1926–27 FAI Cup

1926-27 FAI Cup

FAI Irish Daily Mail Cup
File:FAI Cup Irish Daily Mail.jpg
Tournament details
Country	Republic of Ireland
Final positions
Champions	Drumcondra F.C.
Tournament statistics
Matches played	12
Goals scored	44 (3.67 per match)

The FAI Cup 1926–27^[A] was the sixth edition of Ireland's premier cup competition, The Football Association of Ireland Challenge Cup or FAI Cup. The tournament began on 8 January 1927 and concluded on 9 April with the final replay held at Shelbourne Park, Dublin. An official attendance^[B] of 10,000 people watched Leinster Senior League side Drumcondra defeat Brideville in the first final to be decided in extra time. Drumcondra completed a cup double having already won the FAI Intermediate Cup

First round

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1	Athlone Town	1-4	Shelbourne	8 January 1927
2	Bohemians	6-1	Dundalk	8 January 1927
3	Bray Unknowns	3-0	Shamrock Rovers	8 January 1927
4	Brideville	2-1	Cobh Ramblers	9 January 1927
5	Jacobs	0-3	Drumcondra	9 January 1927
6	Fordsons	2-1	St James's Gate	9 January 1927

Second round

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1	Shelbourne	5-1	Bray Unknowns	22 January 1927
2	Fordsons	2-3	Bohemians	23 January 1927

Bye	Brideville
Bye	Drumcondra

Semi-finals

5 February, 1927

Brideville	2–0	Shelbourne
Murtagh(2)

Dalymount Park, Dublin

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19 February, 1927

Drumcondra	3–1	Bohemians
Swan Coyle Murray		Matthews

Shelbourne Park, Dublin

Final

17 March, 1927

Drumcondra	1–1	Brideville
McCarney		McCarthy

Dalymount Park, Dublin

Attendance: 25,000

Replay

9 April, 1927

Drumcondra	1–0	Brideville
Murray (aet.)

Shelbourne Park, Dublin

Attendance: 10,000

Winner of FAI Cup 1926–27
Drumcondra 1st Title

Notes

A. ^ From 1923-1936, the FAI Cup was known as the Free State Cup.

B. ^ Attendances were calculated using gate receipts which limited their accuracy as a large proportion of people, particularly children, attended football matches in Ireland throughout the 20th century for free by a number of means.

References

General

• Terry O'Rourke, Sean Ryan (1985). Gillette book of the FAI CUP. Irish Soccer Co-op.

External links

• FAI Website