2012 League of Ireland Cup

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search
2012 League of Ireland Cup
EA Sports Cup
Tournament details
Country  Republic of Ireland
 Northern Ireland
Teams 22
Final positions
Champions Drogheda United
Runner-up Shamrock Rovers
← 2011
2013 →

The 2012 League of Ireland Cup, also known as the 2012 EA Sports Cup, is the 39th season of the Irish football knockout competition.

A total of 22 teams entered the 2012 competition. The 12 League of Ireland Premier Division and 8 League of Ireland First Division clubs were joined by Ulster Senior League champions Fanad United and the Mayo League representative side. For the First and Second Rounds of the competition, all participating clubs were split into 4 regional pools with the further rounds of the competition having an open draw. The 2012 competition commenced with the First Round on 26 March 2012.

Teams

Pool 1 Pool 2 Pool 3 Pool 4

First Round

The draw for the First Round took place on 7 March 2012.[1] The First Round games were played on 26 March 2012.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Pool 1
Cork City 5 − 1 Wexford Youths Report
Waterford United 1 − 6 UCD Report
Pool 2
Finn Harps 2 − 0 Mayo League Report
Monaghan United 2 − 1 Fanad United Report
Pool 3
Shelbourne 1 − 0 Mervue United Report
Pool 4
Athlone Town 2 − 5 Drogheda United Report

Second Round

The draw for the Second Round took place on 27 March 2012.[2] The Second Round games were played on 9/10 April 2012.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Pool 1
Limerick 3 − 0 Cork City Report
St Patrick's Athletic 2 − 1 UCD Report
Pool 2
Derry City 4 − 0 Finn Harps Report
Sligo Rovers 3 − 1 Monaghan United Report
Pool 3
SD Galway 0 − 2 Shamrock Rovers Report
Shelbourne 1 − 2 aet Bray Wanderers Report
Pool 4
Drogheda United 1 − 1 aet
4−3 pen.		 Bohemians Report
Longford Town 1 − 2 Dundalk Report

Quarterfinals

The draw for the Quarter-Finals was made on 7 May 2012 on MNS on RTÉ Two.[3] The quarterfinal games were played on 25/26 June 2012.

Semi finals

The draw for the semi finals was made on MNS on 9 July 2012.[4]

Final

<templatestyles src="Module:Hatnote/styles.css"></templatestyles>

Main article: 2012 League of Ireland Cup Final

The final will be played on Saturday, 22 September 2012 in Tallaght Stadium, Dublin.[5]

22 September 2012
17:45
Drogheda United 3 − 1 Shamrock Rovers
O'Brien Goal 33'
Gilbert Goal 43' (o.g.)
Foley Goal 61'
Hynes Booked 21'
McNally Booked 73'
Prendergast Booked 83'		 Report Brennan Goal 59'
Kilduff Booked 23'
Powell Red card 72'
Tallaght Stadium, Dublin
Referee: Tom Connolly

References

  1. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ EA SPORTS Cup Final confirmed for Tallaght Stadium

External links

Retrieved from "https://infogalactic.com/w/index.php?title=2012_League_of_Ireland_Cup&oldid=702346299"