The FAI Cup 2007 was the 84th staging of The Football Association of Ireland Challenge Cup or FAI Cup

FAI Cup

The Football Association of Ireland Challenge Cup, known as the FAI Ford Cup for sponsorship reasons, is a knock-out association football competition contested annually by teams from the Republic of Ireland...

. It was the first FAI Cup to be sponsored by Ford

Ford Motor Company

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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 ran until late November, with the final taking place on Sunday, 25 November.

First round

Matches played on the weekend of Sunday, 22 April 2007.

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

Emma Byrne

Emma Anne Byrne is an Irish association footballer from Leixlip in County Kildare. She currently plays as a goalkeeper for the English team Arsenal, and also for the Republic of Ireland women's team.-Club career:...

 and Paddy McCaul, and televised live on RTÉ One

RTÉ One

RTÉ One is the flagship television channel of Raidió Teilifís Éireann , and it is the most popular and most watched television channel in Ireland. It was launched as Telefís Éireann on 31 December 1961, it was renamed RTÉ Television in 1966, and it was renamed as RTÉ One upon the launch of RTÉ...

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Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
1		1-0
2		1-0
3		3-0
4		1-1
replay		0-1
5		0-4
6		0-4
7		7-0
8		0-1
9		2-2
replay		4-1
10		2-0
11		2-2
replay		0-0
Finn Harps won 4-2 on penalties
12		4-1
13		2-3
14		0-1	Bohemians Bohemian F.C. Bohemian F.C. , more commonly referred to as Bohemians, is a professional football club from Dublin, Ireland. Bohemians compete in the Premier Division of the League of Ireland and are the third most successful club in League of Ireland football history, having won the League of Ireland title 11...
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16		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

David Flood

David Flood is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon in the Victorian/Australian Football League ....

 and Steve Staunton

Steve Staunton

Stephen "Steve" Staunton is an Irish association football manager and former professional footballer, who was most recently manager of Darlington...

, and televised live on RTÉ One

RTÉ One

RTÉ One is the flagship television channel of Raidió Teilifís Éireann , and it is the most popular and most watched television channel in Ireland. It was launched as Telefís Éireann on 31 December 1961, it was renamed RTÉ Television in 1966, and it was renamed as RTÉ One upon the launch of RTÉ...

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Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
1		0-1
2		1-1
replay		0-1
3		1-2
4		1-1
replay		2-2
Waterford United won 4-3 on penalties
5		1-2
6		2-0
7		0-1	Bohemians Bohemian F.C. Bohemian F.C. , more commonly referred to as Bohemians, is a professional football club from Dublin, Ireland. Bohemians compete in the Premier Division of the League of Ireland and are the third most successful club in League of Ireland football history, having won the League of Ireland title 11...
8		5-1

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

David Flood

David Flood is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon in the Victorian/Australian Football League ....

 and Ronnie Whelan

Ronnie Whelan

Ronald Andrew "Ronnie" Whelan is a former Irish football midfielder, and sometimes defender, who was an integral part of the dominant Liverpool side of the 1980s...

, and televised live on RTÉ One

RTÉ One

RTÉ One is the flagship television channel of Raidió Teilifís Éireann , and it is the most popular and most watched television channel in Ireland. It was launched as Telefís Éireann on 31 December 1961, it was renamed RTÉ Television in 1966, and it was renamed as RTÉ One upon the launch of RTÉ...

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Replays

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 MacDonald

Kevin MacDonald (footballer)

Kevin Duncan MacDonald is a Scottish former footballer who played in the Liverpool "double" winning side of 1986....

 and was televised live on RTÉ One

RTÉ One

RTÉ One is the flagship television channel of Raidió Teilifís Éireann , and it is the most popular and most watched television channel in Ireland. It was launched as Telefís Éireann on 31 December 1961, it was renamed RTÉ Television in 1966, and it was renamed as RTÉ One upon the launch of RTÉ...

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Final

Winner of FAI Cup 2007
Cork City 2nd Title

Player of the Round

Round	Name	Position	Club
1	John Lawlor	Defender Defender (football) Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....
2	Brendan Sweeney	Midfielder Midfielder A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...
3	Daryl Kavanagh Daryl Kavanagh Daryl "Dil" Kavanagh is an Irish football striker who is currently playing for St Patrick's Athletic F.C..Kavanagh was part of the extremely successful Carrick United team which reached the Munster and FAI Junior Cup final as well as the Munster Senior Cup Finals.Signed for Waterford United from...	Striker Striker Forwards, also known as strikers, are the players on a team in association football who play nearest to the opposing team's goal, and are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals...
Quarter-Finals	Conor Sammon Conor Sammon Conor Sammon is an Irish footballer who currently plays as a striker for English Premier League club Wigan Athletic....	Striker Striker Forwards, also known as strikers, are the players on a team in association football who play nearest to the opposing team's goal, and are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals...

External links

• FAI Website