda United
4EvertonCarrick United
5ShelbourneDundalk
6RockmountBray Wanderers
7Monaghan UnitedUCD
replayUCD'Monaghan United
8Limerick 37Cork City
9St Patrick's AthleticLongford Town
10Kildare CountyFanad United
11Athlone TownFinn Harps
12Derry CityLiffeys Pearse
13Sporting FingalCobh Ramblers
14BohemiansDrogheda Town
15Shamrock RoversSligo Rovers
16St Mary'sWayside 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 WanderersDundalk
replayDundalk'Bray Wanderers
2Shamrock RoversCork City
3Galway UnitedAthlone Town
4Carrick UnitedSporting Fingal
5Wayside CelticMonaghan United
6Derry CityKildare County
7BohemiansDrogheda United
8Wexford YouthsSt 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.
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Quarter-final replays

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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

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